Tuesday, 20 March 2012
BOB GELDOF IS STILL SINGING HIS ONE BIG HIT "GIVE US 'YER FUCKING MONEY"
I don't know how I feel about this, so I thought I'd just throw it out there to you all in Internetland to consider.
Last week I read about the speech Saint Bob Geldof KBE of Band Aid fame gave in his capacity as chairman of the 8 Miles Private Equity Fund to the SuperReturn International conference in Berlin.
Just so we are all on the same page here, wasn't "Chairman of a private equity fund" Gordon Gecko's occupation when he was the villain in the movie Wall Street?
On the 8 Miles website, underneath this happy snap, it says "8 Miles is a private equity firm focused exclusively on making private equity investments in Africa." Last week Bob promised a wonderful "....25% profit after only a year for investors."
So, there might be dough in Africa this winter.
He said; "I have learned that private equity....can be a major vehicle for positive change in this world."
Part of his education came in 2008 when he was paid $100,000+ first class flights and hotel accommodation to speak on world poverty for a for-profit Australian organisation.
Of course Bob will still do charity work....if the charity can afford him....and Bob 'aint cheap.
Punk was a long time ago and everyone has to move on. Johnny Rotten was probably the biggest star of the punk era. He did a reality show, which bless him, he walked out on and can be seen most ad breaks selling Country life butter. I don't hold it against him because he still acts in the same irreverent style that made the public like him in the first place.
Same too with Vivian Westwood. Nobody begrudges her success. She was a designer then and she's a designer now, she just gets paid more now.
It has never crossed my mind where the Clash are now, or the Damned, or the Vibrators, Slits, or Buzzcocks. Punk was a long time back and those guys were part of a time, of an age, of a culture, that has woven itself into the fabric of what we are, who we are and why things are like they are. I'm sure the same has happened with hippies, mods and teddy boys.
I'll leave the last word to Russell Brand. who said; "It's not surprising that Geldof is such an expert on famine: he has after all been dining out on "I don't like Mondays" for thirty years."
Last week I read about the speech Saint Bob Geldof KBE of Band Aid fame gave in his capacity as chairman of the 8 Miles Private Equity Fund to the SuperReturn International conference in Berlin.
Just so we are all on the same page here, wasn't "Chairman of a private equity fund" Gordon Gecko's occupation when he was the villain in the movie Wall Street?
On the 8 Miles website, underneath this happy snap, it says "8 Miles is a private equity firm focused exclusively on making private equity investments in Africa." Last week Bob promised a wonderful "....25% profit after only a year for investors."
So, there might be dough in Africa this winter.
He said; "I have learned that private equity....can be a major vehicle for positive change in this world."
Part of his education came in 2008 when he was paid $100,000+ first class flights and hotel accommodation to speak on world poverty for a for-profit Australian organisation.
Of course Bob will still do charity work....if the charity can afford him....and Bob 'aint cheap.
Punk was a long time ago and everyone has to move on. Johnny Rotten was probably the biggest star of the punk era. He did a reality show, which bless him, he walked out on and can be seen most ad breaks selling Country life butter. I don't hold it against him because he still acts in the same irreverent style that made the public like him in the first place.
Same too with Vivian Westwood. Nobody begrudges her success. She was a designer then and she's a designer now, she just gets paid more now.It has never crossed my mind where the Clash are now, or the Damned, or the Vibrators, Slits, or Buzzcocks. Punk was a long time back and those guys were part of a time, of an age, of a culture, that has woven itself into the fabric of what we are, who we are and why things are like they are. I'm sure the same has happened with hippies, mods and teddy boys.
I'll leave the last word to Russell Brand. who said; "It's not surprising that Geldof is such an expert on famine: he has after all been dining out on "I don't like Mondays" for thirty years."
Saturday, 17 March 2012
OPTICAL ILLUSION FOR MEN #13. CHRISTINA HENDRICKS FROM MAD MEN.
Well, no not really, it's only a piece of paper, but she'll be back any day now in the new series of Mad Men.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
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