I just want it to be Christmas already

I'm writing this in the afternoon. Well, most of it, anyway. I'll post it tonight after my pizza.

I'm worn out, kook(s). I'm looking forward to my week off. Although I could start my fresh start next Monday and work on those lyrics. It all depends on what the weather is like. If it's not too bad, I might go out for long walks. Or I might stay in and write those lyrics. Anything is possible.

I've been thinking, man ... I've had so many cool musical dreams this year. I haven't told you about all of them. What's my favourite? It's probably the dream that gave me the verse tune for The Future. First of all, I dreamt a whole song with a band and everything, but I was too deep in sleep to wake up and do anything about it. The song stopped. There was a pause of four or five seconds - like you would expect on an album - and then The Future started with a really powerful blast. It woke me up, and then I sang the melody into my Zoom handy recorder.

Ha, ha, ha!

NOW ... try and tell me there's nothing mystical going on, and I'll consider you a total bloody lunatic - frankly. Seriously. You dig?

I'm glad we understand each other.

Okay, okay, that's enough. I was going to write more, but I am very tired. It might be a good idea to have a complete break next week and just eat mince pies and watch TV. What do you think? 

Anyway ...

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

BYE

BYE

BYE

LATERS

LATERS

LATERS

Refinitiv Lipper: European fund flow report - November 2021

Okay, okay.

For immediate release.

Yeah, whatever!

Long-term mutual funds (+€45.3 bn) posted net inflows for November 2021.

Money market products (+€32.3 bn) posted net inflows for November 2021.

The overall fund flows for mutual funds and ETFs in Europe in October amounted to estimated net inflows of €77.6 bn.

Money market funds (+€32.3 bn) were the best-selling asset type overall for November 2021.

Equity Global (+€14.7 bn) was once again the best-selling sector among long-term funds.

Ireland (+€35.7 bn) was the fund domicile with the highest net inflows, followed by Luxembourg (+€30.7 bn) and the U.K. (+€4.4 bn).

BlackRock (+€16.8 bn) was the best-selling fund promoter in Europe for November, ahead of JPMorgan (+€9.0 bn) and Legal & General (+€6.5 bn).

I feel a bit sick. 'Why, boss?! What's the problem? This email seems all right.' Well, Voice, after dinner, and after that Magnum ice cream, I had a nap for thirty minutes, and now I don't feel right. Nothing to do with the email. 'That's a shame. You could have sued Refinitiv.' Don't be ridiculous! Detlef is a friend of ours. 'And the gang.' Yes, and the gang.

Anyway, come on, Detlef! Do your thing, son!

Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research at Refinitiv Lipper, comments: "European investors were in general further in a risk-on mode over the course of November 2021. Given the volatile and sluggish general market environment it was somewhat surprising that November 2021 was a positive month for the European fund industry since mutual fund (+€64.1 bn) and ETF (+€13.5 bn) promoters enjoyed inflows. The overall flow pattern in Europe showed that investors continued to be in risk-on mode in November even as the general flow pattern was driven by inflows into money market products."

Oh, okay. 'Thanks, Detlef!' Yeah, thanks for that.

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

...

Anything else? Well, if you must know, I'm listening to Avalon. 'Is that your favourite album, boss?' No. I just like listening to it in the evening. 'What about Apollo?' It's too early for Apollo. Christ. 'But it's dark out.' I don't care!

Anyway ... only one more post to go. 'Until what?' Until the end of the year. I'm not working next week. 'Of course not! It's Christmas!'

What are you doing at Christmas, Voice? 'I'll be visiting my folks on the astral plane.' Oh, okay. Well, give them my love, won't you? 'Sure.'

You deserve a rest. We both do. Before the fresh start next year. 'Oh, not another one!' You can't have too many fresh starts, man.

I think I'll go with Xavier Rolet's Goldman Sachs routine. Five days on, two days off - at the weekends. 'Nice one!'

And ... isn't that what everyone does, kook(s)? No. Because it's five days and five nights, you dig? I think that's better than working seven days a week.

Maybe then I'll get those lyrics done. I've got five to do, in total - leaving me with seventeen songs. 'Still only seventeen?' I've scrapped I Want Everything. 'Why?!' Standards, my friend. Standards!

Thought of the day: You've got to have standards in this life.

Laters.

[No. 963] All I want for all of eternity

The dizzy life.

