CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: 07/27/14

WELCOME TO THE CFZ BLOG NETWORK: COME AND JOIN THE FUN

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...

Sunday, July 27, 2014

LARS THOMAS: Especially for Richard

As we appear to be on a noctuid kick today, here is Amphipyra pyramidea especially for Gothboy

KARL SHUKER: The Clifden Nonpareil - Britain's Most Beautiful, Bewitching Moth?

Karl Shuker pays homage to Britain's most beautiful, elusive moth - the clifden nonpareil or blue underwing.

Read on...

GONZO WEEKLY #88

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

What has Corinna's column of fortean bird news got to do with Cryptozoology?

Well, everything actually!

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.

EVERYBODY LOVES THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

The Gonzo Daily - Sunday

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For the first Sunday in weeks my head is in clover
its a Sunday lunchtime and I'm not hungover
we went to a charity concert last night
after spending six hours recording with Mike

and when we got home I just went to bed
spending 14 hours asleep instead
of knocking back brandy, I cuddled the dogs
so I'm fresh and awake when I write Sunday's blogs

Barbara Dickson in Leek
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/barbara-dickson.html
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_27.html
GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" (c.1400 BC)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/gonzo-track-of-day-hurrian-hymn-no-6.html
GONZO WEEKLY #88
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/gonzo-weekly-88.html
Geoff Downes Interview: Prog Rock Masters Yes
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/gonzo-weekly-88.html

The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#88) is available to read or download at www.gonzoweekly.com. It has Joey Molland, the last man standing of the mighty Badfinger on the front cover and an interview with him inside. It also includes an exclusive interview with the author of a new biography of The Waterboys, with an exclusive extract from the book. Yes fans will find a critique of the new album and a rundown of the extraordinary events that took place yesterday as Jon Anderson launched his new band. Elsewhere in the issue Doug Harr interviews the founding members of Brand X and Galahad release the cover art for their forthcoming EP. There are also new shows from the wonderfully eccentric Jaki and Tim on their Submarine, and from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny (hopefully fully recovered from his recent illness) a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and mysterious clues (OK, no peculiar objects left by malefactors, 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!!!

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 87 (Daevid Allen cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/gonzo-weekly-87.html
Issue 86 (Hunter Thompson cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/gonzo-weekly-79.html
Issue 85 (Clearlight/Chief Raoni cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/gonzo-weekly-85.html
Issue 84 (Mick Abrahams cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/06/gonzo-weekly-84.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!

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