I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

Each week upon the Sabbath Day,
Gonzo readers round the world say:
"another week gone, now wouldn't you know it?
Now Jon Downes plays at being a poet".

Yes, every week about this time,
I do the Gonzo blogs in rhyme,
and each week I try and explain
that I'm not sure why (but it keeps me sane)

So let's start off with a link too far
to the maestro of the acoustic guitar
you've heard the music and whispered 'Wow'
now Gordon Giltrap's teaching how
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/gordon-giltrap-guitar-produced-perfectly.html

Last week I heard from the World Poet,
in response to my rhymes (wouldn't you know it?)
he explained that poetry's all blank verse
and that it doesn't have to scan as long as the feelings are there if you know what I mean dude.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_15.html

Michael Des Barres, the rocking Marquis
is a chap who is quite dear to me,
his album 'Carnaby Street' is so damn good
I hope it sells the wayI know it should
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/michael-des-barres-review.html

And now the wizard of the keys
who always writes music to please
the ear of folk who are just like me
here's a review of Wakeman's live CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/rick-wakeman-review.html

Chris Thompson had a master plan
as the lead singer for Manfred Mann
but he never really had a choice
(blessed with such a fantastic voice)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/chris-thompson-review.html

A real treat for you all now
from Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe
I hope you will be as chuffed as me
with this brand new archive live CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-gonzo-multimedia-releases-vintage.html

I have clutched in my sticky hand
a DVD of Dylan and The Band
Chrome Dreams have sent it out to me
its an excellent documentary
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/bob-dylan-down-in-flood.html

And finally I have found a space
so I can make a silly face
and show you some of the stuff I've said
we'll be featuring in the week ahead..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/mr-postman-wait-and-see.html

The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...

The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The Editor is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?