THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Steve Marriott - Stay With Me Baby

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30 Seconds to Midnight CD - £9.99

IAIN MATTHEWS NEWS

Americana legend's new show Wharfedale Observer Iain Matthews was recruited as lead vocalist for folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention in 1967 before embarking on a hugely successful and prolific ...

Seven Bridges Road video from Trinity River Band Bluegrass Today Even the Eagles version which most people recognize was a cover, taken from an a cappella arrangement by Iain Matthews of Fairport Connection ...

Top author Adele Parks reveals secrets at book festival News & Star Former Fairport Convention vocalist Iain Matthews will sing and talk about his 50 years in the music business on Tuesday. He co-wrote his memoir ...

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Fairport Convention And Matthews Southern Comfort

Fairport Convention is the world’s leading exponent of British Folk Rock, having virtually invented the genre in the late sixties. The band was formed in the mid-sixties by Ashley Hutchings but ..

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YESSTUFF

Rick Wakeman Recalls Yes Members Fighting Over Who Made Mistakes Onstage: We Argued ... Ultimate-Guitar.Com "But Bill [Bruford, drums] said 'Chris [Squire, bass], you made a mistake there, you screwed up.' And Chris went, 'No, I didn't. It was you, you did the bar ...

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Yes

Yes are quite rightly considered one of the leading lights of the progressive rock scene, a position they have held for more than forty years.Releasing albums such as Close To The Edge, Tales From Top..

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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?"

A GOOD NIGHT (OPEN MIC)

CROWDED STAGE

Open page -for each to write upon the ballooned air

Laughter when the fear releases into joy

Musicians collaborate /co-operate

Comedians enlighten and lift the vibe

Each testifies their own life lines

Unique and precious.New voices/old returnees.

Each has poems,songs,stories

And are surprised by warmth and welcome

They have all come long distances

Interior and exterior aligned/refined via acceptance

Each angel of word and song levitates home

A new show comes in and on /new forms again'

And the night air laughs with the happiness of friends..

RICK WAKEMAN: How Rick Wakeman Saved David Bowie's "Space Oddity" With The Mellotron

How Rick Wakeman Saved David Bowie's "Space Oddity" With The Mellotron iHeartRadio Rick Wakeman is best known in America and the virtuoso keyboardist on Yes's most groundbreaking albums of the '70s. In his home country of the ...

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Adhan (sung) | Call to Prayer | Channel 4

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.

MICHAEL MOORCOCK: to release new album

Michael Moorcock to release new album Louder Hawkwind collaborator and author Michael Moorcock has released his third studio album with his band The Deep Fix. Live At The Terminal Cafe sees ... CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO Spirits Burning And Michael Moorcock An Alien Heat at the End of a Multiverse... re-imagined by Don Falcone, Albert Bouchard, & Michael Moorcock with Blue Öyster Cult family members Joe Bouchard, Richie Castellano, & Donald .. Read More

PLAYLIST: SHOW 302 – Who is William Onyeabor?

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample.

The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College’s Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks).

Neil Nixon, the founder and presenter of the show has released a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia.

The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.

SHOW 302 – Who is William Onyeabor?

Black Sabbath:  Fairies Wear Boots

The Kevins:  Fools Paradise

Martin Archer:  Never Say (feat Rosie Brown)

William Onyeabor:  Atomic Bomb

Trembling Bells:  England was Aghast

The Dream Academy:  Forest Fire

Can:  Future Days

William Onyeabor:  Something You’ll Never Forget

Ann Peebles:  I Needed Somebody

The Jam:  Boy About Town

Israel Nash:  The Widow

Beethoven Gato:  Gato #6

Referee:  Fandangos Negros

Axis Sova:  Dodger

Arlo Guthrie:  Alice’s Restaurant Massacre

Let’s Eat Grandma:  Falling into Me

William Onyeabor:  When the Going Gets Smooth and Good

Mary Hampton:  Exeunt

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?"

I WAS SUFFERING FROM TOO MUCH HAPPINESS

THE CARDINALS OUTSIDE WERE THE SPIRITS OF MY ANCESTORS

I photographed them so i could learn wings.They taught me the secret of flight.

It is to move as if your life depended upon it(because it does...)

To consume means you will be consumed.To forget means you will not remember.

To lie means you cannot stand your own story.This is what the birds told me...

Trees,on the other hand are old Chinese philosophers.They are doctors and graphic artists.

They create toothpick sculptures and satirize Presidents.They are laughing company.

