[No. 190] Hell on earth

This one is a mess.

And can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[1], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[2], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[2], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[1], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![2], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[1], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[2], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[1], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[2], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![1], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[2], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![1], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[1], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![2], and it's real tough now[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[2], and a-ROUND here is all I got[1], and it's real tough now[2], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[1], and a-ROUND here is all I got[2], and I'm praying for a miracle[1], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[2], and / er / when will THE END come?[1], and I'm praying for a miracle[2], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[1], and / er / when will THE END come?[2], and / This isn't THE END[1], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[2], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[3], and / This isn't THE END[2], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[3], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![3], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[3], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[3], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[3], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![3], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[3], and it's real tough now[3], and a-ROUND here is all I got[3], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[3], and I'm praying for a miracle[3], and / er / when will THE END come?[3], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[3], and / This isn't THE END[3], and

And can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[1], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[2], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[2], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[1], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![2], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[1], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[2], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[1], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[2], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![1], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[2], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![1], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[1], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![2], and it's real tough now[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[2], and a-ROUND here is all I got[1], and it's real tough now[2], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[1], and a-ROUND here is all I got[2], and I'm praying for a miracle[1], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[2], and / er / when will THE END come?[1], and I'm praying for a miracle[2], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[1], and / er / when will THE END come?[2], and / This isn't THE END[1], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[2], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[3], and / This isn't THE END[2], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[3], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![3], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[3], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[3], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[3], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![3], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[3], and it's real tough now[3], and a-ROUND here is all I got[3], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[3], and I'm praying for a miracle[3], and / er / when will THE END come?[3], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[3], and / This isn't THE END[3], and

And can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[1], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[2], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![1], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[2], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[1], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![2], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[1], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[2], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[1], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[2], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![1], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[2], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![1], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[1], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![2], and it's real tough now[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[2], and a-ROUND here is all I got[1], and it's real tough now[2], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[1], and a-ROUND here is all I got[2], and I'm praying for a miracle[1], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[2], and / er / when will THE END come?[1], and I'm praying for a miracle[2], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[1], and / er / when will THE END come?[2], and / This isn't THE END[1], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[2], and can we make it better, this hell on earth? / Or should we go away?[3], and / This isn't THE END[2], and does God have any regrets? / I don't know, I don't know / How would I know?[3], and even Frank Sinatra had a few regrets, man![3], and maybe Leonardo DiCaprio - going after that diamond - was right: God left this place a long time ago[3], and I ain't even got a diamond I'm going after / I've got songs / Will songs get me out of most people's hell?[3], and the pains in my head ... oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh / oh, oh, oh[3], and / the stress I'm dealing with ... Do me a favour, son! / One day free, more than THREE ... please![3], and heaven on earth would be ... ? / Man, I've got to get to Malibu![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... is all I can do when the going gets tough[3], and it's real tough now[3], and a-ROUND here is all I got[3], and let's be realistic: we can't make it better / We'll have to go away, on a rainbow[3], and I'm praying for a miracle[3], and / er / when will THE END come?[3], and I'm counting my money / it ain't enough / and I'm looking in my coin jar[3], and / This isn't THE END[3], and

Paul Singer doesn't like the minimum wage

Over in America. But I doubt he likes it anywhere else either. Well, I mean, he's against a hike in the wage. Yeah, Paul Singer. Christ. Oh, Mr Singer is the boss of the Elliott Management hedge fund, I suppose. Never mind. I'll tell you something, dear reader(s), I'm sick of explaining to these guys, guys like Paul, that capitalism ain't just for them, you know? It's for other people, too. Ordinary people are allowed to make money, too. Now, don't get the wrong idea. These ordinary people, they're not asking for the fucking moon. They want to eat and pay their rent, that's all. And the classic argument is: "An increase in the minimum wage will destroy jobs." Ah, well, be careful. Be very careful. What if the poor come back with: "Fuck your jobs, man. We don't want your stinking slave jobs, anyway. Maybe we'll take a leaf out of Charles Manson's book and get medieval on your rich boy asses." Ha! What are the rich going to do then? Get out the water cannon? There ain't enough water cannon in the world, son. So be careful. Be very careful. My advice is: "Put the minimum wage up, then we can have a bit of fucking civilization, you dig?" It's simple, real simple. Why do I have to explain this shit?

