THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN KEEPS ON KEEPING OM

YER EDITOR SEZ:

 

Despite various health problems within my extended family, and a tax bill several times the size that I was expecting, mostly due to stealthy changes in the law that I was not aware of, I feel remarkably cheerful today. This is quite possibly helped by the fact that I went to bed both sober and relatively early last night after a jolly evening chatting crypto stuff with Carl. OTT#99 is now out and will be plugged shamelessly over the next few weeks, and the newsletter is ready to go.

 

And whilst on this upbeat note, Auburn featuring the delightful Liz Lenten, are just about to release a new album. I am very fond of Liz, and her music is sublime, so this is fantastic news all round.

 

Corinna is on holiday with the girls this week, and although I miss her a lot, she is in desperate need of time away. Carl is here until Saturday to help me and Graham look after Mother as well as doing various other things that need to be done. Corinna's health is still not right; however she has been on some pretty heavy duty meds for about a month now, and although she is still in intermittent discomfort, the pain is now being pretty well managed. We go back to the hospital at the end of February and will play it by ear until then. We would both like to thank the people all around the world who have sent us their good wishes, and included her in your prayers. 

 

THE DIGITAL PRAYER FLAG

 

A prayer flag (Lung ta) is a colourful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, which is a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all. By hanging flags in high places the Lung ta will carry the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings. As wind passes over the surface of the flags, which are sensitive to the slightest movement of the wind, the air is purified and sanctified by the mantras.

 

I believe something similar happens with positive vibes transmitted electronically. And so, please forgive me when I write about Corinna's health problems every day, but I am convinced that these electronic Lung ta and the resulting torrent of good vibes that has been the major contributory factor to the aetiology of her illness so far.

 

Blessed be.

 

ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:

 

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/for-those-of-you-interested-in-my-day.html

FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED IN MY DAY JOB

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-chad-mitchell.html

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Chad Mitchell Trio - T...

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/zappa-hologram-for-uk.html

ZAPPA HOLOGRAM FOR UK

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/joey-molland-news.html

JOEY MOLLAND NEWS

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_31.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-gardening-club-review.html

THE GARDENING CLUB 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?

 

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.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zen-Xenophobia-happened-after-Panne/dp/1909488569/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540992221&sr=8-1&keywords=zen+and+xenophobia

 

! 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 #323/4

THE WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? ISSUE

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

 

In this unscheduled, but very welcome issue of yer favourite magazine, the legendary Irvine Welsh visits Todmorden as told

by his landlady, Jon insults a radio show host, watches A Series of Unfortunate Events and remembers touring with Steve Harley, Graham brings us up to date with the world of Hawkwind, Alan introduces us to Skinny Living and Neil recounts the weirdest George Harrison conspiracy theory.

 

Hail Eris!

 

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive, AND Canterbury Sans Frontieres BUT Strange Fruit is on jiatus due to technical issues AND there are columns from Kev Rowland, and C J Stone, Roy Weard and Mr Biffo BUT Neil Nixon, and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus.  There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and rock wallabies who've blown a fuse (OK, nothing to do with the relatively small macropods who are having electrical problems, 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:

 

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Stella McCartney, The Beatles, ABBA, In Continuum, Elton John, Jimmy Page, The Specials, Roger Waters, Steve Harley, Richard Freeman, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Tara Emily Simmons, Marcel Azzola, Maxine Brown, Ulises Butron, Edwards McKenna, Marcelo Yuka (stage Name Marcelo Sources), Windsor Davies, Reggie Grimes Young Jr, Teresa Ryan (aka Lorna Doom), Christopher John Wilson, Debi Martini, Oliver  "Tuku" Mtukudzi, The Fall, Tony Palmer, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Deviants ixvi, Mick Farren, Alan Dearling, Irvine Welsh, Giggy, Waka, Phil Bayliss, Neil Nixon, Skinny Living, Tash Bird, Kev Rowland, Dreamfire, Dokken, Bullet, Caliban, Crematory, Blodwyn Pig, Corinna Downes, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, CJ Stone, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett,Thom the World Poet

 

And the last few issues are:

 

Issue 323-24 (Irvine Welsh)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-323-4.html

Issue 321-22 (Discordianism)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-321-2.html

Issue 319-20 (Brix Smith)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-319-20.html

Issue 317-18 (Christmas)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-317-18.html

Issue 315-16 (Steve Miller)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-315-16.html

Issue 313-14 (Hawkwind)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-313-14.html

Issue 311-12 (Extinction Rebellion)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-310-11.html

Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-309-10.html

Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-307-8.html

Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-305-6.html

Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html

Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-301-2.html

Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-299-30.html

Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo295-6.html

Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo294.html

Issue 293 (Stonehenge)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo293.html

Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo292.html

Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo291.html

Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo290.html

Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo289.html

Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo288.html

Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo287.html

Issue 286 (Monty Python)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo286.html

Issue 285 (ELP)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo285.html

Issue 284 (Strangelove)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo284.html

Issue 283 (Record Store Day)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo283.html

Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo282.html

Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html

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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SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock 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.

