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Saturday, 31 December 2016
THOM WOODRUFF: EVEN GILLIGAN! (gone)
2016. You ruthless murderer. Sail
on little buddy. Tell the skipper and professor i said whats up.
THOM THE WORLD POET:
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
YOU ARE AHEAD OF US
Spiritually,psychically,time -zone
wise
And we have yet to pop the bubbles
of a "New"Year
Yet you have survived,and this is
the great Art-
to be able to
make/create/advance upon the future
and to take part in
something New and Fresh and Yes!
As you incubate
,recuperate,rehabilitate
We stand with
you-healing,learning,adapting
to News Cycles that
accelerate and compound
so we learn more about
WHAT IS&WHAT WILL BE
And share our love with
you as human family!
Friday, 30 December 2016
James Brown getting interviewed high.
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Thursday, 29 December 2016
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
IMAGE TO WORD UP!
ALWAYS THE CARRIER OF
WORDS
spills them carelessly
over seated persons
Photographer snaps.Dancer
moves.
Film maker makes images
leap sequence
And all three become a
slim song of sorts-
a blessed biography of
possibilities/
a way out of daily
prosaic/Prozac.
Any menial can scribe .To
stay alive-ONLY CONNECT!
All art is a distillation
of experience.CONCENTRATE.FOCUS
Chants,prayers,affirmations=word smoke from living fires.
Sign on the bus says
FORWARD! FOREVER!
Each fisherperson steals
facts and melts them into cheese fantasies
Batteries wear out when
hearts no longer shine
The hand that writes this
poem is mine.
"These people are like innovators
and rebels. They deal with changing your consciousness. Their form is not a
commercial one. Show me a poet that does it for the money, you know? I still
think poets are like, for me, like rock stars. They're kind of magical people.
They should just be given whatever they want.”
Jim Jarmusch - director of
Paterson, a film about a poet/bus driver, released in November of 2016.
Paterson's main character is a
bus driver who writes poetry on his lunch breaks. It was inspired, in part, by
an epic William Carlos Williams poem.
npr.org
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH) - MuchMusic Interview, Toronto 08-22-89
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Tuesday, 27 December 2016
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
Rabbits screaming in fear and pain
YESTERDAY,THE AUTHOR OF "WATERSHIP
DOWN"DIED
Anyone who has ever loved the quixotic
nature of rabbits
grew up with that book-and maybe moved
on to ANIMAL CRUELTY texts
as we are so edible when it comes to
companion animals
(Rabbit is a star in French
cuisine-less so in American stomachs)
It is less the killing-more the manner
of-like cosmetic research
we blind and torture animals so we
suffer less.We suffer more
by causing suffering.Long ago,animals
may have eaten us..
It would have been for food for
self-defense.Now we are mass killers,
making birds extinct in hunting seasons
and turning deer into venison.
We are feral omnivores.Our meat diets
change the balance of Nature.
Plants and beans cause less damage to
environment.We are changing
Maybe we can change before the hormones
in cows change us.
"You are what you eat"Would you rather
be a cow,a plant or a has-been?
Monday, 26 December 2016
NORMAL SERVICE BLAH BLAH BLAH
The ISP who hosts the CFZ and Gonzo Weekly sites is down, and as it is teatime on Christmas Eve I strongly suspect that things may not be back to normal for some days. You can read the current issue of Gonzo Weekly here:
and all the CFZ stuff you might want can be found here:
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
EVERYWHERE I GO-ART
FOLLOWS
Staring out from HOW ARE YOU ?frog
murals
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !on the wall of
Joe's Cafe
Many a temporary shrine to those killed
by cars-
plastic flowers and a cautionary RIP(on
South Lamar)
Then the tagging-of trains,vacant
buildings,streets
Territoriality stretches as far as an
aerosol spray can
High above us-on bridges and
freeways-daubings by outsiders
with messages that only Art can
carry-the crocheting of bike racks,
making sweaters for lamp posts and
poles/the changing of road signs
like (temporary)DAVID BOWIE Street when
Bowie died
Art affirms and attacks
simultaneously-it defines us and defies us
Soon new graffiti will challenge and
confront us.Soon we will be provoked
into being fully ALIVE!
Sunday, 25 December 2016
MY GRANDCHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS
I don't usually do happy at Christmas: I do wistful, miserable, drunk, withdrawn, putting on a brave face, cynical and - since I have been with Corinna - content. But seeing those pictures makes me Christmas Happy for the first time since I was a boy.
And it hurts my dears.
But I wanted to share this with you all.
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Traditional 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. And being Christmas Day, what do you EXPECT me to post?
Happy Christmas to you all
Happy Christmas to you all
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes: 
SPIRIT OF AUSTIN MUSIC
IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE@THE WHITE
HORSE
Carson McHone has assembled 25
singer-songwriters
to play two songs apiece as a Christmas
Eve Benefit for SIMS
While it is nominally FREE to come
in,donations are welcomed,
and a HUGE (free!)Buffet has been
spread out on a table down the back.
This is a uniquely Austin night-those
with bands play solo.
Those who have collaborated before get
to take risks LIVE
and musicians whose sole public gig is
this Annual Benefit
get access to a packed audience @the
White Horse.
Carson herself plays a John Prine
song,and others also
choose holiday songs by others ,as well
as their original creations.
Improvisations and adaptations are real
and fresh,and the two song limit
cuts the flab from those who sing only
for themselves.
Carson's mother,grandmother and brother
are present,prescient and attentive
and i saw her slip plenty of her own
dollars into the SIMS bowl.
