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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

It is edited by CFZ Director Jon Downes, and subbed by the lovely Lizzy Bitakara'mire (formerly Clancy), scourge of improper syntax. The daily newsblog is edited by Corinna Downes, head administratrix of the CFZ, and the indexing is done by Lee Canty and Kathy Imbriani. There is regular news from the CFZ Mystery Cat study group, and regular fortean bird news from 'The Watcher of the Skies'. Regular bloggers include Dr Karl Shuker, Dale Drinnon, Richard Muirhead and Richard Freeman.The CFZ bloggo is updated daily, and there's nothing quite like it anywhere else. Come and join us...

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN

Easter's my favourite time of the year
but this year is too cold, I fear
to go outside for a jolly time
so I'm indoors doing the blogs in rhyme
 
You may think I'm a weird old freak,
but I do them like this once a week,
for not better reason that I can see
than I do it cos it amuses me
 
So let's get on (I think we'd better)
issue 19 of the Gonzo Newsletter
has just gone out, I think it's good
and so do you (at least you should)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/gonzo-weekly-newsletter-19.html
 
But now I'd really like to say
that the easter Gonzo track of the day
you'll recognise it if I give you a kick
its 'The theme from Manhole' by Grace Slick
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/gonzo-track-of-day-grace-slick-manhole.html
 
And now sitting here on my own
I want to say goodbye to Phil Ramone
the guy who produced 'Blood on the Tracks'
has sadly died, alas alack
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/those-we-have-lost-phil-ramone-1934-2013.html
 
Some news in brief, I think its good
that the Yes alumnus Billy Sherwood
whose skills are in demand you see
is going to "fix" a heavy metal CD
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/news-in-brief-billy-sherwood-to-fix.html
 
And now it's time to take a look
at an unreleased song by Helen McCookerybook
I gotta say (as you knew I would)
give it a listen (it's bloody good)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/unreleased-gem-from-helen-mccookerybook.html
 
Apparently in the early days (of Yes
when they were far from lazy)
according to drummer White, the press
and everyone else thought they were crazy
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/link-yes-alan-white-on-early-days.html
 
John Ellis plays lots of crazy chords
and now the folk at Chanoyu records
have given me something I can proffer
a really generous Easter offer
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/special-easter-holiday-offer-from.html
 
And our last story is, (gosh, can't you guess?)
you gottit, once again it's Yes
and I am chuffed to bring to you
another groovy live review
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/03/link-yes-at-hard-rock-live-hollywood.html
 
And thats about it for this time
just wait another week for another rhyme
There's just one thing left, we must not miss
that's to send our love to Rob and Kris
 
*  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:
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
 
* 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 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and his new orange kitten 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 the orange cat?

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