Iconic ABC show rage to be programmed by politicians. Ugh Twenty-six years of awesomeness and now this. YOUR television just exploded in shock. Either that or it just grew legs, walked off the wall and deposited itself in a large industrial bin. The reason your television is suffering a grave existential crisis is that the ABC's all-night music program rage has announced it will show a bunch of clips chosen by deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other politicians on August 31. In other words, if you've ever had the strange kinky urge to stick a huge gob of putty in your ears, August 31 would be a very good time. For those unfamiliar with rage, it's that show that's on when you get home after a really big night out and you plonk yourself in front of the box with a nice, warm baked beans and leftover kebab toasted sandwich. (For the record, rage has no capital r so the show's name is the ABC's typo, not ours. Your 8 cents a day at work, people. Your 8 cents.) Typographical issues aside, rage is excellent, and what makes it especially excellent is the guest programmers. So if your favourite band's in town, they get to play DJ and program much of the night's clips. This means you get to see loads of old classics, plus stuff you didn't know existed. It's real music, real late. And it's way better than the bump-and-grind crap they call music videos on the other networks. Rage's strength is its willingness to take risks. But inviting pollies on as guest programmers is a dangerous ploy. It's like inviting pigs to program the menu at Tetsuya's. Or like inviting a graffiti artist to curate the national gallery. Oh wait, that's the one with Blue Poles, isn't it. Point is, it's an absolutely travesty to invite politicians to program rage. God only knows what they'll play. I mean, obviously you can expect the odd Midnight Oil song in the line-up somewhere. But we can only hope they don't play this: For the record, that was former Labor Minister Craig Emerson doing a grave disservice to 70s hit Horror Movie by Skyhooks. August 31 on ABC 1 promises to be a horror movie of a whole different kind. What songs do you think they should play?