Sunday, June 30, 2013
INAPPROPRIATE CORNER: Prophet sends goblins to steal woman's g-strings
This next story is undoubtedly Fortean. The behaviour is undoubtedly inappropriate. But who is to blame?
A Bulawayo woman is reportedly tormented by goblins which steal her g-string panties and whisper insults, accusing her of switching to another church.
The woman, Lynette Ziweya, is accusing Prophet Paul Grinder of Johane Masowe eChishnu of sending his goblins to torture her because she left the church to join another one.
"I used to attend Prophet Grinder's church and after realising that he was not a true prophet because of his actions, I decided to move to another church. It seems he was not pleased and since that time, my panties started disappearing at home. As if that was not enough, whenever I try to go to another church, I will be seeing the goblins which will be ordering me to return to Prophet Grinder's church," she said.
Ziweya revealed that everywhere she goes, these goblins follow her and as a result she no longer has peace in her life.
"When this whole thing started, I sought for assistance from different prophets, but they all referred back to the prophet saying I should confront him on the issue. When I confronted him, he professed ignorance and vowed that I will never have peace in my life," she said.
The troubled woman added that Prophet Grinder even did a few miracles before her to prove to her that he was capable of doing anything using his super natural powers.
Read on...
CFZ CANADA: Finding the Midnight Toker
Last week the Toronto Star (6/20/2013) carried a story about a researcher who was arrested while hunting Sasquatch. He claims he was “bullied” by an officer of the law.
Read on...
Read on...
DALE DRINNON: Hagan mystery creature, mystery killer whale, bigfoot, Benny's blogs
New at Frontiers of Zoology:
New at Benny's Blog for Thelma Todd:
And New at Benny's OTHER Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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 took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN TALKS TO A PORCUPINE
Sundays I wake late with a wheeze and a
cough
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and usually take the whole day off
but then I always find the time
to do the Gonzo blogs in rhyme
but then I always find the time
to do the Gonzo blogs in rhyme
I watched The Rolling Stones last
night
and apart from 'Miss You' (which was shite)
they were bloody magnificent (that's a fact)
and it's great to see Mick Taylor back
and apart from 'Miss You' (which was shite)
they were bloody magnificent (that's a fact)
and it's great to see Mick Taylor back
I watched it all with Dave B-P
'cos he can get the BBC
but now I have to try quite hard
to be the Gonzo rhyming bard
'cos he can get the BBC
but now I have to try quite hard
to be the Gonzo rhyming bard
The first of the Gonzo posts today
is Thom the World Poet, let's shout 'Wayhay!'
he lives in Austin, his poetry's fine
I'm glad that he's a friend of mine
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_30.html
is Thom the World Poet, let's shout 'Wayhay!'
he lives in Austin, his poetry's fine
I'm glad that he's a friend of mine
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_30.html
Now Judy Dyble on Norwegian TV
singing a song that is dear to me
she's brilliant, what else can I say?
That's why it's the Gonzo track of the day
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-judy-dyble-grey.html
singing a song that is dear to me
she's brilliant, what else can I say?
That's why it's the Gonzo track of the day
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-judy-dyble-grey.html
Prog Rock is back, says Uncle Rick
that's news that might make some folk sick,
but there's one thing I would like to say
in my house it never went away
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/yes-prog-rock-of-seventies-is-back-says.html
that's news that might make some folk sick,
but there's one thing I would like to say
in my house it never went away
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/yes-prog-rock-of-seventies-is-back-says.html
Now if you want a groovy scene
read the Gonzo weekly Magazine
It's really good, what's more it's free
and its edited by my cats and me
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-magazine-32.html
read the Gonzo weekly Magazine
It's really good, what's more it's free
and its edited by my cats and me
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-magazine-32.html
A review of Mr Averell
an artist who's done very well
his album 'Gridlock' is fantastic
(I think CDs are pressed on plastic)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/dutch-mr-averell-review.html
an artist who's done very well
his album 'Gridlock' is fantastic
(I think CDs are pressed on plastic)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/dutch-mr-averell-review.html
Mark Murdock is a percussive star
his album's great, he should go far
and so today from me to you
I'm reprinting an interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/classic-rock-radio-dot-eu-interview.html
his album's great, he should go far
and so today from me to you
I'm reprinting an interview
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/classic-rock-radio-dot-eu-interview.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 (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. 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?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. 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?
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 1908 a huge explosion occurred near Tungusga, Russia. It was bigger than
that of atomic bombs and to this day nobody is sure what caused it (although a
paper was published a few weeks ago that more or less proved it was not a
meteorite).
