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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Friday, February 08, 2013

I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOODAH MAN

There are times that I feel truly humble. Yesterday I posted about the problems we have been having with computers, and - in particular - about how the data retrieval from my two knackered drives is going to cost £399. I did it to explain why some of the work I am doing will be heinously overdue, and also to vent off steam. I certainly wasn't asking for help. But two friends of the CFZ, Steve Jones and Terry Colvin were kind enough to send me totally unsolicited donations, which together have pretty well paid for the repairs. Thank you - both of you - from the bottom of my heart. Last night  Dave B-P and Jess came round to see us, and a little wine was drunk. After they left, Corinna went into the office and found a parcel which the postman had delivered and that I had singularly failed to spot. I opened it, and it is a beautifully inscribed book of poetry by and from the lovely Karen Gensheimer, another long time friend of the CFZ. It even has a poem about me with it. I was totally touched. There are times that the modern world in which we live feels isolating, implacable and horrid, but there are other times - like now - when I am just overwhelmed by the level of love and kindness that I encounter, sometimes from people that I have not even met face to face. Thank you my friends.
 
In other news, the Internet connection is still practically non existent most of the time, hence me being so late with today's postings and with everything else that I have to do. Dave B-P is coming around tomorrow to do some rewiring and fit some gadgets that we hope will rectify this. We shall overcome some day.
 
 
 
Michael Des Barres has a new siungle out...and its a corker!
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/michael-des-barres-new-single.html
 
The late, great Huw Lloyd-Langton interviewed by Jeff Swick on Radio Free Saskatoon, early 2000's.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-late-great-huw-lloyd-langton.html
 
 
And finally, our daily visit to Thom the World Poet
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_8.html
 

*  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 same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
 
* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!

*  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) 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 which he shares with various fish and batrachians. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
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