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Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Frank Zappa, “Improvised Concerto for Two Bicycles, Prerecorded Tape, and Instrumental Ensemble” (1963)

A very young Mr. Zappa, in full-on Edgard Varèse mode, goes on the Steve Allen show to demonstrate the use of the bicycle as a musical instrument. Hilarity follows. What you see below is one of my all-time favorite Frank Zappaclips. Frank the young composer was calm, earnest and mostly serious as he tried (and mostly succeeded) to show how a non-traditional “instrument” might still have musical qualities. Steve Allen, because it was his job, cracked wise even as he was bowing the spokes of an overturned bicycle and blowing into the handlebars of another.

It should be noted though that as the segment ended, Allen did realize that Frank was serious about this stuff — bringing up choreographer Alwin Nikolais, whose unorthodox methods reminded him of Zappa.

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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO

The Lost Broadcasts
DVD - £9.99

The Interview Sessions
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Hero Worship: Cliff Martinez on Captain Beefheart

Soundtrack composer (Drive, Only God Forgives, Sex, Lies and Videotape) and former drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Dickies, Cliff Martinez tells us of his lifelong love for Captain Beefheart, and what it was like to work with him

FEATURE BY CLIFF MARTINEZ.

PUBLISHED 27 NOVEMBER 2013

Don Glen Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, has been my musical idol since I was 13 or 14, and remains so to this day. Usually, your musical heroes fade as your tastes change, but his music is still a big inspiration to me. I'd like to think that in some way he has had a powerful influence on my music.

In a nutshell, he invented his own unique vocabulary for the music he made. The first thing that sucked me in was this completely new language for the drums. John 'Drumbo' French played the drums like nobody else. I don't even know where it came from, that style. I've talked to him, and he mentioned his own influences –Sandy Nelson, Ginger Baker, and some other guys, but it just didn't sound like anybody I'd ever heard before. It sounded like a completely fresh take on an instrument that millions of people play, and that millions of people have recorded – somehow he found something completely and totally new and different. A different way of thinking about it and approaching it. It was the same for the bass, same for the guitars and the other instruments. It's the same for Beefheart's composition – I don't think there's anything like it. You can't even describe his music without using the word 'Beefheart.' To this day, that's what I want to be when I grow up.

Working with Beefheart, he was really demanding – it was very hard to keep up. You had to have a tape recorder running at all times, because a lot of the things he wanted to capture would be spontaneous, improvised things that he would not be able to repeat. That might be a vocal performance, or he might sit down and get you to play the drums, giving you directions like 'Give me that thing that's meat on a plate with red asparagus dangling through the teacup,' or 'You know! Giant blue babies levitating over mountaintops.' And you were on your own! So it was really, really hard work, but it was my Gary Cooper, High Noon moment. I had a front row seat to experience his process. I don't think there will ever be another chance like that.

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The Lost Broadcasts
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Lunar Notes - Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience
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ALAN WHITE ON CRUISE TO THE EDGE, ROCK HALL AND NEW YES ALBUM

Rob Shanahan

After four decades into their singular career, Yes have been enjoying an unlikely renaissance. Back in 2011, the iconic prog-rockers released ‘Fly From Here,’ their excellent 20th studio LP — and their first since parting ways with founding singer Jon Anderson.

Sure, the lineup has shuffled a bit, but the drama has now subsided: The band’s long-running core trio (bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White) are currently joined by a reliable former keyboardist (Geoff Downes) and an engaging new frontman (Jon Davison), whose high, piercing voice is both eerily familiar and impressive on its own merits. Progressive rock — a genre so often slung through the critical mud over the past few decades — is finally cool again.

Over the past couple years, both Genesis and Rush have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — and now Yes have been nominated for the 2014 class. Overall, it’s a great time to be in Yes: Earlier this summer, they headlined their own prog festival (named, you guessed it, Yestival), and next April, they’ll take their intricate tunes to sea for their second-annual Cruise to the Edge.

We recently caught up with Yes drummer Alan White. Along the way, we chatted about the cruise, their Rock Hall nomination and their plans for a new studio album.

