Friday 29 June 2018

Gonzo Weekly #293

Gonzo Weekly #293
THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE STONES ISSUE
 
In this remarkably eclectic issue, which is one of my favourites for a while, Alan discusses the events surrounding this summer’s Solstice  Celebrations at Stonehenge, Doug presents the first of two looks at the delectable Annabella Lwin and Bow wow wow, Jon looks at where this magazine stands vis-a-vis the music press as a whole, we celebrate a partial victory for the tree protestors over Sheffield City Council, John goes to Yorkshire for the Shangri-La of speakers, Jeremy critiques the new book on the Flamin’ Groovies, together with fantastic pix from George Alexander’s collection, and Graham brings us up to date with Hawkwind news.
 
#Hail Eris!
 
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, AND Mack Maloney, BUT Friday Night Progressive is on hiatus this week, there are columns from all sorts of folk including Kev Rowlands AND the irrepressible Corinna, although Neil Nixon, and Roy Weard, and C J Stone, and Mr Biffo are having a well-deserved week off. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and red kangaroos who've lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with the largest extant macropods who are in a quandry with regards their footwear, 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:
 
Mojo, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Fedor Freso, Vincent Paul Abbot, David Bianco, Daniel Trombley Ingram, George Cameron, Geoffrey Oryema, Leslie Michael Grantham, Joseph Walter Jackson, Steve Soto, Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby, Rick Wakeman, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Mitchell Trio, Doug Harr, Bow Wow Wow, Annabella Lwin, George Alexander, Flamin' Groovies, Alan Dearling, Summer Solstice, Stonehenge Festival, Thom the World Poet, John Brodie-Good, Rebound Records (York), The Sound Organisation, Linn Isobaric Loudspeakers ('Briks'), Kev Rowland, Ghoul + Ill Bill, Loathe, Holding Absence, Joel Grind, Midnight, Nil Eye, Ringworm, Ghoul, Acid Witch, Multicult, Like Rats, Shed The Skin, Immortal Bird, Child Bite, Brain Tentacles, Ritual Howls, Superfecta, Cyril, Gygax, Innfight, Giuda, Jari Tuira, Jirm, Hawkwind, Jon Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Shania Twain, Gorillaz , Beatles, Damon Albarn, Nordoff Robins
 
And the last few issues are:
 
Issue 293 (Stonehenge)
Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)
Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)
Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)
Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)
Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)
Issue 286 (Monty Python)
Issue 285 (ELP)
Issue 284 (Straqngelove)
Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)
 
 
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.

ERIC BURDON NEWS

And singer Eric Burdon sounds like motherfucking Danzig. He just opens his throat and wails: “Oh mothers, tell your children not to do what I have ...

YES FEATURING ARW IN THE NEWS

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In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman combined their incredible talents and the heritage of YES to take to the road for a series of ...

Yes Interviews: 1987 - Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin Interviewed on Much Music with Laurie ...
Yes Interviews Date: 1987 Item: Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin Interviewed on Much Music with Laurie Brown For all my Yes posts see here: ...

Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman Announce
1971-72: Jon Anderson / Steve Howe / Bill Bruford / Chris Squire / Rick Wakeman. Wakeman completed the classic-era lineup, and the first of two ... 

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Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for hi..


Starmus is a festival of music and astronomy on the beautiful island of Tenerife. It is the brain child of Garik Israelian (the astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational..


On this extraordinary album, legendary keyboard player teams up with an Italian singer named Mario Fasciano. Stavros Moschopoulos  writes: 'Recorded on the Isle of Man, the CD contains 8 new..


With special guests  Various artists including: Ian Paice, Rick Parfitt, Steve Hackett, Andy Fairweather Low, John Entwistle etc..


Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known f..


Musician, producer and former Yes member Billy Sherwood has put together what he’s dubbed “the biggest super group of progressive rock players ever assembled,” to form ..


26 tracks in all, of which 10 are previously unreleased (these including an epic version of Matthew the Man - live in Tokyo 2001 and Beijing - widescreen remix from Iona, and other unreleased tra..

COMING THIS WEEKEND


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?


"CIVILITY" IN CIVIL WAR ZONES
THIS CAN MEAN MANY THINGS-
Welcoming refugees to "The Land of the Free"
Not imprisoning children and separating families
Not threatening journalists and protestors
Not inflaming Twitter with racism or misogyny
More positively,it may mean fixing roads,bridges and infrastructure
Ensuring Medicare for all,as well as shelter
Perhaps a Living Wage for all ,over income disparities
These are all pipe dreams until speech becomes silver(not toxic arsenic)
And the true taste of democracy is reflected in
the way we treat each other and the world we are all involved within
Let me dream of beginnings without the need for endings
From Ground Zero,post Hiroshima/Nagasaki,Japan can flourish
Post World War Two(post Dresden/Berlin firestorms)
Germany can become an economic engine

We need a Marshall Plan for America.Start with free speech..

