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Yesterday was a sad one. Helen and the girls were very brave but there was a lot of emotion, and a lot of hugs and tears as Travis passed peacefully into the next world and joined the Wild Hunt. Being unashamedly pantheistic I muttered prayers to both St Francis and to Pan as I always do when a much loved animal passes over. In other news Karl Shuker's colour cat book is finally available, and looks fab! I am still reading Peter Hook's massively funny book about The Hacienda, and I hope to be doing some more interviews over the next few days. So life goes on...

We kick off today with our daily visit to Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_18.html

Gonzo's track of the day is the new single by Asia featuring John Payne
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/gonzo-daily-track-of-day-seasons-will.html

This is very off topic but I was very touched by an item on Pete Townhend's blog where he paid tribute to three old friend's of The Who, who have recently died
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/off-topic-pete-townshend-pays-tribute.html

A spiffing new song from Mimi Page
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-music-from-mimi-page.html

More on JohnPayne's 'Raiding the Rock Vault' project
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-on-john-payne-raiding-rock-vault.html

The fourth and final part of our exclusive interview with Michael Des Barres
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/exclusive-michael-des-barres-interview_5134.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 same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html

*  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures 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, his mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?