Thursday, January 21, 2021

YES IT'S THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

 The Gonzo Daily: Thursday

I watched the inauguration ceremony with Louis yesterday. I was, as I have noted elsewhere, dealing with the aftermath of a night of severe heartburn, and so I was in less than a positive state of mind. I was, therefore, all set up to be snarky about the ceremony. The last time I watched a presidential inauguration was for President Clinton nearly 30 years ago, and I remember it being somewhat of a circus.
I don’t know whether it was the twin threats of Coronavirus and the Proud Boys, or whether President Biden is naturally a more sombre character, but the ceremony was far more restrained, and much to my surprise I found myself quite moved by it, and not at all snarky. The poor bastard has inherited a whole gamut of problems, and I pray that he will be up to the challenge.
And the latest OTT:
ALL TODAY'S GONZO NEWS WOT'S FIT TO SQUINT
America complete August 2017 interview
MARK LEWISOHN - In conversation with the Dutch Bea...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Syd Barrett - Octopus
When Phil Spector threatened to kill Leonard Cohen
AND OTHER STUFF FEATURING VARIOUS GONZO CONTRIBUTORS:
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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 #425/6
THE WALRUS WAS PAUL 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 Paul McCartney, Carpetface, Covid Connections in Lithuania, Whisky Priests, Lady Killmore, Gardening Club and 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, but C.J Stone, 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:
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 a recently widowed old hippy of 61 who - together with a Jack Russell called Archie, an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, three other cats, 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 a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention Archie and the Cats?

BIG CAT ROUND UP

The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. 

There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we are publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. 

The worldwide mystery cat phenomenon (or group of phenomena, if we are to be more accurate) is not JUST about cryptozoology. At its most basic level it is about the relationship between our species and various species of larger cat. That is why sometimes you will stories here that appear to have nothing to do with cryptozoology but have everything to do with human/big cat interaction. As committed Forteans, we believe that until we understand the nature of these interactions, we have no hope of understanding the truth that we are seeking.

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Thursday

    ON THIS DAY IN - 1793 - During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was executed on the guillotine. He had been condemned for treason.

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)