And, oh ... YOU(!)[1], and, come on! ... tell me![1], and, oh ... YOU(!)[2], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[1], and, come on! ... tell me![2], and, ah ... with my soul[1], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[2], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[1], and, ah ... with my soul[2], and ... 'No!'[1], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[2], and I'm spinning free![1], and ... 'No!'[2], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[1], and I'm spinning free![2], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[1], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[2], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[1], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[2], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... what about you?[1], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[2], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[1], and ... what about you?[2], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![1], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[2], and feel it, really feel it, too[1], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[1], and feel it, really feel it, too[2], and who ... Who are you?[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[2], and, Christ![1], and who ... Who are you?[2], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[1], and, Christ![2], and ... Do you?[1], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[2], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![1], and ... Do you?[2], and who can find you?[1], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![2], and you're invisible to the squares[1], and who can find you?[2], and who can steal your stuff?[1], and you're invisible to the squares[2], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[1], and who can steal your stuff?[2], and ... you dig?[1], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[2], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[1], and ... you dig?[2], and we are the true global elite![1], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[2], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[1], and we are th e t rue g lobal elit e![2], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[1], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[2], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and, oh ... YOU(!)[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[2], and, come on! ... tell me![3], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[3], and, ah ... with my soul[3], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[3], and ... 'No!'[3], and I'm spinning free![3], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[3], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[3], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[3], and ... what about you?[3], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[3], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![3], and feel it, really feel it, too[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[3], and who ... Who are you?[3], and, Christ![3], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[3], and ... Do you?[3], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![3], and who can find you?[3], and you're invisible to the squares[3], and who can steal your stuff?[3], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[3], and ... you dig?[3], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[3], and we are t  h  e t  r  u  e g  l  o  b  a  l e  l  i  t  e![3], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[3], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[3], and

And, oh ... YOU(!)[1], and, come on! ... tell me![1], and, oh ... YOU(!)[2], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[1], and, come on! ... tell me![2], and, ah ... with my soul[1], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[2], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[1], and, ah ... with my soul[2], and ... 'No!'[1], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[2], and I'm spinning free![1], and ... 'No!'[2], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[1], and I'm spinning free![2], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[1], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[2], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[1], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[2], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... what about you?[1], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[2], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[1], and ... what about you?[2], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![1], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[2], and feel it, really feel it, too[1], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[1], and feel it, really feel it, too[2], and who ... Who are you?[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[2], and, Christ![1], and who ... Who are you?[2], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[1], and, Christ![2], and ... Do you?[1], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[2], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![1], and ... Do you?[2], and who can find you?[1], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![2], and you're invisible to the squares[1], and who can find you?[2], and who can steal your stuff?[1], and you're invisible to the squares[2], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[1], and who can steal your stuff?[2], and ... you dig?[1], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[2], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[1], and ... you dig?[2], and we are the true global elite![1], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[2], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[1], and we are th e t rue g lobal elit e![2], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[1], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[2], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and, oh ... YOU(!)[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[2], and, come on! ... tell me![3], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[3], and, ah ... with my soul[3], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[3], and ... 'No!'[3], and I'm spinning free![3], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[3], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[3], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[3], and ... what about you?[3], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[3], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![3], and feel it, really feel it, too[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[3], and who ... Who are you?[3], and, Christ![3], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[3], and ... Do you?[3], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![3], and who can find you?[3], and you're invisible to the squares[3], and who can steal your stuff?[3], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[3], and ... you dig?[3], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[3], and we are t  h  e t  r  u  e g  l  o  b  a  l e  l  i  t  e![3], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[3], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[3], and

