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The Gonzo Daily - Friday

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Yesterday was a lovely day. Graham, Mark Raines and I (mostly Graham) manhandled the new mixing desk into the office, and much to my surprise it fits perfectly. We decided not to try and use it until we had sussed it out a bit, but then - to my ghreat pleasure - we found an operating manual for free online. I haven't broken the news to young David yet that he will have to plumb it in, but I am sure he will roll his eyes in horrow. Mutter something about the fact that I should have consulted him before buying it, and then do a magnificent job. (I know that 'plumbing in' is the right word for washing machines, but as no plumbing is actually involved I don't whether it applies to mixing desks, but I cannot think of a better term, and cannot be bothered to try).

 

The other week I had a message on Facebook from a dude called Steve who has just moved to the village with his wife and stepdaughter. He came over to visit us, and Graham and I entertained him with a little wine and a little beer. I think it was gone three when he went home the next morning. Last night his aforementioned wife and step-daughter came over and the upshot is that we now have a delightful young lady called Chloe working at the CFZ part time. The CFZ, and by extension the Gonzo Weekly, is now staffed mostly by unemployable bearded men of a certain age with wild staring eyes and a battery of mental and physical health problems, and a gaggle pretty young ladies from a plethora of schools and colleges. AND we have a pet lobster! I think we should win the Queen's Award for Industry.

 

Apart from other things, you will be pleased to hear that Issue 64 of the Gonzo Weekly is imminent. This issue features Liz Lenten's scrapbook of thge tour they did with Jefferson Starship, an exclusive interview with Briudget Wishart about Spirits Burning, Hawkwind and all sorts of other things, new music from Steve Ignorant's Slice of Life, new music from Mike Davis and Lizzy Rowe, the new Small Faces compilation album, the Small School in Hartland, the legendary Roy Weard on why we make music, Clepsydra tour dates and an interview with progressive album artist Sandor Kwiatkowski and more news, reviews, views, interviews and brindled gnus (OK, no specialised African antelopes 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 COMPLETELY FREE!!!

 

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'Lost' Frank Zappa student radio interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/lost-frank-zappa-student-radio-interview.html

 

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Harry Miller's Isipingo
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-gonzo-track-of-day-harry-millers.html

 

BARBARA DICKSON: A letter from Barbara
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/barbara-dickson-letter-from-barbara.html

 

BELGIAN BRAND X REVIEW
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/belgian-brand-x-review.html

 

Something Else! Interview: Geoff Downes
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/something-else-interview-geoff-downes.html

 

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_6.html

 

*  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.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html

 

* 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 54 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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 the orange cat?