And for no real reason Sunday's notifications are done in rhyme
It's Sunday, a grey day, and for no real reason
I write my blogs in rhyme no matter the season
cos it is the one day I don't have to be stuck in conference
it amuses me to indulge in such nonsense
and when I have finished rhyming in this nook
I will go off and write a bit more of my book
until this evening when I believe
I am having a visit from Martin Eve
showing me how to use some recording software
although up to now I really did not care
but I'm gritting my teeth to do something I hate
cos Cakewalk is banjaxed by Windows 8
so though I didn't get up till gone three
I'm having a productive day can't you see
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GONZO WEEKLY #154
Gonzo Weekly #154
www.gonzoweekly.com
Steve Ignorant, Crass, Madonna, Canterbury Sans Frontières, Psychedelic
Britannia, Dead Boy Detectives, Digitiser, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Mack Moloney, A
J Smitrovich, Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, Jon Anderson, Mack
Moloney, and Yes fans had better look out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#154) is available to read at
www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It
has Steve Ignorant on the cover and an interview with him inside. Doug goes to
see Madonna,Jon interviews Martin Hudson, founder of the Classic Rock Society,
John B-G critiques the BBC's Psychedelic Britannia, and Corinna sneers at some
more tacky pop memorabilia. We review The Dead Boy Detectives, and Xtul are back
in the deep woods. Neil unearths a hidden gem, Thom waxes all poetical like,
whilst the legendary Roy Weard continues his regular column, C J Stone does his,
A J Smitrovich continues thumbing through his Dad's LPs, and Mr Biffo has more
of his regular slices of insanity from the world of Digitiser 2000, and there is
a radio show from Strange Fruit, one from Friday Night Progressive and another
from Mack Moloney, and as there was a full moon this week we also have a show
from Canterbury Sans Frontières. There is also a collection of more news,
reviews, views, interviews and pademelons wanting a snooze (OK, nothing to do
with small marsupials who stayed up too late last night, 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:
Lucifer, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Noel Gallagher, U2, Boy George,
Johnny Cash, Suede, Rod Stewart, Keith Richards, Eric Burdon, Frank Zappa, Ike
Willis, Denny Walley, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's
Mystery Hour, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Tony Van Frater, Diane Charlemagne,
Hubert Leroy "Herbie" Goins, David Rodriguez, Lee Shaw, Leon Bibb, William
Bradford "Bill" Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Brand X, The Raz Band, Johnny Winter,
Alexis Korner, Nucleus, Spirits Burning, The Pirates, Steve Ignorant, Madonna,
Martin Hudson, John Brodie-Good, Roy Weard, A.J. Smitrovich, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind,
Hawklords, Dave Brock, Xtul, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion,
Elvis, Marilyn Manson, Prince, Michael Jackson,Take That, Yes, Toto, Rick
Wakeman, Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, Billy Sherwood, Neil Nixon, Cathy Berberian,
Aq Bure
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 153 (Martin Barre)
Issue 152 (4th Eden)
Issue 151 (Corky Laing)
Issue 150 (Roger Dean)
Issue 149 (Tony Palmer in Space)
Issue 148 (Wally Hope)
Issue 147 (Thom the World Poet cover)
Issue 146 (Bee and Flower cover)
Issue 145 (Dave Brock cover)
Issue 144 (Percy Jones cover)
Issue 143 (Billy Sherwood cover)
Issue 142 (Daevid Allen and Spirits Burning cover)
Issue 141 (Rick Wakeman cover)
Issue 140 (Jaki Windmill cover)
Issue 139 (Raz cover)
Issue 138 (Galahad cover)
Issue 137 (Chris Squire cover)
Issue 136 (Neil Nixon cover)
Issue 135 (FNP cover)
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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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 young lady called Jessica. 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
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