Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs are paying out $121 million to keep everyone sweet

And I'm okay with it. It's the way the world is. / Anyway, I've got my mind on other things. I'm taking a week off, dear reader(s). A sort of fandango for the groover, if you know what I mean. (I'll be back Monday 23rd, probably.) Goldman has given me a few thousand, so - 'What?!' Only joking, Voice. You're so gullible, son. 'You're so believable, man.' Yeah ...

Well ... Bain Capital is paying out $54 million. And Goldman Sachs is paying out $67 million. I don't know whom to. Anyone who wants it, I suppose. Anyone who's been upset by takeover shenanigans. That's the beauty of being rich. You get in trouble, you open your wallet. What's not to like? Everyone's happy.

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Oh, I need a ... rest. I can just ... about ... type ... these ... words ... like ... Celine. (The novelist, obviously. Not that daft singer.) / If I go crazy before some mansion on a hill, it'll have to be without my MP3 player. I'm still annoyed about that. / And ... All I Wanna Do ... ? No. No ... 0.30 to 0.50 ... for me, a-ROUND, and a-ROUND. Maybe I'll pretend ... 'Yeah. Use your imagination, boss.' Yeah ...

Er ...

Right, laters ... blog fans!

[No. 226] Evan and Richie, ClearBridge Investments - this one's for you!

It's better than sitting in cash. In fact, it's better than rolling in cash. My personal guarantee. Or I will return your sanity in full. Somehow ...

And / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[1], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[2], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[2], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[1], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[2], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[1], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[2], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[1], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[2], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![1], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[2], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[1], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![2], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![1], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[2], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[1], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![2], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[1], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[2], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[2], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[3], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[3], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[3], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[3], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[3], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![3], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[3], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![3], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[3], and

And / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[1], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[2], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[2], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[1], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[2], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[1], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[2], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[1], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[2], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![1], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[2], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[1], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![2], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![1], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[2], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[1], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![2], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[1], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[2], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[2], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[3], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[3], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[3], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[3], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[3], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![3], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[3], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![3], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[3], and

And / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[1], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[2], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[1], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[2], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[1], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[2], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[1], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[2], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[1], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[2], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![1], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[2], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[1], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![2], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![1], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[2], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[1], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![2], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[1], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[2], and / Hi, Evan! / Hi, Richie! / so glad you could join us / I hope you left your money back at the office ...[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[2], and this ... is what it's all about, reader(s), spinner(s) ... / They need this[3], and ... / YOU(!) take two portfolio managers and show them a good time in a different reality[3], and ... is there anyone ... more COMMITTED ... than me? / I go the extra mile when souls are in danger[3], and it ain't all about the money, you dig?[3], and oh ... Lord, sometimes you just have to get a-ROUND, you have to get DIZZY ... / Guys, are you enjoying yourselves?[3], and Evan ... yeah, I know you have eighteen years of investment experience - forget it, man![3], and Richie, thirty-eight years, really? / You've got to put it all behind you, son[3], and a-ROUND with me, yeah! / and a-ROUND here, come on! / and a-ROUND ... spin, spin, spin![3], and take a deep breath ... in your own time[3], and / ain't this fun? / meditating in cash is old hat[3], and

Evan Bauman and Richie Freeman are happy to sit in cash

And I don't know or understand much more than that. Oh dear! Some people are just so strange, aren't they? Evan Bauman and Richie Freeman are as happy as sandboys though, rolling around in money. 'I thought they were merely sitting in it, Mikey?' They like to roll as well, Voice. 'Christ!' I know. Why don't they spend it, man? Or at least invest it. I mean ...

Christ ... / Anyway, they work for ClearBridge Investments. And they manage the $2.4 billion Legg Mason ClearBridge US Aggressive Growth fund - if you can believe that. (God knows what Legg Mason has got to do with it.) It's so depressing ...

At ClearBridge Investments, our mission is to deliver consistently superior investment performance. We pursue this goal by getting our veteran portfolio managers to meditate while sitting in cash. They sometimes like to roll. In a world that is too often focused on short-term results, we, er ...

You see, dear reader(s)? They're not sure themselves. And it's the meditating again, ain't it? It's Billy Fleckenstein all over again. But it doesn't work! I tried it years ago. If you want to get rich in this world you have to be prepared to do a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. And even then you'll probably end up in the shit.

