Thursday, January 19, 2017
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.
Well, everything, actually!
- Lost British birdsong discovered in New Zealand bi...
- 70,000 Birds Killed To Clear New York City Flight ...
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN SINGS HAPPILY TO HIMSELF IN THE CORNER WHILST WEARING A HOME MADE HAT
The Gonzo Daily: Thursday
You may notice that it is nearly eleven at night UK time and I am still
only just doing the blogs. Prudence kept me awake late last night, and then I
became embroiled in a website troubleshooting exercise with a bunch of famous
rock and rollers who shall remain nameless. I finally got to sleep at half past
five, then was up two and a half hours later with another minor crisis with
which I had to deal. I fell asleep in my chair and woke up at two. I had a
hospital visit early evening, and as my sleep patterns are all to cock, I am
gonna stay up late tonight with coffee and pie!
I used to do this all the time when I was younger but being two years shy
of sixty it seems slightly incongruous. But then again, it could be argued that
I always have been.
Hey ho.
And here is the news:
BARBARA DICKSON TOUR DATES
Mick Farren - The Battle of Grosvenor Square Londo...
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Leonard Cohen - Dance ...
Don van Vliet - News Center 4, San Francisco Inter...
Gonzo Magazine #217
THE FINALLY WE GET BACK TO WHATEVER PASSES FOR NORMAL ISSUE
We talk to Doug Harr about his exciting new book about Los Angeles rock
concerts, Alan meets Kelbassas, John remembers the Human Be In, Roy looks
forward to another year with That Legendary Wooden Lion, our old friend Kev
Rowland returns with more reviews, and The Famous Five give up the Booze plus
Hawkwind news, The Gardening Club and gum boots full of more...
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
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:
Glenn Hughes, Black Country Communion, Radio Stars, U2, David Byrne,
Talking Heads, Who, David Bowie, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tony Iommi, Kelly
Osbourne, Fleetwood Mac, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's
Mystery Hour, Peter Eardley Sarstedt, Edward Leilani "Eddie" Kamae, Armando
"Buddy" Greco, Lamar Dupré Calhoun, Tommy Allsup, Anthony "Tony" Booth, Larry
Steinbachek, The Pioneer Cabin Tree, Absolute Elsewhere feat Bill Bruford, Al
Atkins, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Atomic Rooster, Lord Buckley, Tony Ashton
& Jon Lord, Adrian Legg, Rocking' the City of Angels, Doug Harr, Alan
Dearling, Kelbassas, John Brodie-Good, The Summer of Love, The Human Be-In, Kev
Rowland, Its.True.Mentality, Izz, Jolly, Karnataka, Konchordat, Mr Biffo, Roy
Weard, Hawkwind, Robert Calvert, Martin Springett, Enid Blyton, Bill Haley, The
Beatles, Elvis, Beatles, Neil Nixon, Cosmic Rough RiderS
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 215-6 (New Year 2017)
Issue 213-4 (Yule 2016)
Issue 212 (Greg Lake)
Issue 211 (Phil Collins)
Issue 210 (Nico)
Issue 209 (Pink Fairies)
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:
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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
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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 Russell called 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
ON THIS DAY IN - 1419 - Rouen surrendered to Henry V, completing his conquest of Normandy.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
A turtle mystery in Jamaica Bay, NYC (Diamondback ...
Rhinos' Communal Toilets Are Poo-Powered Social Ne...
Primate tool-use: Chimpanzees make drinking sticks...
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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