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What happens when you mix what is - arguably - the world's most interesting record company, with an anarchist manic-depressive rock music historian polymath, and a method of dissemination which means that a daily rock-music magazine can be almost instantaneous?

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.

Monday, 26 September 2016

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 Tom'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?"

VOYAGE,VOYAGERS

Internally,we dream/astral travel

User imagination to flow/fly above/beyond borders/barriers

Rest in the slips between space and time

Externally,we are in a body(of work-

that we tour to Places of Pilgrimage

Deeper and Wiser ,Older and Sharper than we may ever be

Here is where time takes a Rest Stop/Stillness enters

We can keep it at bay-with muzak,memories,mulching

so we digest what WAS rather than what IS

We carry a Cloud (of Unknowing) into the icloud

We seek Matrix in the Grid.Even offline,we seek connection

Return to Paradise Forbidden.It is now Another City.Eden Virtual

People sing Ancient Songs beseeching Return to Primal

Unless it is-then it is not.We are the same-never content with what we have not got.

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Steve Hillage - Solar Musick | Salmon Song - Live in Amsterdam 2006

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Live at the Rainbow 1977
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Live in England 1979
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ROGER DEAN AND MORE

Join us for our

PATHWAYS EXHIBITION 2016

Saturday 1st October - Monday 31st October

FREE ENTRY

Internationally acclaimed artist and designer, Roger Dean, is responsible for some of the most iconic images over the past five decades. His paintings for album covers, as well as logos for Virgin Records, Tetris and bands such as rock legends Yes and Asia, have given him a worldwide following.

As Roger’s official UK outlet, Trading Boundaries will be exhibiting original paintings, watercolours, drawings, sketches and prints, many for the first time and many of which will be for sale, including the original painting for
Rick Wakeman’s ‘The Myths & Legends of King Arthur 2016’ (shown above).

Paintings and artwork will be on display throughout our showrooms as well as in our permanent gallery of Roger's work here at TB.

Exhibition events

We are pleased to welcome the return of
SEYES
'Britain's premier YES tribute band' Classic Rock magazine
to launch the exhibition on Saturday 1st October.
DINING AND STANDING TICKETS AVAILABLE... BOOK NOW!

SeYes performing at Trading Boundaries last year... A must-see for any Yes fan

TICKETS & INFO FOR SEYES

ROGER DEAN PAINTING WORKSHOP

Roger will be hosting a painting workshop on Saturday 22nd October.
The evening will provide a rare, intimate insight into the methods of working of this icon of the art world. Witness his painting techniques first hand and enjoy listening to him chatting as he shares tips and stories with the audience. You’ll be given the opportunity to pose your own questions to the great man too.
Doors open 7pm: Tickets are £15.00

TICKETS & INFO FOR ROGER DEAN PAINTING WORKSHOP

Also in October...

SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN

Arthur Brown has been wowing audiences with his theatrical performances since 1966. Join us for an unforgettable night from the man who brought us the hit single 'Fire'.

TICKETS & INFO HERE

SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER
THE DOORS IN CONCERT
AUTHENTIC TRIBUTE

Not only do the band have the look of the originals, but also have the sound - using the same vintage instruments. If you're a fan of The Doors then you have to see this band.

TICKETS & INFO HERE

BOX OFFICE: 01825 790200

GONG REVEAL THE UNSPEAKABLE TO STEVE DAVIS

REVEAL THE UNSPEAKABLE TO STEVE DAVIS

“I have been co-presenting The Interesting Alternative Show with Steve Davis for the last six years or so,” says Kavus Torabi, Gong’s singer and guitarist. “In 2011, Steve rang up excitedly saying ‘You'll never guess who we've got as a guest next week... Daevid Allen.’ I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'd met Daevid briefly a couple of times with Tim Smith [Cardiacs] but never properly. As a lifelong Gong lover, this filled me with delight. Straight away the two of us seemed to really click, within minutes the conversation had taken a turn for the absurd and I was more than a little flattered when he told me, after about an hour, ‘You're a poet man, I can tell.

And now, Kavus’s radio co-presenter Steve Davis interviews Kavus himself about being the singer of Gong. The film you are about to watch, or are watching, was shot in the Nomadic Community Gardens, in London’s Shoreditch. Davis talks with Kavus and bassist Dave Sturt about carrying on Gong’s legacy, taking it forward and throwing their own take into the fold. Why did they continue? What’s the future? Watch this enlightening interview and you will find out.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/4UOAzpL_Mp4
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/182892485

Kavus joined Gong in 2014 in time for the last album the “new” band made with Daevid, I See You, unaware of the direction his new gig as a guitar player would take. The following year, with Allen no more he inadvertently found himself in the limelight as Gong’s singer too.