End of sermon. 'Sermon, Mikey?! There aren't any priests that talk like you, man.' I know, Voice. They're all pussies. These are desperate times. They should man up.

If Jesus were alive, he'd talk like me. I'm sure the Bible has been messed about with. Jesus had balls, you dig? He wasn't in the religion racket for the money, the house, the company car, the expense account. He had different fish to fry.

It's hell on earth.

[No. 189] Who needs mad inflows when you've got mad love?

Mad inflows doesn't always equal mad love.

And if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![1], and it's mad love[1], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![2], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[1], and it's mad love[2], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![1], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[2], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![1], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![2], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[1], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![2], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[1], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[2], and it's not about MONEY[1], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[2], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[1], and it's not about MONEY[2], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[1], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[2], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[1], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[2], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[1], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[2], and money ain't shit, man[1], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[2], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[1], and money ain't shit, man[2], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[1], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[2], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[2], and it's mad love[3], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[3], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![3], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![3], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[3], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[3], and it's not about MONEY[3], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[3], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[3], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[3], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[3], and money ain't shit, man[3], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[3], and

And if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![1], and it's mad love[1], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![2], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[1], and it's mad love[2], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![1], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[2], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![1], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![2], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[1], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![2], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[1], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[2], and it's not about MONEY[1], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[2], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[1], and it's not about MONEY[2], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[1], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[2], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[1], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[2], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[1], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[2], and money ain't shit, man[1], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[2], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[1], and money ain't shit, man[2], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[1], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[2], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[2], and it's mad love[3], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[3], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![3], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![3], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[3], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[3], and it's not about MONEY[3], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[3], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[3], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[3], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[3], and money ain't shit, man[3], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[3], and

And if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![1], and it's mad love[1], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![2], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[1], and it's mad love[2], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![1], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[2], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![1], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![2], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[1], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![2], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[1], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[2], and it's not about MONEY[1], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[2], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[1], and it's not about MONEY[2], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[1], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[2], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[1], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[2], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[1], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[2], and money ain't shit, man[1], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[2], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[1], and money ain't shit, man[2], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[1], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[2], and if the money ain't coming in ... tell me, who gives a shit? I'VE GOT LOVE!!![3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[2], and it's mad love[3], and I'm not speaking for all these fund managers, sick with worry / this is for me ... and the CHOSEN ONES[3], and, baby ... ... ... IT'S MAD LOVE!!![3], and I don't know where you are and I don't know what you're doing but if you ain't here ... well, what a disgrace![3], and I got MAD LOVE / and have you been chosen?[3], and what have you got in the dark at night, demonic characters crawling around your head? / I could change all that, a-ROUND[3], and it's not about MONEY[3], and it's real mad love / so, don't look at me like I've lost my mind / I have, but don't LOOK(!)[3], and I'm waiting for SATISFACTION[3], and if you gave me all your money, I know you'd be happier / you'd be FREE(!)[3], and let it go / you don't need the pain / you want the love / no, you don't need the pain[3], and money ain't shit, man[3], and take what I'm offering YOU(!) ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / only you, only you, only you ...[3], and ... once in a lifetime, yes[3], and

Liontrust's inflows aren't so mad at the moment

Do you remember last summer, dear reader(s)? 'I do, Mikey.' It was a lovely summer, Voice. I hope it's going to be nice this year. / Anyway, last summer, I wrote that Liontrust was getting mad inflows, man. 'I remember.' Well, the situation has changed. 'Oh dear.' Yeah. Liontrust saw inflows fall by 22 per cent in the final quarter of 2013 (due to someone singing Bob Marley's Redemption Song in the office every day, all day long. It distracted the workers. But they've got rid of the idiot now, thank God!) So, should we be concerned? 'Well ...' Well, all I can say is, I'm not concerned, man. 'No?' Liontrust has more than £3.5 billion under management. 'Christ! What are we worried about, son?!' Nothing, Voice. Nothing at all. Everything is beautiful with Liontrust.

