The Gonzo Daily - Wednesdaywww.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.htmlLast nitght I couldn't sleep, so Captain Frunobulax curled up on my lap and we read Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's absolutely sweinspiring The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier. Strangely, I had been talking to Richard Freeman earlier in the day, and he was vehement about how pretentious and unreadable it was. I must have a taste for the pretentious, however, (which doesn't surprise me overly, and I doubt will surprise anyone else very much) because I enjoyed every minute of it, and despite the fact that I pored over the pages, I am certain that I missed a few cultural references, which would be easy to do: This book references everything from W. Somerset Maugham's caricature of Aleister Crowley, to Viz, and from the Billy Bunter stories to Bulldog Drummond. It is viciously funny, presenting a Gloriously Surreal (GS) alternative history of about 60 years in the life of our poor beleaguered nation. Totally essential.
It is funny how my literary journey of the past few months has all been sparked by reading John Higgs' biography of the KLF. That lead me on to reading 'Principia Discordia' and then 'Illuminatus!', which led me off onto a Robert Anton Wilson trip for a while. Then as a direct result of all this I bought an excellent new biography of Alan Moore, and I am now working my way through bits of Alan Moore that I had previously overlooked. And he certainly DOES know the score, perhaps more than I or anyone else had ever realised. So we are back to Defcon 1. What a surprise!
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_27.html
Today's Track of the Day is by Felix Pappalardihttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-gonzo-track-of-day-as-years-go.html Hero Worship: Cliff Martinez on Captain Beefhearthttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/hero-worship-cliff-martinez-on-captain.html
Alan White interviewhttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/alan-white-on-cruise-to-edge-rock-hall.html
Geoff Downes: back into orchestra with a PANIC ROOM singerhttp://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/geoff-downes-back-into-orchestra-with.html
Frank Zappa, “Improvised Concerto for Two Bicycles, Prerecorded Tape, and Instrumental Ensemble” (1963)http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/11/frank-zappa-improvised-concerto-for-two.html
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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:
* 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: www.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 54 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) 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 cat?
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