Thursday, July 31, 2014

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN TIPS A WINK

The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
 
This is becoming somewhat of a pattern this week: Dead rock star and interesting butterfly news. The dead rock star is Dick Hunter, one of my favourite guitarists. I first fell in love with his playing when I heard Lou Reed's 'Rock and Roll Animal' album back in the summer of 1975. His beautifully crafted solos and stylish arrangements made that album a perennial favourite for me.
 
The butterfly news is that there have now been four sightings this year of the Camberwell beauty. The Camberwell Beauty is a rare migrant to the British Isles, originating in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. In some years there is a relatively-large influx of individuals, as occurred in 1846, 1872, 1947, 1976, 1995 and 2006, where individuals were reported throughout the British Isles. Like many migrants, this butterfly does not maintain a sustainable breeding population here since mating only occurs after hibernation and those adults that do manage to overwinter successfully are so few in number that the chances of finding a mate is small. None of the immature stages has ever been found in the wild in the British Isles. The Aurelian by Moses Harris, published in 1766, gives this butterfly the name "The Grand Surprize" or "Camberwell Beauty", based on 2 individuals that were caught in Cold Arbour Lane near Camberwell in 1748.
 
Here endeth the lesson for today.
 
Concert Review: Yes classics a thrill at Meadow Brook
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/concert-review-yes-classics-thrill-at.html
GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Clearlight - Infinite Symphony
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/gonzo-track-of-day-clearlight-infinite.html
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_30.html
A SLEW OF JON ANDERSON/JEAN LUC PONTY STORIES ALL SAYING EXACTLY THE SAME THING
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-slew-of-jon-andersonjean-luc-ponty.html
Mastering Engineer Maor Appelbaum Relies On Sennheiser HD 600 In Creating New Yes Album
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/mastering-engineer-maor-appelbaum.html
CORKY LAING: Life on the Rock: Keeping the rock 'n' roll faith
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/corky-laing-life-on-rock-keeping-rock-n.html
 
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#88) is available to read or download at www.gonzoweekly.com. It has Joey Molland, the last man standing of the mighty Badfinger on the front cover and an interview with him inside. It also includes an exclusive interview with the author of a new biography of The Waterboys, with an exclusive extract from the book. Yes fans will find a critique of the new album and a rundown of the extraordinary events that took place yesterday as Jon Anderson launched his new band. Elsewhere in the issue Doug Harr interviews the founding members of Brand X and Galahad release the cover art for their forthcoming EP.  There are also new shows from the wonderfully eccentric Jaki and Tim on their Submarine, and from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny (hopefully fully recovered from his recent illness) a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and mysterious clues (OK, no peculiar objects left by malefactors, 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 - 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?
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