Wednesday 30 September 2020

FRANK ZAPPA INTERVIEWS GRACE SLICK

Frank Zappa's hilarious interview with Grace Slick. Share. The late Frank Zappa was a bastion of alternative culture, a ...

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MORE FROM YESterdays

Unlike in Yes' prior track, “The Game,” Chris Squire's bass propels “Step Beyond” forward with glimpses of the innovative trebly style found on “The ...

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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: '10 commandments of guitar playing'

Don Van Vliet, better known as singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist and all-round guitar impresario Captain Beefheart, is widely ...

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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?"

FLASHBACKS
BEAUTY OF LONGEVITY?
Long Distance Visions .They visit with intensities and clarity.
As if they are in this present moment.Beds you slept in.
People you knew.They are gone.Parts of you are,too.
Even though the door is locked,you can still see through
As they are frozen Polaroids in a sepia Temple.Yet-they move!
I was sharing about seeing the young Bee Gees
at the Myer Shopping Center in Chermside.It was just after
they had arrived in Australia from Manchester.There was still bush and trees and birds.
Magpies swooped down to take my young blonde hair for their nests.All remembrance is selective.
Bee Gees will never be as young and harmonic and pimpled as they were at 14 ,15 and 16.
I can only remember them as i experienced their youth.Later,i would hitch the Hippy Trail
to join my drummer friend Colin(Smiley)Peterson.He drummed for them(@APPLE,in London)
Never got there.Our paths never crossed again.Only now,when i hear SPICKS &SPECKS,I STARTED A JOKE
and all the harmonies of happiness that endeared me to the possibilities of shared pleasures.
How much remembered?How much hyperbole?Dreams still return/Clear as this Moment's shining.
Why deny them?

GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1969) (4K)

  

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Monday 28 September 2020

YES: More Drama

... constantly trying to rob Scrooge McDuck) were drafted in to replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, rather than being appalled, I was intrigued.

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FRANK AND MOON

Frank Zappa. High Times: When I spoke to you in 1979, I think I recall you saying that your kids weren't interested in music at all ...

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COHENSTUFF

Historically, the small rocky island of Hydra has been closely associated with the Greek War of Independence, in which it played an important role, ...
He played on Leonard Cohen's last album and created “Sketches of Miles,” inspired by the work of Miles Davis. Since 2019, he has served as artist in ...

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Arthur Brown - Fire 🔥 (1968)

  

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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?"

ADDICT ,I
METFORMIN,PIOGLITAZONE,LISINOPRIL,JARDIANCE
My dealers Doctors and that CVS.There is no cure/just maintenance
Pills daily,nightly.Who can forget all this?I remember my uncle
his dying bed ,next to a table filled with pills and potions
none of which had saved him from a pot-bellied end..
And my grandfather,on his death bed,still taking his medicine
even though he knew no pill could save him in the end.
Salt and sugar my mainlines.I digest them in all foods.
Been rewarded from childhood with these sweets which pump up dentist bills.
Peanut on a plane had shaken out a filling-so a hippy dentist in Hollywood
filled that hole .I gave him poetry.Satisfied,we.What i see-we
are all addicts .Some drugs kill faster than others-work,duty,beliefs,obedience.
Others string you out - they might sustain you -family,friends,acquaintances
Dependence universal as habits.Each day,another dose of time is apportioned.
You become oblivious to the fact of ends.Then they do.And you do,too
My best habit -is staying alive.No drug can top that-but some try to
Poetry,art,music-they are drugs,too.I am addicted.How about you?

Sunday 27 September 2020

NEW ALBUM FOR BARBARA DICKSON

DUNFERMLINE's own Barbara Dickson is set to reach a career milestone with the release of her 25th studio album. The award-winning singer's latest ...

