Gt. DANE is the ongoing pop-noir murder-mystery of D. Moore, rural Manitoban, and not-so-secret toxicologist. Frontman for Winnipeg's ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS, Moore has shared the stage with such acts as the New Pornographers, the Hidden Cameras, Tokyo Police Club, Dan Mangan, and Plants & Animals. It was once overheard, in a crowded public house, that watching Gt. DANE is like watching Paul Simon and Neko Case pilot a time machine set to the mid 1930s as an audience (dressed in black) sings Tennessee Ernie Ford hymns and looks on. There is much to be learned in eavesdropping on strangers. His first solo effort, "MOURNING YER HOST, Gt. DANE", is a vinyl E.P. of baroque pop secretly arranged and recorded in Guy Maddin's unheated prop warehouse in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba during one cold day in January 2011. A ramshackle, from-the-floor effort, the record features members of Les Jupes, SitDown Tracy, and All of Your Friends and is a testament to the ability of Manitobans to not only survive, but to huddle together and thrive in inhospitable conditions.