Friday, February 28, 2014

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN MAKES HIS MIND UP

The Gonzo Daily - Friday
 
Yesterday afternoon I received the news that my long-time friend Joyce Howarth died unexpectedly in her sleep on Wednesday night. I had not seen her for some years but at one time she was a fixture at the CFZ. Nick Redfern affectionately partially based the character of 'Mother Sarah Graymalkin' from his book Three Men Seeking Monsters on her, and I wrote my song 'Hey You', which described "the wisest of all the wise women I know" about and for her. Her partner of 15 years, Steve Cummins, and her three daughters are constantly in my thoughts and prayers. Blessings be with you, my dears.
 
This is particularly poignant for me because although she is far from being the first of my friends to have died, she is - I think - the first of my friends of roughly the same age as me who has died of natural causes. The others were all substance related, or died through accident or violence (mostly self-inflicted). As someone who is not in the best of health, Joyce dying suddenly at the age of sixty - only five years older than me - is somewhat of a shock.
 
Rest in Peace my dear, sweet friend.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Work on the next issue of Gonzo Weekly has already begun, with lots of photographs and stuff relating to last weekend's Hawkwind-related activities in next weekend's Gonzo Weekly. There will also be an interview with the legendary Keith Levene, new videos from Judy Dyble and Galahad and tons more. The current issue which features an EXCLUSIVE Corky Laing interview, various tributes to the Norse Gods' last battle,Ragnarok, exclusive Hawkwind Space Ritual rehearsals, the return of the mighty Six Foot Three, Clepsydra box set details, news about Hawkwind live this weekend, a pork pie fight, and more news, reviews, views, interviews and packets of fruit chews (OK, no special chewy sweets, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
 
 
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*  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?
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