New
at Cedar and Willow:Monday, October 29, 2012
WHILST WORKING ON THE NEW EDITION OF EBERHART'S 'MYSTERIOUS CREATURES WE GOT AS FAR AS...
Altamaha-Ha
FRESHWATER MONSTER of Georgia (USA).
Etymology: After the river.
Physical description: Length, 10–25 feet. Diameter, 10–12 inches. Smooth, gray-brown skin. Small head. Long neck. Two or three humps
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FRESHWATER MONSTER of Georgia (USA).
Etymology: After the river.
Physical description: Length, 10–25 feet. Diameter, 10–12 inches. Smooth, gray-brown skin. Small head. Long neck. Two or three humps
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I'M YER GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN
And so another week begins. The highspot of the next seven days is a 'Fun Day' at Barnstaple Museum featuring quite a few of the gang. Sheri has apparently brought a Catwoman mask with her as it is Hallowe'en, and this year we shall be having a smashing Samhain. In other news I am interviewing Martin Birke from the marvellous 'Genre Peak' tonight at 9 (or it might be 8 because the clocks went back), and Annie Haslam is back in the saddle, albeit wearing a medieval sounding back brace...
We kick off the week with a visit to the home of Thom the World Poet
Next year there will be a mega festival in Australia which features Gonzofolk like Jon Anderson and Roger Hodgson, as well as Robert Plant..
As regular readers will be aware, Annie Haslam has suffered a back injury, but like the trouper she is, she is back on stage again..
A review of Jefferson Starship in Paris the other week..
Eric Burdon is 71 but still one of my favourite singers..
Postman don't bring me no more blues. But bring me a massive parcel of Gonzothings
My favourite magazine 'The Word' ceased publication earlier this year, but David Hepworth is keeping the 'Word in your Ear' gigs alive and kicking..
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 Editor is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
On this
day in 1618 Walter Raleigh was beheaded on the pretext of treason, in reality it
was to appease the Spanish who were after revenge after all the privateering and
such like Raleigh and his cousins Drake and Grenville and their buddy Hawkins
had engaged in.
And now
the news:
A
factually inaccurate reconstruction of Raleigh's life (the ending is ace though)
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
CRYPTOLINK: Is Bigfoot a Protected Species?
Is Bigfoot a
protected species? Well, in New York, an enthusiast has stated to the press that
the species is on the protected species list.
The rationale behind this declaration is that the mysterious
beast has no designated hunting season; therefore, by law, the species falls
under the protected list. According to the
Huffington Post, enthusiast, Peter Wiemer, has verified this
with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in a
telephone conversation.
Of course, the
DEC has denied that this declaration is true, and the department also denies the
existence of the beast. However, in an email, the DEC told Wiemer that there is
no open season on the beast, but none may be taken either.
The DEC also
encourages believers to track down the beast in order to prove that it exists.
However, shooting it is still not legal. The only state
that allows for Sasquatches to get shot is Texas. The law allows shooter to do
it on first site with no questions asked. Go figure!
SHERI'S BLOG: Day 2 - Saturday
After the writing of yesterday’s blog, was the morning
de-briefing/ tea-break and, then, the animal feeding rounds. There is an odd
sense of joy I get from handling worms, although, I do feel mean dropping them
into the tanks as they struggle against the water and the fish nibbling at
them. At least the pike eats them quickly.
We then completed the proof-reading of yesterday’s journal,
before looking at how to change files, to make them into a format more suitable
for the production of e-magazines. At first, this seemed like it would be quite
difficult, but actually turned out to be relatively simple. Following this, we
began work editing the new book on big cats, by Dr. Karl Shuker and the new
version of George Eberhart’s cryptozoological encyclopaedia.
There was an amount of animal handling done, during this
time, in the form of Spider, the ginger cat, monopolising my lap. Though I’m
not sure it’s what my university had in mind while teaching me handling
techniques.
Even though this office focused element of the job is not as
exciting as other elements, it is still an important part of being a
cryptozoologist and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn it and begin to
be a contributing part of the cryptozoological community.
Before retiring for the night, there was a second car-ride
in search of big cats and, again, none were seen.
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