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May 11, 2025
Simpson: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) – Prequel
Published today: “Simpson: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) – Prequel”
The story of “The General” before the D.U.M.B.s series began, back when he was a younger Captain John Simpson, and how he came to be involved with the shadow military and the secret war with the Greys.
Amazon ebook/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F89J9YGG (paperback coming soon)
Apple: (coming soon)
Google Play: (coming soon)
Kobo: (coming soon)
Other ebook stores and library borrowing: https://books2read.com/u/4E1Azl
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February 22, 2025
February 1, 2025
Wingsuit Flight | Wetterhorn 3690m
Looks amazing. Would you do it? I’m on the fence.
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January 10, 2025
A Very Canadian Message
Comedian Simon King, eh?
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A Very Canadian Message to Trump
A very Canadian response to the recent Trump invading Canada stuff, from comedian Simon King. Right on, eh! Ya hoser! #warof1812
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January 8, 2025
Craigellachie, BC, CPR Last Spike, Rocky Mountaineer rolls by, spring 2024 + memories of past visit
The Last Spike site in Eagle Pass, Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada, is where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven, on the morning of November 7th, 1885. I was first there in 1986 during a family road trip from Toronto to Vancouver for Expo ’86. We got replicas of the last spike in the “Last Spike Gift Shope” there – still have them!
In the spring of 2024, I was on another long road trip and passed through Craigellachie, so I had to stop! I got this video of the Rocky Mountaineer train rolling in, westbound. It was a lovely day for it, and I did recall being there, many years ago. My Dad worked for the CPR for 42 years, so this visit was especially poignant, as he passed away in 2020.
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November 22, 2024
Watch a guy hugging his donkey for an hour (g-rated!)
Tom Green on his farm with some of the animals, live from the Ottawa, Canada area, fall 2024 (with a wired microphone)!
Very lovely and relaxing…Who’s the best donkey?
#TomGreen
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October 11, 2024
Headphones Highly Recommended – Ministry Live in Pasadena, CA. 05-11-2024
Ministry Live at Cruel World 2024 in Pasadena, CA. 05-11-2024 (Full Set)
Pigs can now fly….This is a triumph! Love it, Uncle Al!
It was in August of 1992, on a hot summer’s day on the second Lollapalooza tour, (in Barrie, Canada) when Ministry took the stage, that time-and-space split apart…I’d never heard, or seen, anything like it. I know I wasn’t alone in that perception. I became an instant fan. Sure, I’d heard Ministry singles on the radio, like “Everyday is Halloween”, and danced to them in clubs – but seeing Ministry live was on a whole ‘nother level.
I went on to scour used record stores for any recordings of Ministry I could find. The early albums I found from the 1980’s were very different from the type of music I had heard that fine day. But I loved the early music, too! It was well-written, masterfully composed and played, and recorded on cutting-edge technology that made it possible – true 1980’s art you could dance to!
As for this show from the Cruel World Festival, I never thought I’d get to hear older Ministry songs performed live, as Al Jourgensen had strongly disowned them numerous times, publicly. I always thought that was a shame, and found that attitude hard to digest, as those early songs are some of his best work; many seem to agree, as evidenced by the positive comments on YouTube to this concert.
I can say that finding the video of this show is a very unexpected pleasure! Wish I had been there! I hope they tour with this stuff (and even expand it more), I’ll be there!
I’ve heard that Paul Barker is going to part of an upcoming Ministry record…wow! Hope it’s true. His presence has been very missed on the serval albums since his departure, since he and Al laid down the breakthrough Ministry sounds. This Ministry “revival” could truly be the gift that keeps giving! New recordings of select old songs on the way, too? Am I dreaming?
To sum up: If you’ve never experienced Ministry live, and you get the chance, I have two words of advice: DO IT!
-Dave
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September 22, 2024
2 new videos – Frog songs from May, 2024
It took me a while to get these videos online, let’s just say my new phone is not as “intuitive” as my old phone, so there was a learning curve – plus I was doing some cross-country travelling that distracted me (in a good way).
It’s turning out to be a capable phone that takes decent video, so I’m now using it for most of my videos, after my stand-alone pocket video camera stopped working. I still have my DSLR camera that takes video too, but mostly the phone is more handy.
These videos are from spring of this year, and they are more in my series of “frog songs” videos. Years back, I noticed that frogs can be very loud in the springtime, as they sing to attract mates. I’ve been recording their songs for a while now, see my Youtube channel playlist for more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDwiaottyseiXsYR0meke-UfQeH17ECis&feature=shared
And happy September/Fall Equinox today! The times of the day and night are equal today, then tomorrow we head into the first day of fall, as the days get shorter, for the northern folks! I love fall, so been looking forward to the cooler temperatures and leaves changing colours.
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September 8, 2024
Grateful Sunday!
GD: Orchard Park, NY 7/4/89
Here’s a show from a bit before I got on the bus in the mid-1990s (Why then? I don’t know; when it’s time, it’s time…). I’m thankful, and ever Grateful, that I “got it” one day, when a friend played a tape of a live Dead show and I heard something like never before…
I was able to get to a couple of shows that last tour in 1995, before Jerry moved on to another realm, and of course, they were amazing – like nothing else I’d ever experienced!
But oh, to have been able to go on some of those long tours of the past! Where’s my time-machine?
Well, we have the time-machines of live recordings and videos! Loving this show from 1989!
Have a Grateful and peaceful Sunday, ya’ll!
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