And, oh ... YOU(!)[1], and, come on! ... tell me![1], and, oh ... YOU(!)[2], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[1], and, come on! ... tell me![2], and, ah ... with my soul[1], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[2], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[1], and, ah ... with my soul[2], and ... 'No!'[1], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[2], and I'm spinning free![1], and ... 'No!'[2], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[1], and I'm spinning free![2], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[1], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[2], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[1], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[2], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[1], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[2], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[1], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[2], and ... what about you?[1], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[2], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[1], and ... what about you?[2], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![1], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[2], and feel it, really feel it, too[1], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[1], and feel it, really feel it, too[2], and who ... Who are you?[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[2], and, Christ![1], and who ... Who are you?[2], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[1], and, Christ![2], and ... Do you?[1], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[2], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![1], and ... Do you?[2], and who can find you?[1], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![2], and you're invisible to the squares[1], and who can find you?[2], and who can steal your stuff?[1], and you're invisible to the squares[2], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[1], and who can steal your stuff?[2], and ... you dig?[1], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[2], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[1], and ... you dig?[2], and we are the true global elite![1], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[2], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[1], and we are th e t rue g lobal elit e![2], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[1], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[2], and ... ... ... ???[1], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[2], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[1], and ... ... ... ???[2], and, oh ... YOU(!)[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[2], and, come on! ... tell me![3], and, you, you, you ... I'm talking to you[3], and, ah ... with my soul[3], and is there anything more wonderful than the dizzy life???[3], and ... 'No!'[3], and I'm spinning free![3], and we get a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... don't we? / and we love it ... don't we?[3], and ... 'Yes, yes!'[3], and I swear it gets better every time ... even though it's exactly the same ... ain't that funny, eh?[3], and ... 'Ha, ha, ha!'[3], and even when I'm gone, kook(s), I'm still here ... and that really confuses the squares[3], and ... what about you?[3], and, listen to me ... this is important now ...[3], and while everyone else is being tragic ... we are doing magic / and just think about that for a moment, man![3], and feel it, really feel it, too[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, come on, come on, come on[3], and who ... Who are you?[3], and, Christ![3], and you're no one at nowhere with nothing / and do you realize how beautiful that is, that state?[3], and ... Do you?[3], and who can take you away? / and who can enslave you? / Man, the fools don't know you exist![3], and who can find you?[3], and you're invisible to the squares[3], and who can steal your stuff?[3], and we are here and so GONE(!) ... and that's why we're untouchable[3], and ... you dig?[3], and enjoy it, sure ... but don't tell anyone outside of our little circle ... because - who are we, really?[3], and we are t  h  e t  r  u  e g  l  o  b  a  l e  l  i  t  e![3], and ... 'Even less than one percent, Mikey!'[3], and, yes, yes ... and I'm the leader ... the cosmos loves me ... and I chose myself[3], and ... ... ... ???[3], and it all makes sense, doesn't it?[3], and

I've got a PR email from Detlef and the gang

But I ain't doing it today. I'll - excuse me a moment, dear kook(s), some prat is on his mobile phone right outside my window. 'Oh, boss, I hate it when this happens.' Yeah, yeah. You don't have a window, Voice, do you? 'Well, I can share your window, can't I?' Whatever.

Anyway, I'll do the email tomorrow, or tomorrow. 'Or tomorrow.' Ha! I'm not working Friday, idiot!

Listen! I'm not in the mood for finance today. [For immediate release, Nsikan? Do me a favour!] But I will be tomorrow. Maybe in the evening, I don't know. I might go out for a walk in the morning - as long as the chivatos haven't been deployed yet. 'They haven't.' Well, that's a relief. Otherwise they'll get what Lalin got. I don't give a fuck. 'Pachanga wanted to waste that mutha.' I know!

Anyway ... I was rehearsing my BIG TEN last night, all of them - even the three with incomplete lyrics - and I fear ... I may have gone too far. 'What do you mean, boss?' Well, these songs are going to make me the biggest star in the world. 'Oh.' And do I really want that? I mean, there's no way I won't end up in a Spanish castle like Jim Maclaine. There's just no way. It's practically nailed on. Do you know what I mean? 'Mikey, come on, man. You've got to do this.' Yeah, yeah. 'Or you could destroy the songs.' I can't do that, Voice! Not after all the work I've done. 'Embrace your destiny then!' Oh, Christ. Yeah, I suppose.

Just let me enjoy one last Christmas of normality, kooks. I won't be able to have a farewell fandango for the groover in Cornwall, will I? But I can enjoy Christmas, you dig? 'Yeah.' I can almost taste the mince pies as I write this.

Okay, okay. What am I listening to? Nothing at the moment. Sadly, I don't have any Christmas music on my media player. Well, I have two songs. The Lennon one, and the Wham one. 'Put them on!' All right.

Both of these songs are amazing, man! No one writes Christmas shit like this these days.

We're living in a degraded age, my friends. But it's all going to change. Believe me.

BYE

BYE

BYE

[No. 962] All I want for Christmas is everything

It's party time!

