Well, another working week has come and gone. Richard arrived here yesterday evening, and the two of us will be giving a lecture at Appledore Library tomorrow evening at about 7:30. Please come along if you feel like it. We also send all our good wishes and healing thoughts to Annie Haslam of Renaissance who has just had to cancel some dates of the new tour because of a back injury. In the meantime I am reading Neil Young's autobiography which is a complete shambles but oddly rivetting, and am still massively amused by the latest trailcam pictures of a big cat (probably a jaguar) in Arizona:
Corinna is still in Staffordshire, but will be returning on tuesday with her mother and a breeding pair of Chinese spiny toads in tow! And today marks the second anniversary of Biggles going to the great kennel in the sky. Life, truly is a bit surreal at times...
We start off with our daily visit to Thom the World Poet, who today is talking about Charles Bukowski.
OK, the Magick Brothers tour came and went last month, and it could be argued that it is pretty much redundant to be posting the flyer for it now. However, the artwork and design of the flyer (which I actually found on Facebook for the first time yesterday) is so unutterably groovy (and we seem to be on a Gong jag here at the Gonzo Daily) that I really couldn't resist posting it...
Michael Des Barres is getting more and more spot on with every day that passes. His commentaries upon the state of the rock and roll nation are unmissable - check him out on the subject of rock biographies...
Yesterday I pinched a couple of pieces from the blog of the multi-talented Ms McCookerybook, about her recent John Peel memorial gig in Brighton. Then, as I was posting the notifications to all and sundry on Facebook I saw these pics from the same show, and being a thieving magpie I nicked them...
Once again, I found this on Facebook whilst pootling about with the notifications yesterday. The vast majority of today's stuff has come through the medium of Facebook, and I have a sneaking suspicion that this is true for lots of journalistic types in these degenerate days. However, at least I have the good grace to admit it.
I was as shocked as anyone else when I read this letter from Annie on the Renaissance blog this morning. I only interviewed her a few weeks ago, and was captivated by her personality and sense of humour. I hope you feel better soon my dear, and I look forward to being able to post some more positive news very soon.
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 Editor is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
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