Monday 17 January 2022

[No. 968] Roaring Twenties

Obviously, they haven't started roaring yet, but they will. Be patient!

And ... cheer up![1], and come on, come on, come on![1], and ... cheer up![2], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[1], and come on, come on, come on![2], and whoever you happen to be ...[1], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[2], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[1], and whoever you happen to be ...[2], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[1], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[2], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[1], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[2], and I really need him![1], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[1], and I really need him![2], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and living large!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[2], and okay, okay ...[1], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and liv ing lar ge!'[2], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[1], and okay, okay ...[2], and I can't say - don't even want to[1], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[2], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[1], and I can't say - don't even want to[2], and 2030 will be too late!!![1], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[2], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[1], and 2030 will be too late!!![2], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[1], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[2], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[1], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[2], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[1], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[2], and ... 'Listen to him!'[1], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[2], and life isn't fair[1], and ... 'Listen to him!'[2], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[1], and life isn't fair[2], and it's the same old story - look at history![1], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[2], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[1], and it's the same old story - look at history![2], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[1], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[1], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[2], and ... 'But I understand'[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[2], and I was clear enough ... I feel[1], and ... 'But I understand'[2], and, well ... of course[1], and I was clear enough ... I feel[2], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[1], and, well ... of course[2], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[1], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[1], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[2], and I know you won't[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[2], and ... cheer up![3], and I know you won't[2], and come on, come on, come on![3], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[3], and whoever you happen to be ...[3], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[3], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[3], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[3], and I really need him![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[3], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and l  i  v  i  n  g l  a  r  g  e!'[3], and okay, okay ...[3], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[3], and I can't say - don't even want to[3], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[3], and 2030 will be too late!!![3], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[3], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[3], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[3], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[3], and ... 'Listen to him!'[3], and life isn't fair[3], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[3], and it's the same old story - look at history![3], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[3], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[3], and ... 'But I understand'[3], and I was clear enough ... I feel[3], and, well ... of course[3], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[3], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[3], and I know you won't[3], and

And ... cheer up![1], and come on, come on, come on![1], and ... cheer up![2], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[1], and come on, come on, come on![2], and whoever you happen to be ...[1], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[2], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[1], and whoever you happen to be ...[2], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[1], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[2], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[1], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[2], and I really need him![1], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[1], and I really need him![2], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and living large!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[2], and okay, okay ...[1], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and liv ing lar ge!'[2], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[1], and okay, okay ...[2], and I can't say - don't even want to[1], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[2], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[1], and I can't say - don't even want to[2], and 2030 will be too late!!![1], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[2], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[1], and 2030 will be too late!!![2], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[1], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[2], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[1], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[2], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[1], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[2], and ... 'Listen to him!'[1], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[2], and life isn't fair[1], and ... 'Listen to him!'[2], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[1], and life isn't fair[2], and it's the same old story - look at history![1], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[2], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[1], and it's the same old story - look at history![2], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[1], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[1], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[2], and ... 'But I understand'[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[2], and I was clear enough ... I feel[1], and ... 'But I understand'[2], and, well ... of course[1], and I was clear enough ... I feel[2], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[1], and, well ... of course[2], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[1], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[1], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[2], and I know you won't[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[2], and ... cheer up![3], and I know you won't[2], and come on, come on, come on![3], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[3], and whoever you happen to be ...[3], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[3], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[3], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[3], and I really need him![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[3], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and l  i  v  i  n  g l  a  r  g  e!'[3], and okay, okay ...[3], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[3], and I can't say - don't even want to[3], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[3], and 2030 will be too late!!![3], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[3], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[3], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[3], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[3], and ... 'Listen to him!'[3], and life isn't fair[3], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[3], and it's the same old story - look at history![3], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[3], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[3], and ... 'But I understand'[3], and I was clear enough ... I feel[3], and, well ... of course[3], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[3], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[3], and I know you won't[3], and

And ... cheer up![1], and come on, come on, come on![1], and ... cheer up![2], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[1], and come on, come on, come on![2], and whoever you happen to be ...[1], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[2], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[1], and whoever you happen to be ...[2], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[1], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[2], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[1], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[2], and I really need him![1], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[1], and I really need him![2], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and living large!'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[2], and okay, okay ...[1], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and liv ing lar ge!'[2], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[1], and okay, okay ...[2], and I can't say - don't even want to[1], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[2], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[1], and I can't say - don't even want to[2], and 2030 will be too late!!![1], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[2], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[1], and 2030 will be too late!!![2], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[1], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[2], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[1], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[2], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[1], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[2], and ... 'Listen to him!'[1], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[2], and life isn't fair[1], and ... 'Listen to him!'[2], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[1], and life isn't fair[2], and it's the same old story - look at history![1], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[2], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[1], and it's the same old story - look at history![2], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[1], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[2], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[1], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[2], and ... 'But I understand'[1], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[2], and I was clear enough ... I feel[1], and ... 'But I understand'[2], and, well ... of course[1], and I was clear enough ... I feel[2], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[1], and, well ... of course[2], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[1], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[1], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[2], and I know you won't[1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[2], and ... cheer up![3], and I know you won't[2], and come on, come on, come on![3], and some of YOUs(!) ... are so bloody negative / and what have I done to deserve such absurd followers?[3], and whoever you happen to be ...[3], and ... 'I'm positive, me!'[3], and, ha! ... yes, yes ... I'm glad you're with me, Voice ... and you are a disembodied freak I can rely on[3], and a-ROUND here ... I need him here ... these days[3], and I really need him![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and we are as dizzy as the cosmos wants us to be, you dig?[3], and ... 'I'm here - dizzy, and l  i  v  i  n  g l  a  r  g  e!'[3], and okay, okay ...[3], and time passes, yes ... but fast or slow? ... Who can say?[3], and I can't say - don't even want to[3], and it's only 2022, you know ... and by the time we get to 2025 or 2026 ... well, I, er ... I mean ...[3], and 2030 will be too late!!![3], and I will be ROARING!!! ... yes, yes, yes ... even if you're, uh ... whimpering so sad, like[3], and ... 'Get to grips with the, er, new situation ... everyone!'[3], and who is he talking to? ... not you, I hope[3], and, listen ... I can't take you all with me ... and you'll have to find your own way ... or just watch me enjoying myself[3], and ... 'Listen to him!'[3], and life isn't fair[3], and in the Swinging Sixties ... very few people were actually swinging ... they were just ... Christ knows, actually[3], and it's the same old story - look at history![3], and you've got to make yourself part of the elite, a new elite ... / ... and does anyone understand?[3], and ... 'You talk in riddles, Mikey'[3], and, ha, ha, ha! ... and that's half my charm ... oh, I'll never change, man[3], and ... 'But I understand'[3], and I was clear enough ... I feel[3], and, well ... of course[3], and I know the Voice understands ... we are so very close ... and I'll never get rid of him[3], and ... 'I'm stuck here - !!!'[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... ah, never mind[3], and I know you won't[3], and