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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday To Me 13,879 And A Half Days Old But I Don’t Look A Minute Over 10,953

Oscar Peterson Trio: Canadian “You Look Good To Me”; ‘Norman Granz Jazz In Montreux Presents Oscar Peterson Trio 1977″ (DVD) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . At some point today I … Continue reading

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CSN:AFU Weeks 30 To 49 In Review

Junkhouse: Canadian “Out Of My Head”; ‘Strays’ (1993) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . CSN:AFU Weeks Thirty To Forty-Nine . Once I Was Lost But Now I Am… Oh yeah, this … Continue reading

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In Defence Of Scrooge

So I’m watching the Greatest Christmas movie ever made, Die Hard, and flipping over to one which freaked me out just enough when I was a kid I haven’t watched it all the way through since — A Christmas Carol. … Continue reading

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Canadian Snow Job Part Two: Reclaiming The B Word

Bass Is Base: Canadian “Funkmobile”; ‘First Impressions For The Bottom Jigglers’ (1994) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . . Fifty centimetres of snow dropped on my Little Village yesterday. Depending on … Continue reading

Posted in Canada, Canadian News, Climate Change, CSN:AFU Aboot Canada, Humor, Humour, Ottawa, Pot, Punk | 1 Comment

No Snow Job Like A Canadian Snow Job

Death From Above 1979: Canadian “Romantic Rights”; ‘Romantic Rights EP’ (2004) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . . I’m flipping between the classic “Requiem for a Heavyweight“, starring Jackie Gleason, Anthony … Continue reading

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Smoking Smoked Smoke

Minimal dust operation with disposable bag. . . . Living On Canter Boulevard (28 of 52) In Ottawa… . Back in the fall of 1993 my brother had just moved in with some ‘friends of friends’. I was desperate to … Continue reading

Posted in CSN:AFU Short Cuts, Depression, Weed | 5 Comments