April 2010
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Teaching Tip – Jigsaw Listening
I was planning on writing a piece today about using podcasts in the classroom when I came across this excellent blog post that took the idea in a different direction. I will share my ideas about crafting Radio Dramas here in an upcoming addition of Teaching Tip Tuesdays. I just wanted to point you to […]
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Script Frenzy Week 2
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 […]
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Hip-hop Ruling at the Junos
This performance closed out this year’s Juno Awards last night. It’s a really inspiring performance that I just had to share with all of you. The Junos are the Canadian equivalent to the Grammy Awards. Hip-hop was well represented last night. Not only did K’naan close out the show by performing his hit song “Waving […]
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Grand Analog Interview Part 4
Odario and I continue our chat just before Grand Analog takes to the stage opening up for Shad at Call the Office in London, Ontario. If you’ve missed Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3, you can go back and read them or you can go and download the whole show to listen to it […]
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Grand Analog Interview Part 3
This is Part 3 of the interview I did with Grand Analog on location at Call the Office in London, Ontario. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2 you can go back and read the transcripts, stream the show with the player below, or you can download the podcast for free right now and hear […]
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Grand Analog Interview Part 2
This is Part 2 of the interview I did with Grand Analog on location at Call the Office in London, Ontario. If you missed Part 1 you can read it here. You can also download the podcast of this interview for free from DOPEfm. I hope you enjoy it! Chase: “That was ‘I Play My […]
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Grand Analog Interview
Last month, I had the honour of interviewing Canadian hip-hop group, Grand Analog. I have transcribed the interview for my blog but you can catch the whole thing as a podcast at the DOPEfm page. We had a lot of fun on the radio and I hope you will check it out. Chase: “All right […]
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Creativity Evaporated
Morning condensationOriginally uploaded by Kaustav Bhattacharya What is love?I thought I’d figured it out.It was burning strongbut now it’s been snuffed outand with itmy creativity all but evaporated. I couldn’t concentrate on anything.My thoughts just ran and ran. They almost ran away with me.I’m not sure how they stoppedbut I’m glad they turned aroundand now […]
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4th Annual Toronto Freedom Festival (Press Release)
Press Release: 4th Annual Toronto Freedom Festival BE YOURSELF @ TFF Saturday, May 1, 2010 Queen’s Park North Noon – 8:00 p.m. (RAIN or SHINE) FREE ADMISSION Web: torontofreedomfestival.com Twitter:TorontoFreedom4 Facebook: 4th Toronto Freedom Festival The 4th Annual Toronto Freedom Festival (TFF) is set for Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Queen’s Park north, noon – 8:00 p.m. This is the largest one-day […]
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G.M.M. in Toronto on May 1st (Press Release)
Press Release: 12TH ANNUAL GLOBAL MARIJUANA MARCH ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ Saturday, May 1, 2010 Queen’s Park North, 2 p.m. FREE ADMISSION Web: globalmarijuanamarch.ca Twitter: GMMLIVE Facebook: 4th Toronto Freedom Festival The subjects of medical marijuana, marijuana decriminalization and marijuana legalization have never been hotter topics for debate in Canada. With the raid of Toronto’s oldest, and largest, medical marijuana compassion club C.A.L.M […]