THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN HOPS UP AND DOWN AND MAKES VAGUE MEEPING NOISES

The Gonzo Daily - Monday

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Last night was an exciting and eventful one. Just before eleven there was an explosion at the other side of the village, and all our power went off. "Power to the People!" I shouted, grabbing my blunderbuss and preparing to man the barricades. At last the revolution had started! OK I made most of that up. There was, indeed an explosion, and our power did indeed go off, but far from pledging myself to the cause like one of the Risorgamenti, I was actually stuck in my office until Corinna came with a candle to light my way out.

 

It turns out that the Transformer for the whole of the village blew up for reasons unknown to us poor mortals at the time of writing, but I very much doubt whether it was anything more sinister than an accident.

 

Mayall regrets ‘lack of success’
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/mayall-regrets-lack-of-success.html

 

Byrds, Doors, Parsons, Zappa: 'Sounds of Laurel Canyon'
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/byrds-doors-parsons-zappa-sounds-of.html

 

Rare Captain Beefheart Concert Recording
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/rare-captain-beefheart-concert-recording.html

 

‘It was a perfect storm’: Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/it-was-perfect-storm-trevor-rabin-and.html

 

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_12.html

 

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Brand X - Macrocosm
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/gonzo-track-of-day-brand-x-macrocosm.html

 

We actually finished the latest issue of Gonzo Weekly at a sensible time last night. It will be up on www.gonzoweekly.com very soon. All I have to do now is add the links and it will go live. This week's issue features a conversation between Jaki Windmill and the late Mick Farren, an interview with the mighty XNA, a feature on Crowded House, news about some recently uncovered Robert Calvert video, proof that Progressive Rockstars have a sense of humour, and a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and brindled gnus (OK, no specialised ox-like 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 ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

 

The full list of artists covered in this week's episode is: Mick Farren, Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, Morrissey, Pussy Riot, Nirvana, Monty Python, Stonehenge, Galahad, Michael des Barres, Fish, Robert Calvert, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Sendelica, Erik Norlander, Rocket Scientists, Clepsydra, Rick Wakeman, Ginger Baker, Rush, Marillion, Strange Fruit, Sub Reality Sandwich, Jaki Windmill, Tim Rundell, Howard Smith, Elaine Sturtevant, Leslie Thomas, Jean Philippe Rykiel, Joey Molland, David Jackson, Rene van Commenee, Pierre Moerlen’s Gong, Clearlight, Planet Earth Rock ‘n’ Roll, Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, Ian Anderson, Damon Albarn, Mike Oldfield, XNA, John Lennon, Yes, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Michael Jackson, One Direction, Bay City Rollers, Bob Dylan,  Justin Beiber, Kataklysm, Lives & Times, Asmegi

 

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 76 (Rick Wakeman cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/gonzo-weekly-78.html
Issue 75 (Hawkwind cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/04/gonzo-weekly-75.html
Issue 74 (Billy Sherwood cover)
http://forteanzoology.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/gonzo-weekly-74.html

 

All issues from #70 can be downloaded at www.gonzoweekly.com if you prefer. If you have problems downloading, just email me and I will add you to the Gonzo Weekly dropbox. The first 69 issues are archived there as well. Information is power chaps, we have to share it!

 

To make sure that you don't miss your copy of future issues make an old hippy a happy chappy and subscribe
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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 an orange kitten named after a song by Frank Zappa 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 kitten?