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The Gonzo blog today is another rather groovy one (but when isn't it?)

We revisit Michael Des Barres's forthcoming album, and wonder at the acausive synchronicity of the whole 'Best of British' thing:http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/michael-de-barres-true-brit.html

We have an exclusive video interview with Gonzo head honcho Rob Ayling. He talks about the Gonzo ethos, the lost broadcasts, and forthcoming releases by Frank Zappa, Stephen Stills and Captain Beefheart:http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/exclusive-video-chat-with-gonzo-md-rob.html

Whilst on the subject of Captain Beefheart and the forthcoming Gonzo dvd, here are some interesting snippets including a blogpost about his birthplace, and a cartoon depiction of his life by the ever wonderful John Allison:http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/where-captain-beefheart-was-born.html

The world is a poorer place because, 'the father of loud', Jim Marshall has died:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/father-of-loud-jim-marshall-dies-aged.html

In my day job I am a cryptozoologist, and over the past thirteen years I have studied the grotesque vampiric chupacabras, and even written two books about it. Now proggers Phideaux (who I suspect got their name from the 1975 Goodies annual) get in on the act:http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/chupacabras.html

I am a born-again Wally fan, and it seems that I am not the only one:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/link-wally-review.html

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From Nick Redfern's "There's Something in the Woods...":

• The Creature of Bala Lake — A Welsh lake monster...
• The Cross Timbers Creature Conference — Nick will be in Oklahoma on April 14...
• Shadows in the Sky - Buy, Buy, Buy! — New book by Neil Arnold...

From CFZ Australia:

• Dingoes and Devils the answer for Australia? — Predators to control invasive species?
• On the Track of Unknown Animals Episode 56 — Latest video news from the CFZ...
• Happy Easter CFZers! — An Easter bunny (or is that a Jackalope?)...

CFZ PEOPLE: Roseanne Curtis - a major new talent

I have known Dave and Joanne Curtis' daughter Rosie since she was a very small girl. Now she is a sophisticated young lady of (nearly) 16, and she is pursuing a career in serious films. This is her latest cinematic outing, and I think that you will agree with me that she is a talent worth watching. Roll over Leni Riefenstahl and tell Roseanne Curtis the news...

HAUNTED SKIES: Author's update

http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2012/04/haunted-skies-authors-update-5th-april.html

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1869 celluloid was patented. Although at first used as a substitute for ivory it found its most famous use in film processing. The fact that film could be printed on a flexable transparent surface as opposed to rigid and expensive glass plates, was what turned the magic lantern shows of the Victorian age into movies.

And now the news:

Shetland Islands to host 'world's most productive'...
Ostriches released onto newly created wildlife res...
'Snake' found in Kingswells loft turned out to be ...
Conservation scheme for 'under threat' Rockingham ...
Robosquirrels Versus Rattlesnakes
‘Wildlife’s at risk’ if drilling allowed near Newp...
Arctic blast threatens real Easter eggs
Placenta On Toast? Could We Derive Benefits from I...
Mission critical: Species explorers propose steps ...
Tagged Lice Help Researchers Study Social Interact...
Lead's lethal lure for curious kea
Rescued Turkey dolphins ready for release into the...
Runaway cat Ronnie returns after two years away

‘Roundhay Garden Scene’ is thought to be the first moving picture produced using celluloid film by Louis Aimé Augustin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1i40rnpOsA

DALE DRINNON: Skunk ape, Shipton yeti prints, Kakha Margiani Tyler Stone

New on the Frontiers of Zoology:
Part 2 of the Skunk Ape story (Florida Bigfoot, the more human-like one)
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/04/skunk-apes-part-2.html

The discussion on the casts of the Shipton 1951 "Yeti" footprint formerly owned by Ivan T. Sanderson
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2012/04/shipton-track-cast-real-deal.html

New on the Frontiers of Anthropology:
Part 3 of Kakha Margiani as Guest Blogger
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2012/04/kakha-margiani-part-3.html

Tyler Stone has a Paleontology posting on his blog:
http://titanoceratops.blogspot.com/2012/04/did-pachycephalosaurs-have-quills.html

OVER ON THE GONZO BLOG

Just in case you might be interested, late last night I spoke to veteran rock singer Michael des Barres about his forthcoming album. I am also rude about Rob Ayling while discussing a new DVD from Chris Thompson, one time singer with Manfred Mann's Earth Band...

CHRIS THOMPSON: Smashing CD/DVD Set
MICHAEL DES BARRES: Exclusive interview