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The Gonzo Daily - Saturday

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At stupid o'clock this morning I finished reading Graeme Thomson's excellent George Harrison: Behind The Locked Door in which he does an Ivan T. Sanderson on us. He tells an old familiar story, but makes it almost completely unrecogniseable. Because here the story of The Beatles is told from the point of view of their sulky, spiritual, and immensely complex guitarist, John and Paul are relegated to being bit players. As always I find myself disagreeing with the author on musical matters. I have always been rather fond of the 'Dark Horse' album, and I think the follow-up 'Extra Texture' (despite the horrible cover) is a magnificent album that I would recommend to anyone. However, I do agree with him that 'Electronic Sound' is a goddamn awful noise. And whilst on the subject of this piece of experimental nonsense, I had heard that there were copyright issues regarding the record, but was not aware of the depths of George's perfidy until reading the book.

 

There is a full review in this week's Gonzo Weekly, which also features interviews with Percy Jones of Brand X, Pam Windo about her extraordinary career with her late husband Gary, Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Robert Wyatt. We have Cyrille Verdeaux going through the Clearlight compilation track by track. We have Hawkwind live in Southampton, Doug Harr on Rick Wakeman, and Orrin Hare on the enigmatic L-Voag. We have a visit to a Victorian freakshow with Crystal Grenade and columns from C.J. Stone and Kev Rowland and more news, reviews, features and comments than you can shake a stick at. And its free. So as not to miss this week's copy subscribe here.

 

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Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_14.html

 

Today's Track of the Day is by Ma Rainey
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-gonzo-track-of-day-ma-rainey-booze.html

 

Yes brings another new line-up to Hamilton
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/yes-brings-another-new-lineup-to.html

 

SKY ARCHITECT REVIEW
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/sky-architect-review_14.html

 

Hawkwind Warriors roll into Southampton
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/hawkwind-warriors-roll-into-southampton.html

 

Michael Des Barres Interview | Guitarhoo.com
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/michael-des-barres-interview.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: 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?