And now
the news:
In
February this year a Meteor exploded over Chelybinsk in Russia and, thanks to
Russians having lots of dashboard cameras in their cars, there is a metric
shed-load of footage of it:
Saturday, June 29, 2013
THE SOAY SEA MONSTER
Two contemporary drawings of the Soay sea monster, the first
made by the witness Tex Geddes, the second by someone with a vivid imagination
Archelon ischyros in all its glory dwarfing the bloke next
to it
DALE DRINNON: South American wildmen, Benny's Blogs and a visit to the world of Cedar and Willow
New at Cedar and Willow:
{Meant to go with Benny's Blogs]
New at Benny's Blogs:
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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 took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
UAE releases 93 endangered falcons into the wild i...
UAE releases 93 endangered falcons into the wild i...
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN vs THE MINGO MICE
I need to apologise to Max. Every year when
he goes to the Glastonbury Festival he telephones me afterwards and tells me all
about it. Because last weekend was the Solstice Festival in Wales, I assumed it
was also Glastonbury. I have been sulking all week because I hadn't heard from
him.
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Yesterday I looked for YouTube footage of
The Rolling Stones at Glastonbury, and not finding any I jumped to the
conclusion that the all powerful Rolling Stones organisation had quashed such
things, a bit like the Led Zeppelin organisation did after the 02 gig six years
ago. I had even got half way through an article about Corporate Big Brother in
the music business. I was waxing lyrical on my themes.
Then, last night my dear nieflings Dave B-P
and Jess H came round. In passing Dave said that he was planning to spend this
evening (Saturday) watching The Rolling Stones and Primal Scream on the BBC
coverage of Glastonbury Festival. I had got may dates wrong and my proverbial
knickers in a twist over nothing. Glastonbury Festival is, of course, this
weekend, and I am an idiot. But then again, everyone else knows both of those
things anyway. I am now gonna sit and lick my wounds and listen to Marianne
Faithfull.
What's new on the Gonzo Daily?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com
The Gonzo Track of the Day is from UFO
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-ufo-this-kids-with.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-ufo-this-kids-with.html
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World
Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
Exclusive music from Corky Laing
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/corky-laing-college-girls.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/corky-laing-college-girls.html
Double Dutch: Review of the Dutch
Woodstock.....from Holland
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_29.html
Liam Davison review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/liam-davison-treasure-of-well-set-jewels.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/liam-davison-treasure-of-well-set-jewels.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
* 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 (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
ANDREW MAY: Return of the cryptoturd
Hi Jon,
The
two-days-per-week job I'm doing at the moment means I can go for a lunchtime
walk round the Winfrith nature reserve, where I saw the mysterious
"cryptozoological turd" a few years ago (Animals & Men issue 47 page 72). I
saw something similar yesterday, in almost the identical location (photo
attached). It was similar in size and had the same regular striations, but this
one appeared to be fresher (less dried out). I would say that it's fairly
clearly a fox dropping, particularly with the distinctive pinched end. What do
you think? The scat was surrounded by downy feathers (a few of which are visible
in the photo), which again is suggestive of a fox. So if this one is a fox, then
the previous one probably was too.
Another
question -- is there a way of distinguishing at a glance between a newt and a
baby lizard? Both species are supposed to be common in that area, but usually
when you see them it's only for a fraction of a second as they scuttle under
cover. Is there anything about time of year, location, colouring, way of moving
etc that would allow you to tell from a momentary glimpse whether it's a newt or
a small lizard?
Andrew
KARL SHUKER - MY TOP TEN NEW AND REDISCOVERED ANIMALS OF MODERN TIMES
Karl Shuker reveals his ten favourite zoological arrivals and revivals from the modern age.
Read on...
GLEN VAUDREY'S WHOLE WIDE WORLD #30. Scotland
30. Scotland
Scotland is
home to one of the most famous of cryptids out there, the world famous Nessie,
also known as the Loch Ness Monster.
