All Entries in the "Culture" Category
Style Over Sanity
Living in Fargo, North Dakota, you learn very quickly this is a region of extremes. We’re rather flat here – flat, as in the landscape. On an exceptionally clear day, you can see Denver. Trees are in abundance in the downtown area. However once you go north, south or west of Fargo, the trees are [...]
Why Even Wear Shorts
I took my six-year-old daughter to the mall for ice cream on Saturday after a grueling couple of hours roller skating at a kindergarten birthday party. Nothing better than a cool cone to cool down. While at the mall, I was reminded how many young girls (thinking teens… even pre-teens) are in need of fashion [...]
Christopher Gabriel Program, Meet Facebook
I knew it would happen. I just knew it. My producer here at 970 WDAY, the multi-talented, very sharp, very clever and somewhat devious Erik Matson, has put up what is apparently called The Christopher Gabriel Program Fan Page on………………….. Facebook. In Fargo, No One Can Hear You Scream. It wasn’t that long ago I [...]
CG to WDAY and Fargo Update
Greetings to all of you! I don’t normally put personal messages on Blog Harbor but with so many wonderful emails sending good wishes to me and my family as we transition to Fargo, I wanted to give everyone a quick update. To me, this is a far better way to reach out to everyone as opposed [...]
The Christopher Gabriel Program: Shooting High at WDAY (video)
I thought it might be nice to take a moment to reflect on the direction and goals for my new radio program at AM 970 WDAY in Fargo (ND).
Harrison Beillor on AM 540 KQMB, Quimby (Montana)
with Harrison Beillor [Audio clip: view full post to listen] *** Eat well, work hard, and give me a call. PRODUCTION CREDITS KQMB Host: Terry Svinale Producer: David Allen Technical Director: Wendy Gabriel Inspiration: The Writer’s Almanac, with Garrison Keillor
Eye on Monday: Late Night Dining…My Way
When it comes to what I like to call Late Night Dining, I’m referring to restaurants (or stands) many would call a “dive.” But one man’s dive is another man’s 5-star eatery. With that in mind, I give you my three favorite places in the United States that fall into the category of 5-star slices of simple, [...]
In Barack We Trust
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Adoring crowds, people overcome with tears of joy, Hollywood’s best clamoring to feel important and Oprah “unleashed” – all of this in the name of one man: Sean Hannity. No, not Hannity. I speak of Barack Obama. Rather, President-elect Barack Obama. In a campaign Obama seemed to use the word “change” 37,263 times, we’ll [...]
End of the World? No, It’s Just the Economy
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com As one who has been around the block a few dozen times, I’ve seen our country weather many things. Vietnam, the Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and certainly others that have both united and divided us. In every case [...]
Free Speech Can Have Consequences
By Christopher Gabriel Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com While I am a major proponent of the First Amendment – and really, who isn’t? – I’m beginning to wonder if it’s a conditional Amendment. You know, the fine print at the bottom that nobody ever reads? Sometimes it comes in the form of a disclaimer. Other times, it’s the [...]
Attack of The Text Message
I was at the mall this past weekend, a daunting task to begin with when you consider it was the first “official” Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza/”Other Holiday I’m Not Familiar With” shopping weekend. People fighting over sweaters at 40% Off clearance tables, long lines at every register, parking spaces that required a Disneyland-type shuttle that would speed you to The [...]
“Good Morning!”… Now, Who Did I Offend?
Shortly after last season’s women’s college basketball championship game between Tennessee and Rutgers, talk radio host Don Imus offered up his now-infamous reference to the Rutgers players, calling them “nappy-headed ho’s”. Misguided, short-sighted and just plain ignorant? Absolutely. But worthy of him being fired? Hardly. And yet, good soldiers that they are, the Reverends Jesse [...]
