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the Casual Occupation
Indie / Folk / Pop

"this life is not flush with second chances"

assorted suburbs of, Washington DC
United States

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Member Since9/8/2005
Band MembersGabriel Fry and whoever else is around. This has included Eli Resnick, Tom Hnatow, Kenneth Gilbert, Gavin Dunaway, Ben Reynolds, Matt Lame, Mike Setti, Steve Losey, Charlie Mason, Katie Lawson, Laura Miller, Dustin Conley, Kip Malinosky, Kate Rears, Dave Bjerke, Chuck Bowley, Curtis Fye, Robbie Sinclair, Chris Mason, Daphne Cashion, Brian Kent, Ryan Walker, and probably Mike Dove, too. And that one girl who knew all the words to that Ol' Dirty Bastard song. I think we can count her too.
Sounds LikeI also play guitar/keyboards/etc in Roma Condor and the Alphabetical Order and drums in Second String & the B-Team and the Lost Atoms. You know, for kicks.
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   About the Casual Occupation
The Casual Occupation is my vast and ill-defined solo project. Largely improvisational and orchestral in nature, it has a few regular contributors: Kenneth Gilbert has been known to play piano and upright bass, Eli Resnick weighs in on guitar, bass, and tenor saxophone, and Tom Hnatow can be found behind the banjo, violin, lap steel, and/or theremin. There have been five or six (largely accidental) live shows. Our most rehearsed (4 practices!) performance was recorded, and we consisted of two guitars, accordion, cello, banjo, piano, doublebass, drums, mandolin, tenor saxophone, scattered percussion, trumpet, synth, and several vocalists. We tend to spring up at parties, and we can be commissioned for soundtracks and opening slots if given plenty of notice or absolutely none at all.

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ROMA CONDOR





Jun 28 2008 6:22 PM

one must seek starlight and wield a compass to uncover the path to monsieur gabriel leon's heart
Dave





Jun 25 2008 8:33 PM

There are Calabash ads on tv? I've only heard the radio spots.
and I'm the cream of the crop
I rise to the top
I never eat a pig cuz a pig is a cop.
Dave





Jun 24 2008 6:37 PM

Hey sexy.
Jukebox the Ghost


Is Online


Apr 23 2008 11:14 AM

Sounds good dude!
Tereu Tereu





Apr 23 2008 8:03 AM

awesome!
Bellman Barker





Apr 22 2008 4:21 PM

WOOT!
Janet Dawn's Early Light





Mar 31 2008 7:54 AM

Hi.
Do I know you?
DieManic





Mar 12 2008 7:52 AM

thanks for the kind words brah, come party with us soon.

-matty
Peter





Jan 18 2008 7:36 PM

Great to see you over the break Sir.
Hope all is well.
Suritz





Jan 17 2008 1:10 PM

Oy vey! Congratulations on the engagement. I'm a little disappointed that you didn't ask me first, but them's the breaks. I could have lived in your little house with you, all...you know, engaged and whatnot. I guess sometimes you've got to take the good with the bad. Anyway, I'm fine, grad school's fine, Molly's fine, the car needed a new radiator on the Jersey Turnpike, but now it's fine.

Glad to hear that you're alright!

Suritz
PS. I've included at least five potential names for country songs in this message. Can you spot them?
Suritz





Jan 13 2008 1:54 PM

Casual. Occupation. Greatness.
Mike Ratel





Jan 1 2008 6:25 PM

More ukulele...

Erik





Dec 29 2007 10:20 PM

More violin.
CJ





Dec 27 2007 7:13 AM

Hey Gabe, i haven't told you congrats yet, so here you go, I hope you and Mariah had a wonderful holiday!
Pastrami Jackson





Dec 27 2007 5:32 AM

Gabe: you kicked ass last night. Hope we get to see you do so again, soon! :)
Berg





Dec 17 2007 5:27 AM

Dear Gabe (AIDS):
You're ruining it for everyone
Berg (Gonorrhea)
xoxo
EvilBunny





Dec 1 2007 8:37 AM

we should try and hook up and get some freeze frame data. see why its misfiring. do the basics. start with some decent( denso or NGK) plugs. then try the coilpack..cooss i think your car is a coil pack ignition. and those can get cracked and when its moist they will misfire and sometiems if bad enough tye just groundout and misfire anyway.lol
EvilBunny





