It would not be an exaggeration to say that I listen to the radio constantly.

I wake up to Morning Edition on WV public radio. I go to bed listening to the Real Jazz station on XM. At work I listen to jazz on WDUQ over my computer. When there is a WVU football game, I listen to it on the radio even if it’s on TV. There are radios throughout the house, all tuned to WV public radio, and the first to stations in the car are WV Public Radio and WDUQ (I can’t get WDUQ in the house.)

There’s even a radio in the bathroom. Which brings me to this evening’s incident.

On Friday nights WVPR plays a mixture of bluegrass and folk programs. I was in the shower (I’m still pretty tired, and admit I’m going to bed after I finish this) one quarter listening to what I could hear of the radio over the shower, and three quarters letting my mind wander, when I suddenly realize that the radio is playing Rage Against the Machine. I actually turned the water off so I could hear better, because that just seemed… wrong.

Yes, it was Rage Against the Machine, but it was the local pop/rock station overpowering the public radio station. (It’s been down a lot recently, so who the hell knows what happens.) My first thought was to wonder what Rage Against the Machine song qualified as folk or bluegress.

My second thought–after realizing that WV public radio had gone out. again–was to wonder how many other people listening when the other station cut in, actually knew they were listening to Rage Against the Machine.