Well ... after lunch, I'll take the lads for a spin, No. 226. Maybe I'll be able to spin some sense into them.

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I'm not in the mood for listening to music this morning ... / I bought a cheap MP3 player, which arrived yesterday, and which is broken already. It only lasted a couple of hours. A total con. The seller should have just mugged me in the street. It would have been more honest. All I want is a bit of honesty in this world, you dig?

[No. 225] All I wanna do

Sure as the sun will come a-ROUND again to start off another day ...

And I'm a beach boy![1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[1], and I'm a beach boy![2], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![1], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[2], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![2], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[1], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![2], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[1], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[2], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[1], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[2], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[1], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[2], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![1], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[2], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![1], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![2], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[1], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![2], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[1], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[2], and ... MOONSHINE[1], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[2], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[1], and ... MOONSHINE[2], and I'm a beach boy![3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[2], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[3], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![3], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![3], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[3], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[3], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[3], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[3], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![3], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![3], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[3], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[3], and ... MOONSHINE[3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[3], and

And I'm a beach boy![1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[1], and I'm a beach boy![2], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![1], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[2], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![2], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[1], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![2], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[1], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[2], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[1], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[2], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[1], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[2], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![1], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[2], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![1], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![2], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[1], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![2], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[1], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[2], and ... MOONSHINE[1], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[2], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[1], and ... MOONSHINE[2], and I'm a beach boy![3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[2], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[3], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![3], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![3], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[3], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[3], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[3], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[3], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![3], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![3], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[3], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[3], and ... MOONSHINE[3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[3], and

And I'm a beach boy![1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[1], and I'm a beach boy![2], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[1], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![1], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[2], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![2], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[1], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![2], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[1], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[2], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[1], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[2], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[1], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[2], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![1], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[2], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![1], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![2], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[1], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![2], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[1], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[2], and ... MOONSHINE[1], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[2], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[1], and ... MOONSHINE[2], and I'm a beach boy![3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[2], and / All I wanna do ... on Porth Kidney Sands ... is listen ... / 0.30 to 0.50 ... is all I need, man[3], and I'll always bring good to YOU(!)[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / again, and again, and again ... Never stop!!![3], and ... if only I could live in the sun / I ain't even touched it yet![3], and the man in the moon is a loser ... as far as I'm concerned[3], and ... my love's with YOU(!) wherever you go / Don't go far! / Oh, I'll see you a-ROUND[3], and words are hard to find when you need to ... when you need to ... when you need to ...[3], and / ... fortunately, I don't need ...[3], and Charlie wouldn't have hurt Dennis, I'm pretty sure of that / Dennis was wild![3], and there's something you get when you've lost it all ... worse and more serious than the man in the moon - FREEDOM!!![3], and have we got the guts to be truly free? / Or more than THREE?[3], and ... / One time I thought about walking into the ... / Man, I'm a crazy cat! Don't let anyone tell you any different[3], and ... MOONSHINE[3], and all I wanna do is get lost, really lost, you dig?[3], and

Have you heard of Point72 Asset Management?

I may go crazy before that mansion on the hill. 'What?!' I'm listening to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, man. Getting in the mood. 'For what, Mikey?' I'm going away. 'Oh.' But I'll be back. 'Oh.' / Now, this, er, Point72 stuff, it's Stevie's new firm. Stevie Cohen, you know? Some people never give up.

Point72 Asset Management is a "family" office managing the assets of its founder, Stevie Cohen, and certain trustworthy employees. Point72 focuses primarily on discretionary long/short equity investing and makes significant quantitative and macro investments. The firm's long/short investment divisions are Point72 Asset Management and EverPoint Asset Management, and Cubist Systematic Strategies is its quantitative division. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and maintains offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Boston and New York.

It's old news, of course. But the new thing is, Stevie don't want anyone doing anything no more, a bit like Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas. 'What do you mean, boss?' I mean, instant messaging. His staff can't use that shit. Stevie don't want no more insider trading shenanigans. 'I don't blame him.' And don't speak to him! 'Oh, I won't speak to him, boss.' And don't listen to anything he's being told, and don't - 'Why not?!' He don't want anyone hearing what he's saying, and he don't want anyone listening to what he's being told. 'Christ! Is this guy for real, Mikey?' Voice, he's extremely real. Believe me. Guys don't get more real than Stevie.

