The Gonzo Daily: Wednesday
Last night, due to me misreading what it said on Netflix, me and Graham and
Mother sat down to watch the new Star Trek series. As it doesn't come out until
next week we watched the middle one of the recent trilogy of movies, and -
although Graham was scathing - Mother and I enjoyed it immensely and were far
more impressed by it that I had supposed that I would be. Graham also managed to
find our missing video camera which we have been looking for over the past six
months. So things are slowly sorting themselves out.
And finally, Jimmy Page has sanctioned the release of the Yardbirds live at
Anderson Theatre; something he has been blocking for nearly half a century. It
is truly excellent news, because the bootleg has been one of my faves for
yonks.
Forgive me for banging on about our webTV show, but it matters a lot to me,
and I would be grateful for an many people as possible to see it, and spread the
tidings of it far and wide:
The video quality is not quite as good as the original, but as it is
intended for a very small screen I don't suppose it matters. The original
versions remain up, for those of you watching on a computer. All future episodes
will have entirely original music, so I don't expect there to be any more
problems.
But now, here is the news:
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: THE BALLAD OF SIR CLIV...
HERMAN'S HERMITS IN THE NEWS
LEONARD COHEN IN THE NEWS
GEOFF DOWNES (NO RELATION) INTERVIEW
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Weekly #252
THE STRANGEFOLK ISSUE
In which Kev Rowland returns to dear old Blighty, goes to Cropredy, meets
Richard Thompson, watches Fairport Convention and friends, pays a visit to Stu
Nicholson in hospital, and more. Jeremy examines The Flaming Groovies new album,
Alan reads Sammy Stein, and Jon grieves for an old friend...
And is there more? You can bet your pondohs there is. And it is all
free/buckshee/gratis
Wooooot!
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 common planigales
who have cooked some stews (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have
been sulinarily creative, 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:
Syd Henley, Ringo Starr, Brian May, Mick Fleetwood, Yes, Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, The Damned, Stick Men, Alive and Dangerous, Strange Fruit, Friday Night
Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Grant Hart, Basi, Riem de Wolff, Jessi
Zazu, Virgil Howe, Troy Gentry, Josh Schwartz, Don Williams, Sir Peter Reginald
Frederick Hall CBE, Mary Hopkin, Endangered Species, Arthur Brown, Tony Ashton
and Jon Lord, Martin Springett, Third Ear Band, Benjamin Britten, Kev Rowland,
Cropredy Festival, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Clive Nolan,
Pendragon, Stu Nicholson, Galahad, Show of Hands, The Trevor Horn Band,The
Divine Comedy,Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente, Gerry Colvin Band, Quill,
Gigspanner Big Band, CC Smugglers, Pierce Brothers, Petula Clark, Morris On,
Judy Dyble & The Band of Perfect Strangers, Plainsong, Cats in Space,
Marillion, Dougie MacLean, Mark Colton, Credo, Alan Dearling, All That's Jazz,
Sammy Stein, Jeremy Smith, Flamin' Groovies, The Emerald Dawn, End of Green, Mr
Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Freddie Mercury, Adam
Ant, Neil Nixon, Bob Dylan
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 251 (Scott Walker)
Issue 250 (Jamms)
Issue 249 (Bill Bruford)
Issue 248 (The Selecter)
Issue 247 (Don Airey)
Issue 246 (Steve Hackett)
Issue 244-5 (Summer Special)
Issue 243 (Galahad)
Issue 242 (Steve Miller Band)
Issue 241 (Carol Hodge and Steve Ignorant)
Issue 240 (Midsummer Madness)
Issue 239 (Miss Peach)
Issue 238 (Hawkwind)
Issue 237 (Hawkwind)
Issue 236 (Manchester)
Issue 235 (Jon Anderson)
Issue 234 (Al Atkins)
Issue 233 (Richard Strange)
Issue 232 (Roy Weard)
Issue 231 (Allan Holdsworth)
Issue 230 (Curtis Womack)
Issue 229 (Larry Wallis)
Issue 228 (Space Pharoahs)
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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* 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 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?
