Friday, May 05, 2017
NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)
In search of the Loch Ness Monster's DNA – and science people give a damn about
He's one of those guys that looks behind the biology of
these myths, like the Loch Ness monster. It was a very innocent
conversation, it was just like, ...
TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS
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.
NEWSLINK: Paralysed and starving, 18-month-old tig...
VIDEO/SIGHTING, UK: Stunned mum spots wild ‘black ...
VIDEO: Amazing Video Reveals The Secret Life of Wy...
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
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Fishermen
in Louisiana Capture a Huge Bigfoot Watching Them Through the
Trees
But
one monster stands out above the rest – Bigfoot! There are so many
sightings of these hairy giants in the Bluegrass State that it has come to
be ...
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Juvenile
Bigfoot Filmed Near Old Car
While
hiking off trail in N/E Ont. I spot the sun reflecting off an old car wreck.
When investigating I pan around to film if I am being watched.
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN SINGS
The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
Party Politics in the United Kingdom has always been one of my favourite
spectator sports, but recently it has become even more gripping, and never more
so than last night and today. Living in interesting times? I should coco. Humour
is the best weapon in our arsenal, so lets all make jokes as the ship goes
down.
And now, here is the news:
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Pink Fairies - Walk Do...
LEONARD COHEN IN THE NEWS
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
Frank Zappa - Lost Interview - Problems with Democ...
Frank Zappa - Lost Interview - Message to the Futu...
Gonzo Magazine #232
THE COR BABY THAT'S REALLY STRANGE AND WEARD ISSUE
And so, in this week's peculiar issue, We interview Roy Weard about his
remarkable new album, Alan discusses rhythms of the world, John waxes lyrical
about Moonalice and we send the legendary Richard Strange to a desert island.
Graham explains the latest twists and turns in the saga of Hawkwind and Jon
discovers that Every Record tells a Story! and learns about the horrific world
of Internet Vigilantes.
Groovy huh?
It’s all free!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Friday Night Progressive, and
Strange Fruit. 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:
Frank Zappa, Every Record Tells A Story, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Queen +
Adam Lambert, Elton John, The Kills, Gruff Rhys, Clinic, Nadine Shah, Fat White
Family & Wild Beasts, John Cale, Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Michael Jackson,
Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Leo
Baxendale, Frank Dostal, Calep H. Emphrey Jr., Robert Maynard Pirsig, Emmie
Beckitt and Rick Wakeman, Supertramp, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, Al Atkins,
Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Mary Hopkin, Alan Dearling, Marco Faddo, Trilok
Gurtu, Jan Garbarek Group, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead, Rhythm
Devils, Brian Jones, Denis Kigongo, UzBand, David Byrne, John Brodie-Good,
Moonalice & Doobie Decibel System, Kev Rowland, Solitary, Ape Shifter,
Artemiy Artemiev & Karda, Axel Rudi Pell, Barock Project, Richard "Kid"
Strange, Doctors of Madness, Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin
Springett, The Beatles, Cocteau Twins, Franz Ferdinand, The Who, Pink Floyd,
Neil Nixon, Cut Chemist, Gorillaz
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
Issue 231 (Allan Holdsworth)
Issue 230 (Curtis Womack)
Issue 229 (Larry Wallis)
Issue 228 (Space Pharoahs)
Issue 227 (Chuck Berry)
Issue 225-6 (The Rites of Spring)
Issue 224 (Hibernal)
Issue 223 (Beatles)
Issue 222 (Cruise to the Edge)
Issue 221 (Deke Leonard)
Issue 220 (Larry Wallis)
Issue 219 (Martin Stone)
Issue 218 (Mark Reiser tribute)
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 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?
POLLING DAY DICKING ABOUT
They really should not have a sign telling people not to take photographs of themselves while in the polling station. It is only a challenge to people like me and Graham....
NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Friday/Saturday
ON THIS DAY IN - 1494 - Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica on his second trip to the Western Hemisphere. He named the island Santa Gloria.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
When Hunting Pythons, It Helps to Dance Like a Mon...
Tarantulas use their lateral eyes to calculate dis...
Recovering species must be celebrated or we risk r...
Genetic evidence points to nocturnal early mammals...
Sea Urchins Launch Their Weird Mobile Jaws to Scar...
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.)