Friday, 6 April 2018

PLAYLIST: Strange Fruit - 08-04-2018 SHOW 253 – REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT


Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample.

The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College’s Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks).

Neil Nixon, the founder and presenter of the show has released a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia.

The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.
  
08-04-2018 SHOW 253 – REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT

Wild Swans:  Revolutionary Spirit
Rose Kemp:  Dark Comes
Mudhoney:  Douchebags on Parade
Deaf School:  What a Way to End it All
Lori and the Chameleons:  Touch
White Stripes:  Who’s a Big Baby
Tara Putra:  Below Reality
Skip Spence:  Grey Afro
Syd Barrett:  Baby Lemonade
Egypt for Now:  Soldiers
Will Sergeant:  Themes for Grind
Poly Styrene:  Age
The Lotus Eaters:  The First Picture of You
Janet Green:  Fascist Threat
Soiuxsie and the Banshees:  Shooting Sun
Hope Sandoval and Warm Intentions:  Into the Trees
Neil Young:  Cowgirl in the Sand
Marshmallow Overcoat:  Hell
Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus:  Come Holy Spirit
Dirtmusic:  Outrage


THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Tangerine Dream Love On A Real Train New Version HD



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Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 - Directors Cut
DVD - £10.99

Live at Coventry Cathedral
DVD - £10.99

BILL BRUFORD NEWS


Drummer Bill Bruford to speak on creativity and rock drumming, University at Albany Performing Arts Center B-78, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 518-442-4187. The University at Albany Department of Music and Theatre is pleased to welcome acclaimed drummer and ...

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Bill Bruford took up music and drumming at the age of 12. By age 27 his musical character had already been forged in the fiery furnace of four of the biggest progressive rock groups of the day: Y..


'Skin and Wire: PianoCircus featuring Bill Bruford play the music of Colin Riley', in which a composer supervises a jazz drummer who used to be a rock drummer playing with a group of classical pianist..


Inside the beating heart of some of one of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, lies a percussion section with a very individual and separate identity. The Ne..


British percussionist Bill Bruford and Dutch keyboard master Michiel Borstlap are two of the leading lights in contemporary improvised music. Since their first meeting at the Nijme..


Pete Lockett is one of the world’s leading multi-percussionists. An authority on Indian percussion and an expert on tablas, kanjira and bongos, he has played and recorded with countless artists ..


Bill Bruford’s Earthworks was for 22 years one of the longest-running and most successful of the UK-based jazz groups. Having already spent twenty years on the cutting edge of modern rock p..

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?

PAIN MANAGEMENT
DID YOU GO TO A CURANDERO?
Do you go on a Vision Quest?
Did you whip yourself like a flagellant?
Did you try extreme sports?
Did they diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome?
Did you try some"Natural "Cure?
Did you go to Doctor God?
Did s/he prescribe pills for you?
Do you know their side effects?
Have these pills worked for you?
Studies show that studies alone will not provide an answer..
Penicillin has now been outfoxed by Superbugs
Aspirin came from the bark of trees in rainforests
Research shows that profits made by "health Care"Corporations
are almost as huge as those insurance towers
Some diseases have no cure-greed,and a hunger-for power.

COMING THIS WEEKEND


GIANT BUMBLEBEE SIGHTED

Thursday, 5 April 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Patrick Moraz -- Jungles Of The World (1978) fast



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Live In Princeton 
DVD - £10.99

1988: Is this James Brown's strangest interview ever?



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Soul Jubilee
CD - £7.99

Get On Up - Live in America
CD/DVD - £9.99

Live In America
DVD - £10.99

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?

SWEET BREATH OF GRASS AND FOREST
DEEP EARTH &BRIGHT BLUE SKY
We stole your radiance for rhymes
Truth and Nature we deny.Of course-Wordsworth ,Mary Oliver
vs Bukowski/Beats&Punks..but even Beat was Beatific
And PiL dressed in rainbows.Steam from a warmed Lake.
Fog on a morning river.Birds land in sewage ponds.
We sing cities.Morality can wait/upon Creation and our Fate
does not depend upon red wheelbarrows,nor refrigerator plums.
What happens next may be an antidote or panacea
Do not give up on hope.

 




ZAPPA NEWS

Dweezil Zappa is courting both his father's and his own fans with his “Choice Cuts” tour in Macon on April 8 at the Hargray Capitol Theatre. His father is legendary composer, guitarist, rock icon and cultural provocateur Frank Zappa, who founded the Mothers of Invention in the 1960s and for decades ..
Innovation, the first Shed Series concert, features orchestral pieces by music maverick Frank Zappa, including G-Spot Tornado and The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat, alongside Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, featuring NZSO Section Principal Bassoonist Robert Weeks. NZSO's Bridget Douglas ...


Frank Zappa is considered to be one of the most influential rock musicians of the late twentieth century. Between the start of his career in the late fifties and his death in 1993 he recorded and rele..


On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati..

HAWKWIND NEWS


Originally formed by Robert Calvert and Dave Brock of Hawkwind, from the ashes of The Sonic Assassins in 1978, the current members of Hawklords include founder member Harvey Bainbridge on synthesizer and vocals. He also spent 16 years as a member of Hawkwind, and toured as a solo artist.

