Wednesday, April 20, 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
Bigfoot, Dogmen & Other Creepy Cryptids
Bigfoot,
Dogmen & Other Creepy Cryptids posted by The Dark Side. Share on Facebook.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Stories of dogman attacks, rougarou ...
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Central Florida men: We caught famous
'skunk ape' on video
The “skunk ape” -- Florida's version of Bigfoot --
has been on the minds of Mark Barton and Chris Conner for almost two years as
they've combed the ...
TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject.
There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we are publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.
There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we are publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.
The worldwide mystery cat phenomenon (or group of phenomena, if we are to be more accurate) is not JUST about cryptozoology. At its most basic level it is about the relationship between our species and various species of larger cat. That is why sometimes you will read stories here that appear to have nothing to do with cryptozoology but have everything to do with human/big cat interaction. As committed Forteans, we believe that until we understand the nature of these interactions, we have no hope of understanding the truth that we are seeking.
ARTICLE: The Lynx Effect
NEWSLINK: Zambia government issues new guidelines ...
NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)
Highland producers launch 'Loch Ness Monster' Popcorn
The
first flavoured product, 'Loch Salt and Caramel Ness', is inspired by the Loch's
famous occupant the Loch Ness Monster and will be available on ...
The Loch Ness Monster: Prehistoric
monster or remote-controlled fraud?
Unlike a lot of cryptids, the Loch Ness Monster
has a long history, with our current, contemporary interest in the monster
beginning more than 80 years ...
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN DOES SOMETHING OR OTHER
The Gonzo Daily - Wednesday
Today is a particularly jolly one because the eldest of my two darling
stepdaughters is here for a week. All I ever wanted was daughters, and the best
thing Corinna ever did for me was give me two of them. The Yearbook is
practically finished for this year. I have one artocle to come and a few linking
bits to write and then it is all over bar the shouting. Are you excited?
Now if I can repeat myself: I have a favour to ask. Somehow my computer has
eaten several things that were intended for this Yearbook. If you were the chap
who sent me a thing about omens involving foxes, can you resend it to me. It was
fascinating but somehow has been digested by the voracious maw of my various
computers. Drop me a line please...
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: James Brown - Get Up O...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Dave Brock interview 2002 History of Hawkwind etc
WHFS-FM Flying Burrito Brothers Interview
The Pace Report: "Burdon-nistic Warrior" The Eric ...
And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore: if
you want to make me a happy fellow, you can:
buy my novel:
buy my single:
buy tickets to the Weird Weekend:
Gonzo Magazine #178
Viv Stanshall, Mike Livesley, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, Fred Frith,
Armando Gallo, French-Frith-Kaiser-Thompson, Ra ra riot, Arthur Brown, C S
Lewis, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Astor Piazzolla, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Dogwatch, That
Legendary Wooden Lion, Hawkwind, and Yes fans had better look out!
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End is on the front cover, there is an interview
with Mike Livesley who is the mastermind of the latest revival inside, together
with Alan's notstalgic look at the original mastermind, Viv Stanshall. Doug
raves about Ra Ra Riot, whilst John goes to see Arthur Brown. Jon goes all South
American whilst Alan muses on French-Frith-Kaiser-Thompson, and interviews the
legendary Fred Frith. We send legendary rock and roll photojournalist Armando
Gallo to a desert island, review a book about C S Lewis, and there are radio
shows from Strange Fruit and Mack Maloney, as well as the return of Friday Night
Progressive, the latest installment of the saga of Xtul, and columns from all
sorts of folk including Roy Weard, Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon and the irrepressible
Corinna who this week has Elvis in her sights (uh huh huh). There is also a
collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and pademelons ouyside
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:
Alfredo Zitarrosa, Astor Piazzolla, The Who, Ringo Starr, Bruce
Springsteen, Alan Dearling, Tony Hawk, Led Zeppelin, John Ellis, Strange Fruit,
Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Robbie Brennan, Anthony
Schmaltz "Tony" Conrad, Earl Solomon Burroughs (Jack Hammer), Captain Beefheart,
Brand X, Osibisa, Pink Fairies, Gram Parson's The International Submarine Band,
Gib Guilbeau, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Sons of Fred, Percy Jones, Norman Wisdom
featuring Rick Wakeman, Viv Stanshall, Michael Livesley, Ra Ra Riot, French
Frith Kaiser Thompson, Roy Weard, John Brodie-Good, Arthur Brown, Mr Biffo,
Armando Gallo, Hawkwind, Xtul, Walter Hooper, C S Lewis, George Michael, Sex
Pistols, Beethoven, Johnny Rotten, Neil Nixon, Paul Buchanan, Folkstone
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 177 (David Gilmour)
Issue 176 (Joey Molland and The Raz Band)
Issue 175 (Larry Sanders)
Issue 174 (Keith Emerson)
Issue 173 (Pink Fairies action figures)
Issue 172 (4th Eden)
Issue 171 (Keith Levene)
Issue 170 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 169 (Wildman Fischer)
Issue 168 (Wakeman/Bowie)
Issue 167 (Paul Kantner)
Issue 166 (Spirits Burning)
Issue 165 (David Bowie)
Issue 164 (Free Festivals)
Issue 163 (Lemmy)
Issue 161-2 (The Christmas Double Feature)
Issue 160 (Frank Zappa)
Issue 159 (Jon Anderson and Matt Malley)
Issue 158 (Billy Sherwood)
Issue 157 (Drones for Daevid)
Issue 156 (Rick and Emmie)
Issue 155 (Pink Fairies)
Issue 154 (Steve Ignorant)
Issue 153 (Martin Barre)
Issue 152 (4th Eden)
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:
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please email me at jon@eclipse.co.uk The more the merrier really.
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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 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?
NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Wednesday
ON THIS DAY IN - 1653 - In England, Oliver Cromwell expelled the Long Parliament for trying to pass the Perpetuation Bill that would have kept Parliament in the hands of only a few members.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
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Scientists discover three new species of mouse lem...
The chemicals mankind dumped in the sea are coming...
Rhino shot dead by poachers in India hours after r...
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
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)