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The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday

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Last night saw the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu “Burn the Shard” erm… happening in London. I stayed up following the action as best as I could via social media and it seemed that a splendid time was had by all, and the overall vibe (as far as I could make out from the various info-streams was that it was wilder and more anarchic than the events in Liverpool last summer.

 

Certainly the “Welcome to the Dark Ages” event didn’t have the participants told that they should “run” if approached by the police, or have the Ice Kream van, containing a grubby Ronald McDonald and spewing out yellow smoke as it careered down the Queen’s Highway. Some of the pictures which were posted on Instagram by my acquaintance the lovely Mary Epworth, looked like the event was the epicentre of a riot. Perhaps the afterparty is what was portrayed by the Aftermath Dislocation principle, except that the cops were replaced by a gaggle of MuMushocktroops all wearing yellow ponchos.

 

I wish I had been there. But…

 

What the Fuuk was it all about. What the Fuuk was going on? I am sure that Vicky Pea will explain it all in the fullness of time, but in the meantime I am as confused as everyone else. But as Noël Coward said:

 

“I went to a marvellous party

We played the most wonderful game”

 

Except, of course, that I didn’t! I watched it all on my iPad whilst snuggled up in bed with a neurotic Jack Russell terrier and a self-opinionated orange cat.

 

And while this was going on, in Liverpool, members of the Art’s Lab were parading around the streets dressed as crows.

 

Truly we are living in marvellous times.

 

Forgive me for always banging on about our webTV show, but it matters a lot to me, and I would be grateful for as many people as possible to see it, and spread the tidings of it far and wide:

 

EP 85 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E82xG502cA&t=21s

EP 84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rDGbLdYxc&t=3s

EP 83 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9lr_j2Ij8Q

EP 82 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iP_Pii7ZF8

 

And if you fancy supporting us on Patreon:

http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2017/11/cfz-launch-patreon-campaign-for-web-tv.html

 

But for now, here is the news:

 

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Pink Faries - Do It

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-gonzo-track-of-day-pink-faries-do-it.html

COMING THIS WEEKEND

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/coming-this-weekend_24.html

FRANK ZAPPA NEWS

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/frank-zappa-news_24.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_24.html

ANIMAL WELFARE CAMPAIGN

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/animal-welfare-campaign.html

 

Gonzo Weekly #261

THE LAMENTING LEN ISSUE

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

 

Marking the anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death, we take a look at the outpouring of grief the tributes manifest, Alan looks at Matthew Smith’s Exist to Resist, Richard presents part three of the Steve Kimock story, and Jon looks at Black Mirror and Netflix.

 

Hail Eris!

 

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Strange Harvest, Friday Night Progressive and Canterbury Sans Frontieres. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Neil Nixon, Roy Weard, C J Stone, Mr Biffo and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and long nosed potoroos who have done lots of poos (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have been at the laxatives, 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:

 

Black Mirror, Beatles, Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Prince, Alan White, Elton John, Walter Becker, REM, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Charles Henry Mosley III, Frederick Lee Cole, Chad Hanks, Little Mama, Keith Barron, Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies, Lillith and Nilly, Barbara Dickson, Jessica Lee Morgan, Rick Wakeman, Billion Dollar Babies, Tangerine Dream, Peter Perrett, Jeremy Smith, Alan Dearling, Exist to Resist, Matthew Smith, Leonard Cohen, Richard Foreman, Steve Kimock, Kev Rowland, Thy Art is Murder, Travelin Jack, Trem do Futuro, The Two Tens, Ultranova, Venom Inc., Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Martin Springett, David Bowie, Gerald Scarfe, Pink Floyd, Chopin, Queen, Elvis, Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison

 

Marking the anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death, we take a look at the outpouring of grief the tributes manifest, Alan looks at Matthew Smith’s Exist to Resist, Richard presents part three of the Steve Kimock story, and Jon looks at Black Mirror and Netflix.

 

Issue 260 (Amsterdam Squat Festie)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo260.html

Issue 259 (Out come thee Freaks)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo259.html

Issue 258 (The Devil's Jukebox)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo258.html

Issue 257 (Judge Smith)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo257.html

Issue 255/6 (John Lennon)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo255-6.html

Issue 254 (Mr Biffo)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo254.html

Issue 253 (Dana Gillespie)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo253.html

Issue 252 (Cropredy)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo252.html

Issue 251 (Scott Walker)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo251.html

Issue 250 (Jamms)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo250.html

Issue 249 (Bill Bruford)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo249.html

Issue 248 (The Selecter)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo248.html

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

 

 

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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* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 58 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?