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?"

TEMPS VIERGE

IN THE NEXT VILLAGE

they know not of this one.

Same with the town up the road.

Each Vietcong did not know the names of his others.

Thrown from helicopters for their virgin silence

Tortured into victory /Bicycles over bombs.

So many silences-of broken and blissed and blown away..

Other languages hide our body dialects.Hunger,need,politics.

How kiss the killer?Heal the horror?Survive Agent Orange children?

So many wars of occupation.We lose track of losses.

Some countries are bases.Others refugees.Selective loyalties.

Walls grow up.World close as a fence.Children only know camps.

Some day we will learn "temps/vierge"

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Remastered 2009)

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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?"

ONLY ONE EARTH

CHOICES MUST BE MADE

Priceless cultural artifacts -or cattle/agricultural industries

Use of land is a core issue.Once burned,Art is gone forever.

Short-term profit.Long-term losses.Unique Rock Art cannot be replicated nor replaced.

Ancestors daubed on stone for permanence.Fire blackens,splits and covers rock art

with a power of permanent destruction.Time to put a price tag on every tree,

as well as every example of folk art.Problem is-thieves,vandals,collectors

whose only art is theft/whose sense of value is deficit.Governments who flow with money values

need be forced to preserve unique Art Heritage sites.Parks,Gardens,Museums,Galleries..

Leave art sites be where they began-in the very land that informed them

If you were Art,would you wish to be trampled by cattle?

Think-Sacred Stone Circles @Stonehenge-apply this to Bolivian Rock Art.

Where is the Bolivian National Trust?

Wildfires Are Destroying Bolivia’s Rock Art

Blazes set by farmers hoping to clear land for agriculture pose a threat to archaeological sites across the South American country

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wildfires-are-destroying-bolivias-rock-art-180973048/

Rock art in Vallegrande in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (Courtesy of the Bolivian Rock Art Research Society)

By Meilan Solly                         

FRANK ZAPPA EN PASSANT

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KEV ROWLAND: RnR Magazine Review

KEV ROWLAND: RnR Magazine Review

Back in the 90's Kev Rowland was a writer for the influential Rock 'n' Reel magazine. Fast forward 20+ years and now he finds his own work being reviewed in the latest issue of that august publication.

Those of you who are eagerly awaiting Volume 2 will be pleased to know that it is currently at the printers and will soon be available, but for now we would like to pass on our thanks to Rychard Carrington for this wonderful review.

By a pleasing irony, progressive rock, the most unfairly disdained sub-genre, survived the 80’s and 90’s through an impressive underground scene, existing under the radar of the sneering contempt of post-new-wave-orthodoxy.

The dedication of the subterranean protagonists – musicians, fans, writers – is surely testimony to the sheer musical quality of prog. While mainstream critics depicted prog as epitomized by Wakeman’s King-Arthur-on-ice shows, the true spirit of the genre could be found in gigs in pub backrooms, cassette-only releases and very tackily produced fanzines.

Kev Rowland’s ‘Feedback’ magazine grew, interestingly, out of a Mensa group for rock fans. Throughout the 1990’s, its support for financially struggling but aesthetically flourishing prog acts played a significant role in their survival. By the dawn of the new millennium, the internet had become the vital medium for disseminating speciality tastes of all sorts and in 2006 Rowland retired, emigrating to New Zealand.

Rowland is collecting his reviews in three volumes (in alphabetical order): their preservation for posterity is welcome. His writing is informative, intelligent, and generous. It certainly makes interesting reading. The known, such as Fish and Hawkwind, feature, but it’s more fascinating to read about the obscure acts, from A.C.T. to Höyry-Kone, treasured only by a small circle of cognoscenti. As Brian Appleton would put it, thank you Kev for your contribution.

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Kate Rusby's Guided Walk

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Dave Brock Interview

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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?"

SONG OF SILENCE

FOR A LONG TIME,WITHDRAWN AS A CAVE

Solitary witness.Distant.Wanted to be air

but it always moved away.Earth stayed-

hence gardens/blossoms.Even then-winter/drought.

Do not like fire-so fickle,so dangerous.

Which left me with water,which i drank.

Swam.Dived.Imbibed.Enjoyed.Waterfalls.Rainforest.

Body surfing waves.Returning to littoral origins.

I carried water within me(Aquarian)

Loved the flow and depth of wells and springs.

Knew that which issued forth from fissures

pure until we captured /bottled and sold it.

Water consciousness like tree root connectedness-

water talks in bubbling exhiliration.Fountain joy!

I do not like the damming of water/agricultural ponds/salmon farms.

Give me the salmon that fight heights upstream/waters

that surge through rocks and caverns.And here i am-

back to the cave again..Recluse,drinking / in silence.

HAWKWIND ARTICLE

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Chris Leslie performs in Bexhill

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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?"

EARTHWORMS&PLANKTON,

TEAMSTERS&TURTLES

HOW CAN WE CO-EXIST IN ONE SPACE?

Submarine sonar vs migrating whales

Explosions on the sea floor beaching dolphins

Think(or feel)Gaia as conscious and a party to this problem

Evolution of consciousness manifesting in chemical,biological,geophysical mutations

Earth has its own homeostasis,while we acknowledge climate change and denial of same.

