The Gonzo Daily - Friday
Everything is once again overshadowed by poor
Emily's time in hospital. However, she is home again now, although the scan came
our with nothing conclusive. I must apologise to Judy Dyble - I completely
cocked up yesterday's Track of the Day until she pointed it out (very nicely I
have to say). So Judy - you have the TOTD again today, anbd I truly think I have
tot it right now. Mark Raines and Graham are doing esoteric things in the garden
with gravel, and I have been struggling all day with a recalcitrant hum in my
mixing desk. Ho Hum.
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly is up on www.gonzoweekly.com and 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
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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
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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
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* 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?
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. 