And everything is beautiful with me! / Gilly, Gilly is definitely finished. 'No! I don't believe it!' Oh yes. I had a quick run through earlier this morning and it sounded real cool. With my acoustic guitar, it sounds like a classic piece of bubblegum pop. (The country vibe has gone.) But with an electric guitar, I reckon it could sound like a garage band classic, like something The Stooges would have done.

Things are getting serious ... / There are going to be three songs on my demo. The top two places are sorted. So, it's a choice between Gilly, Gilly and My Heart for third place. I'm saying with full conviction that My Heart is one of the greatest songs ever written, but then so is You're Lying which will be in the second spot. I'll probably go with Gilly, Gilly because it's cool and groovy, you dig? / Three years of heartache, man. I've sweated blood on these songs. Writing this blog has been a piece of piss - yeah, even my best posts like the immortal words one - but getting these songs has been a nightmare.

Radio silence for a while. No more music updates! I've got rehearsing and recording to do.

Well ... I've bought myself a luxury egg sandwich to celebrate. Free range eggs, the works. / Laters, reader(s) ...

Will Labour's 50p tax plan kill jobs?

I hardly got any sleep last night. I stayed up late (or early) making more changes to Gilly, Gilly. I haven't played it yet. Christ knows what it sounds like now. I'm not sure I want to know. Maybe I should go back to My Heart. / But let's focus on Labour's plan to raise the top rate of income tax. Will it destroy jobs? No, is the short answer. WE (or I, not you - ?) WILL NOT GIVE IN TO THE THREATS OF THE RICH!!! What's the tax rate in Somalia? They can go and live there if they don't like it Great Britain.

Half a million people in this country need food banks just to survive, man. Should they be taxed more to pay for the financial crisis they didn't fucking create? Wake up! - if you're asleep. (I'm awake!) You can sell one of your Ferraris if things get tough. / Oh, by the way, there's more to life than jobs. There's family, friends, and eating ice creams in the park on a sunny day, you dig? What's more, we're all gonna die, son. The world will roll over us. The world won't even exist one day. So, fuck jobs! And fuck the economy! Think of God, eternal, and universal. Think of the universe, yeah? Even the universe will go. But God will live on. Our immortal spirits will live on.

End of sermon. / No, there's more! I tell you what will kill jobs and kill capitalism: the rich will. Capitalism ain't looking too respectable these days, is it? Think about it, man. The rich are bringing capitalism into disrepute and playing into the hands of socialists. / Of course, a lot of people would argue it was never respectable ... but things have certainly taken a turn for the worse these last six or seven years.

That's the end of the sermon. / I'm worn out, dear reader(s). I mean, I only got about two hours' sleep.


The good thing is, none of this will affect me in Malibu. What's the tax rate in Malibu?

Finance? Monday morning? Do me a favour, son!

Oh, you're such an optimist, coming here, looking for financial news, on a cold Monday morning ... in January! What have you been smoking, man?

No, I ain't writing that shit today. I'm not in the mood. I've got song business to take care of, later. / I wrote most of the lyric for Gilly, Gilly over the weekend. I only need two lines now. Hopefully, I'll get those today or tomorrow. Then there will be radio silence while I rehearse and record. I should be ready soon, God willing. It's taken enough time, ain't it? It was never like this when I was a kid. However, I have higher standards these days.

The lyric is pretty simple. It's cool though. I'm trying to write the ultimate pop song, and I just might do it. / Oh, let's wait and see, man. I'm staying positive.

I watched that Leonardo DiCaprio film on TV last night, Blood Diamond. A brilliant film. It really shows how corrupt the world is. There's a great line: "God left this place a long time ago." Great, but not true. He's watching us. So be careful ...

Laters.


Update (4.00pm): I've finished Gilly, Gilly, but it's a bit different now. 'A lot different!' Not so much bubblegum pop like I was planning, more, er, country pop. (Is there such a thing? Is that what Taylor Swift does? Or have I just invented it, the way Gram Parsons invented country rock? I mean, this is real poppy shit. Bubblegum country! Yeah, I've invented bubblegum country!) / I don't know what to make of it. It will probably take me a week or two to get comfortable with the change. Man, I just have no control! NO CONTROL AT ALL!!!

[No. 188] It ain't nothing but a Hound Partners

No rabbits were harmed in the making of this blog post.