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Dudamel · Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela



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Testimony
CD - £7.99

Testimony - The Story Of Shostakovich
DVD - £7.99

Thursday 28 June 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Man - Many Are Called, But Few Get Up (Live 1975)



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Live at Reading 1983
CD - £9.99

Legal Bootleg Live '99
CD - £9.99

The 1999 Tour Party
CD - £9.99

Badfinger documentary (Week In Week Out, BBC Wales 1987)



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CD - £9.99

Rick Wakeman explain his Brexit thoughts



CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM RICK WAKEMAN AT GONZO


Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for hi..


Starmus is a festival of music and astronomy on the beautiful island of Tenerife. It is the brain child of Garik Israelian (the astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational..


On this extraordinary album, legendary keyboard player teams up with an Italian singer named Mario Fasciano. Stavros Moschopoulos  writes: 'Recorded on the Isle of Man, the CD contains 8 new..


With special guests  Various artists including: Ian Paice, Rick Parfitt, Steve Hackett, Andy Fairweather Low, John Entwistle etc..


Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known f..


Musician, producer and former Yes member Billy Sherwood has put together what he’s dubbed “the biggest super group of progressive rock players ever assembled,” to form ..


26 tracks in all, of which 10 are previously unreleased (these including an epic version of Matthew the Man - live in Tokyo 2001 and Beijing - widescreen remix from Iona, and other unreleased tra..

FRANK ZAPPA ARTICLE


Often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, the album is a satirical expression of frontman Frank Zappa's perception of American pop ...


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In 1965, Ray Collins asked Zappa to take over as guitarist in local R&B band the Soul Giants, following a fight between Collins and the group's original guitarist. Zappa accepted, and soon assumed..


On September 19, 1985, Frank Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organizati..

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?

RADIATION.LEUKEMIA.SELLAFIELD.MARALINGA.FUKUSHIMA
Caesium,ruthenium,strontium,uranium,plutonium
Before we look @your casualty list,we need to examine your language
"Business"is equated with "Development"and the "General Good"
"Activist Groups"are seen as "troublemakers"(Like whistleblowers)
Journalists are tolerated so long as they do not become "issue-based"
And newspapers still have empty headlines and Page three distractions
Before we ask the names of those dead from cancers
we need to know the WHYs and WHEREFORES..
If a link can show nuclear power plants to be unsafe,
then that one near New York needs to be closed immediately ..
In fact,all should be closed.Unless you wish
more proof of a link between radiation and leukaemias/bone cancers..
More casualty lists..(like truth)

http://www.spiritthom.com


[The Calvinist takes her environmentalism seriously.]

Wednesday 27 June 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Barbara Dickson - Answer Me



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Time And Tide 
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In Good Company
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Live in Concert 1976/77
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7 Ages of Woman
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Barbara Dickson in Blood Brothers
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John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert
CD - £9.99

More Brecht Than Broadway
4CD Boxset - £49.99

Morning Comes Quickly
CD - £7.99

Answer Me
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Winter
CD - £9.99

Che Faro
DVD - £10.99

B4 74 - The Folkclub Tapes
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Full Circle
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Into The Light
DVD - £10.99

Old Grey Whistle Test - Rick Wakeman interview from 4/4/75



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Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for hi..


Starmus is a festival of music and astronomy on the beautiful island of Tenerife. It is the brain child of Garik Israelian (the astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational..


On this extraordinary album, legendary keyboard player teams up with an Italian singer named Mario Fasciano. Stavros Moschopoulos  writes: 'Recorded on the Isle of Man, the CD contains 8 new..


With special guests  Various artists including: Ian Paice, Rick Parfitt, Steve Hackett, Andy Fairweather Low, John Entwistle etc..


Richard Christopher 'Rick' Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known f..


Musician, producer and former Yes member Billy Sherwood has put together what he’s dubbed “the biggest super group of progressive rock players ever assembled,” to form ..


26 tracks in all, of which 10 are previously unreleased (these including an epic version of Matthew the Man - live in Tokyo 2001 and Beijing - widescreen remix from Iona, and other unreleased tra..

ERIC BURDON REVIEW


IT'S rather appropriate that the first full day of the Great Exhibition of the North is rounded off by a show by one of Newcastle`s greatest sons, Eric ...

ERIC BURDON AT GONZO

ALAN WHITE ON 50 YEARS OF YES


This summer, several of the longstanding members, including White and guitarist Steve Howe are touring in celebration of 50 years of Yes music.

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Union
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Union (2CD)
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