 

 

* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as 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 59 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?

CFZ MONTHLY NEWSLETTER #40

Dear Friends,

For those of you not in the know, at the beginning of each month, we send out a newsletter to all members of the CFZ. The most recent (which went out a few minutes ago) included articles on OTT, plans for the future, Zooform Phenomena, an out of place ermine, a very weird squirrel, an Indian lemur, Patreon, a new book on Scandinavian mystery animals, a new book on the long-necked seal hypothesis, Jon's new novel,, Notes and Queries etc.

The infrastructure of the Centre for Fortean Zoology has changed rapidly over the last few years and truthfully doesn’t look like its going to stop changing anytime soon.

The newsletter costs a quid a month (or the equivalent in your currency) and is delivered straight into your inbox by a plethora of tiny invisible elves, or email if you prefer it that way. You can sign up for it here:

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Search for India’s lost Namdapha Flying Squirrel

SUPPORT THE CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

This project is being organised by the IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group (SMSG), which we have been a long term supporter of. Durrell's Head of Conservation Knowledge, Dr Richard Young, is the co-chair of the group and for the last three years we have hosted the SMSG programme officer position.

On The Track (of Unknown Animals) Ep. 99 (Thylacine, Giant tortoises, Loch Ness, wildmen, WWN etc)

Here we have the eighteenth episode of the relaunched webTV show by the Centre for Fortean Zoology, written and presented by Jon Downes and Charlotte Phillipson, their families and other animals. This episode contains: • A brief note of explanation • Jon sleeps while Charlotte tuts • A gorilla with a sack on its head • The new Butterfly house at Jersey Zoo • Galapagos giant tortoises • Hooray for evolution through natural selection • Charlotte's interesting facts • Humpback whale sexual shenanigans • A mystery whale • The Crypto's cryptids: Ron Murphy • Something peculiar at Loch Ness • A new "Thylacine" photograph • Richard Freeman disagrees • Dr Max (hey) in Moscow • Charlotte and Corinna make sexist generalisations • PRODUCT PLACEMENT - Weird Weekend North • Watcher of the skies...with comedy results • New and rediscovered: Graham gets assertive • Jon changes direction • New and rediscovered: New spider • New and rediscovered: Several new freshwater crabs • New and rediscovered: New shark • New and rediscovered: New forest snake • New and rediscovered: New Chinese frogs • New and rediscovered: New lizards in Tibet and Brazil • New and rediscovered: New leaf tailed gecko • New and rediscovered: Two new US crayfish • Fair use • Coming next month • The Patreon campaign • Congratulations to Col Blashford-Snell • The team says goodbye until next month

CRYPTOLINK: Kirkdate fish monster

A word about cryptolinks: we are not responsible for the content of cryptolinks, which are merely links to outside articles that we think are interesting (sometimes for the wrong reasons), usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me. 

Echo readers think they know what the Kirkdale fish monster is - but they disagree with each other

Liverpool Echo

Mystery still surrounds a menacing sea creature found in the middle of Kirkdale as Echo readers can't decide what it is. The skeleton of a large fish or ...

NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)

New Book on the Loch Ness Monster

loch ness monster

Not surprisingly, it is entitled "Photographs of the Loch Ness Monster" with the subtitle of ... The author can be contacted at lochnesskelpie@gmail.com.

Is there an unidentified creature living in Loch Ness?

Quora

Loch Ness Monster ... Mind you, there are a few eccentric folks who spend a lot of time at the loch side in the hope of a picture that would make them ...

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? 

Well, everything, actually! 

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.

Rare great black hawk rescued after suffering fros...

Haida Gwaii home to northern goshawks, rare geneti...

The Albatross-like bird that can sniff out fish up...

Wildlife lovers upset by bird ensnared in discarde...

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF

Recent bigfoot sightings at Sutton Lake have historic precedent

West Virginia Explorer

Sightings of a bigfoot alleged recently at Sutton Lake in central West Virginia may have a historic precedent. Old news clippings that refer to a wildman ...