Now,if you cross this border as a tourist,you overstay your Visa.This is NOT true

for birds,bees,butterflies and jaguars.They travel by night and migrate across barriers.

Trees are patient warriors.They stand until bulldozer growls"Development" .They say

if you need words-try these-SADHANA,ATMAN,BHAKTI,KALI YUGA &SATSANG.

Gonzo Weekly #357/8

Gonzo Weekly #357/8
THE CRIMSON ISSUE
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

In this remarkably disciplined issue Doug goes to see King Crimson, Alan goes all psychedelic at O.Z.O.R.A in Hungary, Mad Iccy meets Roddy Radiation of The Specials, we go on patrol with PAART, Bart goes to see Yes et al in the Royal Affair, Jon has his PIP Assessment, and Graham brings us bad news about Ginger Baker

Hail Eris!

And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive AND Strange Fruit, there are columns from Kev Rowland and Mr Biffo, C J Stone, and Roy Weard, but Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and antichinuses who have lost their shoes (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are searching for 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:

Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Leonard Cohen, Adam Cohen, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Prog Awards, Thom Yorke, Sinead O'Connor, The Rolling Stones, Yes, Asia, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Richard Theodore Otcasek, Edward Joseph Mahoney, Ida Laila, Daniel Dale Johnston, Jeffrey Craig "Jeff" Fenholt, Dalibor Andonov, Anthony Paul Mills, John Cohen, Mick Schauer, Larry Wallis, Harold Mabern, Jr., Yonrico Scott, Robert C. Hunter, Rick Wakeman, Gerry Beckley, The Waterson Family, The Fall, Richard Wright and Dave Harris - Zee, Chasing the Monsoon, Doug Harr, King Crimson, Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team (PAART), Alan Dearling, O.Z.O.R.A. Festival, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Youth, Raja Ram, Basil Brooks, Naxatrax, BaBa ZuLa, Zion Train, Raja Ram, Eat Static, Mad Iccy (Icarus Ruoff), Roddy 'Radiation' Byers, Kev Rowland, Wayfarer, Witchskull, Witchsorrow, Yesternight, Kenny Mitchell, Greenrose Faire, Tony Klinger, Hawkwind, Ginger Baker, Jonathan Downes, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Joan Aiken

And the last few issues are:

Issue 357-8 (King Crimson)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-355-6.html
Issue 355-6 (Elfin Bow)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-355-6.html
Issue 353-4 (Melanie S Jane)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-353-4.html
Issue 351-2 (Royal Affair)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CE…/gonzo-351-2-fvxuatzgf.html
Issue 349-50 (Experimental Sonic Machines)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-349-50.htm
Issue 347-8 (Gary Duncan)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-347-8.html
Issue 345-6 (RDF)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-345-6.html
Issue 343-4 (Auburn)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-343-4.html
Issue 341-42 (America)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-341-2.html
Issue 339-40 (Kev Rowland)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-339-40.html
Issue 337-38 (Zee)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-337-8.html
Issue 335-36 (Raz)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-335-6.html
Issue 333-34 (Nepal)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-333-4.html
Issue 331-32 (Scott Walker)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-331-2.html

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:
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

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 GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Selecter - On My Radio (1979) (With Lyrics) (HQ)

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Selecter,The

The Selecter are a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in mid-1979. The Selecter featured a racially diverse line-up. Their lyrics featured themes connected to politics.Reinforcing ..

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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?"

WE WERE ON THE SCOTTISH BORDER

HE WALKED ME DOWN TO THE HARBOR BEACH

"Here is where they burned the witches two hundred years ago"

Then he shared a stronger story.Seems the fishermen

were behind in their tithes.Fish were not biting/storms prevented sailing.

So the Church threatened excommunication unless actions were taken.

Against weather advice,the able-bodied men set out to fish(and were successful)

As they were returning ,within sight of their wives and children,a storm sprang up

and sank their boats,drowning the best and most able of their men.

There is now a sculpture standing where the women and children watched

as their loved ones drowned in front of their eyes..Later,it was women

who fished the seas and tended the nets as well as their children.

Truth is always stronger than fiction.When fishing for facts,

always ask the victims.