And, come on![1], and everything I see![1], and, come on![2], and yeah, yeah[1], and everything I see![2], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![1], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[2], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[1], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![2], and ... NOWHERE - !!![1], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[2], and I'm spinning so free and easy![1], and ... NOWHERE - !!![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[1], and I'm spinning so free and easy![2], and I want more, more, more ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[2], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![1], and I want more, more, more ...[2], and ... 'I don't feel well'[1], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![2], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![1], and ... 'I don't feel well'[2], and I can't get the staff ...[1], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![2], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[1], and I can't get the staff ...[2], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[1], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[2], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[1], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[2], and ... bring it here - !!![1], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[2], and YOU - !!![1], and ... bring it here - !!![2], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![1], and YOU - !!![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![1], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![2], and I'm so confused[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![2], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![1], and I'm so confused[2], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[1], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![2], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[1], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[2], and listen to me![1], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[2], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[1], and listen to me![2], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[1], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[2], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[1], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Christmas party ... I'm having the time of my life[1], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[2], and again - because there is no ENDS[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Ch ristmas par ty ... I'm having the time of my life[2], and, come on![3], and again - because there is no ENDS[2], and everything I see![3], and yeah, yeah[3], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[3], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![3], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[3], and ... NOWHERE - !!![3], and I'm spinning so free and easy![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[3], and I want more, more, more ...[3], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![3], and ... 'I don't feel well'[3], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![3], and I can't get the staff ...[3], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[3], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[3], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[3], and ... bring it here - !!![3], and YOU - !!![3], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![3], and I'm so confused[3], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![3], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[3], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[3], and listen to me![3], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[3], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[3], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful C  h  r  i  s  t  m  a  s p  a  r  t  y ... I'm having the time of my life[3], and again - because there is no ENDS[3], and

And, come on![1], and everything I see![1], and, come on![2], and yeah, yeah[1], and everything I see![2], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![1], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[2], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[1], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![2], and ... NOWHERE - !!![1], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[2], and I'm spinning so free and easy![1], and ... NOWHERE - !!![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[1], and I'm spinning so free and easy![2], and I want more, more, more ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[2], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![1], and I want more, more, more ...[2], and ... 'I don't feel well'[1], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![2], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![1], and ... 'I don't feel well'[2], and I can't get the staff ...[1], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![2], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[1], and I can't get the staff ...[2], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[1], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[2], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[1], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[2], and ... bring it here - !!![1], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[2], and YOU - !!![1], and ... bring it here - !!![2], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![1], and YOU - !!![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![1], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![2], and I'm so confused[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![2], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![1], and I'm so confused[2], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[1], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![2], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[1], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[2], and listen to me![1], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[2], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[1], and listen to me![2], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[1], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[2], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[1], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Christmas party ... I'm having the time of my life[1], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[2], and again - because there is no ENDS[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Ch ristmas par ty ... I'm having the time of my life[2], and, come on![3], and again - because there is no ENDS[2], and everything I see![3], and yeah, yeah[3], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[3], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![3], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[3], and ... NOWHERE - !!![3], and I'm spinning so free and easy![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[3], and I want more, more, more ...[3], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![3], and ... 'I don't feel well'[3], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![3], and I can't get the staff ...[3], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[3], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[3], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[3], and ... bring it here - !!![3], and YOU - !!![3], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![3], and I'm so confused[3], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![3], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[3], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[3], and listen to me![3], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[3], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[3], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful C  h  r  i  s  t  m  a  s p  a  r  t  y ... I'm having the time of my life[3], and again - because there is no ENDS[3], and

And, come on![1], and everything I see![1], and, come on![2], and yeah, yeah[1], and everything I see![2], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![1], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[2], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[1], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![2], and ... NOWHERE - !!![1], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[2], and I'm spinning so free and easy![1], and ... NOWHERE - !!![2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[1], and I'm spinning so free and easy![2], and I want more, more, more ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[2], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![1], and I want more, more, more ...[2], and ... 'I don't feel well'[1], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![2], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![1], and ... 'I don't feel well'[2], and I can't get the staff ...[1], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![2], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[1], and I can't get the staff ...[2], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[1], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[2], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[1], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[2], and ... bring it here - !!![1], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[2], and YOU - !!![1], and ... bring it here - !!![2], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![1], and YOU - !!![2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![1], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![2], and I'm so confused[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![2], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![1], and I'm so confused[2], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[1], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![2], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[1], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[2], and listen to me![1], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[2], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[1], and listen to me![2], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[1], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[2], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[1], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Christmas party ... I'm having the time of my life[1], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[2], and again - because there is no ENDS[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful Ch ristmas par ty ... I'm having the time of my life[2], and, come on![3], and again - because there is no ENDS[2], and everything I see![3], and yeah, yeah[3], and everything I know ... and everything I've even heard about ...[3], and, oh, hello, you ... yes, you![3], and let's get dizzy! ... and where is everyone???[3], and ... NOWHERE - !!![3], and I'm spinning so free and easy![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and I've got the whole cold world in my head, but, but, BUT(!) ...[3], and I want more, more, more ...[3], and some fire! ... and some blood, too! ... Why not?![3], and ... 'I don't feel well'[3], and FFS! ... don't be sick on the Christmas tree, idiot![3], and I can't get the staff ...[3], and ... 'It must have been something I ate'[3], and, come on!!! ... Bring me the cosmos, you dig?[3], and the great and terrible force of it ... ah, that's what I'm wanting[3], and ... bring it here - !!![3], and YOU - !!![3], and with words and music, and thoughts and feelings, and squares and kooks ... all jumbled in my soul![3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... the beautiful chaos![3], and I'm so confused[3], and, uh ... do you know what I mean? / and I imagine we're on the same wavelength ... I really do - stop me![3], and ... 'They can't ... no one can'[3], and you can't stop me ... you don't want me to stop[3], and listen to me![3], and I got no time for Santa Claus - that fucking mug! / and I believe in the cosmos with presents for all of us[3], and we'll all be saved if we believe ... / ... and do you believe, my little kook?[3], and ... 'I believe, Mikey!'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... This is such a wonderful C  h  r  i  s  t  m  a  s p  a  r  t  y ... I'm having the time of my life[3], and again - because there is no ENDS[3], and