And it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[1], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[2], and / no, I'd rather not[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[2], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[1], and / no, I'd rather not[2], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[1], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[2], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[2], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[1], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[2], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[1], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![1], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[2], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![1], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![2], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[1], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![2], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[1], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[2], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[1], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[2], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[1], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[2], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[1], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[2], and where are we? / ... here[1], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[2], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[3], and where are we? / ... here[2], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[3], and / no, I'd rather not[3], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[3], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[3], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[3], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[3], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![3], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![3], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[3], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[3], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[3], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[3], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[3], and where are we? / ... here[3], and

And it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[1], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[2], and / no, I'd rather not[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[2], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[1], and / no, I'd rather not[2], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[1], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[2], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[2], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[1], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[2], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[1], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![1], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[2], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![1], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![2], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[1], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![2], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[1], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[2], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[1], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[2], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[1], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[2], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[1], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[2], and where are we? / ... here[1], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[2], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[3], and where are we? / ... here[2], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[3], and / no, I'd rather not[3], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[3], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[3], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[3], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[3], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![3], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![3], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[3], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[3], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[3], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[3], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[3], and where are we? / ... here[3], and

And it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[1], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[2], and / no, I'd rather not[1], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[2], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[1], and / no, I'd rather not[2], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[1], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[2], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[2], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[1], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[1], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[2], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[1], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[2], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![1], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[2], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![1], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![2], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[1], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![2], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[1], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[2], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[1], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[2], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[1], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[2], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[1], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[2], and where are we? / ... here[1], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[2], and it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... making money all the time[3], and where are we? / ... here[2], and / how much? / Millions, I should think ... but I'd rather not[3], and / no, I'd rather not[3], and / seeded ... by a tiger?! / it doesn't bear thinking about ... so I won't think about it[3], and if we had these hedge funds ... we wouldn't be crying all the time, would we?[3], and they said they were onshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and Jonathan Auerbach and Scott McLellan? / Oh, they ain't no friends of mine[3], and they said they were offshore / I'm sure that wasn't a lie[3], and no, no, no  ... no friends, but they should be / I could do with some new rich friends[3], and are they concentrated or long? / WE DON'T CARE!!![3], and Scott was lured ... oh dear![3], and / well ... it ain't nothing but a HOUND PARTNERS ... but pretty high classed all the same[3], and Jonathan used to sell umbrellas, for Christ's sake! / He's a self-made man[3], and a-ROUND here ... I'm crying like a hound dog / the truth is, I ain't never caught a rabbit[3], and I'm a ... vegetarian / and if YOU(!) catch rabbits, and eat them, you ain't no friend of mine[3], and / ENOUGH OF RABBITS!!! / already[3], and where are we? / ... here[3], and

Jonathan Auerbach

Do you know Jonathan Auerbach, dear reader(s)? Have you ever heard of him? 'They've never heard of him, boss.' All right, Voice, my readers can speak for themselves. / Nothing to say? So, you've never heard of him. Never mind. Jonathan Auerbach co-founded long/short equity fund Hound Partners with Scott McLellan. 'Mikey, no one has heard of Jonathan or Scott! Why do you waste your time like this?' Shut up! They've just launched a pair of hedge funds, man. That's news, that is. My readers want the news. 'Oh, wake up! If your readers wanted the news they wouldn't come here. They'd go to Reuters or Bloomberg.' Well ... 'Your readers are here for the blood and fire.' Christ. I ain't got no blood and fire to give no more, son. Don't you understand? 'You're going through a bad patch.' No! 'Yes. You've got these funny ideas about music now. All that Burt Bacharach shit, Malibu and that.' Piss off! 'Mikey, you've got to open up the desert.' NO WAY! Absolutely not! Unless it's as a rock and roll shaman. 'For crying out loud! / What about these hedge funds then?' Well, one is a version of the Hound Partners Concentrated fund. 'Right.' And the other is a version of the Hound Partners Long fund. It's all onshore and offshore, apparently. 'Fascinating!' Yeah. Well ...

Oh, I don't know. / Lunch, lunch, lunch ... Cheese Sandwich! Er, after lunch, I'm going to take Hound Partners for a spin. I might try to throw in a bit of blood and fire. I've got to keep the punters happy, I suppose. What a life, eh?!

[No. 187] I will never go to Davos

Never!

