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Geoff McBride

@mcbgee.bsky.social
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(he/him) Bike and coffee. Theatre, music, and beer. Repeat as required.

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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turning sixty = giant zucchini gift. That's a thing right?
A large green zucchini, probably 60cm in length, with a banner birthday card
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Okay Lund, you were freakin' lovely. A maze of Medieval housing, shops, and a stunning University library...also tasty beer, coffee, and cardamon buns.
A photo of roof lines in Lund Sweden. In the foreground a yellow, one story shop, with a green door and two square windows. It meets a slightly larger yellow shop at ninety degrees. Both have brown slate roofs with skylights. To the right is a white building with a peaked slate roof. The white building has a single window centred where the roof of the second yellow build meets it. Behind this and higher to right is the tower top of the Grand Hotel. To the left of that are three of the hotel's dormer windows.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
View from a snack. Coffee break at the Black Diamond Library Cafe. A mix of old and new buildings across a canal in Copenhagen
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14/08/2026
"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy."
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Fun things in the mail: New #taxigirlsmontreal from #stomprecords available through @bandcamp.com
The cover and record of the new Taxi Girls record entitled Static. The album art featured a hand squeezing a lemon against a light blue backdrop. There are droplets from the fruit flying out towards the viewer. The record is pressed on a blue marbled vinyl
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hey #ottawatheatre lots of great shows this year #ottawafringe26 including mine! Come and visit us at #ottawafringefestival tickets are available through www.showpass.com/the-persiste...
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The Persistent Stain - La Nouvelle Scène Studio A - Ottawa - Jun 19, 2026
It’s 2022. Veteran Canadian punk band The Persistent Stain struggles to play another gig in another nowhere town. 'Aristotle's Dick' was their only hit song, now a younger, hipper band wants to steal ...
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Margo MacDonald @margo-thespian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Only 3 more chances to catch The Persistent Stain, Ottawa!! You ARE going to be there, right?
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
For folks in #ottawa #ottawatheatre here's a little ditty that I am part of. The Persistent Stain is a loud, love letter to punk and life in the arts. See @margo-thespian.bsky.social and I (and a couple of ghosts) at #ottawafringe2026 down at La Nouvelle Scene Tixs: www.showpass.com/the-persiste...
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Fun Things In The Mail! Cassette Edition. Live recording of Joe and the Shit Boys from the #RESONanzraum So happy I got to see them a couple of years back in Montreal. A really great show, and a this recording takes me back.
A black and white cassette cover and a clear cassette tape featuring the logo of the band joe and the shit boys. The logo is drawn representations of several, street weapons.
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Margo MacDonald @margo-thespian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It’s really happening! Look at the gorgeous job the art department @ecwpress.bsky.social has done on the cover of my book!! I can’t wait to share the whole journey with you after it releases on October 6th! (Thrillingly, @amalelmohtar.com has graciously agreed to write the foreword!) Squeeeee! 👻📘
A book cover for A Curious Presence: An Exploration of Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Them, by Margo MacDonald. Foreword by Amal El-Mohtar 
A gold outline of tree branches, cobwebs, and iron fences, surrounds a human figure in a blue dressing-gown, the hands and head not fully visible, but turning into smokey mists.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Saved by @theobgms.bsky.social tonight!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Fun things in the mail book edition: the new @thedonpyle.bsky.social music memoir arrived last week and goes to the top of the TBR pile. Come with a random photo from 1966 as a bookmark too!
Cover of Don Pyle's book Rough Description. A black and white cover. White text over a blurry photo of three musicians on a stage with instruments. They are facing away from us and are obscured by a bright light in front of them.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Reached 25 donations today, on the Anniversary of Shakespeare's birth/death #worldshakespeareday so... "It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood." MacBeth III iv
My forearm with a blue bandage from Canadian Blood Services, next to it is my 25 donations pin. White enamel with the CBS logo and the number twenty-five
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
On Saturday March 21st at 2pm I will be performing BL_NK @gctclive.bsky.social Written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, it is a theatrical tigtrope. You don't get the script until you step on the stage! And away you go. Tickets are available at: sales.gctc.ca/EventAvailab...
Poster for the play Blank by Nassim Soleimanpour at the Great Canadian Theatre Company. The image is the actor Maryse Fernandes in a blue shirt or a white long sleeve top. They are playing with four fabric dolls.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Fun things in the mail: this new @statusnonstatus.bsky.social album 'Big Changes' arrived Wednesday, so I have had a couple of days to enjoy it before it's offical release today on @youvechanged.bsky.social It's also @bandcamp.com Friday if you were looking to grab a copy!
The sleeve, liner notes, and clear green record of the new Status Non-Status album Big Changes are laid out left to right. The cover features a blue graffitti covered dumpster centred in a grey back alley. The liner notes featured the picture of a greenhouse.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Who's got to a tiny gavel and an inflated sense of self after being asked to take the chair for a few minutes at Canadian Actors' Equity National Council. This guy. #canadiantheatre #canadianactorsequityassociation
Our hero dressed in black wields a tiny wooden gavel and looks toward camera.
