THE music of Leonard Cohen will be performed on
stage in Whitehaven this June, with multi-award winning musician Stewart
D'Arrietta kicking off his ...
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
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Thursday, 24 May 2018
LEONARD COHEN TRIBUTE
Award-winning Australian musician presents
My Leonard Cohen in Cumbria
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?
#TAKE A KNEE
#TAKE A KNEE
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
As if in prayer
for equality
So every body might be free
to express their identity
and not punished financially
for simply acting on their
beliefs
Owners,agents,managers of the
NFL
usually earn many more dollars /than their
players who tell
true tales of racism and brutality.Brave
Colin Kaepernick
despite his qualities,has been passed
over.For taking a knee/peacefully
Wonder why NFL ratings have fallen
politically?
Restore freedom of speech and freedom of
assembly
Easy!Take a Knee!
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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?
DATA LIVES FOREVER
DATA LIVES FOREVER
LOVE MAY NOT LAST
but uranium has many half-lives
to share
Every drop of your personal
data stored forever
On computer ,as on
Smartphone,your "service"provider
stores and sells you to the
highest bidder.Slavery!
Transparency,like privacy is
obsolete.Computer forensics.
Downloading your apps at
Customs and Immigration.
Stripping /data mining for
alleged "terrorists"
Hackers and trolls cruising for
data breaches.
Rare brave whistleblowers spill
the beans
End up imprisoned in Ecuadorian
Embassies.
or fleeing to foreign countries
or held in prison endlessly
Democracy is data sharing by
consent only
Have you read your PRIVACY
AGREEMENT,yet?
Wireless, But Wired In?
Facebook made
headlines with the Cambridge Analytica scandal this past March, but there is
another privacy leak that seems to have seeped through the cracks undetected.
Announced by multiple news outlets, it was revealed that the biggest mobile
carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint - have been sharing the data
and location of their customers and users for the past few years without
consent. Real time location tracking has been a hidden feature in phones
associated with these companies, and they have been sending the data through the
servers of Locationsmart and Securus, third party corporations that now have the
information of individuals across the United States. For the time being, the
government has called into court the people involved, but announced that they
will be reviewing corporate activities to see what further actions must be
taken.
SLATE
SLATE
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Wagner ~ Tannhäuser Overture
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YES BLOG POST
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Yes, “The More We Live – Let Go” from Union
(1991): YESterdays
“The More We Live – Let Go” blends the past (working with
producer Eddie Offord) with the future (the inclusion of multi-instrumentalist
Billy Sherwood) ...
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PATRICK MORAZ NEWS
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Patrick Moraz from the Moody Blues
and Yes to play Orlando next week
Swiss keyboardist and composer Patrick Moraz is
best known for stints in the Moody Blues and Yes, but has a musical range far
beyond that, including ...
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Monday, 21 May 2018
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Barbara Dickson - Caravans
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Interview with ARTHUR BROWN 2017 - Heavy Demons Radio Show
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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?
TRAIN POEMS TO PLANE SONGS
TRAIN POEMS TO PLANE SONGS
FOLK TRADITIONS MORPH
as lyrics are updated.A shipwreck becomes a
train wreck
becomes a coal mine disaster becomes a car
smash becomes a bushfire
and finally,birds sucked into jet
engines...Iambic pentameter /end-stopped rhymes
become spoken word rhythms,folk songs,rap
,hip-hop,trip-hop,free verse,song..
We change from forest to farm ,settlement to
village,town to city to Metropolis..
Worlds change like weathers.Village gossip
slanders to fence post conversations,
garrulous to jocular to typewriter to text
,Instagram,Tweet...Cannot go back-
to 78rpm,steel
needles,alcoholism,patriachy,war,walls,consumption..
Certain diseases,once banished,return in
poverty.Racism becomes starvation then refugee becomes Translated as
separation/prison.
We become walls .We will not listen.We
return to gossip,witch-hunts,persecution,executions in Village
Squares
Soon,we will burn down all the churches,to
make sacrifice of all our past gods/
Restore New Old ones-Baal,Moloch,Mammon
,Ego,Pride,Consumption and Guilt.
Altars will be built.Burnt
offerings,Starvation and sacrifice.Progress!
ZAPPA NEWS
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Hologram Company Behind Dio & Frank
Zappa Tours Gets $2M Investment From Thomas Dolan
The company is best known for partnering with the estates
of Ronnie James Dio and Frank Zappa to create holographic versions of the
deceased stars ...
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Startup focused on hologram concert
business featuring deceased artists such as Frank Zappa ...
Eyellusion will use the funds to help it move forward
with planned world tours that feature holograms of two deceased artists –
Frank Zappa and ...
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Dweezil Zappa Shares 'Good News' Post About
Resolving Family Issues
Guitarist Frank Zappa's children were divided into
two camps with Ahmet and Diva Zappa running the Zappa Family Trust (ZFT) and
Dweezil and ...
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Dweezil Zappa Announces Reconciliation With
His Siblings & Zappa Family Trust After Years-Long ...
Over the past few years, the children of the late
Frank Zappa have been locked in an ugly, public feud over the handling of
their father's estate. Now ...
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Thomas Dolan Invests $2M Into Hologram
Tours
Eyellusion is also in production for “Bizarre World of
Frank Zappa,” which is also set for 2019. Eyellusion is supported by EVP
of business ...
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Holograms Hit The Road: Will Fans of
Frank Zappa, Ronnie James Dio and Others Show Up for ...
Ronnie James Dio and Frank Zappa will also both be
"touring" soon, while some living stars have started reaching out to hologram
companies, ...
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Dweezil Zappa Provides A 'Rig Tour'
Zappa talks about his father Frank Zappa's rigs
and throughout the 30-minute video demonstrates the various components that
makeup Dweezil's ...
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That time Jimi Hendrix flew into the 1968
Miami Pop Festival on a helicopter | Photos
Over two days, Hendrix would be joined onstage by the
likes of John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of
Invention, Three Dog ...
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ROB AND SANDY IN THE NEWS AGAIN
'As soon as we stepped through the door we
fell in love with it'
It might be a little early to talk about Christmas
presents...but Rob Ayling and partner Sandy Huskisson know exactly what
they want this year - their ...
Sunday, 20 May 2018
ERIC BURDON THINGUMYBOBS
Q and A with Eric Burdon: 'Rising
sun' rocking riverside
Singer-songwriter Eric Burdon, 73, who will
perform Saturday (5/19) at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Event Center,
discusses what it's like to be ...
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Patti Smith Releasing Documentary on the
Making of "Horses"; Sets Hair on Fire at Eric Burdon ...
Meanwhile, Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to
Eric Burdon at his City Winery show in New York on Friday night and
accidentally set her ...
Eric Burdon appears on these Gonzo releases
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Hymn To Herne
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?
THE WRONG JEWELS
THE WRONG JEWELS
WHEN YOU STRIP MINE FOR
COAL
When you tunnel for opals
When you dig deep for oil
When you crack rocks for
diamonds
You forget-all crystals have a
role to play
and need not be ripped
from the womb of this earth
Sometime-sit among all
green and growing plants/trees,shrubs,vegetables
Let the power of their
creation delight you
Whether you choose to rip
them out and consume them
At least you have
seen-part of the Green/Mystery/Dream...
a post.
This is the most
beautiful corn I have ever seen. It is a Native American variety called 'Glass
Gem Corn' and yes it really does grow like that. I can't stop admiring it 
19-05-18 – SHOW 258 – New Bottles
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.
19-05-18 – SHOW 258 – New Bottles
Servotron: I Sing the Body Cybernetic
T. Rex: Root of Star
Miracle: The Seventeen Nineties
Medicine Head: When Night Falls
Medicine Head Ooee Baby
Blind Willie Johnson: Bye and Bye – Going to see the King
The Cocteau Twins: Tinderbox of a Heart
Jethro Tull: My God
EMF: Shining
King Sunni Ade and his African Beats Ase
Medicine Head: Fire Under Mountain
The Plywood Staircases: Horse with no Name
Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
Medicine Head: Narcisister
The George Garabidean Players and the Awful Trumpet of Harry Arms: Up Up and Away
Desert Mountain Tribe: Wide Eyes
The Great Electric: M.O.P.E.
