CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: October 2016

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Golly! What a strange life we lead. Well, I suppose it is Samhain, so what does one expect? Today's strangeness begins with a not very convincing photograph from Alaska reporting to be that of a river monster. http://tinyurl.com/jos55rf So, of course, those jolly nice fellows of Her Majesty's Press have been contacting me in droves for comments. Basically this is what I wrote in return:

“That video from Alaska looks very much like this video from Iceland a couple of years ago: http://tinyurl.com/zevqqlj

That turned out to me an inanimate construct of ice in flowing water and I strongly suggest that this is something similar. Although there are reports of mysterious aquatic creatures from various parts or North America, including Alaska, I am not aware of any from that particular river.

Sorry about that.”

On top of that, I may or may not be on ITV tonight talking about all sorts of thugs that go bump in the night, and we are also having a quiet Samhain soirée this evening, at which a splendid time will be guaranteed for all. Chloe and I have been busy little beavers this afternoon putting together tomorrow's issue of the CFZ newsletter, and pootling about with the Pink Fairies Website. If you are interested it only costs £12 a year and there is plenty of time for you to subscribe using the link at the top of the page on the CFZ website. http://forteanzoology.blogspot.co.uk/

Hopefully life will return to normality once the festivities are over, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

And now for the news................

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

David Peel on the Upper East Side 2 16 1991

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HAWKWIND INTERVIEW (2016)

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Pink Fairies - Do It!

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Deviants - I'm Com...

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Gonzo Magazine #206

This week we see the mighty Raz Band live with Joey Molland, Doug goes to see Brian Wilson, John travels across the Atlantic to see Steely Dan. Alan muses on Justin Johnson, and The Flame Trees, Jon reads about Tony Visconti and eulogises on Ed Harcourt. And there is a chance to win a pair of tickets to next year’s UK shows by Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman. Gee willikins!

Good ‘ere innit?

And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday Night Progressive. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a thrilling and slightly disturbing episode of Xtul. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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!!!

This issue features:

Ed Harcourt, John Cale, Prince, Sinead O'Connor, John Lydon, Phil Collins, Emily Eavis, Yoko Ono, Moby, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Robert Thomas Velline (Bobby Vee), Peter Jozzeppi "Pete" Burns, James "Jimmy" Perry, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson, Binky Womack, Arthur Brown, Nils Lofgren, Jackie Lee, ARW, The Raz Band, Brian Wilson, Alan Dearling, Flame Tree, John Brodie-Good, Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, Justin Johnson, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Hawklords, Xtul, Tony Visconti, Justin Bieber, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Martin Springett, The Gardening Club, Neil Nixon, Gene Clark

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)

Issue 204 (Gas Tank)

Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)

Issue 202 (Gong)

Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)

Issue 200 (Deep Purple)

Issue 199 (Yes)

Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)

Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)

Issue 196 (Paul May)

Issue 195 (Dave Brock)

Issue 194 (Auburn)

Issue 193 (Genre Peak)

Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)

Issue 191 (Karnataka)

Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)

Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)

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Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)

Issue 186 (Beatles)

Issue 185 (Judge Smith)

Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)

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!

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:

Uniontown Herald Standard

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* 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: www.gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk

* 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 57 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two small kittens, one totally coincidentally named after one of the Manson Family, purely because she squeaks, 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 infantile orange cat, and the adventurous kittens?

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.

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF:

Club Hub: Local Bigfoot research project studies legendary creature

Club Hub: Local Bigfoot research project studies legendary creature ... the sighting of a mysterious creature all fuel the legend of Bigfoot in this area.

Washington State Bigfoot Encounter From The 1960's

Youtube bigfoot enthusiast Bob Gymlan shares a bigfoot encounter story coming from Washing state in the 1960's. Check it out: ...

Bigfoot Sightings Near Sasquatch Canyon

New nematode is hermaphrodite: One of the smallest...

The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization head into basecamp, and along the way relate some stories of bigfoot sightings that have occurred in ...

Bighorn and Bigfoot on the Blackfoot Part 3

Sasquatch Chronicles

Bighorn and Bigfoot on the Blackfoot Part 3. “Duke has a visitor to camp at night and is left a sign of it's presence. The next day, on a gravel bar about ...

NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Monday/Tuesday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated near her residence by two Sikh security guards. Her son, Rajiv, was sworn in as prime minister.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

'Robomussels' used to monitor climate change

How animals sense the rate of temperature change

Peru investigates death of 10,000 Titicaca water f...

New bee arrives for first time in the UK

Gorilla recaptured after escape at London zoo

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day.)

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Gonzo Weekly #206

Gonzo Magazine #206

Good ‘ere innit?

This issue features:

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)

Issue 204 (Gas Tank)

Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)

Issue 202 (Gong)

Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)

Issue 200 (Deep Purple)

Issue 199 (Yes)

Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)

Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)

Issue 196 (Paul May)

Issue 195 (Dave Brock)

Issue 194 (Auburn)

Issue 193 (Genre Peak)

Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)

Issue 191 (Karnataka)

Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)

Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)

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Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)

Issue 186 (Beatles)

Issue 185 (Judge Smith)

Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

THE GONZOID HEN

The Gonzo Daily - Sunday

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And for no real reason Sunday's notifications are done in rhyme

On Friday I went to the Podiatrist

who gave me bad news so I got pissed

as the proverbial rat and then I slept

for nearly a day until I crept

downstairs at ten on Saturday night

for something to eat (not a pretty sight)

and I must say (with an apologetic cough)

I hope I don't have my foot cut off

love on ya J

Pink Fairies: Walk Don't Run

PLAYLIST: SF#185

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Let all mortal flesh k...

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THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

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Gonzo Weekly #206

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Gonzo Magazine #206

Good ‘ere innit?

This issue features:

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 205 (Pink Fairies)

Issue 204 (Gas Tank)

Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)

Issue 202 (Gong)

Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)

Issue 200 (Deep Purple)

Issue 199 (Yes)

Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)

Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)

Issue 196 (Paul May)

Issue 195 (Dave Brock)

Issue 194 (Auburn)

Issue 193 (Genre Peak)

Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)

Issue 191 (Karnataka)

Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)

Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo187-8-the-summer-holiday-special.html

Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)

Issue 186 (Beatles)

Issue 185 (Judge Smith)

Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:

Gorilla recaptured after escape at London zoo

NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Sunday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1961 - The Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved an order to remove Joseph Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Has the Great Barrier Reef died? Not quite.

Monkeys create stone tools forcing scientists to r...

Hundreds of jellyfish invade New Zealand coastline...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day.)

Friday, October 28, 2016

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF:

24/7 LIVE Outdoor Wildlife Cam In Minnesota - Watch For Bigfoot

All that is needed is one clear video such as that showing a Bigfoot going thru the motions. Thousands of these webcams set up by hunters and never ...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN EXCULPATED

The Gonzo Daily - Friday/Saturday

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"You started telling me a funny story, and I fell asleep

Oh Wot a dream that was"

I have just returned from the podiatrist in Bideford, and it appears that I have ulcerated pressure sores on each foot from sitting in the same position too long. The one on my left foot is particularly bad, and I have been warned that it could have very serious complications. The a-word was even used. You know; the one that rhymes with amplification but has nothing to do with music or electricity. As I told the podiatrist (who was very sweet to me) I have no objections to getting legless but I don’t wish to BE legless.

"Oh Wot a dream that was"

And there are problems with my potential tenants in my Exeter house. After what happened with the last bunch I want a month’s rent in advance. I have no intention of becoming a nasty slum landlord, and - in fact - I want to be as kind and equitable as I can be. But I don’t want to find myself, once again, being a patsy that is being taken advantage of left right and centre.

"Oh Wot a dream that was"

Talking of Exeter, the Royal Clarence Hotel in Cathedral Close is currently in flames, and there are great fears that many of Exeter’s oldest and most loved buildings are at risk. The Cavern Club was torched some weeks ago, and I believe that there have been other fires in recent weeks, some of which have been confirmed as arson.

"Oh Wot a dream that was"

But the new album by The Divine Comedy is their best in maybe eighteen years, and young master Hannon is on top form. This is the latest in a glut of great records that have appeared this autumn. At least the crappy times elsewhere in life are being given a soundtrack par excellence…

"You started telling me a funny story, and I fell asleep

Oh Wot a dream that was"

And now for the news................

COMING THIS WEEKEND

Pink Fairies - the snake (john peel session)

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Barbara Dickson - Caravans

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Peter Hammill interview - Schio, 11th May 2012

THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Brahms - Symphony No. ...

