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Thursday, December 01, 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.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN MIGHT WELL BE
The Gonzo Daily: Thursday
Now, that was bloody stupid of me.
I got up bright and early, performed my ablutions, took my medicine and was
downstairs well before nine. I had my breakfast, and - as I felt a little drowsy
- I thought that a short doze in my armchair couldn't help. I woke up at five in
the evening, and it transpired that I had taken my night-time meds rather than
my morning ones, and the tranquilisers and happy pills had soothed me into the
arms of Morpheus. And so a whole day is gone.
I shall be working late tonight.
PS: Happy Birthday Olivia
And here is the news:
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Pink Fairies - X Ray
Gregg Brown US review
ARW: Important notice
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: "Awaken" - Jon Anderso...
Gonzo Magazine #210
In this mesmerising issue we look at she who was Nico, Doug was in the
audience when it all got weird for Kanye West, so unlike everyone else we can
print what REALLY happened, Alan looks at the music scene in Madeira, John was
there when Ryley Walker went electric, and Archie was there when Jon had mixed
feelings about J K Rowling, but at least he finally likes Paul Simon, (Jon that
is, Archie is still undecided).
Strange Days Indeed (Most Peculiar Mama)
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. The saga of Xtul gets
particularly nasty, but Neil Nixon, Richard Freeman and Strange Daze take
rainchecks this week. 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:
Binky Womack, Richard Palmer-James, Madonna, Steve Rothery Band, Elton
John, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Morrisey, Strange Fruit, Friday
Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Craig Douglas Gill, Sharon
Lafaye Jones, Hugh McDonald, Donald “Don” Lee Waller, Walter Howard "Hod"
O'Brien, Joe Esposito, Spirits Burning and Clearlight, Vangelis, Al Atkins,
Atomic Rooster, Rick Wakeman, Martin Stephenson and The Daintees, Archie Fisher
& Barbara Dickson, Nico, Pink Fairies, Kanye West, Alan Dearling, The
Camachofones, Andrei Ladeichikov, Quatro Litros, John Brodie-Good, Ryley
Walker, Itasca, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, J K
Rowling, nDavid Bowie, Adam Ant, Elvis, Neil Nixon, C.O.B. (Clive’s Original
Band)
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 209 (Pink Floyd)
Issue 208 (Leonard Cohen)
Issue 207 (Tibet)
Issue 206 (Raz)
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)
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:
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 57 who - together with a Jack Russel cvalled Archie, an infantile
orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two half grown 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 Archie and the Cats?
NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Thursday/Friday/Saturday
ON THIS DAY IN - 1804 - Napoleon was crowned emperor of France at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
'World's saddest polar bear' temporarily moved fro...
Destruction of kelp forests by tropical fish shows...
78,000 Origami Elephants Invade the Bronx Zoo
Scientists uncover genetic evidence that 'we are w...
Acoustic buoy now detecting rare and endangered wh...
Meet the unsung heroes of dung: Beetles found to r...
Impacts of climate warming, declining sea ice on A...
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.)
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