The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
YER EDITOR SEZ:
And here we are at the end of another week, and—to be brutally honest—I
have absolutely nothing to say, because my whole existence is completely wrapped
up in Corinna’s illness, and—like I say in the song of the same title, “nothing
really matters except you (her)”
Carl has been here all week and has been working very hard, and—despite
the fact that he was looking for something else that he was unable to find—he
did manage to find the DVD containing Ken Campbell’s awesome School for Clowns
which nobody else that I have ever met has any appreciation for.
It is notable how Ken Campbell keeps on reappearing in my life, even years
after the old bugger died.
However my external camera microphone, and about thirty feet of cable is
still lost in limbo somewhere.
Corinna is still largely pain free, and continues to be the magnificent
woman I have always known that she was, however we STILL do not have a
definitive diagnosis. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
Being at the receiving end of such a torrent of positive vibes is a truly
wonderful and humbling experience, and it is one of the main things that keeps
us going.
I do have good news to impart: Lars Thomas' book about the mystery land
animals of Scandinavia and the Baltic States has been uploaded, and over at
Gonzo the first volume of Kev Rowland's The Progressive Underground is also
imminent. And at Fortean Fiction, my latest novel - 'Zen and Xenophobia' -
vaguely a sequel to 2015's 'The Song of Panne', has finally been uploaded, and
both mine and Lars' books will be available to buy this week (unless something
horrid happens). I would warn you that if you are of a nervous disposition, or
easily offended, you will find parts of my novel both offensive and upsetting.
There is sex, violence, drug abuse, occultism, pornography, firearms, politics,
religion, and not a little sociology. But there is also love, kindness, faith,
and redemption. And it's a cracking good yarn. Or I think so, at any rate.
All I would say on the subject before bidding you farewell is Caveat
Lector. And I'm not gonna explain what that means, because because if you don't
know what that means then you probably shouldn't be reading the book in the
first place.
ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Supper's Ready Illustr...
UNCLE RICK'S ODYSSEY
HAWKWIND REVIEW
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Meanwhile I continue to pretend that I am a popstar, because now I have
sold eight whole copies of my new album Coldharbour. If I continue at this rate
I will get a silver disc sometime at the beginning of the next millenium.
Coldharbour, by the way, can be found here:
https://jondownes1.bandcamp.com/releases
I think it is really rather good, but then again I would say that wouldn't
I?
AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
Gonzo Weekly #307-8
THE I ONCE HAD A CAT CALLED CORNELIUS ISSUE
In another fantastically fab issue, We meet Michael Moorcock and talk about
his new collaboration with Spirits Burning, Richard is shocked by a hologram of
Roy Orbison, Alan goes to see Toots and the Maytals and Lee 'Scratch' Perry,
King No One and Beth McCarthy, and Rob goes to see Corky Laing of Mountain,
while Graham brings us up to date with the world of Hawkwind.
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, AND there is a columns from Kev Rowlands, though Neil Nixon,
C J Stone, AND Roy Weard AND Mr Biffo AND the irrepressible Corinna 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:
Jamie Margolin, Chris Packham, Jilted John, Ken Worthington, Glenn Hughes,
Bart Lancia, Marillion, David Bowie, Ike and Tina Turner, Peter Hook, Prince,
Corky Laing, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack
Maloney's Mystery Hour, Martin Ash, Joseph Kamaru, Hugo Raspoet, John Von Ohlen,
Geoffrey E. Emerick, Charles Aznavour (born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian),
Peggy Sue Gerron, Jerry González, Charles Geoffrey Hayes, Kim Melius Flyvholm
Larsen, Tulsidas Borkar, Otis Rush Jr., Zang Tianshuo, Marty Balin (born Martyn
Jerel Buchwald), Mike Weiley, John Wicks, Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción
Caballé i Folch OIC OAXS OMFRG LH OMIR, Hamiet Bluiett, Bernadette Carroll (born
Bernadette Dalia), Al Atkins, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Spirits Burning and
Michael Moorcock, The Gardening Club, Michael Moorcock, Alan Dearling, Alexandra
Palace, Toots and the Maytals, Don Letts, Richard Stellar, Roy Orbison,Jimi
Hendrix, Tupac, Billie Holiday, Michael Jackson, Ronnie James Dio, Hemelvaart
Bier Café, Zach Lount, King No-one, Beth McCarthy, Kev Rowland, Deafening Opera,
Godsticks, Anthrax, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild
Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Hugh Walters
And the last few issues are:
Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)
Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)
Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)
Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)
Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)
Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)
Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)
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
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?
What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? 