Another Bigfoot sighting reported near Provo, Utah

Squatchable

The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization has been following up on reports of another Bigfoot sighting in the Provo area. Some experts, however ...

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Thursday

ON THIS DAY IN -  1606 - Guy Fawkes was executed after being convicted for his role in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the English Parliament and King James I.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Snowed in: Wolves stay put when it's snowing

Desperately Horny Australian Cane Toads Ride Snake...

Protected Chilean sea lions are the 'enemy' of fis...

Indonesia tsunami raises fears for endangered Java...

Gray wolf arrives at New Mexico zoo for recovery p...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? 

Well, everything, actually! 

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.

Water bird numbers reveal long-term decline of Men...

Rare Bird Species Recorded During Wintering Waterb...

Rare birds spotted on Paddington Meadows

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN CARRIES ON CARRYING ON

The Gonzo Daily: Wednesday
https://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/

GEORGE HARRISON SAYS:

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

YER EDITOR SEZ:

Ouch.

And there is snow everywhere.

Corinna is on holiday with the girls this week, and although I miss her a lot, she is in desperate need of time away. Carl is here for thne next five days to help me and Graham look after Mother as well as doing various other things that need to be done. Corinna's health is still not right; however she has been on some pretty heavy duty meds for about a month now, and although she is still in intermittent discomfort, the pain is now being pretty well managed. We go back to the hospital at the end of February and will play it by ear until then. We would both like to thank the people all around the world who have sent us their good wishes, and included her in your prayers.

THE DIGITAL PRAYER FLAG

A prayer flag (Lung ta) is a colourful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, which is a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all. By hanging flags in high places the Lung ta will carry the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings. As wind passes over the surface of the flags, which are sensitive to the slightest movement of the wind, the air is purified and sanctified by the mantras.

I believe something similar happens with positive vibes transmitted electronically. And so, please forgive me when I write about Corinna's health problems every day, but I am convinced that these electronic Lung ta and the resulting torrent of good vibes that has been the major contributory factor to the aetiology of her illness so far.

Blessed be.

ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-inner-city-unit.html
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY:  Inner City Unit - Wat...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/steve-hillage-en-passant.html
STEVE HILLAGE EN PASSANT
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/fairport-convention-news.html
FAIRPORT CONVENTION NEWS
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_30.html
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/frank-zappa-news_28.html
FRANK ZAPPA NEWS

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CHECK OUT THE GONZO STORES:

UK
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US
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AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:

Our webTV show:
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And if you fancy supporting it on Patreon:
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And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order:
https://gonzotesting.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-notion-of-shopkeepers.html

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.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zen-Xenophobia-happened-after-Panne/dp/1909488569/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540992221&sr=8-1&keywords=zen+and+xenophobia

! 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 #323/4
THE WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? ISSUE
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

In this unscheduled, but very welcome issue of yer favourite magazine, the legendary Irvine Welsh visits Todmorden as told
by his landlady, Jon insults a radio show host, watches A Series of Unfortunate Events and remembers touring with Steve Harley, Graham brings us up to date with the world of Hawkwind, Alan introduces us to Skinny Living and Neil recounts the weirdest George Harrison conspiracy theory.

Hail Eris!

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive, AND Canterbury Sans Frontieres BUT Strange Fruit is on jiatus due to technical issues AND there are columns from Kev Rowland, and C J Stone, Roy Weard and Mr Biffo BUT Neil Nixon, and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus.  There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and rock wallabies who've blown a fuse (OK, nothing to do with the relatively small macropods who are having electrical problems, 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:

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Stella McCartney, The Beatles, ABBA, In Continuum, Elton John, Jimmy Page, The Specials, Roger Waters, Steve Harley, Richard Freeman, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Tara Emily Simmons, Marcel Azzola, Maxine Brown, Ulises Butron, Edwards McKenna, Marcelo Yuka (stage Name Marcelo Sources), Windsor Davies, Reggie Grimes Young Jr, Teresa Ryan (aka Lorna Doom), Christopher John Wilson, Debi Martini, Oliver  "Tuku" Mtukudzi, The Fall, Tony Palmer, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Deviants ixvi, Mick Farren, Alan Dearling, Irvine Welsh, Giggy, Waka, Phil Bayliss, Neil Nixon, Skinny Living, Tash Bird, Kev Rowland, Dreamfire, Dokken, Bullet, Caliban, Crematory, Blodwyn Pig, Corinna Downes, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, CJ Stone, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett,Thom the World Poet

