The Gonzo Daily: Monday/Tuesday
Here we are on Monday morning, and in a tumbledown potato shed on the edge
of a tiny village in North Devon a tired fat man tries to make sense of the
increasingly peculiar world in which he finds himself. What is euphemistically
known as 'The Festive Season' is almost here, and for once I have done what I
have intended to for many years; I have done all my Christmas shopping online so
I do not have to venture into the living hell which is Barnstaple at this time
of year. I must admit to feeling mildly pleased with myself.
OFFICIAL NOTICEY THING
Although it is not a time of the year of which I am fond, I do like to take
the opportunity to spend some time with my loved ones (as well my friends Mr
Smirnoff and Mr J. Daniels and Mr Tesco Brandy-Flavoured-Gutrot)), and so
neither the Gonzo Weekly office or the CFZ office will be fully functioning for
the remainder of the year, but I will be in most days for an hour or two and can
be contacted should anything urgent arise. Unless something nasty happens,
episode 86 of OTT will be out on Wednesday, and I have every expectation that
the next issue of A&M will be out before the end of the year.
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 bit.ly/2kGmlmB
EP 84 bit.ly/2ASrqix
EP 83 bit.ly/2jaJnS9
EP 82 bit.ly/2CYCix1
And if you fancy supporting us on Patreon:
bit.ly/2oBdFTE
But for now, here is the news:
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Leonard Cohen - Famou...
CHRIS SQUIRE AND ALAN WHITE
FRANK ZAPPA NEWS
Rick Wakeman’s Campaign To Create “Live Portraits”...
Gonzo Weekly #265/6
THE CHRISTMAS DOUBLE ISSUE
As we approach Christmas, we present a special double issue in which we
talk to Tony Klinger about his work with The Who, on ‘The Kids are Alright’ and
print an exclusive excerpt from his book, Alan gets all Christmassy with Charlie
Manson, and the legendary Jim Dickinson, John has a Martian Christmas with Paul
Kantner and looks back over the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Summer of
Love, Jon waxes lyrical about The OA, Timothy leary and Stranger Things, Richard
writes about Steve Kimock, and Amy explains Yuletide plants.
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney AND Strange Fruit, AND Friday
Night Progressive. 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 southern dibblers
who have blown a fuse (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who are not good
at household electrics, 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 OA, Stranger Things, The Beatles, John Lennon, Trevor Horn, Jools
Holland, Eric Clapton, Lili Fini Zanuck, Cecil Williamson, Patti Smith, John
Prine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bon Jovi, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney,
Status Quo, Francis Rossi, REM, The Cure, Strange Fruit, Friday Night
Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Keith Chegwin, Maxwell Frank Clifford,
James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray, Sir Christus (Jukka Kristian Mikkonen)
Magnus Bergdahl, Leon Rhodes, Patrick Michael DiNizio, Willie Pickens, Warrel
Dane, Barbara Dickson, Jessica Lee Morgan, Rick Wakeman, Billion Dollar Babies,
Tangerine Dream, Tony Klinger, The Who, Alan Dearling, Phil Bayliss, James
Luther Dickinson, John Brodie-Good, Country Joe McDonald, Hot Tuna, Paul
Kantner, Jefferson Starship, Richard Foreman, Steve Kimock, Charles Manson,
Dennis Wilson, Phil Kaufman, Terry Melcher, Bobby Beausoleil, Catherine
Gillies, Charlene Cafritz, Marilyn Manson, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cabaret
Voltaire, Nick Redfern, Defending the Realm: MI5 and The Shayler Affair, Mark
Hollingsworth, Nick Fielding, Sex Pistols, David Shayler, The Clash, UB40, Kev
Rowland, Silhouette, Tankard, Threat Signal, Antisect, Trojan Horse, Uncle Acid
and the Deadbeats, 36 Crazyfists, The Walking Dead, Whitewater, With the Dead,
Wobbler, Zud, Aosoth, Atoll, b.o.s.c.h., Bigfoot, Blaze of Perdition, Charcoal
Tongue, Curse the Fall, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, Amy Phillipson, John
Higgs, Timothy Leary, Kylie Minogue
And the last few issues are:
Issue 264 (John McLaughlin)
Issue 263 (The magic Band)
Issue 262 (DikMik)
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)
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:
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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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widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as
it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the
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 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?
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