THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

Easter's my favourite time of the year

but this year is too cold, I fear
to go outside for a jolly time
so I'm indoors doing the blogs in rhyme

 

You may think I'm a weird old freak,
but I do them like this once a week,
for not better reason that I can see
than I do it cos it amuses me

 

So let's get on (I think we'd better)
issue 19 of the Gonzo Newsletter
has just gone out, I think it's good
and so do you (at least you should)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/gonzo-weekly-newsletter-19.html

 

But now I'd really like to say
that the easter Gonzo track of the day
you'll recognise it if I give you a kick
its 'The theme from Manhole' by Grace Slick
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/gonzo-track-of-day-grace-slick-manhole.html

 

And now sitting here on my own
I want to say goodbye to Phil Ramone
the guy who produced 'Blood on the Tracks'
has sadly died, alas alack
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/those-we-have-lost-phil-ramone-1934-2013.html

 

Some news in brief, I think its good
that the Yes alumnus Billy Sherwood
whose skills are in demand you see
is going to "fix" a heavy metal CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/news-in-brief-billy-sherwood-to-fix.html

 

And now it's time to take a look
at an unreleased song by Helen McCookerybook
I gotta say (as you knew I would)
give it a listen (it's bloody good)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/unreleased-gem-from-helen-mccookerybook.html

 

Apparently in the early days (of Yes
when they were far from lazy)
according to drummer White, the press
and everyone else thought they were crazy
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/link-yes-alan-white-on-early-days.html

 

John Ellis plays lots of crazy chords
and now the folk at Chanoyu records
have given me something I can proffer
a really generous Easter offer
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/special-easter-holiday-offer-from.html

 

And our last story is, (gosh, can't you guess?)
you gottit, once again it's Yes
and I am chuffed to bring to you
another groovy live review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/link-yes-at-hard-rock-live-hollywood.html

 

And thats about it for this time
just wait another week for another rhyme
There's just one thing left, we must not miss
that's to send our love to Rob and Kris

 

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*  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

 

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*  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and his new orange kitten puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?