The Gonzo Daily: Yule
And so we come to the shortest day.
Villonaud for This Yule
by Ezra Pound
Towards the Noel that morte saison
(Christ make the shepherds' homage dear!)
Then when the grey wolves everychone
Drink of the winds their chill small-beer
And lap o' the snows food's gueredon
Then makyth my heart his yule-tide cheer
(Skoal! with the dregs if the clear be gone!)
Wineing the ghosts of yester-year.
Ask ye what ghost I dream upon?
(What of the magians' scented gear?)
The ghosts of dead loves everyone
That make the stark winds reek with fear
Lest love return with the foison sun
And slay the memories that me cheer
(Such as I drink to mine fashion)
Wineing the ghosts of yester-year.
Where are the joys my heart had won?
(Saturn and Mars to Zeus drawn near!)
Where are athe lips mine lay upon,
Aye! where are the glances feat and clear
That bade my heart his valor don?
I skoal to the eyes as grey-blown meer
(Who knows whose was that paragon?)
Wineing the ghosts of yester-year.
Prince: ask me not what I have done
Nor what God hath that can me cheer
But ye ask first where the winds are gone
Wineing the ghosts of yester-year.
And here is the news:
FACE2FACE / GONG - An interview with Daevid Allen
PLAYLIST: SH#20
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Jethro Tull - Ring out...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Frank Zappa_ A day with Frank Zappa_1971
Gonzo Magazine #212
In this poignant issue we say goodbye to the legendary Greg Lake, Doug goes
to see Roger Hodgson, Alan enthuses about Black Angel Drifter and Martin Craft,
John goes to see Freaks at the V&A, and Jon reads about Keith Moon and waxes
lyrical about the Rolling Stones.Strange Days Indeed (Most Peculiar Mama)
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday
Night Progressive is down for technical reasons beyond our control. We also have
columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the
irrepressible Corinna. 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:
The Rolling Stones, Ken Worthington, John Shuttleworth, Buzz Aldrin,
Squeeze, Elton John, Prince, Rod Stewart, Strange Fruit, Friday Night
Progressive, Mack Maloney, Martin Stone, Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake, Tyruss
Himes, Herbert Hardesty, Micky Fitz, Wayne Duncan, John Herschel Glenn Jr.,
Peter Vaughan, Spirits Burning and Clearlight, Vangelis, Al Atkins, Atomic
Rooster, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie Fisher &
Barbara Dickson, Billy James, Erik Norlander, Alan Dearling, Pink Fairies, Roger
Hodgson, Black Angel Drifter, Morton Valence, John Brodie-Good, V & A
Museum, Psychedelia, The Roundhouse, Live Dead 69, Martin Craft, Mr Biffo, Roy
Weard, Hawkwind, Martin Springett, Keith Moon, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, David
Bowie, Jim Morrison, Michael Jackson, Coldplay, Neil Nixon, Comets on Fire
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 211 (Phil Collins)
Issue 210 (Nico)
Issue 209 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 208 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 207 (Tibet)
Issue 206 (Raz)
Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 204 (Gas Tank)
Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)
Issue 202 (Gong)
Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 200 (Deep Purple)
Issue 199 (Yes)
Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)
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)
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