A new rigorous something!

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - Albert Camus

It sounds exciting. Let's find out all about it!

SCHWEIZER KAPITAL Group and KINGSTONE Capital Partners Join Forces for a New Rigorous Venture Capital Impact Strategy.

Oh, okay. 'Never mind, boss.' Shut up, Voice!

Dusseldorf/Zurich, 17 December 2021: Umut Ertan (47), who owns the family office Schweizer Kapital in Zurich as a corporate investor, and Philipp Schomberg (37) as well as Dr. Tim Schomberg (40) from the investment company KINGSTONE Capital Partners, which specializes in real estate investments, have jointly founded the venture capital company Kingstone Schweizer Ventures (KSV). Their goal is to fund, through investment, those cutting-edge strategies within the impact universe that are particularly distinguished by their pioneering spirit and disruptive approaches.

I'm getting loads of PR emails from Europe these days - the mainland, I mean. 'Finance is dead in Britain, boss.' Yes, you may be right.

Anyway ...

"The challenges of the climate crisis are more than well known. With KSV, on the one hand, we want to advance solutions that have a far-reaching, rapid impact due to their technology and creativity, and on the other hand, we want to introduce investors to ideas that are outside the mainstream," explains Umut Ertan, co-founder and shareholder of KSV.

Well, okay. No endorsement, obviously, from me, like, because I don't understand anything about it, and, what's more ... I don't want to understand!!! It's nearly Christmas, you dig? All I care about this late in the year is mince pies. 'And Christmas cake.' Yes, and Christmas cake. 'And crackers, and cheese, and pickled onions.' Ha! Well, obviously, crackers, and cheese, and pickled onions. 'And chocolates.' Yes, and chocolates. 'And Kronenbourg lager.' All right, don't go on! Christ!

Anyway ...

Based on its long track record, Kingstone Schweizer Ventures combines the values of a family office with the pioneering spirit of founders and its own track record as an institutional investor with combined assets under management of over 2 billion euros.

Right. / And the final word from Philipp ...

"We have the highest standards when it comes to the investment approach and only support companies with clear scientific concepts and entrepreneurial ingenuity. We have developed a keen sense for first-class founders and management teams," explains Philipp Schomberg, co-founder and shareholder of KSV.

Okay, okay. Well, good luck with it all.

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

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Anything else? Music?

This is my BIG TEN now -

Mighty Soul

Life and Death

Nothing

This World Don't Mean a Thing

And Rain Came Down

Malibu

Stella

What's This Life We Live?

The Future

Good Times

I've had my doubts about Good Times because it's so simple, BUT(!) ... it's a big, commercial song and it deserves its place on the list.

You dig? Nice one!

I mean, the list will change as time goes by, obviously ... all I'm saying is, I've been obsessed for ages by the idea of matching what I think are the Beatles ten best songs ... and this is it, man!

Laters.

'What about fitness, boss?'

Fitness? I'm not sure I want to do push-ups again. I like doing them, but I think they might have damaged my back a bit. 'Well, just have a longer rest then.' Yes, or I could switch to dumbbells, permanently. The only problem is ... lifting my dumbbells is like lifting two feathers now. 'Buy heavier ones then.' Yeah, yeah. That's more money. 'It's a good investment, Mikey.' Oh, I suppose.

Anyway ...

LATERS

LATERS

LATERS

Last post of the week

That's the best title I could think of. Don't worry about it, kook(s). You worry too much.

What am I listening to? The first Roxy Music album. For some reason, Virginia Plain is included. That song wasn't on the album originally.

It's pretty amazing that Brian Eno was using synthesizers on this album ... in 1972!!! Well, electronic sounds, anyway.

Oh, I've got a new smartphone, with more internal memory. So, that's a problem solved with all those films. It's just a shame that Backbeat isn't available. I've got it on DVD though.

