The
Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
I
am in glorious solitude today as Graham and Corinna and Mother have gone to
Exeter to do stuff to my house there. I have lots of writing to do and the
animals and the new Richard Thompson album to amuse me. I have always liked
Thompson, but this new record 'Still; is the one that is closest to my taste for
many years. The gently understated arrangements and old fashioned production
with wide stereo separation make this an elegantly elegaic album, which actually
sounds in part like The Beatles circa Abbey Road whilst still being unmistakably
Thompson.
Both
his songwriting and guitar skills are showcased, with the chord patterns taking
cheekily unexpected paths and switching playfully between major and minor keys
and different genres at will. Bloody hell this man is a true guitar God. And the
further he gets away from straight rock and roll the better he is. And the thing
that distinguishes guitar masters like Thompson and Johnny Marr from the self
indulgent widdley woo brigade who shred themselves round in circles like
headless chickens trying to show off, is that real guitar heroes make it all
seem so effortless.
And
Right on Nicola. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has told David Cameron he is "not
master of all he surveys" after her party forced a delay in a planned
fox-hunting vote. Ministers shelved today's vote on relaxing hunting laws in
England and Wales after the SNP said it would vote against the changes. The
party had previously said it would not vote on issues affecting England and
Wales only. Mr Cameron said the SNP's position was "entirely opportunistic".
Downing Street said it was "disappointing" that the vote had to be postponed,
and said new proposals on the Hunting Act would be introduced "in due course".
And you, Mr Cameron, are a nasty little oik.
Galahad,
Genesis, Paradise 9, Grateful Dead, Glasto, Lotus Eaters, Roy Weard, Dogwatch,
That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, Jon Anderson, and Yes fans had better look
out!
The
latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#138) is available to read at
www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It has Galahad
on the front cover together with an interview with Stu Nicholson inside. Doug
looks at the new Genesis iPad app, John B-G watches the final Grateful Dead
show, while John H watches Glasto. There is an interview with Gregg from
Paradise 9 and Jon examines a book about Anonymous. Xtul are very near to a
climax. Thom waxes all poetical like, whilst the legendary Roy Weard continues
his regular column. And there is a radio show from M Destiny at Friday Night
Progressive, and one from those jolly nice chaps at Strange Fruit. There is also
a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and spotted quolls with
nothing to lose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials in a devil may care
mood, 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!!!
This
issue features:
Sir
Paul McCartney, Brian May, Keith Richards, Madonna, Richard Hawley, Rolling
Stones, Barbara Dickson, Val Doonican, The Beatles, Galahad, Mirror System,
Steve Hillage, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Omar Sharif, Michael
Masser, Camille Bob, Third Ear Band, Arthur Brown, Inner City Unit, Hugh Hopper,
Pete Sears, Captain Beefheart, Brand X, Genesis, Armando Gallo, Paradise 9, Lee
Walker, The Lotus Eaters, John Brodie-Good, The Grateful Dead, John Haylock,
Glastonbury Festival 2015, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Yes, Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin,
Elton John, Chris Squire, Anonymous, Xtul, Elvis Presley, Corey Taylor, Dean
Martin, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Neil Nixon, Awesome Colour,
TrollfesT
Read
the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
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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raining. See you tomorrow...
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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
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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!
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Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old
hippy of 55 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song by
Frank Zappa, and a small kitten totally coincidentally named after one of the
Manson Family, purely because she squeaks, 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 infantile
orange cat, and the adventurous kitten?
