The Gonzo Daily: Wednesday
Last week Corinna bought an extra large water bowl for Prudence and put it
on the kitchen floor next to Bard's (her pet crow) indoor aviary thing. The bowl
is bright pink, and Bard went off his food entirely and stopped all
vocalisations until it was taken away. I am amazed how the advent of one piece
of moulded plastic could have such a dramatic result.
Weird huh?
Sad news for those following the comings and goings of the CFZ menage,
Chester the huge black goldfish that Beth gave us last May died suddenly
yesterday morning. It was a shock to us, because not only were we very fond of
him, but he had been swimming around happily the night before.
There are two of us attempting to write deathless prose in the potato shed
today. Professor Jon's Academy for Young Ladies is open for business today, with
LMP (Little Miss Pupil) working diligently in the corner of the office.
Hey ho.
And here is the news:
Frank Zappa - Interview - 12/8/1984 - unknown (Off...
Captain Beefheart - Paul Moyer KABC-TV Eyewitness ...
CD Review: Pink Fairies Return After 30 Years To B...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: "San Franciscan Nights.
Gonzo Magazine #217
THE FINALLY WE GET BACK TO WHATEVER PASSES FOR NORMAL ISSUE
We talk to Doug Harr about his exciting new book about Los Angeles rock
concerts, Alan meets Kelbassas, John remembers the Human Be In, Roy looks
forward to another year with That Legendary Wooden Lion, our old friend Kev
Rowland returns with more reviews, and The Famous Five give up the Booze plus
Hawkwind news, The Gardening Club and gum boots full of more...
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
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:
Glenn Hughes, Black Country Communion, Radio Stars, U2, David Byrne,
Talking Heads, Who, David Bowie, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tony Iommi, Kelly
Osbourne, Fleetwood Mac, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's
Mystery Hour, Peter Eardley Sarstedt, Edward Leilani "Eddie" Kamae, Armando
"Buddy" Greco, Lamar Dupré Calhoun, Tommy Allsup, Anthony "Tony" Booth, Larry
Steinbachek, The Pioneer Cabin Tree, Absolute Elsewhere feat Bill Bruford, Al
Atkins, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Atomic Rooster, Lord Buckley, Tony Ashton
& Jon Lord, Adrian Legg, Rocking' the City of Angels, Doug Harr, Alan
Dearling, Kelbassas, John Brodie-Good, The Summer of Love, The Human Be-In, Kev
Rowland, Its.True.Mentality, Izz, Jolly, Karnataka, Konchordat, Mr Biffo, Roy
Weard, Hawkwind, Robert Calvert, Martin Springett, Enid Blyton, Bill Haley, The
Beatles, Elvis, Beatles, Neil Nixon, Cosmic Rough RiderS
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 215-6 (New Year 2017)
Issue 213-4 (Yule 2016)
Issue 212 (Greg Lake)
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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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.
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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 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?