First off, huge congrats on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination. I spoke to Chris Squire a while back about the possibility, and he said he didn’t have much of an opinion about it. What about you?

Sure, man! Everyone ought to be excited about it, but we just carry on being musicians and just get on with it. At the same time, it’s a great experience to get recognition on the public side when you’ve been in the business for such a long time.

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Union (Standard DVD)
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Union (2CD)
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Rock Of The 70's
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The Lost Broadcasts
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling 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 Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, 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 with in 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? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENSE

YOUNG,INNOCENT,PRESUMPTUOUS

Projecting blind sunshine trust in a fog world

Extending bridges of trust over emotional chasms

Papering over family cracks ,castes,clans

Unaware of ends/barely knowing pain

Compromise only comes when necessary

Bargaining,negotiation-for survival,rations,results

Innocence burns off like a heat shield

Worlds unfurl like a flag you used to salute

until you see those bloodstains in patterns

like rows of white teeth memorials on too green lawn

New words some to you-distance,ennui,despair

Languages of emotional responses file past your bedroom

Some take you for a time/always limited

You want childhood's simplicities-yet you are complicit

in these sagas dividing time into segments

one of which may be your only epitaph.

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: As the Years Go Passing By - Felix Pappalardi

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Don't Worry Ma
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Geoff Downes: back into orchestra with a PANIC ROOM singer

Over the years, there’ve been a few albums released by the BUGGLES, YES and ASIA keyboard wiz Geoff Downes under the NEW DANCE ORCHESTRA moniker, such as "Vox Humana" from 1992. The latest one, “Electronica,” was out in 2010 but was extremely limited and receives its proper release only now. It’s a special one in that it doesn’t bear Downes’ name on the cover and features a great singer on the grooves: Anne-Marie Helder who rose to prominence with MOSTLY AUTUMN fame and now fronts PANIC ROOM that have just wrapped up the recording of “Incarnate,” a next-year follow-up to 2012′s brilliant "Skin".

In Geoff’s words, “The concept of the NEW DANCE ORCHESTRA is to create entirely ‘virtual’ orchestrations, utilizing a variety of musical instruments made up from computerized technology and other various audio resources. ‘Electronica is the result of a collection of carefully crafted songs using these orchestral treatments on each individual track in different ways.” More so, it’s highly danceable as well as intellectual.

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Steve Hackett: An intimate chat with the prodigious guitarist of 'Genesis'

British virtuoso guitarist, singer and songwriter Steve Hackett is a musician’s musician. While Hackett’s musical realm is limitless, he is widely renowned for his intricate progressive and classical rock guitar stylings and composition withGenesis. But over the years, Steve Hackett has affectionately embraced numerous musical genres while brilliantly composing, arranging, and recording track after track of pristine musical enchantment.

Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited-Genesis Extended will be performing at the newly renovated Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida on Thursday April 3rd 2014 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets visitwww.rutheckerdhall.com or call 727-791-7400 for more information. Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited-Genesis Extended will also be playing on FridayApril 4th at Plaza Live in Orlando and on Saturday April 5th at Parker Playhousein Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Born in Pimlico, London, England, Steve Hackett initially developed a fondness for classical music. Hackett’s father Peter was a multi-instrumentalist. Hackett’s earliest band associations were with Canterbury Glass and Sarabande. His first recording experience transpired as a member ofQuiet World. The group also featured flautist/guitarist John Hackett, his younger brother.

In 1971, Steve Hackett made his studio debut with Genesis on the album Nursery Cryme. The classic lineup became Peter Gabriel (Lead singer), Steve Hackett(Guitarist), Tony Banks (Keyboardist),Mike Rutherford (Bass guitar), and Phil Collins (Drums). Genesis became touted for their intricate musical arrangements and instrumentation along with frontman Peter Gabriel’s raconteur theatrical stage antics. During this time Hackett became an early pioneer for an electric guitar technique called “tapping” which is more commonly used on instruments like the Chapman Stick.

