Thursday 31 December 2020

ZAPPATHINGS


Leonard Cohen‘s advice







Leonard Cohen'sinvaluable advice for young songwriters
Following the singer's sad death in 2016, Nick Cave lauded Cohen by saying, "For many of us Leonard Cohen was the greatest songwriter of them all.


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LEONARD COHEN: Back on Boogie Street

 Music Review: Gay Marshall – 'Back on Boogie Street: Songs of Leonard Cohen'

Leonard Cohen tributes and projects were plentiful even before the poet-singer-songwriter's death in 2016. Since then, the flow has only increased ...

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Official Video) [4K]

      

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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

   Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

EVERY DAY IS WORLD HEALING DAY
Every night brings healing dreams
Every morning -promise of the New
Every afternoon-sleepy somnambulances
Every moment of every day=a Meditation
Transience.Spontaneity.Improvisation.
You began when you were born.Again,
you commit to living in this moment
with seven billion points of Light
all shining in their firmament 
tonight!

Wednesday 30 December 2020

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Paul McCartney - Coming Up - 6 Music Live

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UNCLE RICK AND UNCLE JOOLS

 Line-up revealed for Jools Holland's Hootenanny this New Year's Eve 2020

... the amazing Roisin Murphy, prog musician Rick Wakeman, r'n'b/soul singer Ruby Turner and Holland's former Squeeze bandmate Chris Difford.

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Fame and Glory

 Fairport Convention release new collection Fame And Glory

UK folk proggers Fairport Convention collect together the recordings from Alan Simon's Excalibur rock operas. Shares. Fairport Conventionbackstage ...

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LESLIE WEST REMEMBERED


A few years later, he and Felix Pappalardi formed MOUNTAIN, a band that was amongst the first to pioneer the genre later to become known as heavy ... 

Leslie West, guitarist and co-founder of band Mountain, has died at 75
Following the album's release, West teamed up with producer and bass player Felix Pappalardi to form the band Mountain. The band was together for ...

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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?


DIG IT

DIG DEEPER!

SEAMUS HEANEY DIGS IT

The Diggers dug it

My father dug graves

(a useful digging)

And i dig word music

The way it sways like waves away

Takes us to spaces high and starry nights

You say Earth is here to stay

I play with everything in touch/much

is left to your imagination.I was a bartender in Quilpie

Opal miners would come in, pay for their beer with opal scratches

Glints of colors thin as anorexics/still enough for liquidity

Sometimes, it is not the depth of your search

More the willingness of the hunted to surrender

that allows one to avoid digging deeper

Just linger longer —waiting for Icarus to fall

Deeper..




Monday 28 December 2020

BARBARA DICKSON - 2020 INTERVIEW (Stage Fright, Career Regrets, I Know Him So Well & Gerry Rafferty)


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Interview with Hawkwind HRH Prog 2018


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Author Mark Lewisohn — Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien


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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video)

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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

"THERE IS A FUTURE,VIRGINIA!"
AND YOU ARE PART OF IT!
I know for the past year
All you had was the past
Viral expanding pandemic
No future in it.But Zen-
science came in with vaccines
And the RUSH IS ON! to test and apply them
Which means those of us left may continue living
Of course,some live in DENIAL(Egypt)
where INTRANSIGENCE and STUBBORNNESS
refuse all possibilities of improvement
Free will is a conscious choice.
(I prefer the First Amendment of our Constitution
over the Second Amendment any day..
That day is today-new Government,new vaccines,new year
and a possibility of a Future that is benign,rational and clear...

Sunday 27 December 2020

Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown - File Under : Rock.


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Paul McCartney - Talks about McCartney III,Photography & Get Back Movie - Radio Broadcast 21/12/2020


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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Advent Carol Service live from Trinity College Chapel - Sunday 1 December 2019

   Being Sunday I always post sacred music. The name of the deity may change, or even the deity Him/Herself but the spirit remains the same

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

CORROBOREES
were gatherings of tribes
in Seasons,when they came together
and danced in patterns /around fire
In deserts that demanded hunting
as a way of survival on the land..
which also needed healing,so fire was used
as "controlled burns"-to chase out food sources
and preserve land from abuse.Healing also came
from the gathering-conversations in diversity
which prevented conflict,and restored harmonies...
None of this is possible now-land is Real Estate,
and bush fires intense as environmental wars..
Why do we not dance together?Listen.and Talk.
Yabba yabba in corroboree might just heal
distances between you-and me.

Saturday 26 December 2020

JON ANDERSON: Acknowledging the Beatles.

 Yes co-founder Jon Anderson: "I wouldn't be here but for the Beatles"

British singer-songwriter Jon Anderson recently joined host Kenneth Womack to discuss "being spurred on to do better music" by the Beatles on ...

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Friday 25 December 2020

JOHN HEATON: McCartney III Initial Thoughts


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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

SEASON OF GIVING
When parables and carols abound
When gifts are exchanged
time is shared/lost is found
Symbols of Yule -The Tree
Branches through Infinity
We sit in families/eat/our time/together
Knowing symbols are approximations
Life is always mutating
As we review all that has ever happened
and trust in a brighter tomorrow
We are all on borrowed time
Today.Tonight.We find
Sacredness.Togetherness.Nests...

