Wednesday, July 05, 2006

thanks, mick o'grady... if that is your real name


last thursday i got a call out of the blue from a guy, named mick o'grady who works in my building and whom i had never met (photo to right pulled from company directory).

the following is a general transcription of that conversation.

(telephone rings)

noah: this is noah.

mick o'grady: noah. mick o'grady.

n: hi mick...

mo: do you own an ipod?

n: yes i do...

mo: i'm listening to your music library right now on itunes. where did you get "happy together" by the turtles.

n: i bought it from the itunes store.

mo: did you buy all of this music from itunes?

n: no, it's just a smattering of my collection that i brought from home.

mo: this is a great collection! i've been listening to it for the last 2 weeks and you've got a lot of great different music. is there anyway to copy your music to my ipod over the network.

n: uh... no.

mo: oh, ok. i just wanted to let you know how much i've been enjoying your collection. i'll talk to you later.

n: ok. enjoy.

(phone hangs up)

here's to you, mick o'grady. and to my irish music loving brethren everywhere.

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