I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

And so the busiest week of my year continues. The phone doesn't stop ringing, and the rain is pouring down. This evening I am expecting anything up to 100 people coming into my garden to drink Margaritas. God help us all.

And here, ladies and gents, is another interesting and informative interview with Michael Des Barres, a man who seems to be powered by some internal bionic generator (I succesfully overcame my temptation to use the words 'Power Station'), cos I have never seen such a publicity drive as the one on which he is currently engaged. Michael, I take my hat off to you...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/michael-des-barres-morley-views.html

Jon Anderson did a gig in London last week. Unfortunately we missed ut but we found a review of it online. God bless the Internet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-jon-anderson-live-in-london.html

Captain Beefheart is still one of the most emotive artists in the music industry, and even years after his death (and even more years after he stoppoed performing) opinions about him are wildly mixed. Never mind, I know which side of the fence I am on.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/link-dvd-review-captain-beefheart-his.html

Have you noticed the Stalinist re-write of music history over the past few years? The accepted wisdom now is that Progressive Rock (now almost universally known as 'prog', which I find nearly as irritating a contraction as the term 'spag' for spaghetti) got more and more unwieldy and overblown until it was washed away by the cleansing power of punk. Of course, it isn't true. History is never as simple as all that. In 1977, Yes were one of the most popular bands in the world, and punk was nowhere near as popular as disco. However, even though I think his premise is fairly badly flawed, I have found a rather interesting article about Yes, and why Rick Wakeman left the first time...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/link-rick-wakeman-yes-and-insane-excess.html

I have always been a fan of Steven Stills, both in and out of CSN(&Y), and was particularly happy when Gonzo released the Steven Stills/Manassas volume in the acclaimed 'Lost Broadcasts' series, because it gave me an excuse to blog about him. Like this...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/link-csn-feature.html

And finally, we have another visit to Thom the World Poet:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_16.html

The eagle eyed amongst you will probably have noticed that my comments are shorter than usual. This is because we are only a few days away from the Weird Weekend http://www.weirdweekend.org.uk/. We shall be posting as normal, but the posts are likely to be a little bit more perfunctory than usual this week. If you want to know what all the fuss is about - there are still tickets available, and we would love to see you. Only £25 for the best Fortean Fun you can have with your clothes on. And there's free cake!

Toodle-pip

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

Yesterday’s News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1934 Diana Wynne Jones, the author of Howl's Moving Castle was born.

And now the news:

• Beached 65ft-Long Whale Dies In Cornwall


• Normand Brousseau, Boy Scout Leader, Recovering Af...


• Badger Dodges Tranquilizer Dart, Prompts Standoff ...


• 'Severe abnormalities' found in Fukushima butterfl...


• Hainan Island identified as a major hub for illega...


• Rare birds in Manggarai on the brink of extinction...


• Young cricket characters shaped by 'song'


• This sure is one lucky buzzard


• Nature reclaiming suburbs


• Runway threat to rare bird species


• Science Teachers Guilty of Releasing Invasive Spec...

The trailer of the animated film based on Howl's Moving castle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHTrnAVPens

DANIEL REARDON: Identify this bug

Copyright © 2012 Daniel Reardon Can someone help me identify this bug: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub/photos/album/262444260/pic/list There was a line of what appeared to be bug dung on the front door frame a week ago, and now these guys are there. Any input would be welcome. Thank you.

SKEGNESS SEA SERPENT (Lindsay Selby Comments)

Loch Ness Monster Spotted at... Skegness Beach? (Video)
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981546853
posted by Tom Rose .


Well this may be a hoax but it’s not the first time a strange creature has been seen off Skegness.
http://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/1960s-sea-serpent-sightings-skegness.html

and the follow up:

tigertim43 said...

"i was on holiday in Chapel St Leonards staying in a caravan park behind sand dunes next to the beach in the late 70's I would be about 12 years old at the time. It was about 7 o'clock in the evening and was still light when I went down to the beach for a paddle. I was in the water up to my chest when I caught sight of something in the water about 20-30 feet further out from me moving as you said parallel to the beach I would say it was at least 17-18 feet long of what I could see of it poking out of the water. It had large thick fins on its back which curved back, at least 7 -8 of them as best i can remember. It was dark in colour like a grey brown colour there was no sound other than the disturbance it made as it cut through the water and was travelling at about 8-10 miles an hour it scared me quite a bit I can tell you. I watched it untill it went out of sight by which time I was no longer in the water lol. I ran back and told my parents but they just laughed at me. It was many years later when I happened on a book about sea serpents and dicovered to my amazement that there was a picture of what I had seen in the book also seen off the coast of skegness. It was passed off in the book as possibly being a flock of seagulls on the horizon or a school of porposes. I know for a fact that what I saw was real I had never seen anything like it. I saw some kind of unrecorded creature never documented. It affected me so much even after all these years and when I saw this blog I just had to say something. I wonder if it is still alive, nothing lives for ever and to have seen it means there must be more than one a species can't exist by itsself. " 10 February 2011 10:11

So what do you think?

THE SKEGNESS SEA SERPENT (video)

DALE DRINNON: Bigfoot Evidence/Cedar & Willow

More from Bigfoot Evidence about Justin Smeja:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/08/justin-smejas-polygraph-examination.html

And New on Cedar and Willow:
http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2012/08/julia-verne-hp-lovecraft-and-tesla.html