[No. 232] Up the workers!

And ... up the shirkers!

And / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[1], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![2], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[2], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![1], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[2], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[1], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![2], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![1], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[2], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[1], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![2], and imagine ... no shit[1], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[2], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![1], and imagine ... no shit[2], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[1], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![2], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[1], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[2], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[1], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[2], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[1], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[2], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[2], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[3], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[3], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![3], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[3], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![3], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[3], and imagine ... no shit[3], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![3], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[3], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[3], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[3], and

And / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[1], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![2], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[2], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![1], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[2], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[1], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![2], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![1], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[2], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[1], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![2], and imagine ... no shit[1], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[2], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![1], and imagine ... no shit[2], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[1], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![2], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[1], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[2], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[1], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[2], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[1], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[2], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[2], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[3], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[3], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![3], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[3], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![3], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[3], and imagine ... no shit[3], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![3], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[3], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[3], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[3], and

And / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[1], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![2], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[1], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[2], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![1], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[2], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[1], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![2], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![1], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[2], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[1], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![2], and imagine ... no shit[1], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[2], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![1], and imagine ... no shit[2], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[1], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![2], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[1], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[2], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[1], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[2], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[1], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[2], and / Yeah! Up them! / POWER to the people![3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[2], and down with the Bullingdon Club twats, man! / They don't own this fucking country ... Or maybe they do[3], and as soon as you're born they make you feel small ...[3], and are YOU(!) ... a dumb worker, or a shirker ... or a dole taker, or a faker? / Oh, get DIZZY all a-ROUND here, lose yourself![3], and you think you're so clever and classless and free ...[3], and ... I KNOW THE TRUTH![3], and how do you graduate from smashing up restaurants to smashing up a whole country?[3], and imagine ... no shit[3], and I'm gonna be like the folks on the hill - in Malibu![3], and don't take it too seriously, please ... just take it easy... the best people chillax, you know[3], and / WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / WHAT ARE YOU?[3], and you, you, you ... you're, you're, you're ... uh[3], and / you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see ...[3], and

[No. 231] We still have the passion!

Blood and fire.

And there is ... something[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![1], and there is ... something[2], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![2], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[1], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[2], and I'm not going to argue with you[1], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[2], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[1], and I'm not going to argue with you[2], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[1], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[2], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[1], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[2], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[1], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[2], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[1], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[2], and is it ... real?[1], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[2], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[1], and is it ... real?[2], and, er ...[1], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[2], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[1], and, er ...[2], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[1], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[2], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[1], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[2], and everyone's got to look inside[1], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[2], and I can't do it for you ...[1], and everyone's got to look inside[2], and there is ... something[3], and I can't do it for you ...[2], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![3], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[3], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[3], and I'm not going to argue with you[3], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[3], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[3], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[3], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[3], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[3], and is it ... real?[3], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[3], and, er ...[3], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[3], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[3], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[3], and everyone's got to look inside[3], and I can't do it for you ...[3], and

And there is ... something[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![1], and there is ... something[2], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![2], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[1], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[2], and I'm not going to argue with you[1], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[2], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[1], and I'm not going to argue with you[2], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[1], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[2], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[1], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[2], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[1], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[2], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[1], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[2], and is it ... real?[1], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[2], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[1], and is it ... real?[2], and, er ...[1], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[2], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[1], and, er ...[2], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[1], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[2], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[1], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[2], and everyone's got to look inside[1], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[2], and I can't do it for you ...[1], and everyone's got to look inside[2], and there is ... something[3], and I can't do it for you ...[2], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![3], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[3], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[3], and I'm not going to argue with you[3], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[3], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[3], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[3], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[3], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[3], and is it ... real?[3], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[3], and, er ...[3], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[3], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[3], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[3], and everyone's got to look inside[3], and I can't do it for you ...[3], and