Nov 24 2007 12:02 AM

wats wrong with the scooby??

if ou can honestly, get a 1.8T jetta wagon or passat wagonfrm years 02-05. had the kinks worked out, synthetic only of course, but great motor reliable( especially passat) and so on.
but hey, i got yer back!! miss ya man.
Shannon





Nov 4 2007 6:05 PM

Rob and I have just decided that you & Mariah should have a party on December 28. How's that for advance planning!?
lunatic pixie





Oct 7 2007 3:51 PM

it was great seeing you last night. the words "flop house" are still making me grin. rock on.
Second String and the B-Team





Sep 10 2007 2:21 PM

hahaha. For kicks. I get it. Like four kicks. And like kick drums. Deep. Just straight up deep.
Electricloseyland





Sep 5 2007 6:28 PM

So rumor has it you are fond of the Cold War Kids....they're playing the 9:30 Club Nov. 27. I think we should go.
Shannon





Aug 27 2007 12:43 PM

Hey Gaboob! Thanks so much for coming out. It was great to see you and Mariah! Hope to see you again soon.
Laura





Aug 22 2007 12:13 PM

Happy Birthday!!! I hope your day is most excellent. See you soon!
Shannon





Jul 26 2007 1:16 PM

I'll try! We just bought our condo today (I'm joining your home-owner club) and I think we might be moving, like, NOW. But if I can take a break you know I'm there!
Manzur





Jul 25 2007 8:10 PM

let me know what the details are. i'll try to make it through for sure. i have a friend who is having a bday get together on friday night and on saturday i might have to do some shit with my brother-in-law but i'll see what i can do. i hope to see you soon and i hope you are doing well!
Must Love Trash (CD available July 15th)





Jul 23 2007 6:19 PM

Thanks again for coming out, dude. Meant a lot to us.

-MLT
Airtight Studios





Jun 21 2007 8:20 PM

Are you hitting on me?
Andrew





Jun 16 2007 9:27 AM

Wow! A house! I trust that you didn't have to sleep with the lights on for the first month! I would be happy to recommend some plants for you, but I would need to see the place first. Maybe I'll come visit on a fine summer weekend! Cheers!
whitey claps on 1 and 3





May 29 2007 7:15 AM

"One-footed women? A finger in every pie?"

You are a veritable wellspring of (unlawful carnal) knowledge.

Carry on.
whitey claps on 1 and 3





Apr 27 2007 9:05 AM

hooray for permanence!

ps. So I guess this means you won't be moving to NYC for a little while, right?
whitey claps on 1 and 3





Apr 26 2007 3:36 PM

Dude? ANOTHER new house?
Always going from port to port.
Mark





Apr 19 2007 8:43 PM

just went to a man man show. even more meta-mantacular than two years previous ... leading a fella to believe he's the unwitting butt of some maniacal and incredibly well constructed onstage joke.

freakin awesome.

all i want to be is a shovelybubblygobbledygook!
Airtight Studios





Apr 19 2007 2:07 PM

Pick a night to be "project" night and we will get at it. You need to grow your hair out and buy a cape, I think this should be all about Yanni meets Yes!
catherine





Apr 15 2007 11:21 AM

yet another show i didn't make it to - forgot i had theater tickets last night. but i am sure it was great!
Laura





Apr 6 2007 8:57 PM

Looking at people? Breaking the fourth wall? What's this noise?! Dude, I cannot get the dreadful wind and rain song out of my head. I can't find it anywhere except Amazon, and I don't care for most of the other songs on the album. What to do? I'm on a mission.
Janet Dawn's Early Light





Apr 6 2007 8:19 AM

I was sooooooooooo drunk. It looked like my record collection had exploded all over the place the next morning. And you didn't take the Television cd home. ;)
Mike Ratel





Mar 4 2007 10:24 PM

I think that Gabe is going to be like that garden gnome that winds up everywhere.




More photos at www.mikeratel.com

gregory





Mar 1 2007 8:32 AM

Here is Gabe cheating on TAO with Lejeune at the Black Cat!!!



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