“Rejoice! I'm Dead! came together over several weeks in an East London rehearsal studio. In terms of the writing, the songs became very elastic, what may have been brought to the band as a fixed idea, through experimenting, discarding, expanding and mutating evolved into the songs as you hear them now. Every member was key in the development of each song,” says Kavus. Thus, Kavus (vocals/guitar), Fabio Golfetti (guitar/vocals), Dave Sturt (bass/vocals), Ian East (sax/flute) and Cheb Nettles (drums/vocals) took on the mantle of steering the Teapot further into outer space and the inner ear. Some may say it couldn’t, or shouldn’t, be done. How could Gong exist without Daevid Allen? But it has.

Rejoice! I’m Dead! is available now through Madfish on CD, a double LP and as a limited edition deluxe 3 disc hardback book edition featuring 44-page book, CD, DVD-AV & Bonus CD and digitally.
CD/LP & deluxe edition are available to order http://www.planetgong.co.uk / Digital http://smarturl.it/REJOICE_IM_DEAD

Wild Man Fischer – An Evening with Wild Man Fischer

http://blog.musoscribe.com/index.php/2016/09/22/hundred-word-reviews-for-september-2016-part-4/

Wild Man Fischer – An Evening with Wild Man Fischer

Conventional wisdom holds that while Gail Zappa was alive, she prevented reissues of many albums originally released on Frank’s Bizarre/Straight labels. Whether that’s true or not, Gail’s gone now and we finally have a legit reissue of one of the strangest albums from among a strange lot that includes theGTOs, Alice Cooper and Judy Henske and Jerry Yester. This belongs in your collection somewhere near the Shaggs and the Residents: outsider music that – while truly weird – has a kind of bent appeal. Is it exploitation of the mentally ill, celebration of outsider artists, or both? You decide.

Sunday, 25 September 2016

Guerrilla Zoo presents The Dreamachine at Modern Panic III ft Daevid Allen

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Daevid Allen

Australian beatnik Daevid Allen was a founder member of Britain's earliest psychedelic band, Soft Machine.He departed from the band after the release of their first classic single Love Makes Sweet Mus..

Daevid Allen and Friends

Australian poet and musician Daevid Allen, born in 1938, moved to Europe in 1960, inspired by the writings of the ‘Beat Generation.’ After a year or so in Paris he arrived in the UK in 196..

Daevid Allen and Kramer

Whichever way you look at it, Daevid Allen is one of the most interesting and enigmatic characters in modern music. An Australian, he was working in a Melbourne book shop when he discovered the writin..

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Paradise California Native American Pow-Wow 2009, Closing Prayer Sacred Dance

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

PLAYLIST: STRANGE FRUIT #183

Show 183 – Vintage Psychedelia from the Music City

Spanky and our Gang: And Your Bird Can Sing

EG and Alice: Indian

The Fall: Just Step Sideways

Network: Ears of Stone

Be-Bop Deluxe: Crying to the Sky

Let’s Eat Grandma: Eat Shiitake Mushrooms

Dylan Carlson: A Rose in the Heather

Mud: Flower Power

The Teardrop Explodes: Colours Fly Away

Discoballs: Have a Cigar

Eric Gales: I Want you (She’s so Heavy)

The Electric Screwdriver: Light my Fire

I Cut People: All About Crap

Angelo Badelamenti: Laura Palmer’s Theme

Asschapel: Carcass Bloody Carcass

Clear Light: The Susan Years

Marilyn Monroe: Every Baby Needs a Da-da Daddy

Julien Baker: Vessels

Katiee: Atlantic City

Neil Young: Love and Only Love

Chainsaw Harakiri: Frag a Fag

The Mad Tea Party: It’s a Bliss to be Alive

Charley Roman’s Seventh Place: There’s a Place

Nona Hendryx: Leaving Here Today

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

VARIE TEA EQUALI TEA

A LACK CR TEA

CELEBRATING THE FALL

I never liked pomegranates anyway!

and not to keen on snakes-but wisdom?YES!

Books over guns,FOOD NOT BOMBS!

