The Gonzo Daily - Monday
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.
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
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!
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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?
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