The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
As you may or may not know, I have had a whole string of teenage girls
working for me over the past few years, mostly as students. Some have been
better than others. One I remember told me that "I have a bit of an attitude
sometimes" to which I replied "not when you are working for me you don't". She
left a few days later. Another was playing me up so badly when I was meant to be
giving her extra tuition that I sent her into the office to wait for her mother
telling her not to speak to her "elders and betters" like that. She never came
back. Others have been lovely, and have great things ahead of them. I am pleased
to say that the latest incumbent, Miss Chloe Gray is of the latter school.
Dear Chloe was here yesterday and toiled massively. Together we put
together the latest CFZ Newsletter and sorted both hard copy and ebook versions
of the last two issues of A&M - something we should have done weeks ago. She
shows a real aptitude for what we do and is truly the best assistant that I have
ever had.
And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore: if
you want to make me a happy fellow, you can:
buy my novel:
buy my single:
And now for the news................
Eric Burdon Interview
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Erik Norlander - "Surr...
MJ12 US review
GREGG KOFI BROWN IN RUSSIA
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Magazine #197
In this issue we say goodbye to a gracious and very talented lady: Gilli
Smyth of Gong. Doug goes to see Brian Ferry, Alan goes to see what the British
Library has to say about Punk, and explains Futurology and Free Cultural Spaces,
while Jon waffles on about stuff.
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday
Night Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy
Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a
thrilling and slightly disturbing episode of Xtul. There is also a collection of
more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside 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:
Michael Moorcock, Dave Bainbridge, Celestial Fire Band, Gong, Bart Lancia,
The Who, Stick Men, Brian May, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive,
Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Gillian "Gilli" Mary
Smyth, Machali, Tom Searle, Matt Roberts, Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix,
CBE, DL, The Boomtown Rats, Karnataka, Rick Wakeman, Rob Ayling, Billy James,
Matthew Watkins, Alexandria Krysinski, Brian Ferry, Alan Dearling, Mr Biffo, Roy
Weard, Futurology and Free Cultural Spaces, Hawkwind, Xtul, Elvis, Queen, Keith
Richards, Joy Division, Neil Nixon, Johnny Cash, The
Beatles
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 196 (Paul May)
Issue 195 (Dave Brock)
Issue 194 (Auburn)
Issue 193 (Genre Peak)
Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)
Issue 191 (Karnataka)
Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)
Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)
Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)
Issue 186 (Beatles)
Issue 185 (Judge Smith)
Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)
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.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 57 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?
