The Gonzo Daily: Wednesday
Strange Days continue: I finally got to see HSBC yesterday afternoon, after
a comedy of errors which culminated in the person at the call centre who
probably understood my accent as much as I understood his, booking me in for an
appointment to apply for a mortgage at the ILFORD branch, rather than to bring
in identification documents to the BIDEFORD one. I was seen by a charming woman
of oriental descent who nodded politely as I told her that my family "have been
banking with the jolly old Honkers and Shankers since the 1920s". (Being in a
wheelchair in public always brings out the Uncle Matthew in me).
Monday I was in a hell of a state. Not only are we awaiting another full
moon, which as I believe you all know, knocks me for six every time. But because
I managed to injure both of my feet which – being a diabetic – is very bad news.
On Monday night, as Corinna and Graham will affirm, both of my feet were peeing
out blood like there was no tomorrow. This is not much fun, so I am likely to be
less hands (or feet) on than usual this week.
Finally, however, I have managed to make it into the quality press. I am
quite often in the tabloids, but this is my first time in The Guardian for
years:
"Jonathan Downes, director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, said that
while he applauded the scientific work and agreed that many samples are
obviously from bears, he believes the mystery is not yet solved. “I think there
is still a possibility that there are unknown species of higher primate which
are still awaiting discovery in what used to be Soviet central Asia,” he
said".
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Gonzo Weekly #262
THE AUDIO GENERATOR SUPERSTAR ISSUE
We say goodbye to classic Hawkwind alumnus Dikmik with an all-star cast
contributing to his send off, John goes to see Caravan, Alan goes into the world
of Urban Exploration, Nick talks about The Professionals and Jon muses
disturbingly on Charles Manson.
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney AND Strange Fruit, Friday Night
Progressive is having a week off. 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:
Charles Manson, David Cassidy, Sir Peter Blake, The Beatles, Michael
Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Procul Harum, Dave Kerzner, Merrell Fankhauser,
Richard Muirhead, Big Country, Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour,
Warren "Pete" Moore, Lonnie Melvin Tillis, Benjamin Alexander Riley Jr., Bonnie
Flower, Gustav Åhr (Lil Peep), Rodney Bewes, Malcolm Mitchell Young, Barbara
Dickson, Jessice Lee Morgan, Rick Wakeman, Billion Dollar Babies, Tangerine
Dream, Graham Inglis, Ian Abrahams, Brian Tawn, Michael "DikMik" Davies, Alan
Dearling, Urban Solo, John Brodie-Good, Caravan, Nick Redfern, The
Professionals, Kev Rowland, Voodoma, World Trade, Alazka, Ancient Vvisdom,
Belphegor, Bionatops, Black Paisley, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Hawkwind,
Rolling Stones, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd
Issue 261 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 260 (Amsterdam Squat Festie)
Issue 259 (Out come thee Freaks)
Issue 258 (The Devil's Jukebox)
Issue 257 (Judge Smith)
Issue 255/6 (John Lennon)
Issue 254 (Mr Biffo)
Issue 253 (Dana Gillespie)
Issue 252 (Cropredy)
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)
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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
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mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we
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