And there is ... something[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![1], and there is ... something[2], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[1], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![2], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[1], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[2], and I'm not going to argue with you[1], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[2], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[1], and I'm not going to argue with you[2], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[1], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[2], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[1], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[2], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[1], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[2], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[1], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[2], and is it ... real?[1], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[2], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[1], and is it ... real?[2], and, er ...[1], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[2], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[1], and, er ...[2], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[1], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[2], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[1], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[2], and everyone's got to look inside[1], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[2], and I can't do it for you ...[1], and everyone's got to look inside[2], and there is ... something[3], and I can't do it for you ...[2], and I'm not praying for a miracle ... / I am the miracle, so follow me, watch me ... and learn![3], and I know you've got ... potential, and you know I'm special / We might find the answer(s) ...[3], and / yeah, yeah ... you're special, too / I'm sure[3], and I'm not going to argue with you[3], and ... there aren't too many, no, but so many are dead / they never got the dream in their heads[3], and I can crawl a-ROUND ... on the floor / or on the ceiling ... with a feeling ... it's all worthwhile[3], and / looking deeper, oh, getting deeper ...[3], and even in these times ... with no desert, no ghosts ... there's BLOOD and FIRE for the special few[3], and ... LOVE - ? / Yeah, I suppose[3], and is it ... real?[3], and NOW(!) ... that we've found real love, what are we going to do with it?[3], and, er ...[3], and YOU(!) ... want too much from me! / follow me, yeah, but ... oh, I don't know[3], and I ... spin a-ROUND ... here[3], and ... / ... / ... it's not a real floor, and it's not a real ceiling ...[3], and everyone's got to look inside[3], and I can't do it for you ...[3], and

Henry Fischel-Bock is leaving Barclays

Yeah, soon ... / At the moment, this Henry Fischel-Bock character is still the head of UK and European wealth management - if that means anything to you, dear reader(s). 'I think he's gone already, boss.' How would you know, Voice? I'll phone him later ... / Anyway, Henry has been around a bit. (Not a-ROUND. He's not one of those, yet. I mean, one of us - [?]. Just around at different firms and universities.) Before Barclays, he worked at U.S. Trust, Citigroup Wealth Management, Dresdner Private Bank, and ... a few other places, probably. He studied civil engineering at Princeton - for some reason. (I doubt he knows, himself.) He's got an MBA as well. Not from Princeton, from INSEAD. (He finds it difficult to stay in one place.) Yeah, he seems to be quite a confused man. He's not really sure what he wants to do with his life. 'Ha!' Which is where I come in. For some time now I've been trying to get Henry to pack it all in, the finance nonsense. When I see a weak person, someone who's confused, that's when I pounce. Last year Henry said to me: "Oh, Mr Fowke, sir, you'll never get me to walk away from finance. It's my life, you understand? MY LIFE!!! I'm not interested in other opportunities." Ha! Well, well, well ... / And what does Barclays Wealth & Investment Management say now? "Henry Fischel-Bock has decided to step down from his role to pursue another opportunity outside the firm. We wish him well in the future. Apparently, that fucking lunatic Michael Fowke has promised him a position in his band, playing bass or something." Well, no. I don't actually have a band. (I'm on my own, musically. And that's the way I like it.) / And I haven't promised Henry anything, really. I've merely opened his eyes. "Henry," I said to the poor sod recently, "there's a whole cosmos out there, son. Why are you rotting away, managing wealth? Do you think your clients love you? They don't love you. You could be anyone. They just see a square in a suit ... because that's what they are, squares in suits. When are you going to change? When are you going to grow - as a person, and as a soul? Put some flowers ... just behind your ears. There ain't no desert no more, Henry, but real love is everywhere, with us, the mystical ones. See the blood! See the fire! We still have the passion!" And that's what did it, my rhetoric. And Henry's weakness, and his confusion. / I'm a natural-born cult leader!

...

So ... what can I say? / The question is, what are you going to do, dear reader(s)? Come on! Think about your own situation ... yeah? Are you still at a bank or a hedge fund? Jesus!

[Mystic kook readers, don't worry.]

Steven Eisman has packed it in ... you know, all that Emrys Partners stuff

Steven, Steve, Stevie ... Oh, it doesn't really matter. / But, yeah, he's had enough. (He wants to go a-roving, no doubt.) I think it's for the best. Steve says it's because the macroeconomic environment has made Emrys' strategy unviable. No, no, no. The truth is, Stevie - like a lot of us, let's be honest - is sick of finance. He's got enough money now. He doesn't need the hassle. 'Who does, boss?' No one, Voice. Getting out of bed at four or five in the morning, dragging yourself to the office, staring at computer screens all day, talking on the phone to annoying, needy investors who really should get a life. What's that all about?! I mean, who needs it?

