The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
YER EDITOR SEZ:
It will not, I am sure, come as any surprise to anyone reading this that
Corinna’s health issues are—by far—the most important things on my horizon at
the moment. She is up and about, pain free, and we are waiting for an
appointment for her to go into hospital for another test which will—God
willing—give us a definitive diagnosis so that we know what to do next.
Many thanks, once again, for everyone who has sent their love and good
wishes. To be at the receiving end of such an outpouring of positive energy is
truly a wonderful thing.
Do I sound like an old hippy here? Tough.
Richard Freeman sent me some interesting news from The Daily
Telegraph:
“The Lynx UK Trust has applied to Natural England for permission to release
six Eurasian lynx into Kielder Forest and a licensing decision is expected
shortly. But the rewilding group said that consent for the project was now a
‘near certainty’ after the owners of 20 adjoining plots in the forest agreed the
animals could be let loose on their land.
If the release is successful it could lead to the widespread reintroduction
of the cats into the Scottish Highlands and other parts of Britain.”
This is, indeed, excellent news. However if—as many experts including H G
Hurrell and Bernard Heuvelmans believed—there is still a relict population, or
populations, of indigenous lynx here in the UK, then that population’s genetic
makeup will be lost forever as the remnants of the indigenous population mix
with the newcomers.
But, one cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs, and that
theoretical risk would seem to be a small price to pay, if the rewilding of the
United Kingdom is to go ahead.
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Gonzo Weekly #297
THE REMEMBER WILKO ISSUE
In this strange and rather poignant issue, Richard Stellar discovers the
incomparable Shir Ordo, Jon talks about Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson, Corinna
has been in hospital, Alan revisits the The Grunwick dispute and strike action
and associated street art, Phil goes to see Roger Waters, John goes to see
Canned Heat, Graham looks at what we know about the forthcoming Hawkwind album,
and Jon writes about Evelyn Waugh. REDEFINING ECLECTIC eh?
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, AND there are columns from all sorts of folk including Kev
Rowlands, Neil Nixon, C J Stone, but the irrepressible Corinna, Mr Biffo and Roy
Weard are on hiatus. 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:
Roger Daltrey, Nick Cave, Wilko Johnson, Shir Ordo, paul McCartney, Led
Zeppelin, Morrissey, Yoko Ono, David Bowie, Billy Gibbons, Z Z Top, Patrick
Williams, Lucy Ferry, June Jacobs, Elbert Howard, Rick Wakeman, Michael Bruce,
Natural Gas, Roger Waters, Canned Heat, UPF, Universe Infinity, Unruly Child,
Vantomime, Vespero, Zero for Conduct, Abjection Ritual, Aborted Fetus, C J
Stone, Hawkwind, Evelyn Waugh, The George Garabedian Players and the Awful
Trumpet of Harry Arms.
And the last few issues are:
Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)
Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)
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)
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totally coincidentally named after one of the Manson Family, purely because she
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