Sunday, November 08, 2020

HOPPING



As I am sure I have mentioned before, my head never gets around the ideas of the week starts on Sunday. But I know that’s just me and the rest of the world understands it. I spent much of the last week following the ongoing drama of the American general election.
And although Biden has been announced as the winner with the sights of relief from many people around the world being audible, I doubt for one minute that it is all over just yet. I expect legal challenges aplenty, and militia related shenanigans as well. I hope I am wrong, but let’s wait and see.
But we do have a new episode of OTT
And a new edition of A&M for you
Like Marge Simpson, I never really knew what it meant, but keep on trucking!
The Gonzo Books site is now pretty well done, and there is also a new CFZ Publcations website at https://baboon.wixsite.com/website then tell me what a clever fellow I am. It even has a haiku to explain why some links are not finished:
"These links do not work,
now but they will do so soon,
we apologise"
ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO SQUINT
COHEN STUFF
STRANGE FRUIT PLAYLIST: 26-07-2020 – SHOW 368 – Ba...
Rick Wakeman’s “Return to the Centre of the Earth”...
GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY:The Sacred Music of Mikagur...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Gonzo Weekly #415/6
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AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:
Our webTV show:
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And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order:
Meanwhile I continue to pretend that I am a popstar, because now I have sold eleven whole copies of my new album Coldharbour. If I continue at this rate I will get a silver disc sometime at the beginning of the next millenium. Coldharbour, by the way, can be found here: https://jondownes1.bandcamp.com/releases
I think it is really rather good, but then again I would say that wouldn't I?
AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
Gonzo Weekly #415/6
PHOREVER PEOPLE ISSUE
This magazine continues to go off on strange tangents that I never expect, but I am very happy to see it do so. What is in this week? Ooooh lots of things. Such as Iona, Phideaux, John Lennon, Covid Communications, Bob Dylan, making money through ipad games and oodles more.
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive, AND Merrell Fankhauser, and the Real Music Club, AND Strange Fruit, and Mr Biffo, there is a column from Kev Rowland, and C.J Stone, but Mr Biffo, Tony Klinger and Neil Nixon, are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and dibblers who have got the blues (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are listening to the new Bob Dylan album, 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!!!
..And the last few issues are:
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NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Sunday

 ON THIS DAY IN - 1793 - The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time.

And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk


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  • AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)