Wednesday, 20 July 2022

GONZO WEEKLY: Liz Lenten talks about her forthcoming album


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The Creative Secrets of the Beatles - Guitarist Peter Asher, Author of "The Beatles from A to Zed"


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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 ARE STILL ARTISTS
WHO CREATE PEACE IN MURALS
Poets and musicians who sing through words
Sculptors who embrace what is most alive
Some teachers share truths that allow celebration
Some businesses cover their staff health care-
AMD,Tesla,Apple,Amazon,Bumble,Dell and Meta
Some people volunteer with their energies and lives
Some play for a future we can all live within
Some doctors heal,some nurses save lives
The rest of us do what we can to survive.

Monday, 18 July 2022

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Beatles - Blue Jay Way

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Beatles Mark Lewisohn Tune In Extended Book Review


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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Gong - Flying Teapot

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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?"


THREE WHITE PEOPLE IN THE FOOD LINE
GWYN,JASON,THOM ALL ALIGNED
Tres Amigos all with storylines
Jason shares when his farmer father
took off his gold wedding ring,gave it to his son
Saying"If ever you are strapped for cash,pawn this ring"
Which he did when that occasion arose
Gwyn's brother is a famous Austin comedian
Highly talented,quick of wit and gold of heart
Gwyn feed the homeless in the park
He cleans up the Green Belt and homeless camps
He gives and thus receives much sun
which is why his face is pink and he needs a hat
Which is where i come in-i carry many,gave him one
and in return ,the nearly blind woman shares her pizza run
Our food is stories in the line.We share them,with energy,food and time..

Sunday, 17 July 2022

Hallelujah: what you don’t know

 'Hallelujah': What you don't know about Leonard Cohen's infamous song - Yahoo News

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, from filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine stresses that many artist cover the poplar tune75

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Adrian and Frank

 How Frank Zappa Saved Adrian Belew From Being a Weekend Warrior | Up on the Sun

Frank Zappa became Belew's savior when the mustachioed maestro chanced to see Belew playing in one of those bands and spotted a wasted talent.

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Ian vs Frank

 The reason why Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson ignored the chance to speak to Frank Zappa

Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has many tales to tell, including regretting that he ignored the chance to speak to an ailing Frank Zappa.

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Yes in heaven on Earth

 "Is that in 17/4?". "No, it's in 17/8!" How Yes made Heaven & Earth | Louder

In 2014 Prog found themselves in Prague to discuss a brand new Yes album with Chris Squire, Alan White, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes.

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: 1 Hour of Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir

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. For the moment, however, each Sunday the music will be from the Ukraine.

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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?"

"HOMELESS"(TERM SO GENERIC)
LA to London to SF-sleeping rough is tough
No place to wash,change.No safe personal space
And as costs rise and walls rise ,so does fear-
Raped in the Green Belt.Belongings stolen.Assaulted on the streets.Abused daily.
These are human beings.Veterans.Mothers.Children.
They are you and i after a divorce or a war.Some medical or emotional emergency
that sends you out of space and time-to be @risk on these heated angry streets.
"The poor will always be with us:".Few willingly embrace homelessness.
Billions spent in LA with only episodic Tent Cities to show.Same in San Francisco.
Making poverty illegal fails jails.Poor cannot afford fines.They need homes.
There is space for all-the battered ,the beaten,the broken and the beautiful.
Earth and air and water and fire (for warmth)can be shared.Elementary,my dear Austin...
There is no "Other",Brother...

Friday, 15 July 2022

Gonzo Weekly #507/8

 

Gonzo Weekly #507/8

THE NOT OK ISSUE
This magazine continues to go off on strange tangents that I never expect, but I am very happy to see it do so. What is in this issue? 120 pages of Paul McCartney, Wet Leg, Penny Rimbaud, Youth, Boris Johnson, Pandamonium & Friends, The Dreaming Room. The Not Okays, The Gardening Club and oodles more...
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive, AND Merrell Fankhauser, Mr Biffo, Puls8 Radio (cancelled), and the Real Music Club, AND Strange Fruit, there is a column from Kev Rowland, and C.J Stone but Mr Biffo, and Neil Nixon, are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and dibblers who have got the blues (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are listening to the new Bob Dylan album, 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!!!
..And the last few issues are:
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.

Who Is Michael Fremer and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About CDs?


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Steve Howe on Line six modelling

 Steve Howe on using Line 6 modelling to recreate his classic Yes guitar tones - MusicRadar

... the guitarist in Yes – the pioneering band he currently plays in with bassist Billy Sherwood, singer Jon Davison and keyboardist Geoff Downes

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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 NEVER SILENCE
THERE ARE ALWAYS STARS
Above,sprinkled infinities of time-hatched light
Historically sharing their past tense
Looking UP! horizon to horizon
Deeper night reveals spy satellites,blinking planes
All coated with a distant grumble of clouds
Early blue is all glare.Sun searchlighting everywhere
Scorched earth desertscapes absorb/reflect
As every traveler must.To be in silence,and not
For what hot wind stirs spinifex grasses
What sand lizard moves ,slow as time
What rock snake sleeps,seeing
What dream before we enter in.

COMING THIS WEEKEND

 


GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Yes - Heart of the Sunrise - Royal Albert Hall, London, 21/6/22

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Thursday, 14 July 2022

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 DICTATOR IS NAKED
BUT NOT EVERY TAILOR IS TRUTHFUL
It is what you cannot say will bite you
Laughter is hollow  pointed when it is cruel,with targets
The best jokes are life and death.They survive fashion.
Pain and suffering are not funny(except to Stoics)
Bacchus laughed with pleasure when they changed his name to Dionysus
His children-Priapus,Hymen,Thoas ,Staphyl.His image-grapevine,panther..His play-pleasure..
Who censors joy and cancels cultures?What Blue Meanies depose Boris Johnson?Why not Putin?
I prefer PUSSY RIOT to Putin.Prefer the whole alphabet to FSB ,KGB,CIA,FBI,NSA..
Prefer poetry to propaganda!Prefer stories in songs.Prefer co-operation in community..
Good to know spark of social satire still stings..Removed all the punch lines
so no one gets hurt in their dreams..

Zappa Interview Today Show 1993


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Current Yes, "Not That Good," Jon Anderson Responds To Steve Howe's "Unthinkable" Yes Comment


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Julian Lennon explains “why I’ve finally become Jude”


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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution)

         

    








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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.