The Peter Gabriel Genesis era released albums…From Genesis to Revelation (1969),Trespass (1970), Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972), Selling England by the Pound(1973), The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974).

In 1975, Peter Gabriel left Genesis to pursue a solo career. After auditioning hundreds of singers to replace Gabriel, it was decided to promote Phil Collins to the new lead singer role. Genesis had been perceived as Peter Gabriel’s band by many of their fans until the release of the critically-acclaimed … A Trick of the Tail album in 1976. The release featured an incredible musical accord between bandmates and became a masterpiece. Later that year …A Trick of the Tail was succeeded by the Wind & Wuthering album, another exceptional effort by Genesis.

In this interview … Hackett revealed that Disney had a huge influence on Genesis throughout the 70’s. After the Hackett penned “Entangled” lyrics were introduced to Phil Collins, Collins said the song had a Mary Poppins feel to it.

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Spectral Mornings
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Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Richie Furay Perform "For What It's Worth" on 'Austin City Limits'

Here, you can see GuitarWorld.com's exclusive video from this weekend's upcoming episode of Austin City Limits.

One of the highlights of the episode, which is devoted to the 2013 Americana Honors & Awards, is a guitar-heavy performance of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" by Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Stills' old Buffalo Springfield bandmate, Richie Furay, is also featured in the clip.

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The Lost Broadcasts
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Hawkwind to play animal charity show

Hawkwind will perform classic album Space Ritual in full during a one-off show to raise funds for animal charities.

Rock 4 Rescue is set to take place at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on February 22. Hosted by TV presenter and Hawkwind fan Matthew Wright, the evening will support Wet Nose Animal Aid, Animals Asia, Team Badger and Doris Banham Dog Rescue. Tickets are on sale now.

The band are gearing up for their first UK tour since mainman Dave Brock won a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Prog Awards. They were recently forced to postpone a US tour after he was diagnosed with stress related to a rights struggle with former member Nik Turner.

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Yes Drummer Alan White Very Excited About Band’s Rock Hall Nomination

Yes is one of the defining bands of the progressive-rock genre, and yet the veteran U.K. group has so far been overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That may all change in the coming weeks, as the band is among the 16 acts nominated for induction into the Rock Hall in 2014.

Drummer Alan White, who joined Yes back in 1972, tells ABC News Radio that he finds the prospect of finally receiving the prestigious honor “very exciting,” while noting that many people have told him how surprised they are that the group hasn’t already been inducted.

“I, in fact, know quite a few people who are already in the Hall of Fame, and they turn around and tell me, ‘I can’t understand why I’m in there and you’re not,’” he reveals, “because they based their music on some of Yes’ earlier pieces.”

For his part, Alan says, “It’s just really great to be nominated in the first place and it’ll be even better if we can actually get inducted.”

One of the interesting aspects of Yes’ history is that the band’s lineup has featured so many different members over the years — nearly 20 in all. White suggests that this may make for an unpredictable situation at next year’s ceremony.

“It’ll be interesting to see what the choices are on who actually gets to perform at the induction ceremony, if we make it that far,” he declares.

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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM YES AT GONZO

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Union (2CD)
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Rock Of The 70's
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The Lost Broadcasts
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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Judge Smith - Weird Beard (featuring Lene Lovich)

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Zoot Suit
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Curly's Airships
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The Climber
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Orfeas
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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

BEFORE US-Cave art/icon/yantra/circle/spiral/ellipsis

As we seed sprout-straight lines,squares,rectangles

Project dams on curling rivers,munitions on curling smoke fire

Roman M1 Fortress Wall Empires Sword Shield Siege

Crusade Jihad Fatwa Papal Bull Wittenberg Theses

Stick Lance Arrow Pike Gun Barrel Pistol Bomb

Images faster now-still life mural drawings sketch painting photograph

Motion picture slide show Power Point projection 3D holograms/printing

Dolly sheep clone DNA Split Atom Particle Accelerator

Deep space dark matter dark space anti-matter

Man on moon Cameras on Mars Hubble Telescope Space Station

All rise!All fall!Are we cyclic after all?Poles reverse as before

Evolution?or not @all?

