The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
YER EDITOR SEZ:
So yesterday Lord Loki kicked us into touch once again. We were on the way
to Bideford for Corinna's doctor appointment, when first of all the brake lights
of the car stopped working, and then - a mile or so further on - there was a
Godalmighty bang and we shuddered to a halt. Something horrible has happened to
the suspension, and we are now waiting with baited breath to find out how much
it will cost to fix.
In better news, finally Spotify have released a new app which will work on
my smart TV. This was one of the main reasons I bought the bloody thing back in
the summer of 2017, and they discontinued the app three weeks later. But now
they have rectified that, and it means I can now stream music to my hifi which
is nice. Whilst on the subject, may I recommend the new solo album by Ray
Davies. His solo output has usually left me cold but this one is really good.
Even more peculiarity this is "Act 2" of his magnum opus 'Americana'. When Act
One came out, a year or more ago, I was sadly underwhelmed. And relistening to
Act One on Spotify last night (see, I told you that there was some sort of
thematic consistency to all this) I remained underhwlmed for the most part. But
Act 2 is good. Really really good.
Despite the problems of yesterday afternoon, Corinna is mostly pain free,
and is being massively brave. I cannot tell you how much I love and admire that
woman. Poor lass has to undergo another batch of tests, and we continue to forge
on until something actually happens. Please remember us in your thoughts and
prayers.
ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:
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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Berlioz: Symphonie fan...
THAT FRANK ZAPPA HOLOGRAM STORY
WAKEMAN'S BENEFIT
YES MISCELLANEA
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
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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?
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' - is now available.
! 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.
AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
Gonzo Weekly #309/10
THE WELCOME ON THE HILLSIDE ISSUE
(I wonder if anyone will get it?)
In another fantastically fab issue, Alan goes to a PsyTrance festie at
Hebden Bridge and grooved to the sounds of Steve Hillage, System 7, Eat Static
and more, we have a new interview with Rick Wakeman, Rob photographs Man in
Cardiff, John goes to see Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Jon writes about
Chaos Chaos, Mary Epworth and The Who, and Hawkwind go orchestral.
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, AND as Lady Selene has been high in the sky, Canterbury Sans
Frontieres, AND there are columns from Kev Rowlands, AND C J Stone, AND Mr
Biffo but though Neil Nixon, AND Roy Weard 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:
Chaos Chaos, Nico, Merrell Fankhauser, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Queen, Roger
Taylor, Bart Lancia, Yes, Man, Richard Stellar, Jamal Khashoggi, Daniel Pearl,
Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans
Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Valters Fridenbergs, Oli Herbert,
Annapurna Devi, Theresa Hightower, Tim Chandler, Andy Goessling, Jon James
McMurray, Al Atkins, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Spirits Burning and Michael
Moorcock, The Gardening Club, Rick Wakeman, Simon Mayo, Alan Dearling, Hebden
Bridge, Cabbage Festival, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, System 7, Mirror
System, Daniel Gaudi, Mery Pepler aka Eat Static, Tetchi, Ozric Tentacles, John
Brodie-Good, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Kev Rowland, Green Desert Water,
Heartwind, Ira B Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Jim McCarty, The Konsortiumm, L.A.
Guns, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Lesoir, Carl Marshall, Mr Biffo, Chris Stone, Hawkwind,
Cold Harbour Diaries, Jon Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, The
Who, Dave Marsh
And the last few issues are:
Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)
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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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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