I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

Gosh, what a day. I have emails to the right of me, and emails to the left of me. All sorts of minor things are going wrong in every direction. I feel like the boy who was stood on the burning deck. It will all be fairly easily sortable, but I wish it didn't all come at one:

 

Jon stood on the burning deck, his pocket full of tissues
his inbox full of messages moaning 'bout various issues
about pdfs with missing bits,
and competitions where nothing fits,
and people throwing hissy fits,
but my insane life continues...

 

With crypto stuff and rock and roll
and the other stuff which soothes my soul
sometimes this stuff will take its toll
but days like this I'm on a roll
I take this nonsense in my stride
and 'cos there's nowehere else to hide,
I give a kiss to my silly dog,
and point you chaps at today's blog....

 

We start off today with another visit to the singular planet of Thom the World Poet:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/rob-ayling-writes-thom-world-poet-is_25.html

 

For those of you who haven't seen it, here is a rather spiffing Hawkwind documentary:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/hawkwind-do-not-panic.html

 

I am really rather fond of Galahad. They avoid the pitfalls which make so much contemporary metal so irritating, and produce some stirring and eminently groovy music...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-galahad-still-rocking-after-28.html

 

I am very fond of Steve Hillage, and I am proud to say that there is a new album imminent
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-steve-hillage-something-else.html

 

Whilst pootling about the internet I came across this tribute to Patrick Moraz who is an unjustly under-rated musician and composer..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-patrick-moraz-grown-up-backwards.html

 

As regular readers will know, I am very fond of the words and music of Helen McCookerybook. Today she writes about a songwriting course..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/there-is-interesting-series-of-posts.html

 

Yesterday we posted a link to a ABWH competition. There is, apparently, a problem with the competition, and one of the links doesn't work. We would like to point out that the competition is not run by us, and that we only reposted it as a public service. I have sent a message to the people responsible and I will keep you posted.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/abwh-competition-problem.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?