However, we are going to stay on land for this mystery animal; we are going to look at one of those out of place big cats. While there have been plenty of sightings made over the years on the Scottish mainland it is perhaps even more surprising to learn that they have also taken place on some ofScotland ’s
smaller islands with sightings of large black cats being recorded on the isle
of Mull as far back as the 1970s and right up
to recent times. Mull is an island that at its closest point to the mainland of
Scotland
is still a 15 minute ferry trip so how a big cat could have made the journey
undetected is a mystery. But that’s not the only island to have a big cat
sighting for there have been others on islands even more remote from the
mainland. In 1999 there was a sighting of a dark brown cat the size of a collie
on the very small (8x3 miles) and remote island of Colonsay
(over 2 hours on a ferry from the mainland) that must be among the strangest
sightings. The creature was spotted by a couple out walking who came within 50
yards of this larger than normal cat; after watching it for twenty seconds until
it disappeared over a stone dyke and into the ferns. The couple made enquires
locally but nobody could explain the sighting.
Of course the sightings on Mull and Colonsay are just a couple of the reports of strange creatures recorded in The Mystery Animals of theBritish Isles : The Western
Isles.
Starting soon you will be able to tune in and hear about the mystery animals ofScotland on BBC Radio Scotland ,
the Morton Through Midnight show will
play host to Morton's Mystery Creatures, a regular feature where I will be looking
at Scotland ’s
mystery creatures.
Next stop is a trip south of the border toEngland .
However, we are going to stay on land for this mystery animal; we are going to look at one of those out of place big cats. While there have been plenty of sightings made over the years on the Scottish mainland it is perhaps even more surprising to learn that they have also taken place on some of
Of course the sightings on Mull and Colonsay are just a couple of the reports of strange creatures recorded in The Mystery Animals of the
Starting soon you will be able to tune in and hear about the mystery animals of
Next stop is a trip south of the border to
Conserving globally threatened bugs on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena.
Bugs on the brink - Conserving St Helena's invertebrates
June 2013. Wildlife charity, Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, has launched a 3-year ‘Bugs on the Brink' project, on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena. Many of St Helena's unique invertebrates are on the brink of extinction, with some of its most iconic species, such as the Giant earwig, feared lost within living memory. Funded by the Darwin Initiative, the project will help to conserve St Helena's globally threatened invertebrates. This is the first time that anyone has set out to create a long-term plan for conserving St Helena's invertebrates.
400 endemic invertebrates
St Helena is one of the UK's ‘Overseas Territories', lying in the South Atlantic Ocean, mid-way between Africa and South America. It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world and, for now, can only be reached by boat. The island's flora and fauna evolved in extreme isolation, resulting in more than 400 invertebrate species found nowhere else on Earth. For this reason, St Helena has been called the ‘Galapagos of the South Atlantic'.
Extinctions
Unfortunately, following its discovery by sailors in 1502, St Helena suffered immense environmental destruction, caused by introduced livestock and forest clearance. Today, much of the island's unique wildlife is threatened with extinction. Iconic invertebrates such as the Giant earwig (Labidura herculeana), Giant ground beetle (Aplothorax burchelli) and St Helena darter (a dragonfly - Sympetrum dilatatum) are believed lost within living memory. The remnants of the native flora and fauna are struggling to survive in habitat fragments, which occupy a tiny fraction of their original area. They also face a wide range of pressures from non-native plants and animals.
Read on...
WALLY THE COMEDY RHINOCEROS: Yesterday's News Today
Oll is away, so for todayYesterday's News Today is done by Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros. He is a stand up comedian of some renown. Here is one of his rhino-related jokes.
Knock Knock
Who's there
Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros
Ha Ha that was funny. Sidesplitting. Yes. Ha! Now for the news...
Two-headed turtle hatches at US zoo
Towards a New Relationship with Rattlesnakes - via...
Snake Fungal Disease: The White-Nose Syndrome for ...
NASA satellites reveal fire hotspots that are poll...
Animals being used as tourist props in Mexico
Researchers Discover Species-Recognition System in...
Two Rare Albino Humpback Whales Spotted on Yearly ...
Social Networks Shape Monkey 'Culture' Too
Knock Knock
Who's there
Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros
Ha Ha that was funny. Sidesplitting. Yes. Ha! Now for the news...
And now for a happy tune that you can whistle while you work:
Friday, June 28, 2013
GLEN VAUDREY'S WHOLE WIDE WORLD #29 Faroe isles
29. Faroe isles
Our first stop in the European leg of our travels brings us to the rather charming Danish dependency of the Faroe isles. While they consist of only 18 islands they do have a number of creatures of cryptozoological interest. However the one I am going to look at today wasn’t on the land but was to be spotted in the waters around the islands.
