Shelly Genthon was born on January 29, 1962 in St. Boniface, Manitoba ... a birth date shared with the likes of W.C. Fields, Tom Selleck, Heather Graham (Hoo-Huh!), Oprah (not "Uma") Winfrey (damn!).

His Great Grandfather was referred to as "Le Gros" by the Cree of the Moose Lake area as he was a fur trader with the Hudson's Bay Company (he was 6'6" and 300 pounds – no fat!) and a renowned Metis fiddler.

Shelly loves hockey, single malts (Balvenie Double Wood or any Islay will do) and Partagas (will accept Cohiba or Bolivars as suitable substitutes), preferably Torpedoes!!!

His favourite reads are Mordecaei Richler, Margaret Lawrence and Dave Bidini (sometimes Niall Ferguson if he has the time).

His poets of choice these days are Garrison Keelor, Pablo Neruda, Leonard Cohen & Sinead O'Connor (God she's so perfect...)

As for music, he loves it all!!! Currently he's listening to Pat Metheny, Grinderman, Bruce Cockburn (great poet in his own right), Tangerine Dream, Lou Reed and Elliot Brood (Feist is cool and hot – how could this be?)

Turn-ons? Truth, sincerity, women (he hasn't given up yet).

Turn-offs? The non real money makers: computer $ shifters, traders, banks real estate agents and all forms of government (with the exception of course of traffic division cops – we need more of 'em to collect tax revenue), Replican$ (Republicans).

Shelly is a Metis anarchist at heart. He tends to follow the Groucho Marx credo...

"I would never join any association that would have me as one of its members."

Heroes? Steven Fletcher (he never quits), Stanley Knowles, Abe Lincoln and Bobby Orr!!!

Favourite actors? Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton, Wilhem Dafoe and Merryl Streep.

Favourite movies? How much time to you have? Harold and Maude, Thief, 2001 – A Space Odyssey, Scent of a Woman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Big Blue, Snatch, Crash (the 'real' one), Marathon Man and The Sting.

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