The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
I have been delving deep into the books of the late Joan Aiken; someone
whose prose I have always admired, but whose lesser known works I have not
perused until now. Hurrah for iBooks and my credit card. Much against my better
judgement I have jumped into the e-book swimming pool. Although I still love
physical books, my house is slowly suffocating under the weight of my library,
and reading books in bed on my ipad is both convenient and cheaper.
I am still looking for a location which could house the CFZ Library,
because there just is not enough room in the house for all of my reading matter,
and—furthermore—when we were in Texas eight years ago, we visited the Anomaly
Archives in Austin, and I was massively impressed and decided that this was
something that I want to do for myself.
Check them out:
I have a couple of locations in mind, and am in early stages of talks about
it, so this is something that I hope will happen sooner rather than later.
And for those of you who are interested in such things, the Gonzo Privacy
Policy is here:
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:
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
COMING THIS WEEKEND
A VINTAGE SLICE OF ZAPPA
A YES ROUNDUP
Gonzo Weekly #293
THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE STONES ISSUE
In this remarkably eclectic issue, which is one of my favourites for a
while, Alan discusses the events surrounding this summer’s Solstice
Celebrations at Stonehenge, Doug presents the first of two looks at the
delectable Annabella Lwin and Bow wow wow, Jon looks at where this magazine
stands vis-a-vis the music press as a whole, we celebrate a partial victory for
the tree protestors over Sheffield City Council, John goes to Yorkshire for the
Shangri-La of speakers, Jeremy critiques the new book on the Flamin’ Groovies,
together with fantastic pix from George Alexander’s collection, and Graham
brings us up to date with Hawkwind news.
#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 Kev Rowlands AND the irrepressible Corinna, although Neil Nixon,
and Roy Weard, and C J Stone, and Mr Biffo are having a well-deserved week off.
There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and red
kangaroos who've lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with the largest extant
macropods who are in a quandry with regards their footwear, 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:
Mojo, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres,
Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Fedor Freso, Vincent Paul Abbot, David Bianco,
Daniel Trombley Ingram, George Cameron, Geoffrey Oryema, Leslie Michael
Grantham, Joseph Walter Jackson, Steve Soto, Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby, Rick
Wakeman, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Mitchell Trio, Doug Harr, Bow Wow Wow,
Annabella Lwin, George Alexander, Flamin' Groovies, Alan Dearling, Summer
Solstice, Stonehenge Festival, Thom the World Poet, John Brodie-Good, Rebound
Records (York), The Sound Organisation, Linn Isobaric Loudspeakers ('Briks'),
Kev Rowland, Ghoul + Ill Bill, Loathe, Holding Absence, Joel Grind, Midnight,
Nil Eye, Ringworm, Ghoul, Acid Witch, Multicult, Like Rats, Shed The Skin,
Immortal Bird, Child Bite, Brain Tentacles, Ritual Howls, Superfecta, Cyril,
Gygax, Innfight, Giuda, Jari Tuira, Jirm, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Wild
Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Shania Twain,
Gorillaz , Beatles, Damon Albarn, Nordoff Robins
And the last few issues are:
Issue 293 (Stonehenge)
Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)
Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)
Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)
Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)
Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)
Issue 286 (Monty Python)
Issue 285 (ELP)
Issue 284 (Straqngelove)
Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)
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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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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