And the last few issues are:

Issue 323-24 (Irvine Welsh)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-323-4.html
Issue 321-22 (Discordianism)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-321-2.html
Issue 319-20 (Brix Smith)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-319-20.html
Issue 317-18 (Christmas)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-317-18.html
Issue 315-16 (Steve Miller)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-315-16.html
Issue 313-14 (Hawkwind)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-313-14.html
Issue 311-12 (Extinction Rebellion)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-310-11.html
Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-309-10.html
Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-307-8.html
Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-305-6.html
Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html
Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-301-2.html
Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-299-30.html
Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html
Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html
Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo295-6.html
Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo294.html
Issue 293 (Stonehenge)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo293.html
Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo292.html
Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo291.html
Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo290.html
Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo289.html
Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo288.html
Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo287.html
Issue 286 (Monty Python)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo286.html
Issue 285 (ELP)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo285.html
Issue 284 (Strangelove)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo284.html
Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo283.html
Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo282.html
Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html
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:
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock 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.


* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as 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 59 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?

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN -  1649 - England's King Charles I was beheaded. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Ant...

More bears needed to sustain Pyrenees population: ...

Mon Repos trial aims to boost turtle hatchling sur...

Tiny salamanders could complicate Shasta Dam proje...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)

NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)

'Majestic waves' deep beneath the surface of Loch Ness

UK News

'Majestic waves' deep beneath the surface of Loch Ness ... Adrian Shine, an expert on Loch Ness, has recorded the waves moving slowly underwater using sonar. ... What happens if someone catches the Loch Ness Monster?

THYLACINES IN THE NEWS

A rare thylacine pelt joins musuem collection The Mercury A RARE, well-preserved Tasmanian tiger skin has returned to Australia after spending almost 100 years hidden away across the Tasman. New Zealand canoe hire shop housed Tassie tiger pelt worth $250000 The Canberra Times The last known thylacine died September 7, 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, with the day of its death now marking National Threatened Species Day ... Almost 100-year-old rare pelt from an extinct Tasmanian tiger worth $250000 is discovered in ... Daily Mail A Kiwi canoe shop owner unknowingly had an extremely rare Tasmanian tiger pelt worth $250,000 sitting in his shop for three decades. John McCosh ...

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology? 

Well, everything, actually! 

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.

• Rare Firecrest, the joint smallest bird in Europe ...
• Rare birds to be protected at Poole Harbour
• How do you bring wildlife back to the city
• Is this proof Australian wildlife is related to di...
• Rampant indiscriminate killing of Lebanon's birds ...
• Possible Oahu populations offer new hope for Hawai...
• Unique camera enables researchers to see the world...
• Mega flock of 5 million Brambling in Slovenia
• Global mercury pollution threatens to impact the e...
• Police pick up penguins stolen from Nottingham zoo...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN HOLDS THE FORT

The Gonzo Daily: Monday/Tuesday

https://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/

YER EDITOR SEZ:

Robert Swinhoe FRS (1836 – 1877) was an English biologist who worked as a Consul in Formosa. He discovered many Southeast Asian birds and several, such as Swinhoe's pheasant, are named after him. But sadly in recent years he has gone downmarket. I received an email this morning from 'Robert Swinhoe' trying to sell me "a revolutionary alternative to Viagra", and I think that his peers in the Royal Society would not be impressed.

Corinna is on holiday with the girls this week, and although I miss her a lot, she is in desperate need of time away. Carl is here for thne next five days to help me and Graham look after Mother as well as doing various other things that need to be done. Corinna's health is still not right; however she has been on some pretty heavy duty meds for about a month now, and although she is still in intermittent discomfort, the pain is now being pretty well managed. We go back to the hospital at the end of February and will play it by ear until then. We would both like to thank the people all around the world who have sent us their good wishes, and included her in your prayers. 

THE DIGITAL PRAYER FLAG

A prayer flag (Lung ta) is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, which is a common misconception; rather, the Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space. Therefore, prayer flags are thought to bring benefit to all. By hanging flags in high places the Lung ta will carry the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings. As wind passes over the surface of the flags, which are sensitive to the slightest movement of the wind, the air is purified and sanctified by the mantras.

I believe something similar happens with positive vibes transmitted electronically. And so, please forgive me when I write about Corinna's health problems every day, but I am convinced that these electronic Lung ta and the resulting torrent of good vibes that has been the major contributory factor to the aetiology of her illness so far.

