The Gonzo Daily - Tuesday
And so tomorrow is the big day. 10:00am Graham and I have an appointment
with the DWP Doctor. I would like to thank all of you who have sent messages of
support. If there is any justice I shall sail through, because I am obviously
fairly seriously ill, and to slightly misquote Moloch, in Watchmen, mine are not
the sort of diseases from which I am ever going to recover. But, as we all know,
the system is broken and I truly have no idea what is going to happen.
Lee and Yvey write that they think that it is outrageous that I am having
to go through this. It is kind of you to say this but I don’t agree. Things like
this are happening to people who are much worse than I am, and some of the
horror stories that I have heard would make your hair curl. I think it is pretty
outrageous that anybody has to grovel to the powers that be for a pittance. In
the words of the man I am interviewing at one o’clock: “Do they owe us a
living?” Yes, I think they damn well do!
RICK WAKEMAN: Walsall school pupils' rap wins road...
Alex Winter has a huge task ahead of him as he tac...
Arts Q&A: Barbara on the Beatles, WALL-E & rugby
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Tangerine Dream -- Ph...
Gonzo Weekly #153
www.gonzoweekly.com
Martin Barre, Jethro Tull. Marbin, Gail Zappa, George Harrison, Joe
Deninzon, Stratospheerius,Transmetropolitan, Digitiser, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard,
Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, Jon Anderson, Mack Moloney, and
Yes fans had better look out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#153) is available to read at
www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/. It
has Martin Barre on the cover and an interview with him inside. As well as
Doug’s interview with the famous Jethro Tull guitarist, he also interviews Joe
Deninzon from Stratospheerius,Jon interviews Dani from Marbin, John B-G
celebrates the life of Gail Zappa, and Corinna sneers at some more tacky pop
memorabilia, Mack meets Nick Redfern, plus we
welcome A J Smitrovitch as a regular contributor.... We review volume two
of Transmetropolitan, and Xtul are back in the deep woods. Neil unearths a
hidden gem, Thom waxes all poetical like, whilst the legendary Roy Weard
continues his regular column, C J Stone does his, and Mr Biffo has more of his
regular slices of insanity from the world of Digitiser 2000, and there is a
radio show from Strange Fruit, one from Friday Night Progressive and another
from Mack Moloney. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views,
interviews and pademelons wanting a snooze (OK, nothing to do with small
marsupials who stayed up too late last night, 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:
George Harrison, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Black Sabbath, Blur, New Order,
Gong, Marillion, System 7, Steve Hillage, Strange Fruit, Friday Night
Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Cory Wells, Frank Watkins, John Edward
Jennings, Brand X, The Raz Band, Johnny Winter, Alexis Korner, 13th Floor
Elevators, Nucleus, Spirits Burning, The Pirates, Martin Barre, Joe Deninzon,
Stratospheerius, Dani Rabin, Marbin, John Brodie-Good, Gail Zappa, Andrew May,
Roy Weard, A J Smitrovich, My Dad's LPs, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Sea Shepherd, Dave
Brock, Xtul, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Mark Laff, Generation X, Robbie
williams, Michael Jackson, Hacienda Club, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Uriah
Heep, Ray Davies, The Mamas and Papas, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Bobbie Gentry,
Yes, Billy Sherwood, Steve Howe, Alan White, Joey Molland, Tony Levin, John
Lennon, Neil Nixon, Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing & Talking Birds,
Kartikeya
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 152 (4th Eden)
Issue 151 (Corky Laing)
Issue 150 (Roger Dean)
Issue 149 (Tony Palmer in Space)
Issue 148 (Wally Hope)
Issue 147 (Thom the World Poet cover)
Issue 146 (Bee and Flower cover)
Issue 145 (Dave Brock cover)
Issue 144 (Percy Jones cover)
Issue 143 (Billy Sherwood cover)
Issue 142 (Daevid Allen and Spirits Burning cover)
Issue 141 (Rick Wakeman cover)
Issue 140 (Jaki Windmill cover)
Issue 139 (Raz cover)
Issue 138 (Galahad cover)
Issue 137 (Chris Squire cover)
Issue 136 (Neil Nixon cover)
Issue 135 (FNP cover)
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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* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an
old hippy of 56 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song
by Frank Zappa, and a small kitten 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, and sometimes a young lady called Jessica. 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, and the adventurous kitten?
What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology?