I'll probably stop all the music updates and personal chat next year. Ha! No, seriously. I've got to stop.

Those lyrics? I'll see what I can do, man, but I'm not going to ruin my Christmas or anything. 

I walked to Richmond and back yesterday. I suppose I enjoyed it, but what's the point, really? 'It's healthy, Mikey.' Yeah, yeah.

No, I've had enough of this album. I think I prefer "smooth" Roxy these days.

I'll just play a few random tunes ... starting with A Design For Life by Manic Street Preachers. This is a great song! With a cool video, too.

It's finished.

Actually, I'm just going to sit here in silence now.

It's cold and grey outside. 'It's winter.' Yeah, I know!

Those lyrics? I should do what I said. I mean, write them the way I write my conceptuals - with no anxiety. Just let the words come, and edit and shape them afterwards.

I just want my BIG TEN. That's all I want. It will be a different reality. A different life. I know I'll feel better.

Oh, another film that's not available is the second Steptoe and Son film. Fortunately, it's on TV on Christmas Day. So, I'll watch that. / You don't see rag-and-bone men with their horses and carts anymore. They don't exist anymore.

Have you seen that TV show PhoneShop - ? It was on a few years ago. It's pretty funny. I've got that on DVD as well.

I can't think of much else to say. / Can you? No, of course not.

Anyway ...

Laters.

Refinitiv Lipper: European ETF market report - November 2021

Oh, it's nice to hear from Detlef and the gang again. Isn't it, Voice? 'Yes, boss.' Ha! Don't sound too enthusiastic.

Anyway ...

ETF promoters in Europe experienced estimated net inflows of €13.5 bn for November.

Assets under management in the European ETF industry stood at €1,290.4 bn at the end of November 2021.

Equity ETFs (+€8.5 bn) posted the highest estimated net inflows in the European ETF industry for November.

The best-selling Lipper global classification for November was Equity Global (+€3.4 bn), followed by Equity US (+€3.2 bn) and Equity Emerging Markets Global (+€0.9 bn).

iShares was the best-selling ETF promoter in Europe for November (+€4.6 bn), ahead of UBS ETF (+€1.8 bn) and Amundi ETF (+€1.8 bn).

The 10 best-selling funds gathered total net inflows of €4.4 bn for November.

The best-selling ETF for November, iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc), accounted for net inflows of €0.7 bn.

Oh, okay. And the BIG QUESTION of the day is ... Can Detlef make any sense out of all that? 'I'm sure he can, boss.' Well, let's see ...

Give it your best shot, Detlef!

Detlef Glow, Head of EMEA Research at Refinitiv Lipper, comments: "November 2021 marked the twentieth consecutive month with inflows into ETFs after the outflows caused by the outbreak of The Thing in March 2020. These inflows occurred in a volatile but still somewhat positive market environment in which investor sentiment was still impacted by the dynamics of The Thing on the economies around the globe and the resulting actions taken by central banks and governments in Europe and other parts of the world. The positive performance of the underlying markets led to increasing assets under management (from €1,276.8 bn as of October 31, 2021, to €1,290.4 bn at the end of November)."

Yes, I think he did quite well. 'He did very well.' He's a professional, Voice.

Anyway ...

ENDS

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Anything else? Music?

Yeah, I should be recording my demo before Christmas, ha, ha, ha! ... BUT(!) ... if I get any spare time, I'll work on writing/finishing those four lyrics I need. I've got a great new tune, man, and I'm confident I can match that Beatles BIG TEN with my BIG TEN ... and that's more "exciting" than anything else I can think of at the moment. Frankly.

Yeah, yeah, this new tune fits perfectly into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ... which is freaky. Frankly. I need a new concept and title for the song.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think it's my best melody after Life and Death, and, uh ... Life and Death is the best melody in popular music BECAUSE it sounds like Mozart. Frankly. [According to me, obviously.] The second best melody in popular music also sounds like Mozart. Here it is! Enjoy!

'What's with all the yeahs and franklies, boss?' Shut up, idiot!

Oh, when will I record? I don't know. Christ! I've been listening to some of my recordings from two or three years ago and ... my singing and rhythm guitar playing have improved so much. So, I can record whenever I like, really. Whenever I'm in the mood for it, like. 'What about lead guitar?' Ha! I've forgotten all about that, frankly, but I'll get back to it eventually. There just aren't enough hours in the day ...

Yeah, yeah.

Laters.

[No. 961] BIG TEN

Come on! Any ideas or thoughts or feelings I've got ... ah! ... words, words, words ... tunes, tunes, tunes ... I like to spin them a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... just to test them, you dig? Can they withstand the pressure? Will they dissolve into nothingness? Will I dissolve into nothingness ... because I'm just words and tunes, ain't I?! Ha, ha, ha! At the end of the day, like, or ... at the end of time, man!

And, well, well ...[1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[1], and, well, well ...[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[2], and, uh, uh ... oooh![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![2], and I've got a new tune![1], and, uh, uh ... oooh![2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![1], and I've got a new tune![2], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![2], and was it fate?[1], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[2], and spin, spin, spin![1], and was it fate?[2], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![1], and spin, spin, spin![2], and, er ... pop, too, yes![1], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![2], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[1], and, er ... pop, too, yes![2], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[1], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[2], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[1], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[2], and I'm watching you ...[1], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[2], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![1], and I'm watching you ...[2], and do we have any free will at all???[1], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![2], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![1], and do we have any free will at all???[2], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[1], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![2], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[1], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[2], and there will be more![1], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[2], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[1], and there will be more![2], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![1], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[2], and I WANT MORE - !!![1], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![2], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[1], and I WAN T MO RE - !!![2], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![1], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[2], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![1], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![2], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![1], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![2], and yes, yes, yes![1], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![2], and, well, well ...[3], and yes, yes, yes![2], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![3], and, uh, uh ... oooh![3], and I've got a new tune![3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![3], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[3], and was it fate?[3], and spin, spin, spin![3], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![3], and, er ... pop, too, yes![3], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[3], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[3], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[3], and I'm watching you ...[3], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![3], and do we have any free will at all???[3], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![3], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[3], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[3], and there will be more![3], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[3], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![3], and I W  A  N  T M  O  R  E - !!![3], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[3], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![3], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![3], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![3], and yes, yes, yes![3], and

And, well, well ...[1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[1], and, well, well ...[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[2], and, uh, uh ... oooh![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![2], and I've got a new tune![1], and, uh, uh ... oooh![2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![1], and I've got a new tune![2], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![2], and was it fate?[1], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[2], and spin, spin, spin![1], and was it fate?[2], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![1], and spin, spin, spin![2], and, er ... pop, too, yes![1], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![2], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[1], and, er ... pop, too, yes![2], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[1], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[2], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[1], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[2], and I'm watching you ...[1], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[2], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![1], and I'm watching you ...[2], and do we have any free will at all???[1], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![2], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![1], and do we have any free will at all???[2], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[1], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![2], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[1], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[2], and there will be more![1], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[2], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[1], and there will be more![2], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![1], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[2], and I WANT MORE - !!![1], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![2], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[1], and I WAN T MO RE - !!![2], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![1], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[2], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![1], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![2], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![1], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![2], and yes, yes, yes![1], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![2], and, well, well ...[3], and yes, yes, yes![2], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![3], and, uh, uh ... oooh![3], and I've got a new tune![3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![3], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[3], and was it fate?[3], and spin, spin, spin![3], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![3], and, er ... pop, too, yes![3], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[3], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[3], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[3], and I'm watching you ...[3], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![3], and do we have any free will at all???[3], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![3], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[3], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[3], and there will be more![3], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[3], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![3], and I W  A  N  T M  O  R  E - !!![3], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[3], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![3], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![3], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![3], and yes, yes, yes![3], and

And, well, well ...[1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[1], and, well, well ...[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![1], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[2], and, uh, uh ... oooh![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![2], and I've got a new tune![1], and, uh, uh ... oooh![2], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![1], and I've got a new tune![2], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[1], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![2], and was it fate?[1], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[2], and spin, spin, spin![1], and was it fate?[2], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![1], and spin, spin, spin![2], and, er ... pop, too, yes![1], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![2], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[1], and, er ... pop, too, yes![2], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[1], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[2], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[1], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[2], and I'm watching you ...[1], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[2], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![1], and I'm watching you ...[2], and do we have any free will at all???[1], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![2], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![1], and do we have any free will at all???[2], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[1], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![2], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[1], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[2], and there will be more![1], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[2], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[1], and there will be more![2], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![1], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[2], and I WANT MORE - !!![1], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![2], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[1], and I WAN T MO RE - !!![2], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![1], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[2], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![1], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![2], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![1], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![2], and yes, yes, yes![1], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![2], and, well, well ...[3], and yes, yes, yes![2], and, listen, you! ... and follow my thoughts, my ideas[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and, kooks! ... I've got the dizzy dizzy shakes![3], and, uh, uh ... oooh![3], and I've got a new tune![3], and, you, you, YOU(!) ... shake it with me![3], and it slots very nicely into the chords and rhythm of Love Is Such a Dream ...[3], and was it fate?[3], and spin, spin, spin![3], and, rock, and roll - go on, go on![3], and, er ... pop, too, yes![3], and, so, yes ... that old tune is dead to me now! / and it won't even get a burial ... oh, it will float off somewhere[3], and I'm sure, yes, I'm sure[3], and is this fate, all this ... the spinning?[3], and I'm watching you ...[3], and, sha, sha ... shake, all over, come on, come on![3], and do we have any free will at all???[3], and it will be good for ninth place, with The Future in tenth, and Good Times will be squeezed out - farewell![3], and it's a sad sight, a sad sound ...[3], and, but, but, but ... life goes on, doesn't it? ... Well, it better[3], and there will be more![3], and a BIG TEN of songs can never ever be set in stone - unless you've stopped writing[3], and gimme, gimme, gimme ... more![3], and I W  A  N  T M  O  R  E - !!![3], and ... the end, ah, the end ... I don't want to contemplate ... and don't need to, actually[3], and this is eternal - and internal, ha![3], and I'm sha shaking on the floor, oooh ... eyes a-bulging, and my mouth with foam ... I can't get enough![3], and fun, as usual? Tell me about it![3], and yes, yes, yes![3], and