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aisling murphy @aislingmurph.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What a treat to spend a few days immersed in Ottawa's theatre scene — I cut my teeth as a critic in that city and, judging by this trip, the quality of work has only improved since my last trip east. Here's the work that impressed me most: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
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In Ottawa, two new plays and a Governor General’s Literary Award winner warm up the capital
The Globe’s theatre reporter and critic reflects on two plays with room to grow at Undercurrents Festival, plus a solid production of The Piano Teacher further south
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Time to get excited indeed! I am so proud to be a part of this world premiere #ottawafringe #undercurrentsfestival this weekend! WIND by Cullen McGrail. Check out all the festival has to offer at ottawafringe.com/undercurrents/
A red banner on a white background proclaims "Time to get excited!". Below that is a thumbnail image of a man holding a bottle of water. Next to that is the title of the perfomance: Wind. And the opening date of the performance Feb. 12 2026 7:30pm
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alex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
there’s now a petition for the canadian government to overturn the recent legislation in AB and SK designed to strip trans youth of their rights. please sign: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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Lucy van Oldenbarneveld @lucyvanolden.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday. His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Made it five days, but #whamageddon2025 sent me to #whamhalla today. Carry on without me, oh brave souls!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today's fit, my new Elephant Girls tee! Thanks @margo-thespian.bsky.social You can get yours at www.bonfire.com/celebrate-th...
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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Send a letter to the Premier, Minister Sarkaria and your MPP now! 2/2 www.horizonottawa.ca/back_off_ford
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Tell Ford to Back Off Our Bike and Bus Lanes!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
The Elephants Girls are back in #ottawa @gctclive.bsky.social Don't miss @margo-thespian.bsky.social amazing performance!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Pumpkins!
Two carved jack-o-lanterns, lit from inside with candles.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Bread!
A loaf of dark brown sits on a cooling rack.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Kneecap was never actually banned from Canada and the Liberal MP who announced it has GONE ROGUE?????? What the fuck!!!! This is unhinged!!!!
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Kneecap Not Banned from Canada.
Sources Inside Prime Minister Carney's Office Confirm MP Vince Gasparro Went Rogue; Liberals Trying to Hush StoryOTTAWA, ON - In a dramatic turn of events on a day already marked by major announcements - Canada's recognition of Palestinian statehood and the tabling of a new federal hate crimes bill
- sources inside the Prime Minister's Office have confirmed that Irish rap group Kneecap was never officially banned from Canada, despite Liberal MP Vince Gasparro's public statements.
According to a senior PMO insider, Gasparro went rogue in making the announcement, lied about receiving authorization from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and may have committed a serious breach of the federal Privacy Act, an unprecedented scandal in Canadian history.
"The PMO explicitly asked MP Gasparro whether he had IRCC's authorization to make his announcement - he said yes.
That was false," the source confirmed. "No decision had been made by IRCC or the
PMO. His statement was completely unauthorized."
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Poppies
Three red poppies surrounded by greenery.
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 02/08/2025
This one-woman show about a real-life all-female gang of thieves is absolutely wonderful, queer & dark & extraordinary. I'd love to see Margo reach the funding goal to do a 10th anniversary remount in at least two cities!
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Donate to Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!, organized by Margo MacDonald
When we premiered The Elephant Girls in a little studio theatre at t… Margo MacDonald needs your support for Help The Elephant Girls 10th Anniversary Remount!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Good night #sidebysideweekend
Outdoor stage at the Club SAW Courtyard, Ottawa. In the foreground are neat piles of cable and folded microphone stands. There is a piece of red carpet centrestage - where the drum set was. On the fence backstage are three flags. Left to right they are the Trans Pride flag, the Side by Side Weekend banner, and the flag of Palestine.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Late to the party, but SINNERS is a really, really, good movie. Thank you @mayfairtheatre.bsky.social
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What a party this must have been... Thank you @thedonpyle.bsky.social #drawnandquarterly #jonathanrichman #shadowymenonashadowyplanet
Black and white poster for the third anniversary party of publisher Drawn and Quarterly. The evening featured performances by Jonathan Richman, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Girl Trouble, and the clown duo Mump and Smoot
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Allison O'Toole @allisonmotoole.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
CANADIANS: if you haven't contacted your MP recently about an arms embargo, use this template from @leadnowca.bsky.social -- I was sure to add details to their template about the people I'm communicating with in Gaza. leadnow.ca/campaigns/ur...
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Urgent: sanction Israel with an arms embargo - Leadnow
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Every Canadian has only three friends
C'mon left to right Dean Dallas Bentley, Sir Ian Blurton, Katie Lynn Campbell
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Fun things in the mail from #retarecords for some Friday afternoon spins.