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Gonzo Magazine #205

We have exciting news about the new Pink Fairies album together with exclusive photographs of them in rehearsal, Jon burbles on about Alan Bennett and the movie of The Lady in the Van, Doug goes to see The Specials, and Alan meets Lenny Helsing, whilst we run a book review a century and a half late.

Good ‘ere innit?

And there are radio shows from Strange Fruit, Mack Maloney, and Friday Night Progressive, and because last week was a full moon, Canterbury Sans Frontieres. We also have columns from all sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible Corinna. There is also a thrilling and slightly disturbing episode of Xtul. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons outside zoos(OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who have escaped from captivity, 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!!!

This issue features:

Alan Bennett, Maggie Smith, The Who, Boy George, Rolling Stones, The Last Shadow Puppets, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Chuck Berry, John Lydon, Leonard Cohen, Bart Lancia, Alan Dearling, Clowns, Strange Fruit, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards, William Nelson "Sonny" Sanders, Robert Bateman, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson, Binky Womack, Arthur Brown, Nils Lofgren, Jackie Lee, The Pink Fairies, The Specials, Lenny Helsing, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Little Richard, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Gizz Butt, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Martin Springett, The Gardening Club, Jules Verne, Neil Nixon, Keith Christmas

Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 204 (Gas Tank)

Issue 203 (The Gardening Club)

Issue 202 (Gong)

Issue 201 (Auld Man's Baccie)

Issue 200 (Deep Purple)

Issue 199 (Yes)

Issue 198 (Steve Ignorant)

Issue 197 (Gilli Smyth)

Issue 196 (Paul May)

Issue 195 (Dave Brock)

Issue 194 (Auburn)

Issue 193 (Genre Peak)

Issue 192 (Rick Wakeman and Brian May)

Issue 191 (Karnataka)

Issue 190 (Erik Norlander)

Issue 189 (Rick Wakeman at the O2)

http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo187-8-the-summer-holiday-special.html

Issue 187/8 (Yer holiday special)

Issue 186 (Beatles)

Issue 185 (Judge Smith)

Issue 184 (Mick Abrahams)

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:

Global warming doubles size of forest fires in US ...

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From CFZ-USA:

NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Friday/Saturday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1965 - Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

On the line: call for Danish anglers to help catch...

Dolphin pictured killing porpoise by flipping it i...

Rainbow boa preying on a vampire bat in a cave in ...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day.)

Thursday, October 27, 2016

RICHARD FREEMAN: Oral History interview - Alison Reid (1996)

Filmed by Roslyn Sargent, Jean and Kevin Mitchells in 1997 this is an interview with Alison Ried.

This video was an oral history interview done with Miss Alison Reid. Alison was the daughter of the curator of Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. She looked after the last captive Tasmanian wolf. In the interview she speaks of her memories of the thylacines at the zoo and her conviction that they still exist today. She also stuffed dead thylacines and raised many young animals of different species.

BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF:

Louisiana Swamp Ape Investigation - Large Tracks Found

A group of investigators find some large tracks, and other possible bigfoot sign, while researching a wildlife management area in northern Louisiana.

Bigfoot Hiding In Plain Sight In Mississippi

Bill Dranginis Presentation At 1st Annual Virginia Bigfoot Conference

From Bono Russell and M.B.E.S.T. - The Mississippi Bigfoot Diaries. This is a collection of Videos and Still Photo's , collected over the last 4 month's, ...

Sorry for the wait folks, but here is the Fouth video from the "1st Annual Virginia Bigfoot Conference" Put on by "Sasquatch Watch of Virginia" at Hungry ...

Survivorman Bigfoot: Legend Of Klemtu Hill

Bigfoot Research News

Survivorman Bigfoot Les Stroud Show. Here is another past episode of Survivorman Bigfoot featuring Les Stroud. Enjoy!

Can Bigfoot Predict Our Actions In The Woods?

Dr. Webb Sentell Speaks At The Honobia Bigfoot Conference

The Trail To Bigfoot team shares some interesting information and theories about bigfoot and how they may be able to predict our actions as humans ...

Dr. Webb Sentell speaks on the firsty day of the Honobia Bigfoot Festival and Conference in Oklahoma. Enjoy. An error occurred. Try watching this ...

OI, WHERE IS THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN?

The Gonzo Daily - Thursday