No one needs it. / I hope Steven has a hobby. (He can't go a-roving every night. The heart must pause to breathe, after all.) If he doesn't, he'll have to get one. Life is long. We should all stay active. I've got my guitar and my songs. If Stevie wants to join my band ...

Imagine no banks, and no hedge funds, it's easy if you try ... Yeah, imagine all the bankers, all the hedgies, sharing all the world ... / A bit like Aviva Investors. They're ahead of their time, that lot. Ice creams in the park. Pints in the pub. Everyone holding hands ... beautiful! They don't give a toss.

I've found a new pub, by the way. There are three down by the river. (I'm not going to that rip-off one no more. Half a glass of ice! Bastards!) There's a nice barmaid. I think she likes me ...

However, whisky and women almost wrecked my life, so ... I'm sticking to the lager.

I don't know if Steve is much of a drinker. Maybe he'll take it up. As long as he's sensible with it ...

I don't want to see Stevie - 'Drinking out of a skull, like Lord Byron?' Exactly! I don't want to see that. 'They wouldn't allow it anyway, Mikey, in his local.' Of course they wouldn't. Unless they're goddamn freaks. / He'll have to be content with a tankard behind the bar. Like in the Legion. 'No! They're psychos!' Not the British Legion, man. They look after your tankard for you.

Oh, probably no posting tomorrow. I've got different fish to fry ... / Laters ...

No one wants to invest in supermarkets no more

Oh, the page has gone. Never mind. I was linking to something about supermarkets.

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Sunny day today. So what? It's summer. It's what you expect. Though we don't always get it.

I might go out after lunch. Or I might stay in. My life is so exciting. Obviously, it could be worse.

I'm not complaining. Whisky and women almost wrecked my life. I'm just glad to be alive.

...

I'm making progress with the alternate picking. I'm almost as good now as when I was doing the "wrong" picking.

I need to change my strings. I've done close to eighty hours on the D’Addario phosphor bronzes. They're going off, man.

I'll put some Martins on. / Yeah. 80/20 bronzes - for your information, dear reader(s).

Recording? Oh, I don't know. Who knows?! When it feels right, when I'm in the groove ...

I don't need anyone giving me grief over it, you dig?

[No. 230] I'm gonna break Anthony Noto ...

This is for Jason.

And Jason is in tears ... as we spin[1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[1], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[2], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[2], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[1], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![2], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[1], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[2], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[1], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[2], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[1], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[2], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [1], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[2], and ... here he is[1], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [2], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![1], and ... here he is[2], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[1], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![2], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![1], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[2], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![1], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![2], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![1], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![2], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![1], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![2], and this is how shamans get justice[1], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![2], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[3], and this is how shamans get justice[2], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[3], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![3], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[3], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[3], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[3], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[3], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [3], and ... here he is[3], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![3], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[3], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![3], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![3], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![3], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![3], and this is how shamans get justice[3], and

And Jason is in tears ... as we spin[1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[1], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[2], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[2], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[1], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![2], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[1], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[2], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[1], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[2], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[1], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[2], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [1], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[2], and ... here he is[1], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [2], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![1], and ... here he is[2], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[1], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![2], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![1], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[2], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![1], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![2], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![1], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![2], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![1], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![2], and this is how shamans get justice[1], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![2], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[3], and this is how shamans get justice[2], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[3], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![3], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[3], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[3], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[3], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[3], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [3], and ... here he is[3], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![3], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[3], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![3], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![3], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![3], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![3], and this is how shamans get justice[3], and

