The Gonzo Daily - Monday
I am sorry I was a little maudlin yesterday, but I
was feeling sorry for myself. A little brandy that evening and it all goes away.
I don't think that makes me an alcoholic, but if I am, I am a high functioning
one. Very sad news about Felix Dennis, I only met him once but we exchanged
e-mails occasionally, and I truly believe that he was one of the good
guys.
Talking of good guys, I need to apologise for a
cock up in the recent issue of Gonzo Weekly;On the cover and again inside I
advertised an account of what happened when Thom the World Poet visited Daevid
Allen in hospital. Actually the account was by a mate of Thom's which he
reposted, not Thom. I am sorry about that. Also, whilst on the subject of
Daevid, a message on the Daevid Alien Facebook page reads: "daevid's lymph node
drainage op did not go as well as first thought, in fact it may need to be
repeated. Looks like he's in for a longer stay in hospital than we expected a
couple of days ago."
Our thoughts and prayers are with the dear fellow.
Bless you Daevid.
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#83) is here to
read or download at www.gonzoweekly.com. It has Stonehenge on
the front cover and features a previously unpublisahed account of the first
Stonehenge Festival from Wallky Hope, Dead Fred's claim that 1974 WASN'T the
first 'Henge Festie. There are memories of Stonehenge Festivals between
1974-1984, an interview with James Lowe of the Electric Prunes, and Erik
Norlander's tribute to Bob Moog. There are also new shows from the peculiar
multiverse of Sub Reality Sandwich, from Friday Night Progressive, and from the
multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and a collection of more news,
reviews, views, interviews and Irish Stews (OK, no mutton and vegetable based
concoctions, 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!!!
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Weekly:
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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?
