I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

Here comes the weekend! I am awaiting the arrival of my darling younger stepdaughter today, so for much of today I shall have my stepdad hat on rather than my music journalist one. However, I have still managed to cobble together some interesting stuff for you all..

I have found a new source of record reviews, and in a lovely bit of happenstance there are two Gonzo records reviewed by him today. The first is the smashing new 4CD set by Jefferson Starship..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-album-review-jefferson-starship.html

The second is the smashing new live album by the alternative Yes..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-album-review-anderson-bruford.html

Michael Des Barres writing about Led Zeppelin eh? That's a combination to thrill you. When Michael Des Barres writes like this, I am reminded (as if any reminder was necessary) why I hold the man in such esteem..
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/michael-des-barres-writing-about-led.html

About a week ago I posted a link to the new single by my old mate Paul Whitrow, and jolly good it is. He is also something to do with the Brisfest festival up in Bristol. This year's event featured Hawkwind and De La Soul amongst others...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/hawkwind-at-brisfest.html

A look at Jon Anderson's first solo album back in the day. It is whispered that a sequel is in the works...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/link-yes-solo-album-series-jon-anderson.html

I like the Beach Boys, I have always liked the Beach Boys, and was particularly happy when - earlier this year - the surviving members of the original line-up reunited and made a smashing album which reaffirmed one's faith in human nature. That's why God made the Radio is a lovely record, and had Brian Wilson's fingerprints all over it. It has the same DNA as Smile, Pet Sounds, and the other bona fide classics that Wilson has masterminded over the years. Now, in a surprise move, Mike Love has kicked Brian, Al and David Marks out of the band.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/beach-boys-split-again.html

And finally, we take our daily visit to the singular universe of Thom the World Poet:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/09/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.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?