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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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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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

 

Man Abandons Camp When He Runs From Bigfoot
Interesting encounter via bigfoot evidence. All it took was a few moments for Charles Benton to know exactly what he was witnessing. He knows he ...

Watch: Mom's 2013 bigfoot sighting
An elderly woman talks about her sighting of a blonde colored bigfoot creature that she spotted from a vehicle in 2013. The bigfoot was running along ...

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN SAYS HI

The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.html

Same old same old. Jessica is off sick today, buit should be back tomorrow, Graham and Corinna are trying to find a new car, and at last my cold is beginning to retreat. And I did a radio interview with BBC Hereford and Worcester about a sighting of a black fox.

THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Frank Zappa - Watermel...
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-gonzo-track-of-day-frank-zappa.html
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_13.html
RICK WAKEMAN'S MOVING TRIBUTE TO DAVID BOWIE
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/rick-wakemans-moving-tribute-to-david.html
The Raz Band - Madison Park
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-raz-band-madison-park.html
HAWKWIND LIST UK TOUR DATES
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/hawkwind-list-uk-tour-dates.html

Gonzo Weekly #164
www.gonzoweekly.com

Free Festival, Fleetwood Mac, New Order, Joy Division, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Hawkwind, Bridget Wishart, Twink, Digitiser, Mr Biffo, Jaki Windmill, Roy Weard,  Dogwatch, That Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better look out!

The first issue of 2016 is now available, featuring an exclusive interview with Ian Abrahams about 'Festivalized'; his remarkable new book cowritten with one-time Hawkwind chanteuse Bridget Wishart. There is also a feature about Fleetwood Mac's best loved record, Jon moaning about the UK Government's Austerity measures, a review of the autobiography of New Order's Bernard Sumner, radio shows from Strange Harvest, Canterbury Sans Frontieres and Mack Moloney, the latest installment of the saga of Xtul, and columns from all sorts of folk including Mr Biffo and the irrepressable Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and antechinuses wanting poos (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials who are slightly constipated, 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:

Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Syd Barrett, Jack White, The Edge, Bono, Keith Richards, Lemmy, Damon Albarn, Barbara Dickson, The Beatles, Galahad, Strange Harvest, Canterbury Sans Frontieres, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Pierre Boulez, John Thurman Hunter Jr., Robert Colin Stigwood, Hyman Paul Bley, CM, Mark Barnes, Natalie Maria Cole, Marion James, William Wayne McMillan Rogers III, The Pirates, Freddie King, Denny Laine, The Selecter, Wild Man Fischer, Rick Wakeman, Ian Abrahams, Fleetwood Mac, Bridget Wishart, Twink, Roy Weard, A J Smitrovich, Mr Dad's LPs, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Motorhead, Xtul, Bernard Sumner, Eric Clapton, Bjork, Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Elvis, John Lennon, Yes, Jon Anderson, Micky Dolenz, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Jean-Luc Ponty, Neil Nixon, Blowfly, Stary Olsa


Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:

Issue 163 (Lemmy)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo163.html
Issue 161-2 (The Christmas Double Feature)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-161-21-yer-festive-double-issue.html
Issue 160 (Frank Zappa)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo160.html
Issue 159 (Jon Anderson and Matt Malley)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo159.html
Issue 158 (Billy Sherwood)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo158.html
Issue 157 (Drones for Daevid)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo157.html
Issue 156 (Rick and Emmie)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo156.html
Issue 155 (Pink Fairies)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo155.html
Issue 154 (Steve Ignorant)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo154.html
Issue 153 (Martin Barre)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo153.html
Issue 152 (4th Eden)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo152.html
Issue 151 (Corky Laing)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo151.html
Issue 150 (Roger Dean)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo150.html
Issue 149 (Tony Palmer in Space)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo149.html
Issue 148 (Wally Hope)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo148.html
Issue 147 (Thom the World Poet cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo147.html
Issue 146 (Bee and Flower cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo146.html
Issue 145 (Dave Brock cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo145.html
Issue 144 (Percy Jones cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo144.html
Issue 143 (Billy Sherwood cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo143.html
Issue 142 (Daevid Allen and Spirits Burning cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo142.html
Issue 141 (Rick Wakeman cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo141.html
Issue 140 (Jaki Windmill cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo140.html
Issue 139 (Raz cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo139.html
Issue 138 (Galahad cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo138.html
Issue 137 (Chris Squire cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo137.html
Issue 136 (Neil Nixon cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo136.html
Issue 135 (FNP cover)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo135.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!

You can download the magazine in pdf form HERE:
http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/

SPECIAL NOTICE: If you, too, want to unleash the power of your inner rock journalist, and want to join a rapidly growing band of likewise minded weirdos please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.

* 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: 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 56 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and a small kitten 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, and sometimes a young lady called Jessica. 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 kitten?

NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN 1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, was granted the first U.S. patent for the accordion. He made improvements to the keyboard and enhanced the sound. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • Oetzi the Iceman had a stomach bug, researchers sa...
  • Why Earth's Largest Ape Went Extinct

  • Monitor lizards trained not to eat toxic cane toad...

  • 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)