The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
I am sad to report that Heather Matthews has died. She was one of the most
admirable ladies that I have ever met, and for many years was one of the
cornerstones of the Weird Weekend. I shall miss her very much indeed. It has
been a bad month for mortality within the cryptozoological commuity because we
have also lost Peter Rogerson, owner of the biggest Fortean library I have ever
seen, and Sandra Mansi who took perhaps the best lake monster photograph
ever.
On more cheerful subjects, Graham has finished repairing the tile slippage
on the roof, and has used heavy duty silicon fixative to make sure they are
firmly in place. Then he shall go back to fixking the leaks in all the flat
rooves, and hopefully we shall be all sorted out before he leaves for Arizona at
the beginning of next month. I am happily in my ofrfice attempting to write
deathless prose, whilst having a desultory chat about invasive species on
Facebook Messenger, necking back coffee and listening to Gris Gris by Dr John,
and marvelling how a record that is halrf a century old simultaneously sounds so
fresh, so far out and so freaky (and quite possibly other thigs beginning with
'F'.
Other news? Apart from the fact that I want to shout out from the
mountaintops how good Hortus gin from Lidl is, there isn't any really...
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: Tangerine Dream Love O...
BILL BRUFORD NEWS
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
COMING THIS WEEKEND
GIANT BUMBLEBEE SIGHTED
Gonzo Weekly #280
THE GIVE TREES A CHANCE ISSUE
In this environmentally aware issue meet the legendary Steve Andrews (aka
The Bard of Ely) and talk environmental activism and the scandal of Sheffield
Council's tree felling programme, Alan extols the virtues of Jonathan Wilson,
John talks about David Sanborn and Yazz Ahmed, Doug writes about Neal Preston's
new book, Jon raves about Jack White and muses on a book sort
of about Brian Jones.
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, AND Mack Maloney, BUT Friday
Night Progressive is on hiatus this week, there are columns from all sorts of
folk including Neil Nixon, Kev Rowlands, C J Stone, and Mr Biffo AND the
irrepressible Corinna, although Roy Weard is sady absent this week. There is
also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and southern dibblers
who have stood around in twos (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have
paired up under this weekend's blue moon, 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 White Stripes, Jack White, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ronnie Wood,
Nightwish, Yes, Trevor Horn, Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Jerry
Williams (Sven Erik Fernström), Kak Channthy, Fergus Gordon Anckorn, Lys Assia
(Rosa Mina Schärer), Shawn Elliott, Nikolay Yankov Kaufman, Seo Min-woo, Robert
"Kooster" McAllister, Tony Klinger, Billion Dollar Babies, Man, Delius, Vaughan
Williams, Edward Elgar, Steve Andrews, Doug Harr, Neal Preston, Alan Dearling,
Jonathan Wilson, John Brodie-Good, David Sanborn Group, Yazz Ahmed, Alestorm,
Ammunition, Amor, Ampline, Anvil, Obituary, Operation Mindcrime, Rhapsody of
Fire, Sebastien, Mr Biffo, C J Stone, Hawkwind, Martin Springett, Jon Downes,
The Wild Colonial Boy, Kim Kinrade, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie,
Frank Zappa, Johnny Cash, The Cavern Club, Neil Nixon, Foghorn requiem.
And the last few issues are:
Issue 279 (Biffo)
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)
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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raining. See you tomorrow...
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine
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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
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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?
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