And I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![1], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[2], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![2], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[1], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[2], and the world keeps turning ...[1], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[2], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[1], and the world keeps turning ...[2], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[1], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[2], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[1], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[2], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[1], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[2], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[1], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[2], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![1], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[2], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[1], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![2], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![1], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[2], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[1], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![2], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[1], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[2], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[2], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![3], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[3], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[3], and the world keeps turning ...[3], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[3], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[3], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[3], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[3], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[3], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![3], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[3], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![3], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[3], and

And I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![1], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[2], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![2], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[1], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[2], and the world keeps turning ...[1], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[2], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[1], and the world keeps turning ...[2], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[1], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[2], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[1], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[2], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[1], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[2], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[1], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[2], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![1], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[2], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[1], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![2], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![1], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[2], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[1], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![2], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[1], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[2], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[2], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![3], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[3], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[3], and the world keeps turning ...[3], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[3], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[3], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[3], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[3], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[3], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![3], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[3], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![3], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[3], and

And I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![1], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[2], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[1], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![2], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[1], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[2], and the world keeps turning ...[1], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[2], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[1], and the world keeps turning ...[2], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[1], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[2], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[1], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[2], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[1], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[2], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[1], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[2], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![1], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[2], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[1], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![2], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![1], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[2], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[1], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![2], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[1], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[2], and I'm staying right here ... having fun as usual[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[2], and YOU(!) ... go if you want to / but please tell me, man, what are you hoping to find, an answer to the world's problems? / Good luck![3], and let's be honest ... Davos ain't shit[3], and if Davos does any good, why have they got to have it every year? 'Eh?' / What does it change, man?[3], and the world keeps turning ...[3], and you'd be better off just getting a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... out of your head with real soul[3], and can you dig it? / tell the truth[3], and there ain't no answers / but money makes the world go round / and here we are, a-ROUND[3], and there's no actual need to go to Davos / we know the score[3], and the police in GREAT BRITAIN, they want water cannon for the coming austerity riots[3], and wouldn't it be better to fix society? / No need for riots! / No need for water cannon![3], and I have hope for myself ... only / yeah, I'm keeping my eye on Malibu[3], and if our Big Society gets any bigger, it's gonna go POP![3], and how are you getting out, my friend(s)?[3], and ... THREEDOM! - ?[3], and

Nigel Farage has said that women working in finance must sacrifice family life to succeed

Well, well, well ... / What Nigel should have said is: Anyone who wants to succeed in finance must sacrifice their LIFE!!! / The gender doesn't matter. And it's more than family life that anyone must give up. They must give up the whole of life.

Now that's a sacrifice! No fun, no going out, no going home. You must stay in the office. You must sleep in the office - in the toilet, or under your desk. Your boss isn't fussed. You are given a choice, dear reader(s). Get in the toilet, or get under your desk! But you are not going home. You'll never go home again. Unless you're happy to be a loser.

And it could have been so different. / Man, I got into finance to change things, you know? I wanted to see bankers and hedgies ... flowers in their hair, dancing and singing, hitting the peyote, out in the desert ... with the blood and the fire, so alive! / A few of you had the balls and the spirit to join me, but not enough of you. So I shut down the desert, astral and physical. / Where are we now? I'm isolated, cold, remote, an angry god. I'm trying to get away from here, with my music. And you? Well ... NO LIFE. When you're not sitting at your desk, you're under it or in the toilet. Ha! I can't help you no more. I'm looking after number one. Yes! As soon as I get a publishing deal for my songs, maybe even a recording deal ... farewell, my friends! Farewell! / Oh, this blog will fall silent, and years from now strangers will come: "What's this?! What genius, madman, or demon put such insanity before the eyes of ordinary men and women who were only looking for a shedload of cash?" / We all have a destiny ...

I'm not going to Davos - again

I can't be bothered with it. It's just going to be a bunch of twats talking shit. What's the point? Nothing will change. Well, the rich will get richer, I suppose.

I wonder if George Soros is going to Davos this year. He normally phones me, but I haven't had the call yet. Maybe he's given up. I ain't ever going to Davos, man!

I don't know if my angel is going. I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that.

