The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
I am sorry that I have been a bit enigmatic over the past few days but I
have had a lot on my mind. Until yesterday it looked as if for the first time in
seventeen years there would be no Weird Weekend in Devon this year. There have
been problems with the venue, and I have lost nearly all of my helpers. Ten
years ago there was a team of twenty people, whereas now it is basically down to
three or four. And finally my own health is declining at an alarming rate, so I
had to make the very difficult decision as to whether we continue or not.
However, we all think that it would be a great shame if the event which so many
people enjoy fell victim to the apathy, prejudice and selfishness of a handful
of people. So we are continuing for this year at least.
However, we are very short handed and would like to take this opportunity
to appeal for volunteers to help in return for free entry. The Weird Weekend is
not about money, and never has been, but it is nice if we can run it without
being out of pocket. This year will see two events, with Glen Vaudrey’s Weird
Weekend North just after Easter and there are even plans for a Weird Weekend in
Scandinavia next year.
I have always been disappointed that wherever we have held the event;
Exeter, Woolsery and now Hartland, very few local people have come along, and
this is something that I have always wanted to rectify. If anyone reading this
has any sensible suggestions for how we can broaden our audience without selling
out and changing the nature of the event I would be very grateful to receive
them. And, by the way. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Andy
Phillipson for being a complete brick though all of this. Thank you my dear
fellow.
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Gonzo Magazine #173
Pink Fairies, Beatles, George Martin, Styx, Record Collector, C S Lewis,
Bill Malloneee, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion,
Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better look out! The news of Keith Emerson's death
broke about half an hour after we went to press. We shall be leading a tribute
to him next issue, but in the meanime would like to extend our condolences to
his loved ones.
Pink Fairies action figures are on the front cover, together with an
interview with Tony Henderson, the bloke who makes them, inside. Doug writes
about Styx, while Jon says goodbue to George Martin, muses about historical
technology, and reviews a book by an ex-Archbishop of Canterbury (honestly).
John looks forward to Record Store Day, Ray reviews Bill Malloneee. There are
radio shows from Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, and Mack Maloney, the
latest installment of the saga of Xtul, and columns from all sorts of folk
including Roy Weard, A J Smitrovich, Mr Biffo and the irrepressible Corinna.
There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and
pademelons ouyside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped
from captivity, 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 George Martin, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Randy Meisner, Bruce
Foxton, Paul Weller, Bob Dylan, Brian Johnson, Eric Burdon, John Lennon, Frank
Zappa, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Sir
George Martin, Raymond Samuel Tomlinson, Jonathan James "Jon" English, Joey
Martin Feek, John Morthland, Gayle McCormick, Gregg Kofi Brown, Billy Cobham,
Kevin Ayres featuring Ollie Halsall, Country Queens, Robert Calvert, Greg
Harris, The Kentucky Colonels, Michael Jackson, Leonard Cohen, Michael Livesley
and Brainwashing House feat Rick Wakeman, Neil Innes and Susie Honeyman,Tony
Henderson, Pink Fairies, Styx, Alan Dearling, Roy Weard, A J Smitrovich, My
Dad's LPs, John Brodie-Good, Mr Biffo, Ray Boeche, Bill Mallonee, Hawkwind,
Xtul, Elvis, Charles-Francois Gounod, Captain Beefheart, Neil Nixon, Donald
Bradshaw-Leather, Trolls Bends
Fir
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 172 (4th Eden)
Issue 171 (Keith Levene)
Issue 170 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 169 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 168 (Wakeman/Bowie)
Issue 167 (Paul Kantner)
Issue 166 (Spirits Burning)
Issue 165 (David Bowie)
Issue 164 (Free Festivals)
Issue 163 (Lemmy)
Issue 161-2 (The Christmas Double Feature)
Issue 160 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 159 (Jon 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)
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...
* 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
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* 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 two small kittens, one 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. 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 kittens?
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