The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
I always thought that I was reasonably au
fait with contemporary culture, but today I received one of those automated
e-mail thingys from Amazon. It read (and I paraphrase) that because I had in the
past bought biographies from them that I might be interested in this selection
of a dozen biographical books that were proving to be popular at the moment. So
I looked at them. Of the 12 "celebrities" listed, six were people I had never
heard of, another two were people whom I had vaguely heard of but wasn't
interested in finding out more, and the other four could probably be described
as "household names" (except not in my household) and were people in whom I have
not the slightest interest. I don't know whether this experience says more about
me or more about Amazon, but it does show that this particular piece of targeted
marketing just doesn't work. Because I bought biographies of Evelyn Waugh and
Keith Richards does not mean I am in the market for biographies of Sharon
Osbourne or Joan Collins.
* 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 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?