Here,science fiction,fact and projections merge-against political,monetary ,powerful conservatisms.

Gaia is a sleeping partner to our controlling colonialisms.She lives,breathes,reacts and mutates/

different to us,but similar.Her forests absorb our carbon emissions/hence reafforestation over Amazon fires set ablaze by farmers

Choices need to factor in the true cost of fracking,mining,lumber ,oil and gas industries..and plastics.

Once we paid deposits on soda /beer bottles,and they were almost all recycled&refilled.

100% recycling is possible-in Germany all cars are 100% recycled.

The big change is in poetics-treating all parties as conscious,co-operative and collaborative

This includes all trees,water,elements ,space and territories.It includes Gaia@all times.

"Compositionism"means inclusion,so that no more species go extinct(including us)

Time to clean up!Oceans await.Earth needs Superfunding.Repair Kit Us.

Custodians/consultants  but not owners/controllers.Responsible Parties-but not Dictators.

We are no longer the "Crown of All Creation".We are "The People,Yes"(Carl Sandburg)

But so are the forests,all waters,elements,earthworms and plankton.Time to adjust the equation..

All is conscious.All has consciousness.In that,a certain rough equality ensues..

Rick Wakeman's Desert Island Discs - Talks about Yes, Bowie & more - Radio Broadcast 11/06/2017

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On the Track (of Unknown Animals) Episode 106 (Trying Translation, Loch Ness, Wodewose lectures )

Here we have the twenty-fifth episode of the relaunched webTV show by the Centre for Fortean Zoology, written and presented by Jon Downes and Charlotte Phillipson (who returned to the fold after doing her exams), their families and other animals. This episode contains: • Corinna offends the parrot community • Lou Cockatoo • Squawk on the wild side • Patreon and Social media • Loch Ness meme • Graham gets all Curmudgeonly • Loch Ness Monster news • The ladies have tea • THAT Azerbaijani video redux • Amazon tries to translate • Looking back at what they have achieved • The new episode of Animals & Men • Matt Salusbury lectures on Wodewose • Guy the Gorilla • The Marshall Family at the NHM • Rescuing battery hens • Ringing the hens • Watcher of the skies...with comedy results • The fires in the Amazon • New and rediscovered: - New and rediscovered: New frog - New and rediscovered: Tympanums and how they work - New and rediscovered: New snake - New and rediscovered: New killifish • Fair use • Coming next month • New members of the OTT Team • Changes at OTT • Charlotte's exam results • The team says goodbye until next month _________________________________ Amazon Emergency Appeal https://support.wwf.org.uk/donate-amazon _________________________________ 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...

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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?"

OUR ORIGINAL INTENTION

SURVIVAL&CONTINUANCE

Cave as shelter.Weapons@hand.Stand.

Perhaps live in trees/to defend territory.

Now missiles so strong we dare not use them.

High rise so high .Twin Towers.Demolition.

Now our effects stronger than dinosaurs.

Must phase out infernal combustion engines.

No more ride through the Concorde skies

All weapons redundant and toxic.Land reclamation

post oil and gas and fracking.SUPERFUND sites 100%

We were allowed to be here as Guardians.

Our science will need re-verse engineering.

No more implants ,Tesla rockets,Space-X

More 100% recycling.Close down coal industries

Open up to renewable energies.In our lifetime?

Let us sing this into our existence-with our original intentions.

17 March 2019– SHOW 300 – Exhibit B

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.

17 March 2019– SHOW 300 – Exhibit B

Naz Nomad and the Nightmares:  Just Call me Sky

Foufoula:  Chebu Jane

Tygers of Pan Tang:  Sun Lotion Suicide

Exhibit B:  The Ballad of Ron Grainger/Pass the Gravy Beat

Heaven 17:  Penthouse and Pavement

Deep Purple:  Help

Guru Guru:  Der LSD Marsch

Sarah Vaughan:  Peter Gunn

Ann McCue:  Stupid

Exhibit B:  Excerpt from a Hippy Opera

Ot Vinta:  TOHH

The Ivy League:  The Pit and the Pendulum

Ludus:  Mothers Hour

Abbie:  Stop Talking

The Electric Toilet:  Mississippi Hippy

Kate Bush:  Experiment IV

O’Hooley and Tidow:  Ruins by the Shore

Stella Sommer:  Do You Still Love me Now?

Maya Beiser:  Wish you Were Here

Gaston and Purcell:  Tequila

Traffic:  The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

Exhibit B:  Shot in the Dark

The Stranglers:  Adios (Tango)

Rev. Edward W. Clayborn  In Times of Trouble Jesus Will Never Say

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Buddhist Mantra For Healing all Sufferings, Pain and Depression - Tayata Om Mantra

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?"

FOUND A COPY IN A YOUTH HOSTEL

QUOTED IT TO JAZZ MUSICIANS

They understood the Zen of Now

Riding music like a motorbike on speed

And when they read the same text

They laughed as loud as i did.

Everything matters(but it is not the matter

Every tiny O ring downs the CHALLENGER

One false word destroys careers

Easy to disappear,or be dissipated/diluted/disappointed

when every singular experience sings EPIPHANY!

Looks like we remember those who gave us most

LOVE "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"