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Today is one of those strange days when I am in a particularly good mood for no particular reason. I am not even going to attempt to analyse it, but things are really going rather well at the moment. The Weird Weekend is looming (and if this sounds like a cheap attempt by me at plugging our once a year Fortean Festival, you are damn right) but for the first time in years I am not stomping around the house moaning about it. The good Lord is in His heaven, and all is pretty well right with the world (until something goes wrong).

Jefferson Starship have announced that they are being supported by Auburn on their forthcoming UK tour. Corinna and I will be along for some of the shows at least. You will recognise us, cos we will be the ones with video cameras. Yes. We shall be filming at least one of the shows and doing a tour diary for Gonzo Daily..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/jefferson-starshipauburn-uk-tour.html

New Zealand is one of those places that both Corinna and I have always wanted to visit. I have friends out there, the indigenous wildlife is remarkable, they filmed Lord of the Rings there, and very soon our favourite grumpy old Caped Crusader will be doing some shows there. Rick Wakeman and two species of tuatara. What else could a man want?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-intimate-evening-with-rick-wakeman.html

I am very fond of Galahad. In recent years heavy rock music has goine in directions that I don't personally like. Much of it seems to be either sexist drivel or blasphemous rants performed either by people who screech or sound like they are a Malayan sun bear which has had a Laryngectomy and a bad hangover. Galahad are the exception. Intelligent lyrics, good singing, great musicianship, tunes...and they rock like ummmmmmmmmmm a very rocky thing. Today we present the artwork for their forthcoming album.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/galahad-new-album-cover-art-revealed.html

And (cue trumpets and drum rolls) here, at last, is the world debut of the video for Merrell Fankhauser's 'Area 51'. I'm rather proud of this. Not only is it the first pop video that I have directed which didn't feature either me, my band, or some mate of mine screaming avant garde nonsense, but I almost got arrested by Special Branch whilst making it. Although Area 51 is in Nevada, it was filmed in North Cornwall outside GCHQ. Worryingly for the state of the nation's security, the base security forces noticed the fat hippy with an expensive camera but failed to notice two relatively small teenagers (one dressed in an alien mask) and a large, bumbling dog with impressive jowls.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/merrell-fankhauser-area-51-dir-jon.html

I have been pootling about the internet looking for stories about the folk on our latest batch of 'Lost Broadcasts' DVDs, and I found this rather nice story penned by the erstwhile drummer of The Move.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/link-bev-bevan-diaries-move-were-way.html

The other day we posted a gig review of Elizabeth Fraser at Bath Pavillion by our very own Davey Curtis. He (very politely) bemoaned the change in style shown by Ms Fraser, and looked back wistfully at the halcyon days of The Cocteau Twins. Stuff from both the Bath gig and the Meltdown show in London soon appeared on YouTube, and I have to say that I don't agree with Senor Curtis at all. These performances are gorgeous...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/elizabeth-fraser-pearly-dewdrops-drops.html

And that is it for today. Hasta la vista Gonzokids...