Listeners who missed last week's premiere of Corporate Prime, our latest serial drama, can check it out again this week. We lost our regular battle with Entropy this week, so last week's show will be re-broadcast.
April and Khalil have finals, Jeremy was kidnapped by his mates for his birthday, Lea is spending a few weeks on the coast for her health, Curtis is helping refugees plant a community garden, and Kevin, Robert, and Gwen are being their usual overextended selves.
Corporate Prime, written by Kevin, is a straight drama (no comedy this time) about life after Peak Oil, after the corporations succeed in taking over all aspects of our lives, and after the U.S. loses its place as the imperial superpower. All this takes place in Idaho, starting in New Arco City. Okay, well, it has a tiny bit of humor in it.
Some listeners might be disappointed to learn that there are no characters based on Dirk Kempthorne this time, but if you really are looking for entertainment based on the Bush administration's latest cabinet appointment, we recommend that you listen to Snow Blow Hard: Xmas with a Vengeance or its sequel, Eternal Quest, for a character very much based on the public figure, in a very satirical way, of course, using examples from real life to move the story along. Alas, we can't tell you which are true and which are fiction, but just keep in mind that often life is stranger than fiction.
I will give you a few hints, though. Kempthorne is indeed very much preoccupied about being perceived as an important person. And you can read about his dream to travel the nation by selling burgers from a grease truck in any newspaper. And what politician is complete without their very own scandal? As a testament to his cognitive skills, allow me to quote him on CAFTA: "I support free trade and fair trade." And I have repeatedly spotted Dirk in the seasonal crap section of Fred Meyer staring at clearance holiday items, as if they were cultural artifacts on display in a museum. And he did have a pet highway project that could best be described as "cockamamie."
I could go on and on, but you could just listen to the shows. Just download them! And don't forget about the Kempthrone's Castle skits, either, which are fictitious proclamations that take place on the grounds of the former Simplot mansion.