Libraries are a love affair with learning/

de facto community learning centers..so

When i hear that global warming will reduce coffee output-

that the "bean belt"of Columbia,Mexico,Brazil,Ethiopia and Vietnam

is considering investing in a "gene bank"to preserve genetic diversity in Arabica coffee

that "variety catalogues"exist to show beans "pest resistances"/yields and ability to thrive

that a "sensory lexicon"will evaluate new coffee bean varieties to ensure palatability

i realize even i will have to adapt..In the light of future lack,poetry may have to return to Libraries

rather than coffee shops,and we may simply have to return

to drinking cups of tea.Slowly.Sip this one..

Friday, 23 September 2016

GONZO WEEKLY #201

Gonzo Magazine #201

http://www.gonzoweekly.com/

The spirit of the blues is alive, well and living in the Northeast of England: we meet Auld Man’s Baccie, Jon burbles about Deep Purple, Doug talks to Happy the Man drummer Michael Beck, Alan goes to Strummerville to discover the legacy of Clash guitarist Joe Strummer, and we discover the frightening dystopian world of G P Ching, and say goodbye to Bob the Mbuna cichlid.

And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive. and 'cos there has just been a full moon Matthew at Canterbury Sans Frontieres. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a thrilling and slightly disturbing episode of Xtul. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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:

Deep Purple, John Ellis, Datura4, The Embrooks, The Prophet Hens, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, David Bowie, Elton John, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Canterbury san Frontieres, John D Loudermilk, Jerry Corbetta, Carlos Walker, Martin Stephenson, Jeff Wayne/Radio Luxembourg, Dee Palmer, Arthur Brown, Rick Wakeman, Pink Fairies, Captain Beefheart, Joe Cocker, Rick Wakeman and Mario Fasciano, Rick Wakeman and Brian May, Barbara Dickson, Auld Man's Baccie, Michael Beck, Alan Dearling, Joe Strummer, Strummerville, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Hawklords, Xtul, G P Ching, The Beatles, The Who, Pink, Neil Nixon,

Chinga Chavin

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 200 (Deep Purple)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo200.html

Issue 199 (Yes)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo199.html

Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo198.html

Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo197.html

Issue 196 (Paul May)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo196.html

Issue 195 (Dave Brock)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo195.html

Issue 194 (Auburn)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo194.html

Issue 193 (Genre Peak)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo193.html

Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo192.html

Issue 191 (Karnataka)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo191.html

Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo190.html

Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo189.html

Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo187-8-the-summer-holiday-special.html

Issue 186 (Beatles)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo186.html

Issue 185 (Judge Smith)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo185.html

Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo184.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.

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:

"UPTICK IN FIREFLIES"(Austin-American Statesman Friday September 23,2016)Page B4

Lightning Bugs.Luminescent beetles.Points of Light

Evanescent and astonishing.This wettened year rainsoaked us-just like 2015.

And next Spring will probably bring a cascade of fireflies

Photinus pryalis(Big Dipper) firefly will flash to attract mates

Females do not fly!They watch for signs of life and Light

from those males shining to impress,flashing their brilliance

Mutual attraction comes when the female responds.

They mate and the future is assured(for fireflies!

The female lays her fertilized eggs in damp,soft soil.

Females will mate several times,laying eggs in different locations

From the mud and muck,new larvae flourish

Firefly larvae feed on earthworms,snails and dead insects

They are predacious and omnivorous.More snails mean more fireflies..

Take the photuris genus,which mimics the flash patterns of other firefly species,

which they eat to acquire a defensive steroid-protecting them from jumping spiders.

You can pure them in with a pen light-usually @dusk,between 7 and 9pm

Light never lasts long on this planet.Yet it always returns-in another form!

Badfinger - Interview/Perfection - Pete Ham

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Say No More
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Interview with Arthur Brown - The God of Hellfire

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The Lost Ears
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COMING THIS WEEKEND

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Badfinger - Baby Blue (1972)

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Say No More
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Thursday, 22 September 2016

Goth: The Scene That Wouldn't Die at the British Library

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Live In Vienna
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Live in Vienna
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Patto interview

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Music To Loon By
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Mick Farren Frost Show Freakout When Hippies Fooled World

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Mick Farren

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 and Andy Colquhoun

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 ..

Mick Farren and Jack Lancaster

Dave Thompson writes: 'Farren recorded Death Ray Tapes live in Santa Monica in June 1995. Backed by a band featuring ex-Lancaster's Bomber frontman Jack Lancaster, MC5's Wayne Kramer, and latter..

Mick Farren and The Deviants

The Social Deviants were founded by singer/writer Mick Farren (born Michael Anthony Farren, 3 September 1943, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire) in 1967 out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground community..