Blessed be.

ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-tangerine-dream.html

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY:  Tangerine Dream Love ...

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/graham-fellows-news.html

GRAHAM FELLOWS NEWS

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/hawkwind-at-50.html

HAWKWIND AT 50

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/leonard-cohen-en-passant_28.html

LEONARD COHEN EN PASSANT

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_28.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

For those of you who are interested in such things, the Gonzo Privacy Policy is here:

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http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-this-privacy-policy.html

CHECK OUT THE GONZO STORES:

UK

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US

http://www.gonzomultimedia.com

AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:

Our webTV show:

https://www.facebook.com/OnTheTrack/posts/632561497117057

And if you fancy supporting it on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/CFZ

And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order:

https://gonzotesting.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-notion-of-shopkeepers.html

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.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zen-Xenophobia-happened-after-Panne/dp/1909488569/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540992221&sr=8-1&keywords=zen+and+xenophobia

! 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 #323/4

THE WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? ISSUE

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

In this unscheduled, but very welcome issue of yer favourite magazine, the legendary Irvine Welsh visits Todmorden as told

by his landlady, Jon insults a radio show host, watches A Series of Unfortunate Events and remembers touring with Steve Harley, Graham brings us up to date with the world of Hawkwind, Alan introduces us to Skinny Living and Neil recounts the weirdest George Harrison conspiracy theory.

Hail Eris!

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive, AND Canterbury Sans Frontieres BUT Strange Fruit is on jiatus due to technical issues AND there are columns from Kev Rowland, and C J Stone, Roy Weard and Mr Biffo BUT Neil Nixon, and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus.  There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and rock wallabies who've blown a fuse (OK, nothing to do with the relatively small macropods who are having electrical problems, 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:

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Stella McCartney, The Beatles, ABBA, In Continuum, Elton John, Jimmy Page, The Specials, Roger Waters, Steve Harley, Richard Freeman, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Tara Emily Simmons, Marcel Azzola, Maxine Brown, Ulises Butron, Edwards McKenna, Marcelo Yuka (stage Name Marcelo Sources), Windsor Davies, Reggie Grimes Young Jr, Teresa Ryan (aka Lorna Doom), Christopher John Wilson, Debi Martini, Oliver  "Tuku" Mtukudzi, The Fall, Tony Palmer, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Deviants ixvi, Mick Farren, Alan Dearling, Irvine Welsh, Giggy, Waka, Phil Bayliss, Neil Nixon, Skinny Living, Tash Bird, Kev Rowland, Dreamfire, Dokken, Bullet, Caliban, Crematory, Blodwyn Pig, Corinna Downes, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, CJ Stone, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett,Thom the World Poet

And the last few issues are:

Issue 323-24 (Irvine Welsh)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-323-4.html

Issue 321-22 (Discordianism)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-321-2.html

Issue 319-20 (Brix Smith)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-319-20.html

Issue 317-18 (Christmas)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-317-18.html

Issue 315-16 (Steve Miller)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-315-16.html

Issue 313-14 (Hawkwind)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-313-14.html

Issue 311-12 (Extinction Rebellion)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-310-11.html

Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-309-10.html

Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-307-8.html

Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-305-6.html

Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html

Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-301-2.html

Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-299-30.html

Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo295-6.html

Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo294.html

Issue 293 (Stonehenge)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo293.html

Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo292.html

Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo291.html

Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo290.html

Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo289.html

Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo288.html

Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo287.html

Issue 286 (Monty Python)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo286.html

Issue 285 (ELP)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo285.html

Issue 284 (Strangelove)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo284.html

Issue 283 (Record Store Day)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo283.html

Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo282.html

Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html

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:

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock 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.

* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as 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 59 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?

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF

Another Bigfoot Sighting Reported Near Provo

5newsonline.com

PROVO, Utah (Fox 13) — The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization has been following up on reports of another Bigfoot sighting in the Provo area.

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday/Tuesday

ON THIS DAY IN -  1521 - The Diet of Worms began, at which Protestant reformer Luther was declared an outlaw by the Roman Catholic church. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Australian study into how seals react to boats pro...

Chasing The World’s Rarest Turtle (Yangtze Giant S...

As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolu...

Record number of Mexican gray wolves found dead in...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)

CFZ PEOPLE: J T Downes ISO (1925-2006)

It would have been my Father's birthday today. He would have been 94. God Bless you Dad.