The event took place a few years before 1846 and concerned a sighting made by Captain Christmas of the Danish Navy. Whilst in command of a Danish frigate sailing between
If you would like to read more about the mystery animals of the Faroe isles then I would recommend that you get your hands on a copy of my book The Mystery Animals of the British Isles: The Northern Isles, if only to find out how I managed to include them in a book about the British Isles.
Our next stop is just a short boat trip away. We are off to
CRYPTOLINK: Sarawak - Village in panic over bigfoot prints
A word about cryptolinks: we are not responsible for the content of cryptolinks, which are merely links to outside articles that we think are interesting (sometimes for the wrong reasons), usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me.
ABOUT 200 Bigfoot-like footprints have been discovered near Kampung Kepis Baru, Kuala Pilah, causing panic among villagers, reported Harian Metro.
Adnan Pungut, 48, claimed he discovered the footprints when he was clearing rubbish and wood at his rubber estate at 3pm on Saturday.
“I immediately informed the others because I was scared. I told the other villagers and all of us went back to the area.
“We found 200 footprints that were about the same size and tried to follow them,” he was quoted as saying.
“Based on the footprints, we can assume that the creature has two legs and weighs more than 100kg,” he said.
DALE DRINNON: Living Dragons, Benny's Blogs
New At Frontiers of Zoology:
And at Benny's blog The Ominous Octopus Omnibus, another retelling of the
Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast, as told by Superman
comics:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS.....
And so another working week shudders to an
end. Last night I had a long chat with one of our authors who also works for the
DSS. He told me about the obscenely draconian legislation for benefits claimants
which is being proposed for 2015 and after. I really cannot believe that any
government could be so harsh, and I would love to say that I think that the
British people are not going to just like down passively and take this latest
affront towards our individual freedoms. But I am sure that we will all just
roll over like good little puppies and take it. What the hell happened to the
spirit of protest and dissent? Like John Lennon said: "Keep you doped with
religion and sex and TV, And you think you're so clever and classless and free",
and we all know what he said next.
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* 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
Wise up people. Before it is too
late.
I heard from Richard who telephoned me
briefly from Gatwick. By now, he, Christophe and Adele should be in Sumatra.
Let's all keep our collective fingers crossed that the expedition in search of
orang pendek - the undiscovered upright walking ape of Sumatra - is a
success.
What's new on the Gonzo Daily?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com
The Gonzo Track of the Day is from Wally
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-wally-martyr.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-wally-martyr.html
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World
Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_28.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_28.html
The Incredible String Band in Leamington Spa
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/incredible-days-of-psychedelic-folk.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/incredible-days-of-psychedelic-folk.html
THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Bobby 'Blue' Bland
(1930-2013)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/those-we-have-lost-bobby-blue-bland.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/those-we-have-lost-bobby-blue-bland.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 (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier
News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...
From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:
- Monster Files - A New Review — At Mark Turner's Mysterious World...
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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 took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 1926 Mel Brooks was born. Brooks was responsible for several classic
comedy films including Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety and Spaceballs.
And now
the news:
A
classic scene from Spaceballs, Brooks' best film:
Thursday, June 27, 2013
DALE DRINNON: Sauropod, Sea wolf, Benny's Blogs, and a visit to the world of Cedar & Willow
NOTICE: Comments submitted to Blogger may or may not make it through to
publication. There is a bug on.
New at Frontiers of Zoology:
New At Cedar And Willow:
New at Benny's OTHER Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO DAH MAN IS ASLEEP
Well, I finished reading 'The People's
Music' by Stuart Maconie last night. When I posted about it yesterday, several
people accused me of being unfair. But although some of the later chapters are
better, the book is still a big disappointment. It is just so lightweight. It
reads like a series of columns in a popular magazine. And the mistakes are
unforgivable (Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull did not play the first Glastonbury.
It was Ian A Anderson, an acoustic singer songwriter and a completely different
dude). Other statements remain unsubstantiated. For example it is fairly well
accepted that John Lennon went off in a huff after George Harrison refused to
let Yoko appear at the Concert for Bangladesh. However, Maconie says that his
non-appearance was because of his unwillingness to cut short a holiday. If this
is true, it is actually quite a major thing for Lennon scholars. But where did
he get it from?
I really wanted this book to be good. But
it isn't. Maconie is a fine writer, and I suspect that an editor somewhere took
a hatchet to his prose and dumbed it down outrageously. That, dear readers, is a
sign of the times.
What's new on the Gonzo Daily?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com
What's new on the Gonzo Daily?
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com
The Gonzo Track of the Day is from Jack Bruce
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-rory-gallagher-jack.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/gonzo-track-of-day-rory-gallagher-jack.html
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World
Poet.
