The Gonzo Daily - Friday
I have never liked Friday 13th. It is one of the
only things that I am superstitious about. And today is Friday the Thirteenth
and my world has changed forever. Daevid Allen died earlier today, and although
it was far from unexpected, it is still a surprisingly great shock to realise
that one has awoken into a world without Dingo Virgin in it. I will by writing
about him later, and I am sure that I shall come out with something eloquent to
say about the man. But for the moment, even though I last spoke to Daevid 25
years ago, my heart is heavy and my soul is numb. Blessings to you old
friend...
Frank Zappa, Ant-Bee, Rick Wakeman, Hawkwind,
Daevid Allen, Jon Anderson, Spurious Transients and Yes fans had better look
out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#120) is longer
than ever at 96 pages and will soon be available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It
has Frank Zappa on the front cover with an interview with Billy James about his
relationship with FZ inside. Despite the fact that I said I would never do a
themed issue of this magazine, we carry on the Frank Zappa theme with looks at
biographies of the man, a critique of the new documentary DVD featuring FZ from
1969-1973, and exclusive excerpts from the new Frank Zappa book out on Gonzo.
But its not all FZ this issue. Graham goes to see Hawkwind in Warrington with
exclusive words and pix, Doug Harr reports on Rick Wakeman's King Arthur
reissues, and we send Gavin from Spurious Transients to a Desert Island. Neil
Nixon reports on an even stranger album than usual, Wyrd goes acoustic and Xtul
gets freakier than ever. And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit and from M
Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the titular submarine dwellers are
still lost at sea, although I have been assured that they will hit land again
soon. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and
pademelons trying to choose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials having
difficulty in making choices, 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: Frank Zappa, Jack White, Don
McLean, Joan Baez, Passenger, Matt Johnson, Paul McCartney, Daevid Allen, Gong,
Marillion, Ian Mosley, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Patrick
Whitefield, Jim McCann, Wilhelm Rottger, Tommy James, Mick Abrahams,
Firemerchants, Dee Palmer, Atkins May Project, Wagner, Hawkwind, Karnataka, Paul
Buff, Frank Zappa, Charli XCX, Garth Brooks, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ed Sheeran,
Billy James, Gavin Lloyd Wilson, Spurious Transients, Focus, Hawkwind, Yes,
Peter Banks, Alan White, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford,
Tony Kaye, Xtul, Mamma cass Eliot, Elvis, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,
1D, Lady Gaga, Neil Nixon, Todd Rundgren, Nosdrama, Riverland, Children of
Bodom, Jaldaboath
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
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!
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write for us, please contact me at
jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and
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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/…/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit…
* 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 55 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song
by Frank Zappa 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 infantile orange cat?
Orlando Allen:
