Roommate writes from Baghdad:
I cannot download music here. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to purchase a copy of the CD (which is readily available in England) and mail it to me.
Lafo replies from London:
I am glad to support our forces in the field with the acquisition and delivery of entertainment. Being an executive of some influence in entertainment field I consider doing so patriotic act. Unfortunately I will have to ask around to find out how to purchase a CD as I don’t actually do it myself.
In the corridors of power we try to avoid the retail end of things because while retailing products is useful in making money from others it’s a needlessly expensive way to acquire what you want. For example, when it comes to music I have interns at the office download my song selections from super fast websites and load them into my music player. These interns are young and useful for doing such technical chores.
Like what I’ve done with my interns perhaps you can enlist a couple of young soldiers to work out a way to pull music from digital devices and store them in a single place. You can collect music from your fellows as they arrive and distribute it to curry favor with your colleagues. With such a resource you would enhance your unique position at the base. If the lawyers from the music companies come after you for doing this, cite wartime conditions and back them off by waving around the Patriot Act.
October 10, 2007 at 12:05 pm
That’s strange….the Roomate I remember would dance to the beat of 7.62. He could rapp in time with a solid artillery barrage. The rumble of a tank convoy would inspire him to sing an old Johnny Cash song. Roomate sure “has”….