I'M THE GONZO BLOG DOO DAH MAN


Good morning, and a happy Bank Holiday monday to all of you in the UK.

We have various interesting things on the table for you today, starting off with an interchange of emails between me and the lovely Liz Lenten from Auburn, which ends up with a challenge to those jolly nice Gonzofolk who read the Gonzo Daily:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/auburn-open-letter-to-liz-lenten-and.html

We have some vintage Rick Wakeman:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/rick-wakeman-king-arthur-live-1975.html
And whilst on the subject of the Caped Crusader, here is a rather good review of his new Live CD:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/link-rick-wakeman-review_04.html

We also have some vintage Wally. I appeared on the James Whale show once. It was the first TV I ever did and I was terrified and made a bit of a hash of it. Wally, however, were magnificent:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/wally-vintage-video-of-them-on-james.html

We have an insightful review of the documentary DVD featuring Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and our very own Ant-Bee:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/from-straight-to-bizarre-dvd.html

I bemoan the fact that I have only just heard of Galahad. Bloody hell they are good:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/galahad-empires-never-last.html

And finally, completely off topic, we have a link to a BBC documentary about John Cooper Clarke recommended by my old mate, the renowned explorer and cryptozoologist Richard Freeman:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/06/john-cooper-clarke-on-bbci-player.html

VINTAGE MENAGERIE EXHIBITION

A vintage zoo pamphlet from 1895 shows elephants and more.

Multi-person elephant rides, orangutans eating from fine china, and carnivores on display before becoming extinct are just some of the scenes from an online exhibit of vintage zoo pamphlets being featured by the Smithsonian Institution.

Read on...