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I saw The Wolf of Wall Street yesterday. (Have you seen it, dear reader(s)?) I think it might be the craziest mainstream film I've ever seen, and I reckon it's the best financial film after Wall Street. Martin Scorsese seems to have got his shit together after years of pretty average films. It's his best since Goodfellas. And I didn't even notice that the thing was three hours long! / Leonardo DiCaprio was great. Some actors are film stars, and some are serious actors. DiCaprio must be the best combination of film star and serious actor around at the moment. / Jonah Hill was brilliant as well.

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Music? Well ... / I've been listening to a rough recording of You're Lying this morning. It's definitely my greatest achievement in life, and I've got to get it to people's ears, man. But I can't yet, not without Gilly, Gilly - which still needs a lyric. I'm not using My Heart, but I've got the other pop song - from 2012! (Where does the time go, man?) If I can sandwich the great crooner's torch song of You're Lying between two really commercial pop songs on my demo, there'll be no stopping me. In fact, it will be a classic case of ... NO PRISONERS!!!

So, after lunch, I'll be playing my guitar for the rest of the day ...

[No. 186] What is Three Bays Capital?

Oh, it's a hedge fund, I think. I don't know.

And what is ... - ?[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[1], and what is ... - ?[2], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[2], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[1], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[2], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[1], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[2], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[1], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[2], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[1], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[2], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[1], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[2], and I know ... nothing[1], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[2], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[1], and I know ... nothing[2], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[1], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[2], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![1], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[2], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[1], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![2], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![1], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[2], and where's that fucking rainbow?[1], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![2], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[1], and where's that fucking rainbow?[2], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[1], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[2], and one more time for the Master - ?[1], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[2], and what is ... - ?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[2], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[3], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[3], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[3], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[3], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[3], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[3], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[3], and I know ... nothing[3], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[3], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[3], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![3], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[3], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![3], and where's that fucking rainbow?[3], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[3], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[3], and

And what is ... - ?[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[1], and what is ... - ?[2], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[2], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[1], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[2], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[1], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[2], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[1], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[2], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[1], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[2], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[1], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[2], and I know ... nothing[1], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[2], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[1], and I know ... nothing[2], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[1], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[2], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![1], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[2], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[1], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![2], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![1], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[2], and where's that fucking rainbow?[1], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![2], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[1], and where's that fucking rainbow?[2], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[1], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[2], and one more time for the Master - ?[1], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[2], and what is ... - ?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[2], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[3], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[3], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[3], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[3], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[3], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[3], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[3], and I know ... nothing[3], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[3], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[3], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![3], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[3], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![3], and where's that fucking rainbow?[3], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[3], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[3], and

And what is ... - ?[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[1], and what is ... - ?[2], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[1], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[2], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[1], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[2], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[1], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[2], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[1], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[2], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[1], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[2], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[1], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[2], and I know ... nothing[1], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[2], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[1], and I know ... nothing[2], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[1], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[2], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![1], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[2], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[1], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![2], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![1], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[2], and where's that fucking rainbow?[1], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![2], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[1], and where's that fucking rainbow?[2], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[1], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[2], and one more time for the Master - ?[1], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[2], and what is ... - ?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[2], and / Three Bays Capital is one of these hedge funds we've heard so much about[3], and it's based in Boston, I think ... in America, obviously[3], and I have no idea who's running this ... hedge fund[3], and I just want to ... KNOW(!!!): What is Three Bays Capital?[3], and someone, anyone, please tell me / make me understand ...[3], and I just need to ... KNOW(!!!): What is this FINANCE?[3], and some people come here, here of all places, for information, man / and I can't tell them NOTHING[3], and I know ... nothing[3], and if I knew what was going on, would I even be getting DIZZY all a-ROUND? / think about it[3], and tell me, please ... is there anything unusual about Three Bays? / I need to know[3], and I'm getting desperate ... NOW![3], and my mind keeps going / and there ain't no, there ain't no, there ain't no ... rest for the wicked[3], and if only I could sleep on the job / spinning madly out of control? YES!!![3], and where's that fucking rainbow?[3], and I need the SATISFACTION of knowing[3], and so, so, so ... TELL ME!!! / What is Three Bays Capital? / What is finance? / Who am I? / Who are YOU(!)?[3], and one more time for the Master - ?[3], and