The Gonzo Daily: Thursday
I am actually having rather a nice time at the moment.
Carl arrived yesterday afternoon and we managed to get all the filming I wanted
to do. We also retrieved the trail camera from Common Moor, where we found the
deer carcass back in January. And - lo and behold - the SD card contains images
of a large and healthy dog fox, strutting about as if he owned the place. The
fact that the place where the carcass was found was bang in the middle of his
patch, and the predation on the skull was indicative of a large fox, is not
conclusive, but is pretty good supportive evidence.
In other news, on the recommendation of John Brodie-Good I checked out the
Carey Grace covers album this morning and it is - indeed - a corker. I would
recommend it to anyone, but also wonder whether anyone else but me thinks that
her voice sounds a bit like that of Chrissie Hynde. Again, that is no bad
thing.
ciaou....
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:
And if you fancy supporting us on Patreon:
And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore
seems to be in order: if you want to make me a happy fellow, you can:
buy my novel:
buy the record by the main protagonist of the novel who isn't me in an
elephant mask, honest:
buy my single:
But for now, here is the news:
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Iggy Pop - The Passen...
FAIRPORT CONVENTION NEWS
ANOTHER BUNCH OF WONDROUS STORIES FROM THE YES CAM...
TONY KLINGER REVIEW
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Weekly #278
THE HELTER SKELTER IS COMING DOWN FAST ISSUE
In this extraordinarily groovy issue, Alan and Phil discover that The
Beatles were not as squeaky clean as they were portrayed, Jeremy goes to see
Eddie and the Hot Rods and Department S, Neil explores Psychedelic Australia,
Graham looks at the latest Hawkwind news, Doug continues with his history of
Split Enz, and Jon once again visits Mu Mu Land alongside a bloke called Andy
Gell, and sulks cos he isn't allowed to let smoke grenades off in his
garden.
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, AND Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, there are columns from all sorts of folk including Neil
Nixon, Kev Rowlands, Roy Weard, C J Stone, and Mr Biffo AND the irrepressible
Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and
southern dibblers who have gone for a snooze (OK, nothing to do with small
marsupials who have probably got hangovers and have decided to have a little
rest, 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:
Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Andy Gell, Brian Epstein, Roger Daltrey, Brian
Eno, Neil Young, Eminem, Liam Gallagher, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progessive,
Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, Sir
Kenneth Arthur Dodd, OBE, Jerzy Stanislaw Milian, Gary Burden, Count Hubert
James Macel Taffin de Givenchy, Craig Jamieson Mack, Nole Floyd "Nokie" Edwards,
Claudia Fontaine, Matt Dike, James Whittaker "Jim Bowen", Liam O'Flynn, Tony
Klinger, Billion Dollar Babies, Man, Delius, Edward Elgar, Vaughan Williams,
Jeremy Smith, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Department S, Doug Harr, Split Enz, Alan
Dearling, Phil Bayliss, The Beatles, Neil Arnold, Psychedelic Australia, Flake,
Freshwater, Ash, Helium, Tymepiece, Glass Web, The Chocolate, The Elois, The
Throb, The Thorts, Inkase, Australian Playboys, Blackfeather, Clapham Junction,
The Creatures, The Vince Maloney Sect, Fraternity, The Master's Apprentices, The
Vegetable Garden, Zoot, Rick Springfield, Kev Rowland, Apartment 213, Alan Reed,
Almanac, Altavia, Sonata Arctica, Pocket Size, Root, Terra, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind,
Jon Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Joey Ramone, New Kids of
the Block, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Geri Halliwell, Nirvana, ACDC,
Ska
And the last few issues are:
Issue 278 (The Beatles)
Issue 277 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 276 (Dukes of the Orient)
Issue 275 (Martin Gordon)
Issue 274 (Steve Took)
Issue 273 (Live Dead 69)
Issue 272 (George Butler)
Issue 271 (Mark E Smith)
Issue 270 (Eric Clapton)
Issue 269 (Narnia)
Issue 267-8 (Happy New Year)
Issue 265-6 (The Who)
Issue 264 (John McLaughlin)
Issue 263 (The magic Band)
Issue 262 (DikMik)
Issue 261 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 260 (Amsterdam Squat Festie)
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Weekly dropbox. The first 69 issues are archived there as well. Information is
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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
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