The Gonzo Daily: Monday/Tuesday
This morning was the first ‘normal’ Monday of the year, and I have spent
most of the day so far dictating wallages of deathless prose to my darling
step-secretary, who – as always – is a veritable angel for putting up with my
poor grammar and frequent expletives. There are all sorts of things in the air,
but I can’t really talk about them until later this week or - probably – the
next. But never mind. It will give you all something jolly to look forward to,
as Britain shivers through a nasty, grey wetness.
I actually quite like January. I certainly prefer it to December. The days
are getting longer, and – once again – I am presented by the peculiar conundrum
of what biological imperative drives the local frog population to arise from
hibernation long enough to lay their first spawn of the year when – invariably –
the resultant tadpoles are killed by frosts within weeks. The frog population
then waits until March or April, when it does a second spawning, a goodly number
of which actually metamorphose into frogdom. This has happened for decades, and
so the people who argue that it is a result of climate change are completely
mistaken. There must be some reason for this, and I have been wondering what it
is since I was a child.
Can anyone help me?
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:
But for now, here is the news:
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Van der Graaf Generat...
RICK SPRINGFIELD IN THE
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
GRAHAM FELLOWS IN THE NEWS
LEONARD COHEN'S LAST BOOK
Gonzo Weekly #265/6
THE RING IN THE NEW ISSUE
In this first issue of 2018 we take a look at the best albums of 2017, John
B-G’s review of the year and hopes for this one, Graham’s review of the year for
Hawkwind, Alan’s interview with Matthew Smith about Exist to Resist, and his
rave review of Canadians the Slocan Ramblers, while John makes sense of the
novel by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney AND Strange Fruit, AND Friday
Night Progressive AND 'cos it was a full moon last week, Canterbury Sans
Frontieres. 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:
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bono, Steve Hackett, Procul Harum,
Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Canterbury
Sans Frontieres, Nathan Strayer, Dave Christenson, Michael George Haynes
(Michael Prophet), Richard Dobson, Ralph Carney, Kevin Bryant Mahogany, Jim
Forrester, Leo "Bud" Welch, Reggie Joseph Osse (Combat Jack), Roswell Hopkins
Rudd Jr., Halvard Magne Kausland, Jordan Feldstein, John Ray Sechler (Curly
Seckler) Melton "Eahsaan" Mustafa Sr., Pam Warren (Pam the Funkstress), Roe
Erister "Rick" Hall, Tony Calder, Erica Garner-Snipes, Barbara Dickson, Jessica
Lee Morgan, Rick Wakeman, Billion Dollar Babies, Tangerine Dream, Roger Waters,
Gorillaz, Neil Young, British Sea Power, Peter Perrett, Gogol Bordello, Tricky,
Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Morrissey, Tim Bowness, Alan Dearling, Slocan Ramblers,
Matthew Smith, Exist To Resist, John Brodie-Good, Kev Rowland, Richard Wileman,
Secret World, Hollow Earth, Steelheart, Steve Hobbs, Sxuperion, Silhouette,
Tankard, Threat Signal, Antisect, Trojan Horse, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats,
Simon Wright, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu,
Pink, Michael Jackson, Prince, Queen, David Bowie
And the last few issues are:
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)
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!
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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
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mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we
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