Some of you may know Miranda as the brain behind Hamilton, the Broadway smash that's enraptured America's metropolitan elite.
I haven't seen Hamilton in full, only bits online. But I've always found 'Hamiltonmania' a bit distasteful. As Alex Nicholls writes in the article:
"Hamilton diverted the attention of establishment Democrats at the worst possible time, and it embodied so many of their fatal flaws — a patina of wokeness over a fundamentally conservative message, the conspicuous consumption of $1,200 Broadway tickets by people pushing austerity policies, and the fact that the supposed phenomenon of “Hamiltonmania” was geographically confined to the wealthier parts of New York and D.C."
This particular review aside, I must say I bloody love a scathing review done well! Book reviews, in particular, can be brutal.
I've been reading Grand Hotel Abyss. It's a biography of the Frankfurt School, who were, basically, a cadre of cranky German cultural theorists.
Okay, there's more to it than that, of course! They're all quite fascinating, enigmatic individuals in their own right and have recently, somewhat weirdly, enjoyed a renaissance of sorts as the online right's bete noire.
In truth, even from a more sympathetic perspective like mine, The Frankfurt School's pessimism can be tiring - but some (not all!) of their thinking retains a sort of magic and feels especially relevant now. They certainly feel more at home in 2018 than Marx does with his scientific rigour and resolute focus on industrial capitalism.
As for the writing of the book itself: it's fantastic. Stuart Jeffries is an experienced, eloquent journalist and it shines through in the text. Drum tight, entertaining and offering a sufficiently critical inspection of a complex cast of characters.
Guys, the answers here are unhelpful and unprofessional. I assume you weren't born with an innate knowledge of accounting? So how about rather than mocking someone's curiosity or inexperience, you help.
I like a swifty at Friday lunch. Some people, of course, don't drink - and that's fine. But I'd certainly never avoid a drink at lunch because of what my boss thought. Maybe I'd like to retain my full faculties, maybe I just fancy a ginger beer - whatever.
The policy should always be that if you behave like an adult - i.e. don't get plastered - then you can expect to be treated like one.
Mod post: Hi there, I'm aware of the anger inducing nature of this post - but please keep the language clean. I've just lightly edited the post to remove the colour.
So we're getting into political speculation here, chaps. But there are tangible things we can look at today: What’s uncertainty doing to exchange rate? What are scenarios for digital tax & IR35 if we’ve got a paralysed government?
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Bloody loved this righteous takedown of Lin-Manuel Miranda's new book: https://theoutline.com/post/6550/gmorning-gnight-little-pep-talks-for-me...
Some of you may know Miranda as the brain behind Hamilton, the Broadway smash that's enraptured America's metropolitan elite.
I haven't seen Hamilton in full, only bits online. But I've always found 'Hamiltonmania' a bit distasteful. As Alex Nicholls writes in the article:
"Hamilton diverted the attention of establishment Democrats at the worst possible time, and it embodied so many of their fatal flaws — a patina of wokeness over a fundamentally conservative message, the conspicuous consumption of $1,200 Broadway tickets by people pushing austerity policies, and the fact that the supposed phenomenon of “Hamiltonmania” was geographically confined to the wealthier parts of New York and D.C."
This particular review aside, I must say I bloody love a scathing review done well! Book reviews, in particular, can be brutal.
I've been reading Grand Hotel Abyss. It's a biography of the Frankfurt School, who were, basically, a cadre of cranky German cultural theorists.
Okay, there's more to it than that, of course! They're all quite fascinating, enigmatic individuals in their own right and have recently, somewhat weirdly, enjoyed a renaissance of sorts as the online right's bete noire.
In truth, even from a more sympathetic perspective like mine, The Frankfurt School's pessimism can be tiring - but some (not all!) of their thinking retains a sort of magic and feels especially relevant now. They certainly feel more at home in 2018 than Marx does with his scientific rigour and resolute focus on industrial capitalism.
As for the writing of the book itself: it's fantastic. Stuart Jeffries is an experienced, eloquent journalist and it shines through in the text. Drum tight, entertaining and offering a sufficiently critical inspection of a complex cast of characters.
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Guys, the answers here are unhelpful and unprofessional. I assume you weren't born with an innate knowledge of accounting? So how about rather than mocking someone's curiosity or inexperience, you help.
And if you don't want to help, don't reply.
I like a swifty at Friday lunch. Some people, of course, don't drink - and that's fine. But I'd certainly never avoid a drink at lunch because of what my boss thought. Maybe I'd like to retain my full faculties, maybe I just fancy a ginger beer - whatever.
The policy should always be that if you behave like an adult - i.e. don't get plastered - then you can expect to be treated like one.
Mod post: Hi there, I'm aware of the anger inducing nature of this post - but please keep the language clean. I've just lightly edited the post to remove the colour.
He was a fixture in my life here at AccountingWEB from day one. It's sad and he will be missed.
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So we're getting into political speculation here, chaps. But there are tangible things we can look at today: What’s uncertainty doing to exchange rate? What are scenarios for digital tax & IR35 if we’ve got a paralysed government?
Haha good one, Tim.