DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Samuel Lau and Quantitative Analyst Eric Dhall review market activity and macro news for the week of Sept. 23-27. Sam and Eric talk another strong run of almost daily historic highs for the S&P 500 Index (00:38), a flat week for fixed income (2:18) and a positive week for the Bloomberg Commodity Index despite struggling WTI crude (4:07). Over in Macro Land (6:09), they dive into a full week of prints that delivered few, if any, surprises, including the S&P Global PMI manufacturing and services reports, a resilient housing market, weakening consumer expectations and a Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index that could support further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Next week (16:48), Minutes will have a monthly markets wrap-up as well as coverage of labor market data. This episode was recorded Sept. 27, 2024, before market close.

Minutes

Another Week, Another Run of Historic Highs for the S&P 500 (E184)

This song was written to celebrate the final part of the huge project to return the lower Otter River to its former floodplain. This was done in order to mitigate climate change and control flooding of the area whilst creating a rich habitat for a wide range of birds, mammals and other wildlife. The song was commissioned by the now late 22nd Baron Clinton to be sung by children from a range of local schools.

Song of the Otter River - live performance on 14th March 2024

A stunning fusion of beauty and fear descends with the arrival of the world’s most beautiful android, “Tsukuyomi,” in this electrifying dance-pop track. But there’s a catch—midway through the song, the android unexpectedly gains its own will and begins to sing joyfully, prompting the composer to hastily switch to a male voice to alter course. This moment is both terrifying and breathtaking, leaving the listener on the verge of collapse from its sheer beauty. A track destined to be the most played in human history, marking a pivotal moment in the annals of music.

Frosutissimo

My new original composition for solo piano

"Victorious"

Regards,

Saul

Victorious

This track brings together a vivid blend of myth, history, and gritty life lessons, weaving in outlandish lyrics by Karanastic and epic rhymes from WizardFromEarth. The song takes listeners on a journey from ancient Greece to modern grit, tracing a path of wisdom, battle, and raw ambition. With references to Thermopylae, Gandalf, and Socrates alongside gunshots, silver dollars, and family duty, the verses blur the lines between fantasy and hard-hitting reality. Unfiltered, unapologetic, and a bit surreal, this collaboration is as much a lyrical cipher as it is a wild manifesto.

Lyrics:

Rapping my whole life away
Always kept it real always kept it straight
Never kept it phony while you kept it lame
So I kept it going like I’m riding a train
Disappear to a town real quaint
Never been too evil never been a saint
You can kiss my ass mucus membrane
Like Damon Wayans in Major Payne
You ain’t see that movie it’s a major shame
Pop the titty out ya mouth with ya baby ways
There are things in life that you can’t obtain
I’m popping off without a cause
Like Sasha Banks my time is boss
And ignore every person I come across

I was raised from the Earth in Hellenic Greece
Died in the battle of Thermopylae
For many years quietus in peace with Gandalf the Gray and the Balrog Beast
But I rose up from the 7 seas
Taught philosophy to Greek Socrates
The way of the voice I can speak to trees
The Graybeards taught me to speak the breeze
Now I walked alone down the road
Found crossroads and I sold my should
Robbie J once paid the toll
But I make that fork tongue demon fold
I learned that I love shooting guns then holler
I learned that I love Morgan silver dollars
I know that I want to own lots of land
And I learned what it takes to run a fam

I’m like fuck the hook I cipher it
If these lyrics could kill then I’d die for it
There’s blood on my hand who’s knife is this
Know that getting caught’s my anthesis
Saw this shit then I’ll kill the witness
Can’t stand them dudes like a con artist
I draw a pic where I take a piss
on ya logo bitch while I’m poppin Chris’
Cunning linguist with cunalingis
I’m eating pussy while you sucking dingus
I’m a rapper bitch fuck hybrid singers
If I see Taylor Swift then I’m dropping fingers
Sick as heck but not getting sued
I’m groping her up and I’m getting nude
Let’s talk lude like it’s a Family Fued
A Russian robot just might collude

Work all day never quit
When shit hits the fan show True Grit
And you know that I’m not talking Jeff Bridges
I’m talking the Duke John Wayne bitches
All these demonic fame witches
Need to meet Shayne on a plane bitches
Life ain’t all about guns and glory
Liberty’s needed to unfold the story

While nothing is new underneath the sun
You still gotta find God to behold the one
Nothing is new underneath the sun
You still gotta find God to behold the one