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Right, So Much For The City.

Lunch? Oh, I don't know, dear reader(s). Cheese sandwich, I suppose. What do you want from me? / After lunch? No. 225. No surprises, man. Just the way I like it ...

Psigma's portfolios might look boring but that's only because the whole of finance is boring

And I'm afraid there's nothing you can do about it, dear reader(s) - unless you want to be like Jordan Belfort and go to prison. 'Yeah, boss, and then get released from prison, write a book, get a film made about you, and then make millions of dollars travelling around the world talking to people.' That's not very helpful, Voice. Please keep quiet.

At Psigma Investment Management we build bespoke investment portfolios, tailored to your specific objectives. We're crazy like that! / Our bespoke approach is central to the way we do business. You could say it's part of our DNA - if you wanted to. We do not pre-package an investment product and sell it to you. (That would be boring, man.) Instead, we assess your individual circumstances, your aspirations, your goals and your appetite for risk, you dig? We take a good look at your life. Maybe even spend a few days with you and your family at your house. Then we put together an investment portfolio that is designed to meet your unique investment objectives through steady and consistent growth - above inflation, flying high in the friendly sky! / We monitor and manage your portfolio daily, adjusting it as circumstances change. In fact, you won't believe this but it is precisely our ability to see the bigger investment picture, while paying attention to all the "boring" details, which has helped us create a consistently impressive track record of performance. And, of course, it goes without saying that, er ... we'll keep you informed of progress every step of the way. With every breath you take.

So, you see, even if you scratch below the surface ... I mean, I tried to jazz it up a bit.

These firms really should hire me to write the stuff on their websites. 'Yeah?' Well ...

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Lunch? Well ... / Obviously, I'm having lunch. It may be for wimps but I'm a growing boy. I need my cheese sandwiches.

I'm listening to Bob Dylan's first album. / I like House of the Risin' Sun. And Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. Which The Animals later recorded, of course.

I'm thinking of Cornwall. I might go soon. It's a mystical place, son. I gotta go, you understand? It's calling me!

Yesterday, I was listening to a rough recording I made last week of my song You're Lying. For once, I managed to get the guitar right but the vocal is crap - too low and a bit out of tune. / It's a great song though ... I've got to get my shit together, man.

I'm going to have some pineapple chunks tonight. Fresh ones, not out of a tin. A little treat ...

No. I've just been told they don't have any. Damn!

Tony Woods has gone to Millennium Management

I don't know who Tony Woods is. I've never heard of Millennium Management. I don't know what's going on. However, none of this matters because I'm listening to Charlie Parker with Strings and it looks like it's going to be a lovely sunny day.

I'm glad I've got an intern ...

Oh, see if you can dig this ... Millennium's employees are significant investors and are proud to be invested alongside a diverse and global investor base. In managing the firm, we don't need to try to put ourselves into our investor's shoes - we're already wearing them.  Well, that's just incredible, ain't it? They're wearing their investor's shoes (they only have one investor, it seems). Jesus! Why can't these guys afford their own shoes? I mean, are they successful or aren't they? They should be able to afford their own shoes. Even I wear my own shoes, man, and I ain't got a pot to piss in.

Er ... / Hang on! There seems to be some confusion. I have ... heard of Millennium Partners. (I'm gonna get rid of my intern.) This Tony Woods character reckons he works there. 'You're looking at the wrong guy's LinkedIn profile, boss.' Well, you gave me the link, you arsehole! / And now I've lost my internet connection, so I can't even check. Dear reader(s), there may be a Millennium Management and a Millennium Partners. And there may be two "Tony Woods" ... s ... working at these firms, both of them ex-Goldman as well. Oh, this is a bloody nightmare! As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I don't know what's going on. If you're interested, reader(s), you'll have to do your own research into the matter. The facts are ... my intern, The Voice, is totally unreliable, and my mobile phone company dongle merchants are even worse. 'Boss!' What? 'Take a look at his profile again. There is only one Tony Woods and he's calling the firm Millennium Partners.' So? 'Other people - slags, basically - are calling it Millennium Management.' Can it be both, Voice? 'I'll look into it, man.' Oh, don't bother ...

Life is too short.