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_27.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_27.html
The trailer for the Dutch Woodstock
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-dutch-woodstock.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-dutch-woodstock.html
Rick Wakeman's world tour
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/rick-wakeman-journeys-to-centre-of-earth.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/rick-wakeman-journeys-to-centre-of-earth.html
John Shuttleworth live
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/john-shuttleworth-out-of-our-sheds.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/john-shuttleworth-out-of-our-sheds.html
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Our Keith's old pad
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-cabinet-of-curiosities-keith-emersons.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-cabinet-of-curiosities-keith-emersons.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
* 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 (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. 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?
CFZ PEOPLE: Harriet Wadham
Happy Birthday, my dear
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
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 took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
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Capture of alleged "kallana" pygmy elephant
An animal described as a "calf elephant, which is purportedly a 'pygmy'" was "tethered" (captured) in February by Kerala Forest Department (KFD) vets in the forest in Paruthypally, in the Trivandrum District of the South Indian state of Kerala.
The capture was covered in The Hindu newspaper of Feb 7 this year and there's also a Malayalam language TV broadcast, which has a fleeting few seconds of a slightly strange-looking elephant moving in the forest, with not much to indicate the scale.
While the traditions of the local Kani "tribals" who live in the Peppara forest describe"kallana" - an agile pygmy elephant five feet in height or less, the Kerala wildlife officials were so convinced that the elephant was nothing of the sort that they "dismissed" a demand for DNA samples to be taken from the elephant. V. Gopinath, Chief Wildlife Warden, Kerala, was quoted as saying "kallana" said "kallana" was "a myth" that "existed in the folklore of tribespeople alone." Another KFD official described the elephant as being a six-year-old calf.
Read on...
The capture was covered in The Hindu newspaper of Feb 7 this year and there's also a Malayalam language TV broadcast, which has a fleeting few seconds of a slightly strange-looking elephant moving in the forest, with not much to indicate the scale.
While the traditions of the local Kani "tribals" who live in the Peppara forest describe"kallana" - an agile pygmy elephant five feet in height or less, the Kerala wildlife officials were so convinced that the elephant was nothing of the sort that they "dismissed" a demand for DNA samples to be taken from the elephant. V. Gopinath, Chief Wildlife Warden, Kerala, was quoted as saying "kallana" said "kallana" was "a myth" that "existed in the folklore of tribespeople alone." Another KFD official described the elephant as being a six-year-old calf.
Read on...
KARL SHUKER - HISTORY AND MYSTERIES OF THE HUIA, A BIRD WITH TWO BEAKS
Karl Shuker charts the history and reveals the mysteries of the huia - New Zealand's lost but famous bird with two beaks.
GLEN VAUDREY'S WHOLE WIDE WORLD #28. Hiatus
28. Hiatus
Yes it does sound like a country that you have never heard of but really it’s a fancy word to explain why you haven’t seen any progress in the Whole Wide World series for over a year. It’s not because of a shortage of mystery animals around the world, no, I have been very busy.
Firstly, I have been busy writing the Mystery Animals of Staffordshire with Nick Redfern and you will be glad to know this book, the latest volume in the Mystery Animal series, will be on sale later this year.
Not only writing, I have also been busy launching vaudrey.art on eBay selling northern school, cubist and cryptozoology artwork so if you fancy owning an original mystery animal painting you now know where to look.
Later this week we shall be resuming our worldwide trip looking for mystery animals once again.
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 1898 Joshua Slocum completed the first solo navigation of the
world.
And now
the news:
Slocum's voyage probably didn't bear much
resemblance to this:
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
MYSTERY FISH FROM HONG KONG
This photo of Sai Kung is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Richard Muirhead sent me the above picture. I think that it is some kind of grouper; the serrated back is reminiscent of this Pacific Goliath grouper. Richard's fish looks more elongated, but that may well be an artifact as a result of the curved front of the tank.
What do you think?
Whatever it is, it has almost certainly been eaten by now, as it was photographed in a restaurant in Sai Kung...
CFZ PEOPLE: Richard Downes
He may be a high-ranking army chaplain,
but he's still my little brother. And today my little brother has been on this
planet for half a century. Happy birthday, dude!
DALE DRINNON: New proto eel, Palau monster stamps, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of
Zoology:
New at the Frontiers of
Anthropology:
New at Benny's OTHER Blog, The Ominous Octopus Omnibus:
Best Wishes, Dale D.
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