THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS INTO HOME IMPROVEMENT TODAY

I am very impressed by how hard young Matthew worked yesterday. OK, he is a strapping young lad of fifteen, whilst I am a decrepit old git over three times his age, but he worked incessantly. I have always wanted a complex of ponds on the east lawn of the CFZ grounds. There are various freshwater projects I want to do, as well as the fact that I enjoy sitting down and watching the fish. I have never been able ti afford it, but Helen Taylor has been kind enough to give us a big pond and a UV filter, so it is all systems go. Hence Matthew digging a hole all day yesterday.

The Merrell Fankhauser CD/DVD set 'Area 51 Suite` is now available. I gave Jessica her copy (she starred in the video for the title track, which I shot outside GCHQ in Morwenstow nearly getting arrested in the process) and she was very pleased to see her credit on the sleeve. The trouble is that I gave her my copy, so I can't tell you anything about the record until Anne-Marie sends me a raplacement.

Our daily visit to the world of Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_11.html

Today's Gonzo Track of the Day is from Annie Haslam. I don't know whether I believe in angels, but if they do exist, and if they can indeed sing (for which there is no empirical evidence available) then I would not be surprised if they sound like this.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/gonzo-track-of-day-annie-haslam-carpet.html

Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood have released a new album. I am listening to it now as I type and it is pretty good.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/link-chris-squire-and-billy-sherwood.html

Whilst on the subject of 'Yes' here is an interview with Steve Howe
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/link-chris-squire-and-billy-sherwood.html

Helen McCookerybook celebrates Record Shop Day
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/introducing-helen-mccrecord-shop.html

A review of Zenit who are really jolly good
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/portuguese-review-of-zenit.html

A review of the Green Violinist, another great act on Galileo Records
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-green-violinist-belgian-review_10.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

* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!

*  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 a not very small orange kitten (who isn't) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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 cats?