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The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday

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Today we have not one, but two interns. Saskia has been joined by her friend Ellie and the two of them are off doing the animal round with Graham. The sight of a lanky old Hawkwind fan, pottering about the house, garden accompanied by two teenage girls trotting at his heels, is one that warms the cockles of one's heart!

I have just discovered a series of comic books by Bill Willingham, involving the exploits and adventures of a series of characters of myth, legend and fairy tale in modern-day New York. It sounds horribly twee, but - to my enormous surprise - it isn't. They are very deftly and wittily written with oodles of sex and violence, and clever plot twists that keep one interested, even when one is as jaded an old git as me. They have been gathered together into a series of 20 (so far) trade paperback graphic novels, and I have been happily working my way through them, and cluttering up the shelves of my library even more whilst I do so.

I have just found out that the series is planned to end next year but whether this goes for all the multifarious spin-offs or not, I don't know. The main series is called 'Fables' and - as Wikipedia precises it: The series deals with various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as "Fables" – who have been forced out of their Homelands by "The Adversary" who has conquered the realm. The Fables have traveled to our world and formed a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. Fables who are unable to blend in with human society (such as monsters and anthropomorphic animals) live at "the Farm" in upstate New York.

Check it out; you might well be surprised.

TODAY'S BLOG POSTS

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_18.html

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: PETER AND THE WOLF Pt.1
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/gonzo-track-of-day-peter-and-wolf-pt1.html

Brand X: Missing Period, US review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/brand-x-missing-period-us-review_18.html

Fairport Convention at Louder than War
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/fairport-convention-at-louder-than-war.html

Retrospective – “Trout Mask Replica” – Captain Beefheart
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/retrospective-trout-mask-replica.html

PERCY JONES: US review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/percy-jones-us-review_18.html

AND OTHER STUFF...

Remember, the Farplace Animal Rescue people need your help...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/appeal-for-farplace-animal-rescue.html

Issue 65 of The Gonzo Weekly is now available.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-story-chris-squireyes-02-11-14.html

This issue features an EXCLUSIVE Pink Fairies interview, an exclusive interview with prog album artist Sandor Kwiatkowski, the return of the mighty Six Foot Three, Clepsydra box set details, a massively desirable slice of Acid Mothers Temple memorabilia, news about Hawkwind live next weekend, an oral hygiene tool endorsed by an Oriental dictator, A Communique from Pussy Riot, the Psychedelic Warlords live, and more news, reviews, views, interviews and brindled gnus (OK, no specialised African antelopes 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  COMPLETELY FREE!!!

You can read it here:
http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2014/02/gonzo-weekly-65.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: www.gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html

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*  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?