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Space Ritual Live - Special Edition
2DVD/2CD - £29.99

Space Ritual Live 
2CD1DVD - £19.99

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Galahad - Seas of Change Sampler



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Seas of Change
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Guardian Angel
CD - £7.99

Mein Herz Brennt
CD - £7.99

Seize The Day
CD - £7.99

Beyond The Realms of Euphoria
CD - £9.99

Battle Scars
CD - £9.99

Deke Leonard Interview 2015



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Legal Bootleg Live '99
CD - £9.99

The 1999 Tour Party
CD - £9.99

Live at Reading 1983
CD - £9.99

Live At The Rex 
DVD - £10.99

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART NEWS


“Easter Morning, 1969 ... Frank Zappa calls up Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band and tells them the album he is producing for them is done,” the label says in a press release announcing the reissue. “The Captain instructs the band to dress in their Sunday best clothes before they all go to the studio ...

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Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work..


Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work..

YES IN THE NEWS


Alan White demonstrates his versatility nailing down a reggae beat, while Chris Squire moves the melody along. There are also touches of Tony Kaye's organ, electric piano and synthesizer to keep the ball rolling. Rabin has no difficulty melding it all together with his rhythm guitar. Jon Anderson's vocals ...

Yes Interviews: 8/6/94 - Jon Anderson & Chris Squire tell the interviewer to shut the f up
Yes Interviews Date: 8/6/94 Item: Jon Anderson & Chris Squire tell the interviewer to shut the f up Find more Yes material here: https://judicialsupport.word...

YES AT GONZO
Union
DVD - £10.99

Union (2CD)
2CD - £7.99

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?


WHITE BUFFALO MURAL LEADS ME BACKTO SAN MARCOS
AQUARENA SPRINGS LED ME TO SAN MARCOS
Spring fed waters led me back to San Marcos
Three poetry open mics led me to return to San Marcos
An invitation to share poetry on radio led me back
Volunteer based Community Radio KZSM.org welcomed me in
Don the General Manager welcomed me in
Deborah Carter of San Marcos Library welcomed me in
Priscilla on the Control Board welcomed me in
Wade Martin shared his life and poems
Two hours of poetry and conversation
Why poetry?Where?How?For who?
Questions eloped with adequate answers
in a temporary alliance of Word,Dream,Muse
We did not come to conclusions-just beginnings
And all these answers need questioning again
in April/NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2018..

Monday, 2 April 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Pink Fairies - Waiting For The Man



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Naked Radio
LP - £21.49

Leonard Cohen on Q TV (CBC exclusive)



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Bird on a Wire (Special Edition)
DVD - £9.99


EXCITING CAPTAIN BEEFHEART NEWS


... trout mask, the first-ever repressing of the “Pachucho Cadaver” 7" single, a print featuring Jack White's epitaph for Don Van Vliet, and more. Third Man notes that it's “bulbous and also tapered.” See the full package below. The reissue also marks the relaunch of the Frank Zappa's Bizarre label imprint.

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Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work..


Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work..

MAN TOUR DATES

September

06                 Swansea - Creature Sound
07                 London - Half Moon
08                Evesham - Iron Road Rock Bar                       
11                Glasgow - The Ferry                                         
12                Kinross - The Green Room                              
13               Wolverhampton - Robin 2                              
14               Manchester - Band On The Wall                    
20               Cardiff - The Globe   

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Legal Bootleg Live '99
CD - £9.99

The 1999 Tour Party
CD - £9.99

Live at Reading 1983
CD - £9.99

Live At The Rex 
DVD - £10.99

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?

COMPARING WOUNDS
YOU ALWAYS WIN
You own your personal pain
'Your badge of suffering
To carry it  in this world
as excess baggage
means you must pay extra
on every Astral Airline
My wounds are silent,torpedo deep
Heat-seeking,sweet.I am @ease
in this world of hurt
wishing only healing
for every broken he/art.

Sunday, 1 April 2018

LEONARD COHEN IN THE NEWS

Shortly before he died in November 2016, Leonard Cohen gave a press conference to discuss his new album, You Want it Darker. During the conference he spoke about the use he made in the album's title song of the Hebrew word, hineni. This word which translates as “Here I am” or “I am ready” occurs ...
"Adrienne, with all of her regal qualities will deliver a powerful human touch, with her 50-year connection [to Cohen]." She speaks Friday evening and the symposium continues all day Saturday at Concordia University. Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything closes April 9. The MAC's extended hours are ...

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: 'Hare Ram Hare Krishna' by Krishna Das

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?

HOW COLOUR IS EMOTION

WHY RESTAURANT TABLE CLOTHS ARE ALL BLOOD RED
(Because they deal with our digestion)
And police forces are dressed in blue
to make you calm,secure(sea,sky)
And Fire Brigades are all in RED
(the color of fire,and a primal alarm!)
While Organic Shops are swathed in green-
Natural greens of vegetables and fruits
And Monarch Butterflies are iridescent bright BLUE
Because they shine right through Borders,over Walls
A Monarch can do anything@all!
·
Deep Look • PBSWhat Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue?Nature | PBS posted an episode of Deep Look • PBS.16 March at 12:46 ·The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment -- they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale.

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