IT'S SUNDAY SO IT HAS TO BE THE HO HO HEN

The Gonzo Daily - Sunday

http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.html

And for no real reason Sunday's notifications are done in rhyme

 

It's Sunday so again its time

to do the daily blogs in rhyme:

 

Carl arrived here Saturday eve,

and since he came you wouldn't believe,

the esoteric stuff we've spoken about,

Goodness, what weird stuff the two of us can spout,

and Corinna leaves tomorrow on the early bus,

I'll miss her lots but won't make a fuss,

because she deserves this holiday,

and she'll be back again Friday.

 

Slainte

 

ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO PRINT:

 

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/barbara-dicksons-work-of-heart.html

BARBARA DICKSON'S WORK OF HEART

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_27.html

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-sufi-zikir-sufi.html

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Sufi Zikir, Sufi Dhikr...

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/leonard-cohen-en-passant.html

LEONARD COHEN EN PASSANT

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2019/01/gonzo-weekly-3234.html

Gonzo Weekly #323/4

OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF FROM THE GONZOVERSE:

 

For those of you who are interested in such things, the Gonzo Privacy Policy is here:

http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-this-privacy-policy.html

 

And the CFZ Privacy Policy is here:

http://tinyurl.com/y7b9rlog

And, yes,

http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-this-privacy-policy.html

 

CHECK OUT THE GONZO STORES:

 

UK

http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/

US

http://www.gonzomultimedia.com

 

AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:

 

Our webTV show:

https://www.facebook.com/OnTheTrack/posts/632561497117057

 

And if you fancy supporting it on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/CFZ

 

And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order:

https://gonzotesting.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-notion-of-shopkeepers.html

 

AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:

 

Gonzo Weekly #323/4

THE WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? ISSUE

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

 

In this unscheduled, but very welcome issue of yer favourite magazine, the legendary Irvine Welsh visits Todmorden as told

by his landlady, Jon insults a radio show host, watches A Series of Unfortunate Events and remembers touring with Steve Harley, Graham brings us up to date with the world of Hawkwind, Alan introduces us to Skinny Living and Neil recounts the weirdest George Harrison conspiracy theory.

 

Hail Eris!

 

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive, AND Canterbury Sans Frontieres BUT Strange Fruit is on jiatus due to technical issues AND there are columns from Kev Rowland, and C J Stone, Roy Weard and Mr Biffo BUT Neil Nixon, and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus.  There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and rock wallabies who've blown a fuse (OK, nothing to do with the relatively small macropods who are having electrical problems, 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:

 

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), Stella McCartney, The Beatles, ABBA, In Continuum, Elton John, Jimmy Page, The Specials, Roger Waters, Steve Harley, Richard Freeman, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Tara Emily Simmons, Marcel Azzola, Maxine Brown, Ulises Butron, Edwards McKenna, Marcelo Yuka (stage Name Marcelo Sources), Windsor Davies, Reggie Grimes Young Jr, Teresa Ryan (aka Lorna Doom), Christopher John Wilson, Debi Martini, Oliver  "Tuku" Mtukudzi, The Fall, Tony Palmer, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Deviants ixvi, Mick Farren, Alan Dearling, Irvine Welsh, Giggy, Waka, Phil Bayliss, Neil Nixon, Skinny Living, Tash Bird, Kev Rowland, Dreamfire, Dokken, Bullet, Caliban, Crematory, Blodwyn Pig, Corinna Downes, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, CJ Stone, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett,Thom the World Poet

 

And the last few issues are:

 

Issue 323-24 (Irvine Welsh)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-323-4.html

Issue 321-22 (Discordianism)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-321-2.html

Issue 319-20 (Brix Smith)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-319-20.html

Issue 317-18 (Christmas)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-317-18.html

Issue 315-16 (Steve Miller)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-315-16.html

Issue 313-14 (Hawkwind)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-313-14.html

Issue 311-12 (Extinction Rebellion)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-310-11.html

Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-309-10.html

Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-307-8.html

Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-305-6.html

Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-303-4.html

Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-301-2.html

Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)

https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-299-30.html

Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo297.html

Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo295-6.html

Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo294.html

Issue 293 (Stonehenge)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo293.html

Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo292.html

Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo291.html

Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo290.html

Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo289.html

Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo288.html

Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo287.html

Issue 286 (Monty Python)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo286.html

Issue 285 (ELP)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo285.html

Issue 284 (Strangelove)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo284.html

Issue 283 (Record Store Day)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo283.html

Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo282.html

Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html

Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)

 

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* The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as 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 59 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?