THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN GETS INTROSPECTIVE

It has been a strange day. Ever since 1975 I have bought the new David Bowie album on the day of release, and ever since 1983 I have always hoped that it would be "the best one since 'Scary Monsters`". If I am honest, even with the best of the intervening albums like 'Heathen' (2001) I was a teensy bit disappointed. If I had been writing his school report for the Academy of Conceptual Rock & Roll, I would have been forced to write "could do better". Now he has. 'The Next Day'is absolutely peerless. It is certainly his best album since 'Scary Monsters' maybe before that. It does all the things you want it to, presses all the right buttons, but unlike previous works like 'Hours' (1999) it doesn't come over like a pastiche of former glories. It is absolutely sincere. If this turns out to be his last album it is the perfect Victor Ludorum but Gosh, I hope he carries on.

This morning's post included a DVD of 'It's a Beautiful Day', and an elderly lady who was a friend of my father bringing me a very large slow worm that needed to be rescued, and a skull which I think may be of a young muntjac that was attacked by a big cat. More on this later.

Its not very good for my Anarchist credibility but today I was told of a quote from Prince Charles that basically sums up my philosophy: "It's so important I think to work in harmony with nature rather than thinking somehow we can ignore, dominate, separate ourselves from nature. Unless we take trouble and nurture, pay our respect and reverence to nature, she's a great deal more powerful than we are." Right on Sir!

Today's Gonzo Track of the Day is from Merrell Fankhauser
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-gonzo-track-of-day-merrell.html

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_12.html
Our daily visit to Thom the World Poet

A Gordon Giltrap tutorial featuring a song about a cryptid. It doesn't get much better than this
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/gordon-giltrap-explains-how-to-play.html

Link to a Cris Roversi review - the reviewer obviously likes the album almost as much as I do
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/cris-roversi-review_12.html

A peculiar Michael Des Barres interview with a great gag about Roseanne
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/slightly-peculiar-michael-des-barres.html

A new Jon Anderson Press Release
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/press-release-legendary.html

Great news for Hugh Hopper fans
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/hugh-hopper-archive.html

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