Rest In Peace Mark Gabriel, the loveliest loveliest fella, my dear friend and bandmate in July Fourth Toilet who was such a music lover that was open for all kinds of music and shenanigans, egging me (us) on! Mark opened up his home (along with his wonderful partner Alison and kids Zoe and Aaron -thank you so much for this, so much joy in your home) and studio to rehearse our many shows and record our albums and stuff over many years, making it happen. And they even let me live there for a spell at one point! I fortunately got to visit with Mark in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago and he was nervously waiting on test results. He'd beaten cancer twice and I just thought he would beat it again. Fucking cancer. I was looking forward to doing more stuff with him -it was so much fun creating and hanging out with Mark! I miss him. This is just so sad. My heart goes out to Alison and Zoe and Aaron. Here are links to music and vids, of which he was a huge, important part of, a big throbbing heart part of! Listen, watch, I'm proud of the stuff we did together, that he helped create.
Small Town Carnival:
http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_11.html?page=50&sub_id=626#626

When he worked on this song he told me that he cried and that meant so much:

https://julyfourthtoilet.bandcamp.com/track/lady-bug

https://www.youtube.com/@JulyFourthToilet

https://julyfourthtoilet.bandcamp.com/track/twinkle-belle

His son Aaron is on this and it’s a song that Alison told me he sang on his last night:
https://julyfourthtoilet.bandcamp.com/track/cute-little-baby

This song led to Ted joining Destroyer, he and Dan Bejar informed me recently. Ted was rehearsing in Mark’s garage and played on this as we were recording with Mark in his studio:
https://pointsgray.bandcamp.com/track/tonite-you-sleep-alone