The Gonzo Daily: Friday
Its a secret I won't try to keep:
I have spent most of this week asleep
a bit like the proverbial log
in my old armchair with my smaller dog
but tonight when I have written this
I am planning to go on the piss
with Graham and my nephew Max
but to fill you in on all the facts
it looks like we will be drinking late
to celebrate Max's doctorate
And here is the news:
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Spinal Tap - Christma...
NICO interview
James Brown getting interviewed high.
JON ANDERSON Interview, Miami, November 2013
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Magazine #213-4
THE SUPER DUPER YULE DOUBLE ISSUE
In this bumper holiday issue, Doug goes to see ARW (Anderson, Rabin and
Wakeman) in words and pictures, Jeremy goes to see Jimbob late of Carter USM,
Alan enthuses over the Bollywood Brass Band, Jon rails about Nostradamus and
presents his top ten records of the year. We also meet the mighty Sensorium
Girliebox, Tony Henderson has more Pink Fairies sculptures, there is a
competition to win ARW tickets, and Doug, Alan and John make some surprising
choices when writing about festive music. And, yes, Corinna tells a story.
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday
Night Progressive, whilst Canterbury Sans Frontieres is back ‘cos there was a
full moon last week. 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:
Sensorium Girliebox, David Bowie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kula Shaker,
The Divine Comedy, Shirley Collins, The Rolling Stones, Black Angel Drifter,
Radiohead, Sexwitch, Leonard Cohen, Chic, Thom Yorke, Mick Jagger, CeeLo, David
Bowie, Marillion, Elton John, Yes, Strange Harvest, Friday Night Progressive,
Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Robert Alan "Bob"
Krasnow, Bunny Tekokiri Miha Wahi Walters, Elizabeth Taylor Pecanins,
Barrelhouse Chuck, Mark Fisher, James Ellsworth "Jim" Lowe, Lionel Blue, Zsa Zsa
Gabor, Henry Judah Heimlich, Spirits Burning and Clearlight, Vangelis, Al
Atkins, Atomic Rooster, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie
Fisher & Barbara Dickson, The Pink Fairies, Tony Henderson, ARW, Alan
Dearling, Gary Glitter, John Brodie-Good, Gary Duncan’s Quicksilver,
Lindisfarne, Lemmy, Bollywood Brass Band, Jeremy Smith, Jim Bob, Chris T-T, Mr
Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, Muse, Prince, John
Entwistle, The Beatles, Connie Converse
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)
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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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 a Jack Russell called Archie, an infantile
orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two half grown 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 Archie and the Cats?