Two 7 inch records one the left The Ape-ettes from Northern Ontario and on the right Sister Suzie from Edmonton. The Ape-ettes cover features the legs of the band behind a number of curling rocks. They are all holding curling brooms. The Sister Suzie cover features a drawing of green lips and a long pink tongue stick out with the words "Don't Want To" written on it.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Voted for hope, but expect to be disappointed.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today's spin: JIMMIE. Love the way that Jimmie Kilpatrick captures the delight and uncertainity of it all. @youvechanged.bsky.social
Purple lp plays on a turntable. In the foreground is the lp's cover. In the top right corner is the name Jimmie in yellow, all caps text. The album art is a close up of an animal's brown fur.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
That was a transendent set @mogwai.scot thank you! #montreal #beanfieldtheatre
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Support the National March for Palestine on April 12th www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
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Palestinian Youth Movement: 'Stop the Genocide' march on Parliament Hill
On April 12th, we will make history in a national march on Parliament Hill, Ottawa to demand an end to this brutal genocide.

 After 15 days of a total blockade preventing the entry of food, water, ga...
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Fun things in the mail: How it started, how it's going edition. Years ago (maybe '88?) I heard my first #changeofheart tune on #bravenewwaves Later on a trip to Toronto I bought a copy of 50ft Up - and have been a fan ever since. The other day the new #inthewreckage arrived from #yeahright records!
A cassette tape by the band Change of Heart. The cover of the cassette says the bands name and the album name '50 Feet Up' in light blue text. The text is on top of a black and white picture of electrical cables and the cables used by the TTC streetcars against a cloudy sky.The cover and the inner sleeve of the new album by the band Change of Heart. The cover features a mottled coloured back ground with framing lines arond a dark green border. The inner sleeve is white, the label is a rose colour and features a figure in a white shirt reaching up to the spindle hole.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A couple of days late for #transvisibilityday but my stickers from transcare+ arrived. The organization recent got hit by funding cuts and a cyber attack and are, sadly, closing their doors. The are still raising funds to help their staff as the wrap up operations. transcareplus.org/who-we-are/
Three stickers from Transcare +
A large round sticker, with seven drawn characters relaxing amongst flowers and grass. The second is a drawing of a person on roller blades. The text says Protect Trans Youth. The third sticker features the colourful letters 2SLGBTQ+
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Fun things in the mail! The blistering new EP from Shiv and the Carvers, featuring Annie Jane Marie (Dilly Dally) on bass. Great song writing - Dsnger Girl is a banger! @bandcamp.com Leopard print tap, stickers, a note, all the fun things!
A handwritten yellow note card sticking out of a blue envelope. Stickers on the envelope say the name of the band Shiv and the Carvers. Below that a cassette tape entitled Tell Me You Love Me Again. The cover features the pierced belly button of a person, two hands with rings and red painted nails are undoing the top button of a pair of blue jeansThe corner of a black envelope, at the top of the envelope is a stamp. In the middle of the picture is a sticker of the band Shiv and the Carvers. At the bottom on the envelope is some leopard print duct tape.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
What's better than a star on the walk of fame? A tombstone #YIF #YouthInfringement #ottawafringe
Geoff, wearing blue jeans and a black sweater with blue stripes,  kneels next to a prop headstone inscribed with his name. A piece of scenery for the show  Odds & Ends at the Youth Infringement Festival in Ottawa.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Had a lovely time talking Muppets, with my muppet pals Victoria, Jess, and Tuong. The podcast is Top 5, lists of things that don't matter. It drops tomorrow: podcavern.com/show/ranked/ #muppets #podcasts
A photo of Jim Henson's muppet characters from both Sesame Street and the Muppet Show. Superimosed are the title: Top 5 Muppets
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I am directing this Lawyer Play fundraiser at @gctclive.bsky.social I adore working with all the good folks from the CCLA and yhe charity partner this year is Cornerstone Housing. Poster design by Lorena Morales
Poster for "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare at the Great Canadian Theatre Company. An open book reveals a forest scene. Four figures dance around a maypole. The top of the maypole features a bright red heart.
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fun things in the mail! Thank you @bonnietrash.bsky.social @handdrawndracula.bsky.social The Bonnie Trash lp is absolute haunting thunder! Also check out that lovely colour vinyl
Two lps from Handrawn Records. Mimco "Hi Action" has a red cover with a gold skull on it. The Bonnie Trash "Mourning You" features a dark cover. A hooded figure sits a a desk in a forest beside a fireBonnie Trash vinyl is a mix of red and black. In the centrr is the label with the album title and track listing
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Last night in Montreal. The legendary Jonathan Richman and Tom Larkin
Two men on stage at the Sala Rosa, left drummer Tommy Larkin, right Jonathan Richman
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Voted! This feels like one of the most cynical and useless elections, but I won't let the bastards grind me down!
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Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Happy brand new @mogwai.scot album day to all who celebrate @bandcamp.com @rockactionrecords.scot
Screenshot of the Listen Party page for Mogwai's The Bad Fire
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