I’m Michael Jackson without the rape
Gotta get your girls as least college age
At least 30 wanna play it safe
Here me talking smooth then blast ya face
Gargle talk then can’t translate
Sorry that’s gross I should be ashamed
And I really should go and I’m sorry I came
But it’s me and ya mom and I can’t abstain
Worst thing you can do is apologize
You can sprinkle the truth with a few more lies
Like how I’m at parties and socialize
From the Space Coast back to Oceanside
Cash me outside said I’m popping off
I’m a Palpatine so I’m using force
Ancient scrolls not open source
So kiss my ass while I’m dropping drawers

Back to the start again to the heart again
Find what you love and rock it like a cardigan
Back to the start again to the heart again
Find what you love and rock it like a cardigan
Back to the start again to the heart again
Find what you love and rock it like a cardigan

Back to the Heart x WizardFromEarth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjyxHqDNtc

Lyrics in Old East Slavic:
Не лѣпо ли ны бяшетъ, братїє, начяти старыми словесы трудныхъ повѣстїй о пълку Игоревѣ, Игоря Святъславлича?

Почнемъ же, братїє, повѣсть сїю отъ стараго Владимера до нынѣшняго Игоря, иже истягну умь крѣпостїю своєю и поостри (и) сердца своєго мужествомъ; наплънився ратнаго духа, наведе своя храбрыя плъкы на землю Половѣцькую за землю Руськую.

Farya Faraji - Song of Igor's Campaign

Original horror soundscape composed by James Fox.

Art by William Bradford c. 1880 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Bradford_-_Scene_in_the_Arctic_(c.1880).jpg) 

We Are Forgotten (Horror Soundscape)

Text und Melodie: trad. bretonisch

Aufgenommen im April 2002
Remaster im Oktober 2023

Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: Tantris

℗ Luneux Music 2023

Tri Martolod

Text und Melodie: Trad. schottisch  

Aufgenommen im März 2006
Remaster im Oktober 2023

Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: Tantris

℗ Luneux Music 2023

Ye Jacobites

Text und Melodie: Trad. französich 
Aufgenommen im März 2001
 
Remaster im Oktober 2023

Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: Tantris

℗ Luneux Music 2023

Déjà Mal Marriée

Text und Melodie: Trad. bretonisch

Aufgenommen im Juni 2001
Remaster im Oktober 2023

Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: Tantris

℗ Luneux Music 2023

Son Ar Chistr

Michael Knowles sits down with Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, a member of the historic Habsburg family and a diplomat, to discuss the lost art of "Building A Wholesome Family in a Broken World." From faith and tradition to family values and leadership, this conversation dives deep into principles that have stood the test of time. Discover how the wisdom of the past can guide us in navigating today’s challenges and shaping a better future. Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion!

Rules For Life: Michael Speaks with Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen

I'm a fan of folk music. Scandinavian folk, Slavic folk, pagan style music and so on. I will be glad if you like the tracks I upload. I in no way assign all the successes and merits of the artists whose tracks I upload to this site. I just like their creativity :) 
Guðirnir eru með okkur! - The gods are with us!

T A N T R I S

Historic Folk
Folk Traditionals
Lyrikvertonungen
Progressive Rock

Rising star rewriting all music history.　rosu
artist link
applemusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/rosu/1729955406

spotyfi
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/artist/2faJBc6tGVkPQuZU8jOTM4?si=CLhhktpiQ9yEZ6bMOKFtPQ

Bandcamp
https://rosu1.bandcamp.com/music

Currently seeking projects. 

If you're interesting in collaborating on something, send me a message here or email me: jamesfox.sound@gmail.com

I'm a pianist and a composer living in Brooklyn New York.

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The self proclaimed and world renowned “Internet’s Best Rapper” has been recording songs independently for over a dozen years. This is hard-hitting, dope hip hop created with a fury of emotional intelligence that will rock your senses. People who don't like rap music like Karanastic.



The masterful lyrical flows found within the audio touch on subjects people care about - like life, pop-culture, conspiracy theories and a swarm of other nonsense that consumes the world.



Karanastic makes songs from his unique perspective of life as a thirty-something year old middle-class business professional. He spends entirely too much time philosophizing about living in the Matrix. Often lost within the depths of the internet, this West Coast rapper proudly admits to getting inspiration from pro-wrestling, Pokemon cards and fake news.

New tracks tagged #Historic