Hello and a very good morning to you

That wasn't me. 'Who was it?' Bilal. 'Oh, him.' Yeah.

Anyway ...

Today, WATI (which is WhatsApp Team Inbox) is announcing their series A fundraise, taking their funding tally to $10m in just 6 months as they've grown 5-fold in revenue in that period. The founder Ms Bianco Ho is available for interview. WATI is enabling businesses and their customers to have real-time conversations through WhatsApp. They have grown to 3,000 customers across 54 countries in the last 6 months. Full press release below. Would you like pics? Will you be able to cover this please?

It wasn't today. When it was, I don't know, but it wasn't today. When did I get this, Voice? 'I don't know, boss.' Thanks for your help.

Er ... will I be able to cover this? Yes, obviously. Would I like pics? Er ... I don't know, actually.

No, not today.

Anyway ...

London, UK - 8 December, 2021: WATI.io (WhatsApp Team Inbox), a comprehensive WhatsApp customer engagement tool for small businesses, has raised $8.3Mn in Series A led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from Surge, Base Partners and several prominent angels including Gokul Rajaram, a member of the DoorDash executive team. WATI.io has over 3,000 customers  across 54 countries including India, Indonesia and Brazil.

'This is from last week, boss.' Yes, idiot, I can read. How much do I pay you again? 'You don't pay me.' Thank God for that!

[PR emails, and it's nearly Christmas ...]

Okay, okay. I'm not in the mood for all this, BUT(!) ... we can hear from Ken, can't we? 'Can we?!' Well, you try shutting him up, Voice! 'Oh, I'm not going to try that!' Ha, ha, ha!

Come on, Ken!

"WATI's mission is to help businesses do more with less. Our one-click integration with the most commonly used tools like Shopify, WooCommerce, etc. enables businesses to provide holistic customer experience at scale. We look to use this funding to attract world class talent to help us build this," Ken Yeung, CEO.

Fair enough.

And ...

ENDS - !!!

'Boss.'

What?

'Abheek wants to say something.'

Oh, Christ. Are you serious?!

'I'm afraid so.'

Okay, come on, Abheek, have your say ...

"WATI is on a mission to help hundreds of millions of SMBs across the world communicate more effectively with their customers on one of the most ubiquitous messaging platforms - WhatsApp. They've achieved terrific growth rates this past year while breaking even but what is more exciting is the expansive set of product possibilities in front of the company as they capitalise on the market opportunity. Sequoia Capital India is excited to deepen the partnership with Ken and Bianca in the next stage of their journey of building WATI," Abheek Anand, MD, Sequoia India.

Yeah, thanks for that.

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

Ken and Bianca? Didn't they have a disco hit in 1978?

Never mind.

ENDS

ENDS

ENDS

...

Anything else? Music?

I had hours of musical dreams last night. Ask and you shall receive! I mumbled a couple of tunes into my Zoom Handy thing - the old one, not the new one. I don't know if I'll be able to use them yet.

Right, my BIG TEN??? In theory, The Future and Good Times would be fine for my BIG TEN in ninth and tenth positions - I mean, just as good as U2's ninth and tenth, oh, from that list I made. But you know me, kook(s). I always want more. Enough is never enough!

Man, I'm excited about The Future. I've already written the rather simple chorus lyric. I can just hear the heavy rock band playing the song, with the girl backing singers, too. Oh, it's all in my head, yes!

Bye.

[No. 960] Interview with the cosmos

Totally one! ... For a little eternity.

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and