And so another weekend is upon us. Sheri, our new intern did very well yesterday and worked on the inaugural issue of the Journal of Cryptozoology. She and Graham also removed the last of our fish from the village pub, so that particular episode is over for good. I still haven't had time to edit any more of the footage from Jefferson Starship and Auburn in Southampton the other night, but I shall try and do one song at least today. As I type we are listening to the new album by Galahad - it is a complete eye-opener. I liked the last one a lot, but this one mixes their literate prog metal with dancy stuff which borders on KLF territory. As anyone who knows me will attest, I am a massive Bill Drummond fan, so this has to be a good thing. I also have to apologise to Erik Norlander; I was supposed to telephone him on Thursday, but completely forgot. Forgive me my friend...
We start off with our daily visit to the universe of Thom the World Poet..
I think Peter McAdam is one of the funniest people around, and I cannot recommend his book The Nine Henrys highly enough. This week we shall be running a series of Henrybits that are not found in his book about the nine cloned cartoon characters who inhabit a surreal world nearly as insane as mine..
This German review of the ABWH live album opens a whole can of conceptual worms. I hadn't realised that the mighty Tony Levin, the tour bassist with the band had been ill during the dates that produced the original live album and DVD, so that the latest Gonzo package is actually the only document of Levin live with the band..
What can one say? Michael Des Barres is a massive talent who makes friends wherever he goes. This German review is testament to that...
A blast from the past (or rather the BBC archives via YouTube). I remember seeing this show by Renaissance on BBC2 the first time around, and it is great to see it again. I also understand that Annie Haslam is singing again, albeit in a back brace. What a trouper. Everyone at Gonzo Daily salutes her...
The second video blog from the lovely Cathy Richardson of Jefferson Starship
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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 Editor is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that - whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot, or lake monsters - it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean Zoologist to be interested in. So, after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo, Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
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