Monday, 25 March 2019
Sunday, 24 March 2019
KEVIN AYERS EN PASSANT
Review: La Residencia Hotel, Deià comes
with 'gratifying amounts of luxury'
Musicians like Kevin Ayers of Soft Machine brought
a rolling entourage down from London. One local artist remembers with amusement
how, when ...
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RICK WAKEMAN, JEFF WAYNE, KEVIN PEEK Beyond the Planets
This is a strict edition of 100 units, all hand numbered, pressed on 180 gram clear vinyl and personally SIGNED by Rick Wakeman.
Have you even wondered what would happen if the king of progressive rock keyboards teamed up with the bloke who wrote The War Of The Worlds rock opera and the guitarist with the late lamented Classical Rock group Sky? Well, you need wonder no longer! A reviewer on the Prog Archives writes: "Beyond the planets" is essentially the performance of Holst's "The planets" in a rock context. Wayne's contribution is limited to the composition of an Overture for the album. As this ends, some brief narration by Patrick Allen is heard. Allen does a great impression of Richard Burton, which when combined with Wayne's distinctive sound, immediately creates echoes of "War of the worlds". Allen returns a couple of times during the album to link tracks together with further brief narration. The familiar introduction to "Mars" (as used by Rainbow on "Eyes of the world" among many others) then takes over, and we launch into a full rendition of "The Planets suite". The music is performed dramatically and faithfully throughout, with Peek using various guitar sounds according to the mood of the piece
Saturday, 23 March 2019
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Lord God of Abraham - Dieskau
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.
Friday, 22 March 2019
The Rattlesnake Roundup.
The Rattlesnake Roundup.
How we can all help.
At this time of the year we campaign against and oppose one of the cruelest events on the planet. Do please get involved and let's do whatever we can to get this practice outlawed once and for all.
Please click onto the link below, write your letters, pass this onto your friends and get them to do the same.
These snakes have no voice of their own but we can speak for them so let's give them all the help we can.
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?
MIGRATION IS THE NOW FUTURE
Drought forces farmers into cities and unemployment
Wars make refugees-and sexual trafficking.
Refugee camps become permanent drains.
Walls do not stop those who stay over their visas
All migration is monitored-never fully controlled.
Borders change,but new Borders are enforced.
Some countries like Israel export refugees
Some countries like North Korea strictly limit migrants
Policies vary,but control is a goal,while "undocumented"migration a reality.
"Guest workers"sometimes stay in their host country.
Delay in processing applications for citizenship is arbitrary and expensive
The cost of "Border Patrolling"is borne by citizen taxpayers
Millionaires get citizenship by establishing businesses.
Thus refugees and displaced persons have different criteria
to those whose employment (or creation of employment) is empowered.
Our needs for migration change .Our birthrate drops/more are admitted.
So many resources devoted to filtering prospective citizens.We pay for that.
There are no "open borders".Never were.We welcome migrants and refugees-but limit both.
Our values do not allow abuse,nor incarceration of prospective citizens.The rest is unresolved..
Thursday, 21 March 2019
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Haendel - Sarabande Extended
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YER JOHN AND YOKO TIMELINE
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Relationship: A
Song-by-Song Timeline
He grabbed Ono, Fabs compatriots Eric Clapton and Klaus
Voormann, and Alan White, the drummer for a bar band that Lennon
recently enjoyed ...
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 | In Pursuit of Happiness DVD - £10.99 |
A WHOLE BUNCH OF JON ANDERSON NEWS
Jon Anderson Of Yes Takes A Long Distance
Runaround The Globe
Anderson, 74, began the album nearly 30 years ago with
Yes drummer Alan White and the group's late bassist Chris Squire
and finally finished the ...
Jon Anderson Hopes for Yes Reunion Now That
ARW Are on Hiatus
... it includes sessions with former Yes bandmates Steve
Howe, Alan White and the late Chris Squire. Anderson has already hit the
road for a solo tour, ...
Jon Anderson Is Writing New Songs In Case
There's A YES Reunion
Anderson performed joyfully with the Steve Howe and
Alan White-led version of Yes at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
induction in 2017.
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 | Survival And Other Stories CD - £9.99 |
ZAPPANEWS
'I'm finishing what he started': Ahmet
Zappa on bringing Frank's vision to life
Ahmet Zappa, son of Frank and co-trustee of the Zappa
Family Trust (ZFT), has said the upcoming Bizarre World of Frank Zappa
tour is a fulfilment of ...
