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The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday

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I can see why some people become addicted to Twitter. It is certainly less verbose than other Social Media, even if I only use it for our own activities and for following the unfolding events surrounding the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu in Liverpool. I truly wish I had been there, but my wheelchair precludes me from doing some of the stuff and being as involved as I would have wanted to be, so I am participating in IdeaSpace from s distance. I sat up in bed last night following what was happening, and  when Vicky Pea posted her account of Day Two, I was moved almost to tears, and I wrote to her telling her so. You can read it here:

https://planetslop.co.uk/music/klf-khronicals-8-day-book/

I really am becoming a fan of her writing. But I digress (although it is a Friday and I have every right so to do).

I have read the first two books of the Trilogy 2023, and I totally disagree with The Guardian who called it "either impenetrable or terrible or both" the day after proudly publishing an excerpt. I find it warmly engaging, and sprinkled with the same sort of meta surrealism that I found in books by Douglas Adams and Tony Shiels. The latter is perhaps less surprising than the former, but read 'The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul' if you want to know what I mean).

On a personal level I would be very grateful if you could spread the word about our rebooted monthly webTV series after a break of nearly four years. I actually hadn't realised it had been so long, but - then again - my concepts of time and space are fairly abstract at the best of times.

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/and-in-my-day-job.html

But now, here is the news:

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Tony Ashton - What A ...

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-tony-ashton-what.html

Rick Wakeman Plays Trilogy -- Tribute to Keith Eme...

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/rick-wakeman-plays-trilogy-tribute-to.html

LEONARD COHEN IN THE NEWS

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/leonard-cohen-in-news_25.html

COMING THIS WEEKEND

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/coming-this-weekend_25.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_25.html

Gonzo Weekly #248

THE BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WICKHAM ISSUE

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In which Alan goes to the Wickham Festie and raves about The Levellers, The Selecter, Edward II, The Dhol Foundation and more. We remember Oz Magazine, look forward to next week’s revisitation by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, look at what

might well have happened if Syd Barrett had been completely cured, and spend a weekend with Lennon and McCartney.

Yup, and it’s all free!

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Strange Fruit, and Friday Night Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, C J Stone, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and antichinuses in primordial ooze (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have become time travellers and got stuck in a prehistoric swamp, 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 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Keith Christmas, YES, ARW, Tears for Fears, Prince, Roger Waters, Sinead O'Connor, Neil Young, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Jo Walker-Meador, Kasatka, Benard Ighner, Segun Bucknor, Rick Wakeman, Ashton,  Gardner and Dyke, Third Ear Band, Atomic Rooster, Oz, Richard Neville, Alan Dearling, Wickham festival, Andy Fairweather-Low, Lowriders Band, Levellers, Spooky Men’s Chorale, The Selector, Seth Lakeman, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, The Dhol Foundation, Pronghorn, Edward II, Maia, Alan Finlan, Kev Rowland, Karibow, Left Lane Cruiser, Lost World Band, The Midnight Ghost Train, Noothgrush/Corrupted, Pageninetynine, Riverdogs, Seven Spires, Lutz Ulbrich, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elvis, Beatles, Tupac, Michael Jackson, Lemmy, Edward S Dumit

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 247 (Don Airey)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo247.html

Issue 246 (Steve Hackett)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo246.html

Issue 244-5 (Summer Special)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo244-5.html

Issue 243 (Galahad)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo243.html

Issue 242 (Steve Miller Band)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo242.html

Issue 241 (Carol Hodge and Steve Ignorant)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo241.html

Issue 240 (Midsummer Madness)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo240.html

Issue 239 (Miss Peach)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo239.html

Issue 238 (Hawkwind)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo238.html

Issue 237 (Hawkwind)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo237.html

Issue 236 (Manchester)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo236.html

Issue 235 (Jon Anderson)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo235.html

Issue 234 (Al Atkins)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo234.html

Issue 233 (Richard Strange)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo233.html

Issue 232 (Roy Weard)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo232.html

Issue 231 (Allan Holdsworth)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo231.html

Issue 230 (Curtis Womack)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo230.html

Issue 229 (Larry Wallis)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo229.html

Issue 228 (Space Pharoahs)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo228.html

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:

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

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