Monday, 25 November 2013

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

PERMISSION GIVERS

First we start with ourselves-

give ourselves the right to be wrong

pig and bullheaded,formic acid forming

Bite cynical selves if wayward dreams ambush

Go beyond borders,visas ,passports,security zones,safety nets

Wear no uniform,carry no weapon,drop all fears,open eyes ,ears and heart

Stand as private souls in public spaces(Tibet,Nepal,North Korea,Syria-

with only our body shell as armor/amour.To embrace the impossible

as close intimate,companion,companero

Others fall in love with Fear ,graduate to Pain,then Death

each moment frozen Indecision,Two Roads Diverge-and they take both

Matrix Plum and Red Wheelbarrow.You have a Right to Be Here

So saieth DESIDERATA(as created via advertising agencies

much like DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS.-So-GO!

“Smoke on the Water” Incident On December 4, 1971.(Claude Nobs)

Which of the following contributions did Claude Nobs make to rock and roll?

A. Carried teenagers through broken glass to escape the Frank Zappa concert fire that inspired Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.”

B. Persuaded Deep Purple not to scrap “Smoke on the Water” and is the reason for its inclusion among the rest of the Machine Head tracks recorded in Montreux, Switzerland.

C. Founded the Montreux Jazz Festival.

D. All of the above.

If you answered “D,” you’re right. Five years prior to the fire that reduced the Montreux Casino to rubble in 1971 – an event described in the lyrics to Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” – Nobs founded the Montreux Jazz Festival, which is still held annually deep among the snow-capped mountains of his hometown. The festival has become internationally beloved and is now, in its 44th year, running through this Saturday along the shore of Lake Geneva.

A handsome, bespectacled 74-year-old with a wide smile, Nobs remains the driving force behind the festival and a faithful music fan, enthusing about both modern artists (“Joe Bonamassa is one of the most amazing guitar players I’ve heard in a long time”) and classic rock acts like The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and his old pals Deep Purple, who alluded to Nobs with a “Smoke On The Water” lyric: “Funky Claude was running in and out / Pulling kids out the ground.”

Nobs vividly remembers the day the fire began at the Frank Zappa concert he had organized. Deep Purple had come to town to record their next album at the Montreux Casino. Staying in a hotel across the water from the venue, the band watched in horror as it caught fire and burned to the ground after a Zappa fan fired a flare gun into its opulent ceiling. Nobs not only rescued concertgoers from the blaze, but also helped Deep Purple regroup afterwards, offering them a new place to record and informing what would become their biggest hit. From the side stage of most every Montreux concert of note, he has changed the course of rock and roll. As he himself says, “I wanted to be a guitar player, but I found out very quickly I was not good enough for it. So I said, ‘Maybe I can do a festival. I can do something more interesting for the crowd than try to be a guitar player.’”

You’re halfway through this year’s festival. How involved are you these days in selecting the artists who perform there?

I am doing basically all of the special projects for the festival. Like tonight, you have a special project with German, English and Swiss artists. That’s something I like to do – not to just pick out one name and put him onstage; it’s a bit more complex. On the 9th of July we had Angelique Kidjo doing a tribute to Miriam Makeba with Baaba Maal, Asa, Vusi Mahlasela, etc. Those are the things that aren’t done by other festivals so it’s of interest to the audience to discover new artists, new arrangements, new songs, and that’s one part that makes Montreux so well known. Every year we juggle with ideas, and during the year before the festival, some new ideas come. I do a lot of travel, I meet a lot of musicians. One idea we are working on, for the 40th anniversary of the recording of Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, is to recreate the record which was done 40 years ago. We’re also talking of doing a guitar summit, which would take all the top guys and put them together on one stage.

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FRANK ZAPPA AT GONZO

The Lost Broadcasts
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The Interview Sessions
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NICK BEGGS Returns to STEVE HACKETT’s Band for 2014 Genesis Extended Shows

Nick Beggs will return to Steve Hackett’s band for their 2014 Genesis Extended shows, it’s been confirmed.