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It's gone a bit cloudy now. / Lunch? Oh, the usual. What do you want from me, man(s)? I'm not going to some fancy Mayfair restaurant. 'Ha!' That's not my scene at all.

More guitar practice today? You bet! I still can't play for shit and I've got classic songs to record.

Anyway, laters ...

[No. 224] Jeff Hodgetts: no direction home

He's like a rolling stone!

And Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![2], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![2], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[1], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![2], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[1], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[2], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[1], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[1], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[2], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[2], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[1], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![2], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![1], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[2], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![1], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![2], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[1], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![2], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[1], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[2], and ... mystery![1], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[2], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[1], and ... mystery![2], and / NOTHING has been revealed[1], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[2], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![3], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![3], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[3], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[3], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[3], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[3], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![3], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[3], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![3], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![3], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[3], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[3], and ... mystery![3], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[3], and

And Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![2], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![2], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[1], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![2], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[1], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[2], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[1], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[1], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[2], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[2], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[1], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![2], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![1], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[2], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![1], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![2], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[1], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![2], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[1], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[2], and ... mystery![1], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[2], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[1], and ... mystery![2], and / NOTHING has been revealed[1], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[2], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![3], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![3], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[3], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[3], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[3], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[3], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![3], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[3], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![3], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![3], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[3], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[3], and ... mystery![3], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[3], and

And Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![2], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![1], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![2], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[1], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![2], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[1], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[2], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[1], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[1], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[2], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![1], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[2], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[1], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![2], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![1], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[2], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![1], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![2], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[1], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![2], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[1], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[2], and ... mystery![1], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[2], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[1], and ... mystery![2], and / NOTHING has been revealed[1], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[2], and Barclays, Barclays! ... / Why did you leave, Jeff? WHY?![3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[2], and Jeff, mate ... stare into the vacuum of my eyes, please![3], and get a-ROUND, man, get a-ROUND here ... and come to your senses![3], and I'm just like Jeff Hodgetts' mystery tramp ... I hope he's happy now[3], and I'm sure they've missed him / they once asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants, another story ...[3], and GONE! / taken all his blankets from the floor ...[3], and Barclays, Barclays! ... it certainly grows on you[3], and / graduate trainee, training manager, support team leader, relationship manager, private dancer - I can't take no more![3], and YOU(!), Napoleon? ... he's your banker now ... ?[3], and his friends, if Jeff's got any, are drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ... it's the world today![3], and European Wealth? / ... I ain't never heard of no European Wealth, well, not until this morning, oh dear![3], and (sadly) Barclays, Barclays! ... seems such a long time ago[3], and ... responsible for investment and structuring of client funds to protect and grow the wealth of clients - so what?[3], and ... mystery![3], and it's just another mystery / with another mystery man / and a mystery tramp! / uh, all DIZZY, a-ROUND, out of our heads[3], and / NOTHING has been revealed[3], and

Jeff Hodgetts was born at Barclays

Yeah, in one of its branches, and the bank sort of adopted him. But now he's moved on, left home, such a lonely boy, oh, he's working at European Wealth Management Group as, er, some sort of cockamamie investment manager - as if that will make him happy. (A lost soul like Jeff can't have any idea what happiness is. I suppose I can let him go his own way - for a while. I'm going to monitor the situation.) Oh, you won't believe this, dear reader(s), but European Wealth has a story! Isn't that exciting? I like a good story. You see ... European Wealth was officially launched ... years ago. We don't know when. The investment world was still a pretty grim place but one of our mantras has always been bad times make good entry points. As if to underline that, we made our first acquisition one ... March, when the world was young, ah, the apple trees! - the financial shamanic firm Mathews Smith in Maidstone. This was an exciting moment but more importantly, it was the springboard for the development of the financial shamanic business so critical to delivering a true wealth management offering. We finished that year looking after £150 million of assets, and a few mystic kooks. Not bad, but - 'Yes, that's very pretty, Mikey. I heard a story once. As a matter of fact, I've heard a lot of stories in my time. They went along with the sound of a tinny piano playing in the parlour downstairs, "Mister, I met a man once when I was a kid," it'd always begin. Huh. I guess neither one of our stories is very funny. Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Gillian, or were there others in between? Or aren't you the kind that tells?' Shut up, Voice, you fucking idiot! This is serious. I can't ever be serious with you around, can I? 'Sorry, boss.' I've, er ...