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GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Tibetan Morning Chant

  



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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

  

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

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"THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING"(ric williams)
PROJECTION IS EVERYTHING
'The past is always with us-in fact it is not even the past"
We recognize when it repeats repeats-World Wars 1 and 2,
Iraq War#1 and 2,Bush#1,Bush#2,but no Kennedy #2...
Endless Afghani Empire Occupations-first British,then Russian,now(still) us.
Only the weapons change.Opium still harvests with different warlords
Corruption CIA like Air America Vietnam.Different drug mule planes-same game.
History repeats repeats.Same lies,same games.Different faces,same cliches.
"Burn the village to save the village"Uncounted civilian casualties=Collateral damage.
What can stop this Goya?This Guernica?This Return to Nazism/Fascism?
Art?Music?Poetry?Pigeons,sparrows,seagulls squawking,cooing,carping.
Journalists shot.Whistleblowers imprisoned.War on Assange continues.
Faux replaces fact.Community radio and TV kept on tiny frequencies.Flea bites.
Still,we make documentaries with tacked on happy endings
We cannot bear the weight death despair sinks us.SMILE!
YOU ARE ON CANDID CAMERA!(all 200 of them in one London day)

STRANGE FUIT PLAYLIST: 05-07-2020 – SHOW 365 – Midsummers Psych Dream


05-07-2020 – SHOW 365 – Midsummers Psych Dream

The Strawberry Alarm Clock: Hummin’ Happy 

Ayyuka: Tek Teker 


Gandalf: You Can Travel in the Dark

Mighty Baby: Egyptian Tomb

The Infinite Trip: Fall into Earth

Sweetwater: My Crystal Spider

Bipolaroid: Transparent Make-Believe

The Animated Egg: Sock it my Way

Akbaba Ikilsi: Danidum Danidum

Hawkwind: Wastelands of Sleep

Magic Mushroom Band: Liquid Sky

Dantalion’s Chariot: This Island

Keith Relf: All the Falling Angels

Touch Saly: Young Nam Knea Ram Leng

Cobalt Chapel: Positive Negative

Country Joe and the Fish: Bass Strings

Portishead: The Rip

Beautify Junkyards: Valley of Wonder

Vashti Bunyan: Here

Bloom de Wilde: Soul Siren

Quintessence: Bliss Trip

Neoton: Gyere Alom

David Crosby: Laughing

Sleepyard feat. Judy Dyble: Rainy Day Vibration

Earthen Sea: Existing Closer or Deeper in Space/ Window Skin and Mirror

Flat Earth Society: Midnight Hour

David Crosby: I’d Swear There was Somebody Here

Friday 25 September 2020

Gonzo Weekly #409/10

THE COVID CONVERSATIONS ISSUE
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 week? Ooooh lots of things. Such as The Flaming Lips, COVID Conversations, Fiona Apple and Auburn’s Liz Lenten, David Essex, Yusuf/Cat Stevens and oodles more, animal rescue with PAART, Reminiscences from Tony Klinger, and other stuff of interest.
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive, AND Merrell Fankhauser, and the Real Music Club, AND Strange Fruit, and Mr Biffo, there is a column from Kev Rowland, and one from Tony Klinger, 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!!!
..And the last few issues are:
Issue 407-8 (Jimi Hendrix)
Issue 405-6 (Corinna)
Issue 403-4 (Covid Conspiracies)
Issue 401-2 (The Westway)
Issue 399-40 (Kosmik Ken)
Issue 397-8 (Liz Lenten)
Issue 395-6 (Diane Warren/Sharon Farber)
Issue 393-4 (Daria Kulesh)
Issue 391-2 (Little Richard)
Issue 389-90 (Ian Anderson)
Issue 387-8 (A Guy called Gerald)
Issue 385-6 (Tony Henderson)
Issue 383-4 (London Remixed)
">Issue 381-2 (Greta)
Issue 379-80 (Andrew Weatherall)
Issue 377-8 (The Future)
Issue 375-6 (Big Sean)
Issue 373-4 (End of the World)
Issue 371-2 (New Year)
Issue 369-70 (Christmas)
Issue 367-8 (Register to Vote)
Issue 365-6 (Rick Wakeman)
Issue 363-4 (Focus)
Issue 361-2 (Martin Springett)
Issue 359-60 (Robert Hunter)
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!
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JOEY MOLLAND NEWS

 

Omnivore RecordingsJoey Molland, the last surviving original member of Badfinger, has debuted an official music video for his new single "Rainy Day ...
He's played in various groups and under the name Joey Molland's Badfinger since 1983. His several solo albums won critical acclaim but nothing could ...
Joey Molland, the last surviving member of Badfinger, will release his first album in seven years 'Be True To Yourself'. Our first taste of the album is the ...
Lead vocals are courtesy of an archival recording by Badfinger singer/guitarist Joey Molland, who is the last surviving original member of the group.

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