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: O Holy Night | HTB Christmas Carols

 

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Thursday 24 December 2020

On the Track (of Unknown Animals) #118 (Clifden Nonpareil, British lynx, Wally, microscope madness)

 Here we have the 36th episode of the relaunched webTV show by the Centre for Fortean Zoology, written and presented by Jon Downes and Charlotte Phillipson, their families and other animals. And it is a special non-standard episode, but we are living in special, non-standard times!

In the new look OTT; we will try to keep the montly episodes to half an hour, but in between the scheduled episodes will be others - OTTXtra. So hold on, its gonna be a bumpy ride. And so far the bumpy ride seems to be a success: viewing figures are noticeably up, and the reactions we are getting seem very positive. This episode contains: • Jon says goodbye to Corinna • Archie • Mystery cats in the Forest of Dean • Back to the forest • Searching for footprints • Retrieving hair samples • Microscope madness • CFZ Tech support • Lockdown for Jon • Congratulations Guin • A rare visitor to the RD&E • Teasing Richard • The history of the Clifden Nonpareil • The origin story of a Comedy Rhinoceros • How to help us • Changes at OTT • The team says goodbye until next time _________________________________ Links for this episode: Find out more about WWN https://tinyurl.com/rchokh9 Buy the Yearbook (c'mon, please) https://tinyurl.com/vtppmrv _________________________________ Some useful contacts: CFZ Website www.cfz.org.uk CFZ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CFZ OTT on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OnTheTrack/ Jon on Twitter @cfzjon CFZ Blog Network https://forteanzoology.blogspot.co.uk/ CFZ Publications http://cfzresources.com/publishing/ CFZtv https://www.youtube.com/user/cfztv CFZ Next Generation Initiative https://www.facebook.com/groups/29796...

Leslie West, rock guitarist best known for enduring 'Mississippi Queen' riff, dies at 75

 

... off with producer Felix Pappalardi, who later produced the iconic Cream album Disraeli Gears. Together, they formed a new group called Mountain, ...
... whose producer Felix Pappalardi went on to play bass in Mountain) and the flashier, more theatrical sound of '70s metal acts such as Judas Priest.

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"

SHAME GUILT JUDGEMENT BLAME
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
Four Corners.Hopi vs Navajo.Tribal vs Elders vs Braves.
Red Path.Sun Dance.Spirit Quest.Sweat Lodge.Cultural Appropriation.
Custody vs Ownership.Treaty vs Takeover.Free Range vs Reservation.
Dime store Indians.Casinos vs Covid.Power vs Pow-Wows.Black Hills of Dakota.Bison Trails vs Cattle Trails.
Gun vs Bow and Arrow.A.I.M vs FBI.Horse vs Car.Tipi vs Fort/Mission.Bury My Heart @Wounded Knee.Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Russell Means.Dennis Banks.Leonard Peltier.Clyde Bellecourt.George Mitchell.Eddie Benton Benai.Simon J Ortiz(Acoma Pueblo)Jim Barnes(Choctaw)
John Trudell(Sante Dakota).Will Rogers(Cherokee).Roxy Gordon.Peter Blue Cloud(Mohawk)Sherman Alexie(Spokane-Coeut d'Aleno)
Indigenous vs"Indians".Trail of Tears vs Oklahoma.368 Treaties abrogated.Constitutional Convention?=
Oneida/Cyuga/Seneca/Onondaga/Mohawks/Iroquois(Haudenosaunee)=Iroquois Confederacy
Lozen.Shoshone.Hidasta.Dahteste.Paiute.Delaware.Lakota Sioux.Lenape.Shawnee.Pawnee.Crow.Oglala.Tuscarora.
Nez Pearce..Choctaw.Ojibwa.Creeks.Seminoles.Chickasaw.Potawatomi.Dakota.Nakota.Lakota.Arapaho.Cherokee.Tonkawa.Apache.
Chief Powhatan.Sequoyah.Tecumseh.Sitting Bull.Cochise.Geronimo.Crazy Horse.Black Hawk.Red Cloud.King Phillip.Chief Joseph.Tamanend.
Joseph Brent(Thayendanegea)Nancy Ward(Nanyehi(Cherokee Chighau )Susan La Flesche.Sarah Winnemucca.Wilma Mankiller.
Sacagawea.Pocahontas.Buffalo Bird Woman(Mavidiwiac).Mary Brave Bird(Sicangu Lakota).Ai(Choctaw Chickasaw Cheyenne Comanche)
Louise Abeita(Isleta Pueblo)Anne Meekitjuk Hanson(Inuk).Ernestine Hayes(Tingit)Janet Campbell Hale(Kootenay).
Terri Crawford Hansen(Winnebago)Mountain Wolf Woman(Ho-Chunk)La Donna Harris(Comanche)Joy Harjo(Cherokee/Muskogee Creek Nation)...
WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTERS OF ALL LIVING STORIES..

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Carols from King's 2016 | #7 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge



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FRANK ZAPPA: Ahmet Zappa talks 'Zappa,'

 

If you're even mildly interested in the life and music of Frank Zappa, you need to see Alex Winter's “Zappa,” the first all-access documentary on Frank ...

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...BECAUSE SOME OF US THINK THAT THIS STUFF IS IMPORTANT
What happens when you mix what is - arguably - the world's most interesting record company, with an anarchist manic-depressive rock music historian polymath, and a method of dissemination which means that a daily rock-music magazine can be almost instantaneous?

Most of this blog is related in some way to the music, books and films produced by Gonzo Multimedia, but the editor has a grasshopper mind and so also writes about all sorts of cultural issues which interest him, and which he hopes will interest you as well.