He’ll play bass and twelve-string during the final shows to offer fans the chance to see Hackett performing a set consisting entirely of Genesis music.

The bandleader says on his website: “I’m pleased to announce Nick Beggs is back! The band line up will now be Steve Hackett, Roger King, Nad Sylvan, Nick Beggs, Gary O’Toole and Rob Townsend.

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Spectral Mornings
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Dave Cousins remembers the Strawbs with Rick Wakeman

The Strawbs’ founding father Dave Cousins tells an hilarious rock and roll story, when, just as the sixties turned to the seventies, a fresh-faced keyboardist by the name of Rick Wakeman joined the band.

Cousins recalled: “Rick came in for a chat and I said, ‘Listen. What are you doing next week?

“He told me he was getting married.

“When I asked him where he was going on honeymoon, he said he couldn’t afford it, so I said come to Paris and join the Strawbs.”

Wakeman signed on for £25 a week, long before he found mega stardom and disappeared to some far-off planet of cape wearing prog-rock excess.

“Rick’s honeymoon was playing under a big-top circus tent in a rock and roll circus, with high wire act, a couple of clowns and some jugglers.

“Suddenly, during one of Rick’s solos, Salvador Dali jumped up onstage, and the audience just gasped and then went crazy.

“Rick turned around and said: ‘Who’s that?’ I said, Salvador Dali.’

He said, ‘Get him off the ******* stage now.

“It was surreal at the time, one of the funniest things I’d ever seen.

“Rick played on three of our albums and then suddenly he became the supreme keyboard player in the country and he joined Yes on £100 a week.”

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Caped Crusader- Rick Wakeman in the 1970's
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Video Vaults
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The Burning
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Cirque Surreal
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Gole
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1984
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Cost Of Living
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Sunday, 24 November 2013

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Machine Head - Darkness Within

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Maximum Machine Head
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MICHAEL DES BARRES: Roots and Branches #18

With music from Killing Joke, Nirvana, The Hollies, Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, and Mugison

Roots & Branches with Michael Des Barres is a weekly exploration of the lineage and history of modern music, discovering unexpected inspiration and connection between music past and present. From the roots of musical authenticity, archetypal themes emerge and influences twist and turn, re-born within the ever-reaching branches of modern music.

http://mdbimmedia.com/mdb/2013/11/19/roots-branches-episode-18/

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I'm Only Human
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Carnaby Street
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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Yes - Roundabout (Acoustic)

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Union (Standard DVD)
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Rock Of The 70's
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The Lost Broadcasts
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Saturday, 23 November 2013

GONZO PEOPLE: Jessica Taylor

Any of you who were at SoL with me, Corinna and the incomparable Judy Dyble will remember my neice Jess. I really cannot believe that she is 16 today. I feel old.

A RHYMING APOLOGY

I was sitting trying to relax,

cuddling Frunobulax

reading a book I've not read before

Promethea by Alan Moore

When I discovered something crap

and being an honest sort of chap,

I doff my cap on bended knee

and offer an apology

Some of the copies of this Gonzo Weekly

I mutter and explain so weekly

have the wrong cover on the magazine

with a mis-spelling of Keith Levene

and an article on 'Slice of Life'

(featuring me and my lovely wife)

which isn't out until next week

(I hope this stuff won't make you freak)

so please forgive my sad mistakes

just enjoy the mag for Goodness sakes

GONZO WEEKLY MAGAZINE #53

I have been promising for some weeks that the Gonzo Daily publishing empire would spread "into more traditionally magaziney areas", and I wasn't lying. Yesterday I sent out #52 of the Gonzo Weekly newsletter, together with its swish new layout, to nearly 2,000 subscribers.

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Please be warned: Magazines from #11 - #42 contain a cartoon at the bottom of the stressed out guy with the computer Apparently someone has accused the public domain images site I got it from of hosting malware, and even though there was none found there by Google, the fact that I used an image from the site (perfectly legally) flagged our whole newsletter up as possibly containing malware. This should only effect people using Google Chrome, and I would strongly suggest that you click the 'proceed anyway' tab, and view the newsletter as you had originally planned...

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