Pure Reason Revolution: Apprentice of the Universe/The Bright Ambassadors/Nimos and Tambos
The Bombay Royale: The Island of Dr Electrico
Medicine Head: His Guiding Hand
Halou: I am Warm
Friday, 18 May 2018
Gonzo Weekly #287
Gonzo Weekly #287
THE LAST FREAKOUT ISSUE
In this progressively poignant issue, Tim Rundall remembers his old friend
Boss Goodman, Jon remembers Gerald Durrell, and reads Nelson DeMille, Doug goes
to see Steven Wilson, Graham is in the desert talking about Hawkwind and Alan
waxes lyrical upon The Hanging Stars.
#Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, AND Mack Maloney, AND Friday
Night Progressive, the columns from all sorts of folk including Neil Nixon, and
Roy Weard, and C J Stone, and Mr Biffo are on hiatus this week although Kev
Rowlands AND the irrepressible Corinna are present and correct. There is also a
collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and tiger quolls who have
nothing to lose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have got all
fatalistic, 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!!!
This issue features:
Gerald Durrell, Beach Boys, The Beatles, John Lydon, Sid Vicious, Damon
Albarn, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Beastie Boys, Prince, The Rolling Stones,
Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Glenn
Branca, Margaret Ruth Kidder, Scott Hutchison, Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin,
Bessie Camm (née Alderson, formerly Canwood), Matt Marks, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe
Jr., Ashton, Gardner, Dyke & Co., Michael Bruce, Man, Karnataka, Tim
Rundall, Dave 'Boss' Goodman, Doug Harr, Steven Wilson, Alan Dearling, The
Hanging Stars, Kev Rowland, Galahad, Gary Miller, Gridfailure, Imperial
Triumphant, Johan Kilberg's Impera, Hawkwind, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin
Springett, Nelson DeMille, Trina, Benny Goodman, Ray Charles, Grateful Dead,
Iggy Pop, The Doors, Rossini
And the last few issues are:
Issue 284 (Straqngelove)
Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)
Issue 279 (Biffo)
Issue 278 (The Beatles)
Issue 277 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 276 (Dukes of the Orient)
Issue 275 (Martin Gordon)
Issue 274 (Steve Took)
Issue 273 (Live Dead 69)
Issue 272 (George Butler)
Issue 271 (Mark E Smith)
Issue 270 (Eric Clapton)
Issue 269 (Narnia)
Issue 267-8 (Happy New Year)
Issue 265-6 (The Who)
Issue 264 (John McLaughlin)
Issue 263 (The magic Band)
Issue 262 (DikMik)
Issue 261 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 260 (Amsterdam Squat Festie)
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!
You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock
journalist, and want to join a rapidly growing band of likewise minded weirdos
please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.
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?
REMEMBERING DOROTHY PORTER
REMEMBERING DOROTHY PORTER
AFTER HER VERSE NOVEL HAD BEEN MADE INTO A
MOVIE
(Mover over Ernie Cline and Ready,Player
One)
We were@the Byron Bay Writers Festival
together
having both done time in the Melbourne
Poetry Winter
and she told me to "Stop Writing
Poetry!"/Astonished,i asked"why?"
"The REAL money is in screenplays.I am
richer now than i have ever been in my life"
Later,too soon,we lost her to
cancer.Later still,in San
Francisco
i was watching cable movies and her MONKEYS
MASK came on...
The movie stank.Dorothy Porter's poetry
remains magickal
I have not given up on poetry/because it has
never given up on me
And this will never be a verse DEADPOOL
#3 link.
youtube.com
BARBARA DICKSON NEWS
Scottish singer Barbara Dickson to
star in new show to commemorate 100 years since WW1 in ...
SINGER Barbara Dickson fell silent as she stood in
the place where her uncle was killed in World War I. And the I Know Him So Well
chart-topper ...
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| John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert CD - £9.99 |
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| Morning Comes Quickly CD - £7.99 |
| Answer Me CD - £7.99 |
| Winter CD - £9.99 |
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