I've completely lost my train of thought now! / This Jeff Hodgetts character ... there's more to be said about him. I want to know why he has left Barclays. 'Do a number on him, Mikey.' No. 224? How will that help? 'It can't hurt any. If this man is a mystery, spinning him a-ROUND might make him less of one.' In my experience, man, these conceptual posts of mine just add to the mystery ... / I don't know. Let me have my lunch first. I've got a luxury egg sandwich. 'Nice.' And a Pepsi, crisps, the usual shit ...

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Oh, I did some recording last night and ... I nearly got the recordings I need, nearly ... I'm getting close.

[No. 223] Repetition is the mother of skill

Oh, a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and ... a-ROUND, obviously.

And / buzzing teeth[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[1], and / buzzing teeth[2], and / throbbing ears[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[2], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[1], and / throbbing ears[2], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[1], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[2], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[1], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[2], and / swirling eyes[1], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[2], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[1], and / swirling eyes[2], and / burning hair ... ![1], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[2], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[1], and / burning hair ... ![2], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[1], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[2], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[1], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[2], and / expanding lips[1], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[2], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[1], and / expanding lips[2], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[1], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[2], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[1], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[2], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![1], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[2], and / ... GO![1], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![2], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[1], and / ... GO![2], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[1], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[2], and / buzzing teeth[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[2], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[3], and / throbbing ears[3], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[3], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[3], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[3], and / swirling eyes[3], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[3], and / burning hair ... ![3], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[3], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[3], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[3], and / expanding lips[3], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[3], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[3], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[3], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![3], and / ... GO![3], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[3], and

And / buzzing teeth[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[1], and / buzzing teeth[2], and / throbbing ears[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[2], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[1], and / throbbing ears[2], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[1], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[2], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[1], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[2], and / swirling eyes[1], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[2], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[1], and / swirling eyes[2], and / burning hair ... ![1], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[2], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[1], and / burning hair ... ![2], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[1], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[2], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[1], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[2], and / expanding lips[1], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[2], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[1], and / expanding lips[2], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[1], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[2], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[1], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[2], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![1], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[2], and / ... GO![1], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![2], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[1], and / ... GO![2], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[1], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[2], and / buzzing teeth[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[2], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[3], and / throbbing ears[3], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[3], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[3], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[3], and / swirling eyes[3], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[3], and / burning hair ... ![3], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[3], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[3], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[3], and / expanding lips[3], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[3], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[3], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[3], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![3], and / ... GO![3], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[3], and

And / buzzing teeth[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[1], and / buzzing teeth[2], and / throbbing ears[1], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[2], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[1], and / throbbing ears[2], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[1], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[2], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[1], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[2], and / swirling eyes[1], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[2], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[1], and / swirling eyes[2], and / burning hair ... ![1], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[2], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[1], and / burning hair ... ![2], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[1], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[2], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[1], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[2], and / expanding lips[1], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[2], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[1], and / expanding lips[2], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[1], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[2], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[1], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[2], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![1], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[2], and / ... GO![1], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![2], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[1], and / ... GO![2], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[1], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[2], and / buzzing teeth[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[2], and this is leading to SOMETHING, and I know, I know ... we are getting SOMEWHERE[3], and / throbbing ears[3], and YOU(!) can bang a drum or bang a gong or smash a guitar ... we're all friends here[3], and / how many times must a spinner get DIZZY?[3], and is there (there is) no escape ... ?, well ... so we must make the most of our little hell ...[3], and / swirling eyes[3], and I want to be sick ... slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, speed up[3], and / burning hair ... ![3], and is anyone counting the number, the number, the number ...?[3], and one day, we will master this, and we will be happy with the achievement[3], and one day ... / I'm praying ... for release[3], and / expanding lips[3], and I don't care if ... SOMETHING is on the horizon, go, some beautiful SOMEWHERE where the living is easy[3], and I know ... I know, yes, we are lucky to have what we have got ... / Could we have less?[3], and it's a big NOTHING ... the feelings, the thoughts[3], and / ... I'll see you in my dreams![3], and / ... GO![3], and / ... One kiss!!! ...[3], and if YOU(!) ... ever get beyond the THREE ... send me a postcard, my friend(s), please[3], and