Monday, May 20, 2019

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.




CRYPTOLINK: Possible 'chupacabra' caught on camera in Houston, if it were really real

A word about cryptolinks: we are not responsible for the content of cryptolinks, which are merely links to outside articles that we think are interesting (sometimes for the wrong reasons), usually posted up without any comment whatsoever from me. 

HOUSTON, Texas -- A man spotted an unusual creature, wandering around Houston's west side corridor. 

The animal caught on camera hasn't been definitely identified, but some may say it resembles the legendary, albeit mythical, chupacabra. 







The photo of this animal was taken on Richmond near Highway 6, behind the Shell facility, according to the viewer who spotted it. 


Read on...

NESSIENEWS (Caveat Lector)





The method, which the tourists have adopted to try and tempt the elusive beast to reveal itself, apparently stems from an ad for Haribo candy which ...


... discovered it was sparked by a Haribo ad on German TV. The spot features Nessie watchers sharing Color-Rado gums from a bowl by the loch.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE

The Gonzo Daily: Monday/Tuesday
Good Morning Campers.
Yes, we are back, and - furthermore - back to something approaching normal. Corinna's hospital appointment on Friday was inconclusive and has triggered more tests and things starting next week. Graham is away visiting his Mother, and I am still on a Bob Dylan jag - at the moment I have the much maligned 1974 album 'Planet Waves' on "heavy rotation" (assuming that means what I think it means). It is somewhat under-rated and fits my current mood of mildly pessimistic optimism (and I know that is an oxy-whatsit, but I don't care). Thursday we vote in the EU elections that were never supposed to happen, and - as we don't get the results until Sunday, I hope that this time next week my track of the day will be New Order's 'Everything's Gone Green'. But somehow my optimism doesn't carry me quite that far.
Toodle-pip
YER EDITOR SEZ:
THE DIGITAL PRAYER FLAG
You guys out in readership land recently did massive amounts of praying for my wife Corinna. And that now - at least at the moment - she appears to be cancer free. I am convinced that these two things are related. A prayer flag (Lung ta) is a colourful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. I believe something similar happens with positive vibes transmitted electronically, and - having used it to such good effect with my dear wife's condition - I want to try it on a larger scale. I am still trying to work out the details, so watch this space.
Blessed be.
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And by the way chaps and chappesses, a trip to the Jon Downes megastore may seem to be in order:
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Meanwhile I continue to pretend that I am a popstar, because now I have sold eight whole copies of my new album Coldharbour. If I continue at this rate I will get a silver disc sometime at the beginning of the next millenium. Coldharbour, by the way, can be found here: https://jondownes1.bandcamp.com/releases
I think it is really rather good, but then again I would say that wouldn't I?
AND THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GONZO MAGAZINE:
Gonzo Weekly #337/38
THE EH TO ZEE ISSUE
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Nearly forty years after it first came out Gonzo are reissuing the only album by Zee - a duo consisting of the late Richard Wright of Pink Floyd and Dave Harris from Fashion. To mark this we have an exclusive interview with Dave. Meanwhile Alan is at London Remixed, Graham goes to Hawkwind Summer Sundae, Steve remembers the Phun City Festival organised by Mick Farren with the MC5 and all sorts of other groovy folk, Carl goes in search of Spaghetti Westerns and Jon is Chasing Eris and worrying about Greta Thunberg...
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive AND Strange Fruit AND there is a column from Kev Rowland, BUT Neil Nixon, Mr Biffo, C J Stone, and Roy Weard,and the irrepressible Corinna are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and southern dibblers who are walking in twos (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are paired up, 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:
Extinction Rebellion, Greta Thunberg, Liv McCarthy, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Geoff Downes, Morrissey, Elton John, Richard Freeman, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack Maloney's Mystery Hour, Phil McCormack, Reijo Taipale, Michiro Endo, Jah Stitch (born Melbourne James), Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould, Russ Gibb, Juan Vicente Torrealba, John Lewis Starling, Subir Nandi, Freddie Starr (Frederick Leslie Fowell), Peter William Mayhew, Malcolm Black ONZM, The Fall, America, Michael Bruce, Joey Molland's Badfinger, David Harris, Richard Wright, Zee, Steve Andrews, Phun City Free Festival, Alan Dearling, London Re-Mixed, Deadbeat Brass, Das Brass, GOG, Rich Mix, Ludi's Eye, Tarantola, Malphino, The ReMix Reeling, Gypsies of Bohemia, Animanz, Sam and the Womp Sound System, True Strays, London ReMixed UKG Orchestra featuring the Blue Lion Band, Onipa, Henge, Rum Buffalo, Kev Rowland, Abstracter, Al Ard, Amorphis, Art of Illusion, Barren Altar, Black Elephant, Black Orchid Empire, Bleeding Through, Carl Marshall, Geordie Jackson, Spaghetti Westerns, Tony Klinger, Hawkwind, Jonathan Downes, Coldharbour Diaries, The Wild Colonial Boy, Martin Springett, Brenton Clutterbuck, Discordianism, Milda Harris
And the last few issues are:
Issue 335-36 (Raz)
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Issue 333-34 (Nepal)
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Issue 331-32 (Scott Walker)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-331-2.html
Issue 329-30 (Charlie X)
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Issue 327-28 (Hawkwind)
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Issue 325-26 (Gonzo)
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Issue 323-24 (Irvine Welsh)
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Issue 321-22 (Discordianism)
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Issue 319-20 (Brix Smith)
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Issue 317-18 (Christmas)
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Issue 315-16 (Steve Miller)
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Issue 313-14 (Hawkwind)
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Issue 311-12 (Extinction Rebellion)
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Issue 309-10 (Steve Hillage)
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Issue 307-8 (Michael Moorcock)
https://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo-307-8.html
Issue 305-6 (Maartin Allcock)
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Issue 303-4 (kOZFEST)
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Issue 301-2 (Ringo Starr)
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Issue 299-300 (Aretha Franklin)
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Issue 298 (Alan in Hungary)
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Issue 297 (Shir Ordo)
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Issue 295-6 (Robert Berry)
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Issue 294 (Bow Wow Wow)
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Issue 293 (Stonehenge)
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Issue 292 (Rolling Stones)
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Issue 291 (Alien Weaponry)
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Issue 290 (Frank Zappa)
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Issue 289 (Misty in Roots)
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Issue 288 (Paula Frazer)
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Issue 287 (Boss Goodman)
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Issue 286 (Monty Python)
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Issue 285 (ELP)
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Issue 284 (Strangelove)
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Issue 283 (Record Store Day)
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Issue 282 (Neil Finn and Fleetwood Mac)
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Issue 281 (Carl Palmer)
http://www.flipsnack.com/9FE5CEE9E8C/gonzo281.html
Issue 280 (Steve Andrews)
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BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF







Bigfoot walks among us here in Texas. Or at least that's what researchers tracking the elusive beast would have us believe. Recently, Travel Channel ...


Well, there's a whole database of Bigfoot sightings, managed by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, and Oregon is full of sightings.


SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — For Stephen Major, it's not a question as to whether Bigfoot exists, but rather where the elusive creature is located.


NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday/Tuesday

ON THIS DAY IN -  0325 - The Ecumenical council was inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in Nicea, Asia Minor. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

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  • 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)