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The Gonzo Daily - Friday

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Yesterday was quite a nice day. I got a lot done, and in the evening had a long and enjoyable chat with Billy James (aka Ant-Bee) who is one of my favourite avant garde musicians. We talked about the latest reissue of one of his albums, and his relationships with Frank Zappa and Peter Banks, original guitarist with Yes. I also achieved a minor victory when I finally got those lovely folk at Amazon to show my how to upload pictures to a customer page - something which used to be simple, but now took me four days of arguing with people on 'Help' desks. I hope I am not uttering famous last words but this week does appear to be ending much more pleasantly than it started.

 

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Jon Anderson and Matt Malley
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gonzo-track-of-day-jon-anderson-and.html
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_21.html
Chris Squire looks back on Yes’ coke-addled years
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/chris-squire-looks-back-on-yes-coke.html
PLAYLIST: Strange Fruit #96
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/playlist-strange-fruit-96.html
Review: Atkins May Project – Empire of Destruction
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/review-atkins-may-project-empire-of.html

 

The Gonzo Weekly #104
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Pink Fairies, Rocket Scientists, Blodwyn Pig, Mick Abrahams, Pink Floyd, Jon Anderson, Yes, Nick Redfern, John Lennon, Hawkwind, and Daevid Allen fans had better look out! The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#104) will soon be available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/.

 

It has The Pink Fairies on the cover, and features an interview with Andy Colquhoun about the current and future plans of the band including the long hoped for studio material. Rob Ayling visits legendary blues guitarist Mick Abrahams in his studio and find out about his exciting new album made with some very A-List sparring partners. Erik Norlander is very cagey about the new album from Rocket Scientists. But there's more! There is news about Daevid Allen, Doug Harr goes to see America and also gets hitched, Jon waxes lyrical about the new Pink Floyd album and then gets all existential. Xtul are still in the deep woods, and Corinna finds some real Beatles tat. Jon looks at a peculiar book about John Lennon and we send the mighty John Ellis (ex Vibrators and Stranglers and sidesman to Peter Gabriel and Peter Hammill to a desert island. There are also new shows from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the massively talented Jaki and Tim are back with their submarine and Maisie the cow. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and turtles having a snooze (OK, no soporific chelonians, 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!!!

 

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

 

Issue 102 (Steve Hillage cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/the-gonzo-weekly-102…
Issue 101 (Tommy James cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/gonzo-weekly-101.html
Issue 100 (Jon Anderson cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/gonzo-weekly-100.html
Issue 99 (Judge Smith cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/10/gonzo-weekly-99.h…
Issue 98 (Matt Malley cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/10/gonzo-weekly-98.h…
Issue 97 (Evelyn cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/09/gonzo-weekly-97.h…
Issue 96 (Oz cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/09/gonzo-weekly-96.h…
Issue 95 (Mick Rogers cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/09/gonzo-weekly-95.h…
Issue 94 (John Ellis cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/09/gonzo-weekly-94.h…

 

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!

 

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

 

* 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/…/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit…

 

* 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 55 who - together with an infantile orange cat 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 infantile orange cat?