The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
There have been a whole string of complaints arriving in my inbox recently
about spammers, and trolls on the CFZ Facebook groups. The main CFZ group has
over a thousand members now, so I suppose it is not that surprising that some of
them are not there for the most honourable of reasons, but I really do not
understand why people join a dedicated Fortean group to try and sell handbags. I
really do not have the mental energy to deal with these idiots, so I have
appointed Graham and Alex my viceroys in such matters. Alex, in particular, has
taken to troll hunting with a vengeance. Me? I just want a quiet life...
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Gonzo Weekly #156
www.gonzoweekly.com
Rick Wakeman, Emmy Beckitt, Led Zeppelin, Steve Ignorant, Daniel Roberson,
Corky Laing, Mountain, Lee Brilleaux, Dr Feelgood, 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 (#156) is available to read at
www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It
has Rick Wakeman and Emmie Beckitt on the cover and news on their remarkable new
collaboration inside. Doug writes about Led Zeppelin,Jon critiques a fascinating
new Biography of Lee Brilleaux from Dr Feelgood, we meet the man who painted
Steve Ignorant, and Corinna sneers at some more tacky pop memorabilia. 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. There is also a collection of more news, reviews,
views, interviews and antechinuses wanting poos (OK, nothing to do with small
marsupials who are slightly constipated, 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:
Gong, Daevid Allen, Queen, Blur, U2, Larry Mullen, Elton John, Motley Crue,
Tommy Lee, Steve Ignorant's Slice of Life, John Lennon, Corky Laing, Mountain,
Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Phil
Taylor, Andrew "Andy" White, Helmit Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt, Allen Toussaint,
Charlie Dick, Edward "Fast Eddie" Hoh, Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Brandon
Carlise, Chuck Pyle, Nucleus, The RAZ Band, Mark Murdock, Brand X, Alexis
Korner, 13th Floor Elevators Emmie Beckitt, Rick Wakeman, Led Zeppelin, Daniel
Roberson, Davey Curtis, Roy Weard, My Dad's LPs, A.J. Smitrovich, Mr Biffo,
Donald Trump, Hawkwind, Xtul, Lee Brilleaux, Dr Feelgood, Pink Floyd, Tom
Jones, The Beatles, U2, Kylie Minogue, Frank Zappa, Morrissey, The Smiths, Yes,
Steve Hackett, Elton John, Tommie Phillips, AndersonPonty Band, Billy Sherwood,
Tony
Kae, Chris Squire, Neil Nixon, Sir John Betjeman, Netherfell
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 155 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 154 (Steve Ignorant)
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!
You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock
journalist, and want to join a rapidly growing band of likewise minded weirdos
please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.
* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to
write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and
want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at
gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and 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/…/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit…
* 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 56 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 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
infantile orange cat, and the adventurous kitten?
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. 
