The Gonzo Daily - Monday
For those of you who have been following the drama in my life, I have a
house in Exeter which has been empty since July last year when I asked the
tenants to leave, which they did owing me a considerable sum of money. It has
remained empty ever since, while I raise the money to have it repaired. Several
people who were going to help with these repairs, for various reasons haven't,
but I cannot complain about people not doing me a favour. About two months ago I
was informed that I have to pay Council Tax on the property even though it is
empty. I appealed against this but today Exeter City Council have diallowed my
appeal, so I now owe them a large sum which I was not expecting and which - at
the moment - I cannot afford. This has hit me for six I am afraid, which is why
I have not been functioning properly today. The next stage is to write back to
them trying to arrange a payment schedule that will not bankrupt me. If they
won't do that I write to the MP. If that doesn't work Christ alone knows what I
do.
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
MICK ABRAHAMS – REVIVED! (ALBUM REVIEW)
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Joey Molland & The Tea...
AUBURN…’MIXED FEELINGS’
Top 5: Best Yes Albums
Gonzo Weekly #160
www.gonzoweekly.com
Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Genre Peak, Martin Birke, Faithless, Digitiser,
Mr Biffo, Jaki Windmill, Tim Rundall, Roy Weard, Mack Moloney, A J Smitrovich,
Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better look
out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#160) is available to read at
www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It
has Frank Zappa on the cover and a feature article about Zappa Plays Zappa and
the new classic FZ DVD inside. Jon muses on the new marketing of music, we
interview Martin Birke of Genre Peak, Doug talks about Änglagård and Corinna
sneers at some more tacky pop memorabilia. John talks about Faithless, 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 Tim and Jaki are back with a new show. 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:
Carol Hodge, Steve Ignorant, Reverb Worship, Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy
Osbourne, Robert Plant, Kula Shaker, Primal Scream, U2, Ringo Starr, Anonymous,
Steve Hackett, Steve Hogarth, Marillion, Barbara Dickson, Strange Harvest,
Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Jaki Windmill, Tim
Rundall, John Garner, Gary 'Magic' Marker, Isham Russell 'Rusty' Jones II, Holly
Woodlawn, Johnny Winter, 13th Floor Elevators, Spirits Burning, The Pirates,
Michael Jackson, Dee Palmer, Freddie King, The Selecter, Ducks De Luxe, Alexis
Korner, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Frank Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Zappa plays
Zappa, Genre Peak, Martin Birke, John Brodie-Good, Faithless, Roy Weard, A.J.
Smitrovich, Mr Dad's LPs, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Danny Owens, Xtul, Yes, Alan
White, AndersonPonty Band, Chris Squire, Greg Lake, Geoff Downes, Jon Anderson,
Neil Nixon, Carla Bley and Paul Haines, Genesis, Lonnie Donegan, The Beatles,
Pink Floyd, Posh Spice, The Osmonds, Distoriam
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 159 (Jpon Anderson and Matt Malley)
Issue 158 (Billy Sherwood)
Issue 157 (Drones for Daevid)
Issue 156 (Rick and Emmie)
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.
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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.co.uk
* 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?
Unlike some of our competitors we are not going to try and blackmail you into donating by saying that we won't continue if you don't. That would just be vulgar, but our lives, and those of the animals which we look after, would be a damn sight easier if we receive more donations to our fighting fund. Donate via Paypal today...
What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology?
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. 
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