April 2010

  • Free Comic Book Day (Tomorrow)

    http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ Free Comic Book Day is a cool event that happens every year on the first Saturday of May. Pretty much all comic book stores in North America will be giving away comic books for free. There are often other freebies that will vary by store. http://www.freecomicbookday.com/signings.asp You can also meet some comic book creators […]


  • The Lovely Ladies of Silent Cacophony

    Here are some of the lovely ladies that are welcome here at Silent Cacophony any time. Claire Danes I have loved Claire Danes ever since I first saw her on the excellent TV series “My So-Called Life” Lauren Graham She’s just awesome. What more can I say? Evangeline LillyI could get “lost’ in her beauty. […]


  • Remember The Gummi Bears?

    The Gummi Bears is an animated television program that I used to watch when I was a kid. I believe that it started back in the mid 1980s. I used to love this show. I remember that of all the cartoons I used to watch, this was one that my dad would actually go out […]


  • Teaching Tip – You Have 3 Choices, Always

    I’ve been extremely busy this month with work, Script Frenzy, an AQ course that I have been taking online, and other personal obligations. So today, I reworked an earlier post from a few years back. It’s a really good one that you can use to help your students make good choices in life. I hope […]


  • Script Frenzy – Mission Completed

    I did it! I completed my screenplay “Bled Dry”100 pages in 26 Days! I’m a Script Frenzy Winner and it feels pretty good! It just typed “Fade to Black: Roll Credits” a few minutes ago. I logged onto the Script Frenzy site, validated my page count and got this certificate and badge as an award. […]


  • Script Frenzy Week 3

    I’ve been taking part in Script Frenzy this month. The challenge is to write a 100 page screenplay in the 30 days we have in April. My first week was pretty successful. I hit the ground running and wrote 31 pages in all. I liked the story idea, the main characters, and had a rough idea of where they were going […]


  • Brother Ali Part 4

    Chase: “We’re here with Brother Ali for the conclusion of our in-depth interview. Don’t forget that this interview is available as a podcast. I will also be transcribing it on my blog. I want to play a track off of ‘Shadows on the Sun’ right now. I want to play ‘Room With a View’ because […]


  • Brother Ali Part 3

    Missed Part 1 or Part 2? Go back and read them. And don’t forget to download the podcast for free. The podcast contains the entire hour’s interview and you only need to download that once to hear it. I only break the transcripts up into separate parts because they are a little too long to […]


  • Brother Ali Interview Part 2

    Brother Ali has to be one of the coolest people I have ever met. We had an amazing discussion last week before his concert in Toronto. This is Part 2 of that interview. You can download it for free from the DOPEfm page, stream it with the player below, or read along with it here. […]


  • Brother Ali Interview

    Last week, I was honoured to meet one of my heroes in hip-hop, Brother Ali. We sat down before his show in Toronto and had a nice conversation for over an hour. He then took to the stage and rocked the house. It was an amazing night! I hope you enjoy this interview as much […]