And Jason is in tears ... as we spin[1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[1], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[2], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![1], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[2], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[1], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![2], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[1], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[2], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[1], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[2], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[1], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[2], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [1], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[2], and ... here he is[1], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [2], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![1], and ... here he is[2], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[1], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![2], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![1], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[2], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![1], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![2], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![1], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![2], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![1], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![2], and this is how shamans get justice[1], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![2], and Jason is in tears ... as we spin[3], and this is how shamans get justice[2], and I'm gonna get Tony so DIZZY a-ROUND here / he'll beg for mercy[3], and / 'Maybe Tony didn't like the curtains, boss' / BULLSHIT, MAN!!![3], and ... not liking some curtains - if that's the case - is NO REASON to walk away from a hedge fund[3], and oh(!) ... Tony is so confused / he still thinks he works for Goldman Sachs[3], and / if I had a pair of pliers ...[3], and what's so special about Twitter anyway? / I don't see the attraction, myself[3], and / if I had a blowtorch ... [3], and ... here he is[3], and Tony(!!!) ... you're a-ROUND, a-ROUND now, on the floor, or the ceiling, until you're sick of it - and then it still won't stop![3], and did you think of Jason? / Do you even know who he is? / One of the little people ...[3], and breaking down now ... oh, cry, oh, BEG!!![3], and Twitter won't want him ... by the time I'm done / It's cruel, yes, but necessary - and YOU(!) think of Jason![3], and spinners ... COME TOGETHER![3], and Tony - ? / can't make it stop, I won't stop, can't stop, don't wanna stop, will never STOP!!![3], and this is how shamans get justice[3], and

What's going on with Anthony Noto?

Unbelievable! These people ... / Anthony Noto was supposed to be starting work at Coatue Management this week. They had his office all ready and everything. Jason at Coatue told me: "I picked out some lovely curtains for Tony, which matched the carpet perfectly. I've put a lot of love and time into this. Now he's broken my heart." You see, dear reader(s), the human side of characters in finance being let down by people who have no sense of right and wrong. Anthony Noto has run away to join Twitter! As chief financial officer! (His LinkedIn profile says he's still at Goldman, by the way.) Ha! Well, I hope he's happy. And I really hope he can put Jason out of his mind. I mean, Jason is just one of the little people, isn't he?

I'm really fucking angry about this! Seriously. I'm spitting blood. / The thoughtlessness, the heartlessness ... 'What are you going to do, boss? A curse?' Oh, in the old days, maybe. No, a conceptual. 'A really wild one, yeah?' Of course, Voice. What do you think? I'm gonna get medieval on Tony's ass. Do a real number on him, you know? 'No. 230?' Obviously, man. What else would it be?

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I'm a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I rules my den ... Oh, don't worry about it, reader(s)! I'm just listening to John Lee Hooker, that's all. I love the way he plays that electric guitar while tapping his foot on the wooden board. Totally cool! / I'll probably be getting a new guitar soon. I should be getting a better acoustic, the Yamaha FG730S, but ... I'm tempted by an electric, the Fender Squier Telecaster. (It's a cheap guitar. It might do until I'm playing like Clapton, then I can upgrade to a non-Squier Stratocaster.)  I've got to record Gilly, Gilly again. It will sound COOL(!) with an electric, like a classic garage band song.

[The Yamaha is really nice though. It doesn't have any bad reviews. The Tele does. I don't know. You can't rock with an acoustic ... / When I hit the big time I can see me spending a fortune on guitars ...]

Lunch! I'm starving, man ...

[No. 229] The world is waiting for ... Mikeycoin!

Here comes the wise man, and there goes the fool.

And BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[1], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[2], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[2], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[1], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[2], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![1], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[2], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![1], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![2], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![1], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![2], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[1], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![2], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![1], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[2], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[1], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![2], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![1], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[2], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![1], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![2], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![1], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![2], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[1], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![2], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[2], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[3], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[3], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[3], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![3], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![3], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![3], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[3], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![3], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[3], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![3], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![3], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[3], and

And BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[1], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[2], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[2], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[1], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[2], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![1], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[2], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![1], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![2], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![1], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![2], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[1], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![2], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![1], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[2], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[1], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![2], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![1], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[2], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![1], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![2], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![1], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![2], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[1], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![2], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[2], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[3], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[3], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[3], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![3], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![3], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![3], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[3], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![3], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[3], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![3], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![3], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[3], and

And BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[1], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[2], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[1], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[2], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[1], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[2], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![1], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[2], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![1], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![2], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![1], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![2], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[1], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![2], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![1], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[2], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[1], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![2], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![1], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[2], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![1], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![2], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![1], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![2], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[1], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![2], and BOOM! BOOM! / I got the money blues[3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[2], and I'm waiting for the world to make me rich ... / There's one born every minute[3], and it's so hard, the getting of money ... a wise man makes his own[3], and ... I could be a crawlin' king snake, baby, and I could rule my den[3], and who decides that something is worth something, man?![3], and night time is the right time ... for getting a-ROUND here - ?, / but I got sun in my eyes RIGHT NOW![3], and the light makes me ... HIGH, so come on! / I need the positive vibes that, uh ... ha![3], and I don't wanna complain ... but whisky and women almost wrecked my life[3], and I'd have money TODAY!!! / yeah ... oh, I'm the man, and I have a plan![3], and DIZZY / ... time ... is the right time ... for confusing everybody / oh, tap your foot, electric[3], and what do YOU(!) want, son? / What have you been looking for, all your wretched life? / Mikeycoin!!![3], and fool, fool, fool ... if you think it's over / this is only No. 229![3], and / I believe ... Mikeycoin gonna free me![3], and / jump a-ROUND, baby ... oh, soon / I'm gonna boogie real hard when my ship comes in[3], and

There was a Bitcoin auction last week ...

Apparently, the US government auctioned off 29,000 bitcoins (Bitcoins? Big "B"?) that it had taken from the Silk Road - whatever that is.

I didn't buy any myself because I don't need any. I'm still thinking about my Mikeycoin idea. I mean, is it a good idea? Can it really be that easy getting rich? Why isn't everyone doing it then? 'Not everyone is a visionary genius like you, boss.' Yes, that's a good point, Voice. I often forget how "normal" most other people are.

But I've got so much on at the moment ... / I recorded You're Lying again last night. It still sounds awful. I won't be Eric Clapton for a while, that's for sure. Maybe I should go back to the piano. I was always better at the piano.

There aren't enough hours in the day ... / Blogging, guitar, songs, Mikeycoin ...

I just ... 'No. 229?' Oh, later, later, man. After lunch. After my egg sandwich, and crisps, and yoghurt, and Coke.

I don't know what the subject will be today. (Not that the subject is ever important. I kill the meaning of words - when I'm at my best.) / I want to clear my mind, and my soul, of all the shit, dear reader(s), you dig? 'Will getting a-ROUND yet again help or make things worse, boss?' Ha! How do I know, man?

Laters ...

Solomon Kumin is getting ready to launch a billion dollar hedge fund

Or so "they" say. (Ha!) I'm not sure I believe "them" because Solomon's hedge fund doesn't even have a name yet. My number one rule is: Never trust a hedge fund that doesn't have a name. I mean, it's hard enough to make a living with a fund that does have a name. So, until Solomon comes out and tells everyone what the name is, I'm going to consider it no more than pie in the sky. It may be a very nice pie flying high in the friendly sky (as Marvin would say - if he was with us) but it's still just a pie ... in the sky, you dig?

Now, I know a lot of you like extra details. (They give you a sense of reality, don't they?) Well, I can tell you that this Solomon Kumin character used to be chief operating officer at SAC Capital Advisors. And he must miss the old place because his LinkedIn profile says he's still working there. 'Sad, Mikey.' Oh, come on, Voice, be generous. Some people can't let go, you know. Solomon is obviously a sentimental man. Not everyone is as heartless as you are. 'If I'm heartless, boss, it's only because I don't have a body. How many more times?!' All right, Voice, I'm sorry. I forget sometimes. You have so much vitality. You're so full of life. I expect you to have a heart, and a nose, and ears, and legs, and ... you know? 'Yeah. I had all that stuff. In the old days.' (Really?) Ah, the old days ...

None of us are getting any younger. Christ. I hope Solomon makes a go of this hedge fund of his. You only get one life.

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Guitar? Well, dear reader(s), let me tell you ... I seriously believe it's only a matter of time before I'm like Eric Clapton. 'Bullshit!' No, man. Examine the evidence. I started to learn alternate picking LAST FRIDAY!!! ... and I can do it already! 'So?' Alternate picking is bloody difficult, man. Down, up, down, up, down, up ... all over the fretboard. It ain't easy.

It can be done. Anything can be done. (You gotta believe!) I've set myself a standard. I did it with my songwriting. I'm doing it with my guitar playing. NO PRISONERS!!!