The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
And so another day dawns. Graham came back last
night. Neither Archie or I were feeling very good yesterday afternoon so we went
to bed for a few hours. Whilst I was asleep, not only did Graham return from St
Albans, but Prudence also decided she wanted an afternoon sleep, so I woke up
amidst a pile of affectionate dogs. I am just waiting for Andrea to turn up with
her conceptual secretary hat on, and I will be getting on with a whole slew of
things that I really should have done ages ago. Graham is busily editing the
Hawkwind film, and it is mother's turn to be surrounded by a pack of
affectionate canids. The news about the air pollution scare in today's papers is
worrying. The Independent writes: "“Very high” levels of air pollution over the
next few days are prompting health concerns for vulnerable and elderly people,
as the dust from the Saharan desert and winds combined to create a potentially
"toxic" storm." As Olivia is pregnant lives in Norwich, and the pollution is
particularly bad in East Anglia, Corinna and I are considerably concerned. We
are living in strange times. On a brighter note, but still strange, so far this
year there have been at least five sightings of large tortoiseshells, a
butterfly which is supposedly extinct in the UK. Some of us believe that it is
beginning to make a comeback.
After hours of messing about which nearly resulted in me reprogramming
the computer with a hatchet, the new issue of Gonzo Weekly, in its swish new
format, will be out imminently features interviews with Andy Colquhoun and
Cyrille Verdeaux, a new video from Auburn, news from Acid Mothers Temple and the
Dalai Lama. There are also features on Rocket Scientists, Clepsydra's private
show, what happens when The Psychedelic Warlords collaborate with Michael
Moorcock and a look at music written by Jews who died in the death camps. and
more news, reviews, views, interviews and and London Zoos (OK, no metropolitan
menageries, 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!!! We are also
relaunching with a brand new layout and format for our 70th issue. We hope that
you like it.
The entire contents is: This issue features Damon Albarn
Can, Billy
Corgan, Johnny Cash, Miley Cyrus, Paul Whitrow
Badfinger, Missee Jubilee.
Galahad. Auburn, Psychedelic Warlords, Pink Fairies, Clepsydra, Rocket
Scientists, Erik Norlander, Cyrille Verdeaux, Clearlight, Firefly Faery Fayre
and Ball, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Fleetwood Mac, Dalai Lama, Neil Nixon, Jill
Sinclair
Yes, Trevor Horn, Spirits Burning, Mick Abrahams, Andy Colquhoun,
Percy Jones, Rick Wakeman, Daisy Rockwell, Hawkwind, Jon Anderson, James Dean,
Beatles, One Direction, James Conlon, Richard Stellar, Michael Sobygge, The
Providence, Persona Grata, Revolution Road, Logan's Run, Corvus Corax
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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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