1.18.02 – ghost in the machine

there’s mysterious music that plays very softly out of my computer speakers. i only notice it when the house is otherwise silent. if i hold my ear up to the speaker, i can identify the song; it’s usually some sort of boy-band-pop-radio-station-mush – definitely not any of the mp3s that i have saved on my drive. so the question is, where is the music coming from? i don’t have a radio card or anything, so what part of my computer had decided to act like a radio receiver? right now there’s an advert for Quality Grocery stores playing, and now the speakers are trying to sell me a car alarm system. i wonder if i can tune it to a better station?