Friday 31 August 2018

Gonzo Weekly #301-2

Gonzo Weekly #301-2
THE PEACE AND LOVE ISSUE
 
In another fantastically fab issue, Richard meets Ringo Starr and goes into Therapy, Jon examines the autobiography of Cosey from Throbbing Gristle, John goes analogue, Doug goes to see Erasure, and Chris and Graham independently mention Eric Clapton, Alan gets the blues from Toby Mottershead, Raz goes to see Yes feat. ARW, Graham muses on Hawkwind and Arthur Brown, and Jon gets all apocalyptic and then releases an album.
#Hail Eris!
 
And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, AND Friday Night Progressive, AND there are columns from all sorts of folk including Kev Rowlands, Neil Nixon, C J Stone, AND Roy Weard and the irrepressible Corinna AND Mr Biffo are back on board.  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:
 
Ken Worthington, John Shuttleworth, Apple Records, Ed Sheeran, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Daryl Hannah, Michael Jackson, Michael Raz Rescigno, YES featuring Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman, Bart Lancia, Peter Gabriel, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Lindsay Keith Kemp, Anthony Toby Hiller, Marvin Neil Simon, Edward Calhoun King, Leslie Carswell Johnson, Spencer Patrick Jones, Turgut Berkes, Khaira Arby, Jack Constanzo, Danny Pearson, Jill Janus, Collins Leysath "DJ Ready Red", Kyle Pavone, Elliot "Ellie" Mannette, Rick Wakeman, Michael Bruce, Natural Gas, Richard Stellar, Ringo Starr, Doug Harr, Erasure, Alan Dearling, Toby Mottershead, The Barrels Ale House, John Brodie Good, sound systems, Analogue, Stephen Fearing, Kev Rowland, Arena, Black Foxxes, Black Moth, Bob Arthurs & Steve Lamattina, The Bonnevilles, Bulletboys,Crosson, Roo, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Chris Stone, Eric Clapton, Hawkwind, Arthur Brown, Jon Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Carlos Santana, Elvis, Neil Nixon, Diamanda Galas.
 
And the last few issues are:
 
Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)
Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)
Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)
Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)
Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)
Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)
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:
 

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COMING THIS WEEKEND


The Day John Lennon Died (2010 Documentary)



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In Pursuit of Happiness
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Eric Burdon - The Animals And Beyond (Awesome Documentary)



ERIC BURDON AT GONZO

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen



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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart



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Union
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Union (2CD)
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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?

THE DEPARTMENT OF MEANING IS EMPTY
Like Iraqi Department of Antiquities upon invasion
Like refugee camps outnumbering local populations
Like rivers on fire and beached whales.We may be dolphins or sharks.Or the fish they both eat.
Sharks need a better P R Agency.Dolphins just sex and swim and smile.We seek Meaning
even when emptiness is not enough,and context justifies nihilism/totalitarianism/dictatorships.
Even Popes can be wrong.Presidents in error.We make mistakes.
Evolution is still a Theory(like Gravity)that can be negated by circumstances.
Dreams are a doorway and a window to another world.Half our life asleep!

When we wake up-which is the Real dream?A-The one we believe in..

Thursday 30 August 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Louis Hector Berlioz: Requiem (Lyon 2012)



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I, Berlioz
DVD - £7.99

YES ALUMNUS NEWS


Teaming up with Billy Sherwood from the band Yes, he created an album that showed surprising depth and was enjoyable. The album was Shatner's ...



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Union
DVD - £10.99

Union (2CD)
2CD - £7.99

BARBARA DICKSON IN THE NEWS


Star of Scottish stage Barbara Dickson heads to Lowther Pavilion in St Annes ... Scotland's best-selling female artist Barbara Dickson is bringing her ...

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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
CD - £9.99

Barbara Dickson in Blood Brothers
CD - £9.99

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
CD - £7.99

Winter
CD - £9.99

Che Faro
DVD - £10.99

B4 74 - The Folkclub Tapes
2CD - £10.99

Full Circle
CD - £7.99

Into The Light
DVD - £10.99

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?

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT
WHEN NOT BURIED IN FACEBOOK, OR YOUTUBE
or emailing future dream visits to present time folk
i derail myself.Stop.Meditate.Read THE DIVINE COMEDY
(i went to Dante's home in Florence.,but he was not there..)
i LIKE the idea of PARADISE and share it (like Milton
i like William Blake and all his pastel angels
i like the way the past is set in small print,while headlines BLARE
i like to change garments-from grump to gratitude.ODE TO JOY
i know the past is a foundation upon which we forget
i like to go back to see how the building stands
Translations give me Russian,Italian,Spanish dreams
And mystical Hafiz,Kabir and Rumi(via Shams
who never wrote anything.Just like Jesus.Just like Socrates.
When my attitude changes,i give respect to my ancestors
and embrace the river of this present moment.Swim,surf,drown-
what happened before will never happen again.I have been wrong before

and will probably be wrong again..Time for another change..in latitudes..

YES FEATURING ARW IN THE NEWS

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On the eve of rehearsals featuring Oliver Wakeman stepping into his father's shoes, Anderson was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and the ...

J-Burg native Trevor Rabin replicated well the guitar parts of the songs which made the band monumental before his mid-80s tenue. By the time of his ...

Yes ARW – the lineup featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman – kicked off their 50th anniversary U.S. tour with an intimate show at ...

Yes ARW singer Jon Anderson recalled the time he performed a show fearing he would be killed onstage. It took place during Yes's 90125 tour in ...

Jon Anderson had a riser center stage, perhaps to prevent him diminishing among the players. His voice was never commanding, and he has lost a bit ...

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM JON ANDERSON AT GONZO
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..

Wednesday 29 August 2018

Primitive Graven Image - Traversing the Awesome Night 2013 - The Extended Interview



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Psychedelic Episodes (Observations on Death and Deathlessness)
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Celebrating Impending Chaos
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YES FEATURING ARW IN THE NEWS

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Yes ARW – the lineup featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman – kicked off their 50th anniversary U.S. tour with an intimate show at ...

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM JON ANDERSON AT GONZO
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..

LEONARD COHEN NEWS


The City of CĂ´te Saint-Luc has inaugurated a lane to honour the memory of late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. About 50 people, including ...

“We want to be known as a city of culture and Leonard Cohen is a man of culture,” said Cote-St-Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein. “We decided to have ...

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Shostakovich Quartet No 15 - Borodin Quartet



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Testimony
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Testimony - The Story Of Shostakovich
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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?


LONG LIVE ALL MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES
LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLE PLAY
Long live People's Community Festivals
Long live Independent Coffee Shops
Long live Recycled Reads and all Small Libraries
Long live Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly
Long live the Freedom to Believe or not Believe
Long live poetry ,philosophy,declamation and rhetoric
Long live TALL stories and short stories
Long live FLASH fiction and slow writings
Long live haiku,senryu,tanka and haibun
Long live clear clean running water
Long live trees and all who shelter under them
Long live earth and all who walk with her
Long live fantasy and projection,laughter and goodwill
Long live YOU and all other mythological constructions
LONG LIVE US!

đŸ‘½

Monday 27 August 2018

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Mick Farren/Deviants - Let's loot the supermarket again (77)



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Mick Farren (September 1943 – July 2013) was not someone who could be described as ‘best known for’ anything. Gloucestershire-born Farren was a singer with The Deviants and a musicia..


Mick Farren was a great man. Many people have described him to me as having been “barking mad”, but – even if this is true – it does not negate his greatness one iota. Born in ..
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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.