The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
And so another working week shudders to a close. i always try to get the
bits that I have to write for the magazine done betimes, but this last few weeks
I have found myself getting more and more behind, and having to write a load of
stuff at the last minute. So it was last night: I had to write an appreciation
of Leon Russell, a preamble to a Pink Fairies interview, a piece about a new
acid folk band, a book review and a particularly disturbing episode of the Xtul
saga. That came to about seven thousand words, and so when it was finished, I
consumed reasonable amounts of vodka, and watched TV with Mother.
And now for the news................
Frank Zappa interview 1974
Pink Fairies - Uncle Harry's Last Freakout
COMING THIS WEEKEND
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Captain Beefheart Upo...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Magazine #208
In this week’s enthralling issue we say goodbye to Leonard Cohen, Alan
meets Del Gibbs, an unsung hero of the punk wars, Doug goes to see Steven
Wilson, Jon enthuses over Shirley Collins, and surprisingly approves of the
Harry Potter script book, there are not too many Donald Trump jokes, while
Corinna inspects some famous busts.
Oooer Missus.
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday
Night Progressive takes a break this week. We also have columns from all sorts
of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna.
The saga of Xtul gets particularly nasty, but Neil Nixon, Richard Freeman and
Strange Daze take rainchecks this week. There is also a collection of more news,
reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with
small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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:
David Bowie, Shirley Collins, The Raz Band, The Kinks, Mick Ralphs, Ronnie
Wood, Kate Bush, Phil Collins, Sting, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive,
Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Leonard Norman Cohen, Sir Leslie Ronald "Jimmy"
Young, Laurent Pardo, Eddie Harsch (born Edward Hawrysch), Alexander Emil
Caiola, Katherine Laverne Starks, Daisy Flowers, Spirits Burning and Clearlight,
Vangelis, Al Atkins, Atomic Rooster, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The
Daintees, Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson, The Pink Faeries, Steven Wilson,
Del (Derek) Gibbs, Alan Dearling, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin
Springett, The Gardening Club, Harry Potter, Brian Wilson, Johnny Cash, Freddie
Mercury, Elvis, John Lennon, Tom Jones
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 207 (Tibet)
Issue 206 (Raz)
Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 204 (Gas Tank)
Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)
Issue 202 (Gong)
Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 200 (Deep Purple)
Issue 199 (Yes)
Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)
Issue 196 (Paul May)
Issue 195 (Dave Brock)
Issue 194 (Auburn)
Issue 193 (Genre Peak)
Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)
Issue 191 (Karnataka)
Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)
Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)
Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)
Issue 186 (Beatles)
Issue 185 (Judge Smith)
Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)
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
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* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an
old hippy of 57 who - together with a Jack Russel cvalled Archie, an infantile
orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two half grown kittens, one
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. 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 Archie and the Cats?