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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?
WELCOME REFUGEES FROM MEXICO
WELCOME TO AUSTIN FRIENDLY PLANTS
All our milkweed awaits you over Borders
Fleeing from the destruction of your Butterfly Sanctuary
We know you want more wings ,not wars and walls
So when you alight in our little town
You will be made welcome in our gardens
Welcome,human butterflies!Sit yourselves down
and drink deep of our nectars of Austin,Texas hospitality
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
RICK WAKEMAN IN HASTINGS
Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman brings
new tour to Hastings
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..
Tickets go on sale this week for a summer visit to
Hastings by keyboard legend Rick Wakeman. He brings his new tour to the
White Rock Theatre on ...
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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..
A WHOLE BUNCH OF JON ANDERSON NEWS
Jon Anderson on His New Solo Album, Why
He's Ready for a Yes Reunion
... may be reduced now that Anderson's offshoot band Yes
Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman is on indefinite
hiatus.
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| Survival And Other Stories CD - £9.99 |
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?
"TO MOVE IS TO DANCE! TO DANCE IS TO LIVE!"
(Snoopy)
AND THE BODY FROM BABY TO GRAVE
is made to move as a wave in motion @all times
Even in stillness and repose,your blood is pumped
around to circulate in a way that keeps your oxygen active
and you follow in the fallow..In the winter and the cold
As your Giacometti limbs stretch in this Goya world
And you know you change and transform
as much as sea and sun and sky..Why
You are Elemental,my dear.Your dance knows why
You are connected to every living beaming source of Light
And love is just a dance of heart and soul and mind
And you find yourself in Sufi movements/in Tai Chi
In that gentle wave motion that takes you /deep into the sea...
link.
performing.artshub.com.au
Beautiful and athletic bodies are
all well and good, but senior…
Monday, 18 March 2019
Rick Wakeman - Interview (2007)
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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..
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?
TRUTH IS TRIBAL
RED TEAM.BLUE TEAM
Red Pill.Blue Pill.
Microsoft.Mac.Linux.Unix.
FOR walls.AGAINST wars.
Camps are glowing fires
No common ground here
Virtual memes,gifs,emojis
New languages over old conversations.
Except you cannot converse with FACEBOOK
You will find it hard to resile from marketing/advertising
To live OFF GRID requires constant vigilance
All our children are addicted!SMARTPHONES@two,
Gameboys and girls destroying Universes at play
Old models impossible to program.New models to sell.
Where is the app for community?
Thom Woodruff's Life
IF ANYTHING JUSTIFIES LIFE/it is life itself/love and art and people fade/oblivious/depths of waters conceal no hidden meaning than core afford/hollow and obvious/colored by moods/we kill/close categories /before we know it all-why are we so imprisoned /WHY ARE WE SO IMPRISONED?/if images collide/knock against your walled life/if wings are clipped without your knowing/if Reason fails for want of words/there seems no cure-FIND WHAT YOU KNOW .RETURN TO IT/more seems lost than is preserved/in your own rhythms hold close to those with whom you share your hopes/because a poem is just a small bird/delicate as a colored second/dies when the light of day ,sun or words is cast upon it to melt its meaning.We are (despite all)still alive!Joy in this above all things!Can you sing with us?Can you sing?
Sunday, 17 March 2019
PLAYLIST: 11 -11-2018 – SHOW 284– England Made Me
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.
11 -11-2018 – SHOW 284– England Made Me
Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Not in Love
Egg: I Will be Absorbed
Cabaret Voltaire: Don’t Argue
Black Box Recorder: Being Number One
The Acklerleys: The Boat we Made
Cab Calloway: The Man from Harlem
Boukader Coulibaly: Taka Kadi
Bert Jansch: Downunder
The Aphex Twin: Acrid Avid Jam Shred
Edgar Broughton Band: Death of an Electric Citizen
Doves: Winter Hill
Black Box Recorder: When Britain Refused to Sing
Luke Hains: She was as Ripe as a Meadow
El Vez: El Groover
Sadistic Mika Band: Hi Jack (I'm Just Dying)
The Joint: Freak Street
The Evil Usses: Grouse
Mary Lattimore: Never Saw Him Again
Pink Floyd: Dogs
Telstar Ponies: Brewery of Eggheads
Black Box Recorder: The School Song
Black Box Recorder: Andrew Ridgeley
Buzzy Linhart: End Song
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