This Map Shows the Scale of 16th- and 17th-Century Scottish Witch HuntsThe interactive tool tells the stories of 3,141 men and women accused of practicing witchcraft

image: https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/5vYKBUXO3VFC4L4i3bmFJ5JGPpw=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/92/42/9242da4e-0d60-4d56-9e8f-2df42038a5f0/screen_shot_2019-09-26_at_115013_am.png
The map shows locations including accused witches' places of residence, sites of trial, detention and
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-visualizes-scale-16th-and-17th-century-scottish-witch-hunts-180973226/#drDvUTCg8pbJCpm6.99

LEONARD COHEN NEWS

Canada honors Leonard Cohen with stamp set issued Sept. 21 Linn's Stamp News Canada Post created three stamp designs to honor Canadian music legend Leonard Cohen. The three permanent-rate stamps are issued in a ...

Leonard Cohen Gives 'Thanks For The Dance' From Beyond The Grave NPR When Leonard Cohen died in November 2016, the enigmatic icon left behind a catalog of dark, thoughtful treasures — 14 studio albums' worth of ...

Listen to new Leonard Cohen song “The Goal,” from just-announced posthumous album Los Angeles Times A posthumous album of Leonard Cohen songs completed by his son and friends, admirers and collaborators after his death in 2016, titled “Thanks for ... Go behind the scenes of the new Leonard Cohen album - CBC.ca Full Coverage  Story of artistic life on Greek island gets on PM's shortlist The Age Half the Perfect World, by Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell, chronicles the lives of the artists, writers and musicians – including Leonard Cohen – on ... CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His work often explored religion, isolation, sexuality and personal relationships. Cohen has been inducted into the .. Read More

JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH: returns to Louth for charity show

John Shuttleworth returns to Louth for charity show Louth Leader 'John Shuttleworth's Back'... is giving him trouble! And he will tell you all about it at the Riverhead Theatre next spring... Many years of strenuous DIY, ... Shuttleworth John Shuttleworth is a fictional singer-songwriter and radio presenter created by English comedy actor and musician Graham Fellows in 1986. Shuttleworth is in his late 50s and is from Walkley in Sheff.. Read More

ZAPPA EN PASSANT

11 Rock Musicians-Turned-Movie Directors Geek Summing up the career of Frank Zappa in a single paragraph isn't likely to happen here, but his body of work is a tremendous musical epic through ...

How Frank Zappa Helped Guitarist Adrian Belew Play With the Greats Westword In the span of just a few years, guitarist Adrian Belew went from being behind on his rent, driving a broken-down Volkswagen and playing for the ...

Dweezil Zappa LIVE! at the Newton Theatre New Jersey Stage Tonight, they'll be playing Frank Zappa's landmark 1969 album, Hot Rats, in its entirety — in addition to “other hot stuff” from his famous father's ...

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Maria Callas Live: Bizet's Carmen Habanera, Hamburg 1962

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30th Anniversary DVD - £7.99

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?"

SILENCES BETWEEN OUR CONVERSATIONS

COMPOUNDED BY DISTANCE

Time is a bird that flies away

When we land again,we continue

As if neither space,nor time has edited us

Yet,if you added all distractions,duties,dislocations

It may be we are on different planets/yet here we are

blinking stars over space,with stopped time watching..

Refreshing to continue,as if we would never stop.

Astonishing how life extends into our next lives

when we connect and consolidate our curiosities..

Something good is happening here,and it is not just water ,or air

or the sharing of personal data.Creative spark requires

the sticks of common threads,adding up to Bright New....Oops!

Here comes Silence again,adding more useless punctuation

Does she not know we are Free/Verse?

LEONARD COHEN: has a new album coming out

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BARBARA DICKSON: Andrew Carnegie was very important when I was growing up,

'Andrew Carnegie was very important when I was growing up,' says Barbara Dickson ahead of ... The Courier Ahead of a special concert in Dunfermline, Scots singer Barbara Dickson tells Michael Alexander why she's thrilled to be going back to her roots.

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Barbara Dickson

As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressive Olivier-Award-winning acting career, Barbara Dickson OBE has firmly established herself as one of the most enduring and popular e..

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YESSYTHINGZ

The Steve Howe Trio: New Frontier – album review Louder Than War (blog) Steve Howe of Yes, not quite as solo as he has been in the past but opting for a slightly different direction. Yes, it is what it says on the tin: a new ...

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ZAPPANEWS

Best bets: Dweezil Zappa plays Zappa at the Arcada; Shaun Latham does standup at Zanies Chicago Daily Herald Dweezil Zappa pays tribute to his father, Frank Zappa, with a 50th anniversary concert featuring the entirety of the album "Hot Rats" with the "Hot Rats ...

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