cannot resolve DNS for apt.wicd.net, wicd.net

[Peter Johnson]

unable to download GPG key from http://apt.wicd.net/wicd.gpg as per Ubuntu docs here http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php due to a potential DNS issue.

$ dig apt.wicd.net

; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-3ubuntu0.2-Ubuntu <<>> apt.wicd.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64209
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;apt.wicd.net. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
apt.wicd.net. 461 IN A 72.52.4.120

;; Query time: 29 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.1.1#53(127.0.1.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Jun 24 15:53:58 CEST 2015
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 57