It is now Christmas Day(One am Sunday
25 December,2016)-
and hundreds have been given a gift of
harmonies fresh and alive
as the plenitude of performers who made
Christmas Eve
the best example of sharing delight for
a good cause
and for the solidarity of singing
together..for SIMS
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Dalai Lama Extended And Open Interview With Piers Morgan | Good Morning Britain
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes: LIFT YOUR VOICE
IN SONG &PRAISE,MAY WE
PROCEED
Through the passing of each
year
until the weather turns as
clear
as our desire for
futures/together
is the way to see/that time will
stop/eternities
when we are flowers as well as
weeds
both fulfilling different
needs
Time 's harvests/Seasons
too
take a tithe from me and
you
We do not know what else to
do
Proceed on with songs anew
Welcome in 2017-may we be worthy of our
dreams
And one by one,and two by
two
We will sing our way/through this
Year,New..
Friday, 23 December 2016
NIC POTTER Interview
Nic Potter was probably best known for his work with the British rock band Van Der Graaf Generator. Initially, however, Nic played in a band called The Misunderstood along with Guy Evans who would als..
Barbara Dickson - Time And Tide interview (2008)
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes: ART 2017
ALWAYS,AHEAD OF OUR AGE
Ever,a
perennial.Ally,friend,companion-
torchlight in the darkness-to see with
vision and context
Each person has hands and eyes-to share
divergence
Tagging,murals,sculpture,tech/art-all
add to and inform us
with a perspective beyond all that has
gone before.
Influenced via all,adding and amending
data
from the complex days we find ourselves
in now.
Without art we are cave and fire.With
art,we have walls daubed
with hunting tracks and initiation
rituals.Time cannot stop art-
bee in amber,dinosaur feather,homeless
art,Banksy to Beauty
in our own lives-our homes,our walls
,our inner artist
creating and extending with every brush
stroke/every brave failure
to describe this world while living
within it-as it (and we)change everything
just by responding to stimuli(like this
..yes..like this..
Thursday, 22 December 2016
THE GONZO WEEKLY #213-4
Gonzo Magazine #213-4
THE SUPER DUPER YULE DOUBLE ISSUE
In this bumper holiday issue, Doug goes to see ARW (Anderson, Rabin and
Wakeman) in words and pictures, Jeremy goes to see Jimbob late of Carter USM,
Alan enthuses over the Bollywood Brass Band, Jon rails about Nostradamus and
presents his top ten records of the year. We also meet the mighty Sensorium
Girliebox, Tony Henderson has more Pink Fairies sculptures, there is a
competition to win ARW tickets, and Doug, Alan and John make some surprising
choices when writing about festive music. And, yes, Corinna tells a story.
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday
Night Progressive, whilst Canterbury Sans Frontieres is back ‘cos there was a
full moon last week. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy
Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a
collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos
(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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:
Sensorium Girliebox, David Bowie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kula Shaker,
The Divine Comedy, Shirley Collins, The Rolling Stones, Black Angel Drifter,
Radiohead, Sexwitch, Leonard Cohen, Chic, Thom Yorke, Mick Jagger, CeeLo, David
Bowie, Marillion, Elton John, Yes, Strange Harvest, Friday Night Progressive,
Canterbury sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Robert Alan "Bob"
Krasnow, Bunny Tekokiri Miha Wahi Walters, Elizabeth Taylor Pecanins,
Barrelhouse Chuck, Mark Fisher, James Ellsworth "Jim" Lowe, Lionel Blue, Zsa Zsa
Gabor, Henry Judah Heimlich, Spirits Burning and Clearlight, Vangelis, Al
Atkins, Atomic Rooster, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie
Fisher & Barbara Dickson, The Pink Fairies, Tony Henderson, ARW, Alan
Dearling, Gary Glitter, John Brodie-Good, Gary Duncan’s Quicksilver,
Lindisfarne, Lemmy, Bollywood Brass Band, Jeremy Smith, Jim Bob, Chris T-T, Mr
Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, Muse, Prince, John
Entwistle, The Beatles, Connie Converse
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 211 (Phil Collins)
Issue 210 (Nico)
Issue 209 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 208 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 207 (Tibet)
Issue 206 (Raz)
Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 204 (Gas Tank)
Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)
Issue 202 (Gong)
Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)
Issue 200 (Deep Purple)
Issue 199 (Yes)
Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)
Issue 196 (Paul May)
Issue 195 (Dave Brock)
Issue 194 (Auburn)
Issue 193 (Genre Peak)
Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)
Issue 191 (Karnataka)
Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)
Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)
Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)
Issue 186 (Beatles)
Issue 185 (Judge Smith)
Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)
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
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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:
OCCASIONALLY,ENTRANCE IS
FREE@STONEHENGE
Usually,for a ceremony led by
Druids
Yesterday,families sat on stones and
filmed each other
There were more iphones than guitars
and drums-
more passive witnessing than active
participation.
Of course,one also saw
meditators,stone-huggers,eerily dressed pagans
but they stood as visual contrast to
the rugged up,capped and camera-ready spectators.
A line of women in red chanted"BE
AWARE!THE LAND THAT WE WALK ON IS SACRED"
as they proceeded into the center of
the space inside the stone circle.NOTE!This was all filmed
LIVE from Stonehenge,so the paradox of
filmmakers being filmed was a constant reality.
Faerie children stared at the drummers
,who kept beat from various locations around and within.
Clouds were British gray and dull.It
would have been chill.Coats were as thick as clouds.
Ritual was observed in many
ways(individually and collectively)
The openness and documentation via live
feed were unique.
I felt i was given a gift of 43 minutes
within Stonehenge itself
So i rugged up,adopted a Brit
accent,and prayed for Sacred Stones to save us!
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