The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
My nephew Dave B-P came round last night. As many
of you may know he is an electrician and a very good one, specialising in
theatre tech, so he was the perfect (only) choice to come and install my new
mixing desk. I was a little nervous, because - after all - it was relatively
cheap, relatively old and I bought it unseen on eBay. I had already been shocked
by the fact that it was about three times the size that I had imagined. Were
there any other shocks in store for me? Shocks, yes. Nasty ones, no. I was
amazed how good it sounded. I know that this sounds stupid, but I bought it for
convenience sake, so that I could record several people winging at once; it
NEVER occurred to me that, because the desk has pretty sophisticated wiring of
its own that it would make the overall sound considerably better. My guitar
sounds gorgeous through it, and even my voice sounds less corncrakey than
usual.
Those who have been waiting for various video
things from me, will hopefully find that their wait is nearly over. I finished
episode 77 of OTT last night, and as I type I am also transferring the
Jefferson Starship footage from a few weeks ago to m,y computer. Hopefully I
will start editing later today. All this activity would suggest that The
Deviants footage from November won't be far behind. It will be very nice to get
my backlog out of the way so that I can sleep at night with a relatively clear
conscience.
You will, I hope, be pleased to hear that Issue 64 of the Gonzo Weekly
is OUT. This issue features Liz Lenten's scrapbook of the tour they did with
Jefferson Starship, an exclusive interview with Bridget Wishart about Spirits
Burning, Hawkwind and all sorts of other things, new music from Steve Ignorant's
Slice of Life, new music from Mike Davis and Lizzy Rowe, the new Small Faces
compilation album, the Small School in Hartland, the legendary Roy Weard on why
we make music, Clepsydra tour dates 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!!!
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PPS: I am already working on Issue 65, which will feature an EXCLUSIVE Pink
Fairies interview, an exclusive interview with prog album artist Sandor
Kwiatkowski,the return of the mighty Six Foot Three, and lotsa other good stuff
which I've not done yet..
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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?
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Jonathan
Downes,
Director: Centre for Fortean Zoology
Director: CFZ Publishing
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Editor: Animals & Men
Editor: Still on the track
Editor:
Gonzo Daily (Music and More)
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