Wednesday, April 05, 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.








THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN MIGHT BE

The Gonzo Daily: Wednesday
 
Jpohn Shuttleworth/Steve Hillage/Joey Molland/Thom/Patrick Moraz
 
A band of chiefs! - alas! how few,
Since but the fleeting of a day
Had thinned it; but this wreck was true
And chivalrous: upon the clay
Each sate him down, all sad and mute,
Beside his monarch and his steed;
For danger levels man and brute,
And all are fellows in their need.
 
And now, here is the news:
 
JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH IN THE NEWS
STEVE HILLAGE REVIEW
JOEY MOLLAND NEWS
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Patrick Moraz - Out In...
 
Gonzo Magazine #228
THE TRAVEL BROADENS THE WASSNAME ISSUE
 
 
Graham travels to Phoenix, Arizona to meet the Space Pharoahs, a Hawkwind tribute band in a most unlikely location. And they even get raided by the cops! Meanwhile Alan is getting all arty in Vilnius, Lithuania, John goes to see Cary Grace and Mauve la Biche in darkest Somerset, Richard Freeman writes about Tura Satana, Richard Foreman about Neil Young's Jeans, Doug writes about Fleetwood Mac, Jon rants on about Krautrock, and The Man’s Daddy has a whole page of Brexit Jokes.
 
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:
 
Krautock, Gorillaz, RPO, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Clem Curtis, Arthur Murray Blythe, James Dent "Jimmy" Dotson, Peter Shotton, Edward Grimes, Tony Ashton with Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, John Entwhistle, Zak Starkey (Ringo’s son), Z, Gastank, Lutz Ulbrich featuring Nico, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Atomic Rooster, Mary Hopkin, Space Pharoahs, Fleetwood Mac, Alan Dearling, Vilnius, Lithuania, John Brodie-Good, The Cary Grace Band, Mauve La Biche, Neil Young, Kev Rowland, Wingfield Reuter Stavi Sirkus, Argos, Cairo, Mr Biffo, Hawkwind, Xtul, Martin Springett, Philip Wayre
 
Read the previous few issues of Gonzo Weekly:
 
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:
 
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TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS

The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. 

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: Trap and cage Aarey leopards: Shiv Sena ...
  • NEWSLINK/VIDEO: Exotic ‘Savannah Cat’ Found Roamin...
  • BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF




    LOUDONVILLE - Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Grassman are all names for the legendary, ape-like creature that reportedly inhabits North America, ...


    NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)




    The 500-year-old mystery of the Loch Ness Monster could be solved by a Kiwi living in New Zealand's Edinburgh of the South. Otago University ...


    The appearance of the Loch Ness looking creature in the middle of the city can shake people out of their routine, she added. "Get a chance to take in ...

    Scientist Believes DNA Test Will Finally Solve The Loch Ness Monster Mystery
    A scientist from New Zealand has claimed that a simple DNA could finally solve the mystery of 'Nessie' the Loch Ness monster.Professor Neil Gemmell ...


    NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Wednesday

    ON THIS DAY IN - 1242 - Russian troops repelled an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 
    And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

  • How cheetahs stay fit and healthy
  • New tools to spy on raiding baboons in suburbs of ...
  • Of Star Trek, Mark Twain and helmets: 15 new speci...
  • This timid little fish escapes predators by inject...


  • 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.)