Friday, October 19, 2012
CRYPTOLINK: Mystery of giant 'bigfoot' eye found on beach solved....it belonged to a fish after all, scientists confirm
THIS giant eyeball found washed up on a Florida beach last week - which some thought belonged to a Bigfoot - was actually from a swordfish, scientists today revealed.
The huge, bleeding eyeball, was discovered by walker Gino Covacci on Pompano Beach last Wednesday.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4591278/Mystery-of-giant-bigfoot-eye-found-on-beach-solvedit-belonged-to-a-fish-after-all.html#ixzz29kDSbBkk
CARL MARSHALL: Spreo starlings
We thought you might be interested to see our new Spreo starlings
Lamprotornis superbus also known as the superb glossy starling, but not
to be confused with the greater blue-eared glossy starling H. chalybaeus.
These omnivorous, East African softbills show a brilliant iridescence when the
sun shines on them earning them one of their common names - the superb starling.
A 20cm (8") bird with a black head, glossy blue-green upper parts,
rust coloured chest with white vent area, they are truly spectacular, looking
kind of like a cross between a starling and a kingfisher. My father
John Marshall bought them at the Stafford National Show run by the Parrot
Society UK last week. My colleague Emma Bartholomew from the Butterfly Farm
recently photographed this species while on safari in Uganda and she commented
that they are possibly the most attractive birds she has ever seen.
We agree!
DALE DRINNON: Cedar and Willow
My computer was down yesterday
but there WAS this public Service Announcement that came out of Cedar and
Willow:
http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2012/10/breast-cancer-awareness-month.html
WATCHER OF THE SKIES: Today's Fortean bird news
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that - whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot, or lake monsters - it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean Zoologist to be interested in. So, after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo, Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.TODAY'S BIG CAT ROUND UP
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. In September 2012, Emma Osborne decided that the Mystery Cat Study Group really deserved a blog of its own within the CFZ Blog Network.Here is the latest tranche of news...
I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN
Its friday once again. I am up and about unfeasibly early, because I need to be at Barnstaple Museum as early as we can get there. However, life being life and computers being computers I am already running late. The exhibition in Barnstaple runs until the 17th November, so please pop in if you are in the area...
Our daily visit to Thom the World Poet
Michael Des Barres recently appeared at the Little Kids Rock benefit concert. It seemed appropriate therefore to post this link about the gig:
Erik Norlander, our favourite prog rock Viking is getting great reviews wherever he goes - like this one from Holland
As Rolling Stones week draws to an end at the Gonzo Daily, Jon gets all existential on you all, and discussed the Mythologisation Process.
Exclusive pictures from the Auburn soundcheck in Southampton on Tuesday
And finally for today an insightful review of the ABWH live album
The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...
The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The Editor is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
On this day in 1969 Trey Parker, the co-creator of South Park, was
born.
And now the news:
South Park has touched on many important issues, such as the Loch Ness
Monster always looking for handouts: