Jon and Keith on the piss

 Jon Anderson recalls his drink-fuelled gig with Keith Emerson in 1969! - Louder Sound

Louder Sound

Former Yes singer Jon Anderson has been recalling the time he played a drink-fuelled show with Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Keith Emerson while on ...

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BARBARA DICKSON - THIS IS YOUR LIFE (The Full Show)

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David Essex - March 1980

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The Beatles 45s - 2019 Box Set vs 1960's UK Originals

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Mary Hopkin - Temma harbour (HQ)

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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?"

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEET

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK(and to sing)

You have the right to play musical instruments

You have the right to paint,to draw,to sculpt

You have the right to dance at all times

You have the right to document your arts

You have the right to share (stories,poems,songs,

gardens,food drink,and good company..

You have the right to enjoy being solitary

You have the privilege of enjoying bright companions

Each has rights,privileges,duties,responsibilities

when creativity continues all folk cultures

restoring true community to the Throne..

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Beatles - Paperback Writer

 

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Classic tales of Yes

 Yes Announces 'Classic Tales of Yes' 2023 US Tour - 1420 WBSM

1420 WBSM

Timing apparently wasn't the issue: 'Heaven & Earth,' their first with singer Jon Davison and their last with co-founding bassist Chris Squire, ...

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Vai on Zappa

 Steve Vai Explains What Frank Zappa's Music Had That Other Rock Artists Didn't, Names ...

Ultimate Guitar

Vai, who's widely accepted as one of the most influential and proficient guitar players in modern music, joined Frank Zappa as a transcriptionist in ...

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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?"

DREAMS ARE MESSENGERS

but their truth is not linear

More metaphorical..

That is why some dreams repeat

Until we understand their messages

Accept,integrate,align,move on.

It is important to move on-

past disasters,mistakes,errors of judgement

Forgive oneself,and seek

to align oneself with what one truly needs..

Dreams are a bank from which we can withdraw

Avoid,evade,deny -or hoard

As Treasures in a Cave of Delight

(And that is why they largely come at night)

We tend to not remember what we dream

Unless and until it is repeatedly seen

Either we listen to the portents shared

Or we move on,ignorant of the diamonds hidden there

The Beatles Let It Be Naked...Worthy or Worthless?

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Yes review

 Yes' 'Mirror to the Sky' album is the best yet of the Jon Davison-era - Goldmine Magazine

Goldmine Magazine

Why 'Mirror to the Sky,' the third Yes album to feature Jon Davison on lead vocals, is easily the best of the three, representing a huge leap ...

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: BARBARA DICKSON - ANOTHER SUITCASE IN ANOTHER HALL (ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER/TIM RICE musical EVITA)

             

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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?"

AS AMERICAN AS MASSACRES/CAR CRASHES

Displacement of Indigenous.Destruction of habitat

We have no one else to blame.We hate each other and ourselves.

Why else would cars and guns outnumber us?Every day-another shooting..

Divided we are in these Un-united States-North/South,rich/poor,Black/white,you/me..

"Social"Media amplifies hate crimes.Headlines of trials,death penalties,murders..

Even the weather is disturbed.Our factories belch pollution(cars and planes,too..

our signs say KEEP OT! Our Borders patrolled,with fatal consequences.

Our Death Penalty is enforced racially.Our wars exported as weapons.

We are guilty,angry,conflicted.We fight over "personal pronouns"

Censor school textbooks,so history repeats without knowledge of our pasts.

Domestic wars on poverty,black people,migrants,refugees fail us

Tomorrow's headlines repeat-shootings,violence,hurricanes

When will be begin Reparations?-to air,water,earth and fire?

When will be apologize to Indigenous-restore bison,wolf,bear to wilderness

When will we Re-Wild our Parks and Gardens(as they once were

When will we embrace peace,harmony,wisdom and knowledge

Or am i talking about that OTHER America?

Geoff Downes interview

 Keyboardist Geoff Downes: "Yes have always been a very orchestral band"

Goldmine Magazine

Keyboardist Geoff Downes onstage with Yes during their 50th Anniversary tour at Ford Theatre on June 19, 2018, in Hollywood, California.

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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?"

Subject: surrender

a surrender is a surrender

when it is a total release

anything less

is a reaction

unworthy of us

i hereby surrender to life,joy,love and Light

Make myself fully available to all at all times

i surrender to Free Will ,Fate and Destiny

Let them work it out between the three

i surrender to Peace,to Happiness and Harmony

Three Sisters grow together ergonomically

i surrender to what is and what will be

What was cannot be changed by me

i surrender totally.I surrender easily

this is only my version of an endless eternal story

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Kyrie Eleyson- Ukrainian Orthodox Chant of the XV Century by Kyiv Chamber Choir (sacred choral music)

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 Ukraine.

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Frank’s funky nothingness

 Album Review: Frank Zappa - Funky Nothingness - mxdwn Music

mxdwn Music

The true meaning of "funky nothingness" Frank Zappa's Funky Nothingness features a compilation of songs that truly fit the title.

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Pressure on Yes to scrap tour

 Geoff Downes Reveals Pressure On Yes To Scrap European Tour - Rock Celebrities

Rock Celebrities

The band's keyboardist Geoff Downes recently discussed the reasons behind this decision in an interview with Goldmine Magazine. He said:.

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Gonzo Weekly #559/60

Gonzo Weekly #559/60

The feeling the noize issue

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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 Slade, Andy Weatherall tribute, The Beat, MNEA, MC Oliver Twist

Paul Simon, Blue Orchids, The Furrowed Brow and Autocamper, Colin Blunstone, The Zombies, The Gardening Club and oodles more.

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive, AND Merrell Fankhauser, Mr Biffo, 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!!!

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:

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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.

The Magic Band Speaks About Captain Beefheart

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Podcast 119 - Porcupine Tree

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The Beatles Best Compilation & Is A New One Coming?

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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?"

THIS IS HOW IT STARTS

To make your life Art

Find fellow flyers

Extend the circle

So an Art Gallery exists

in Time and Will and Space

It will last as long as it will

Magic extends until

New magic moves in

That is the Way of Art

That is the Way of Life

And friends remain...