December 2010

2010 has been a great year here at Silent Cacophony. The First Season of Know Your History.  It has been a lot of fun researching and producing these monthly radio shows focusing on the rich, cultural history behind hip-hop. I am quite proud of [Keep Reading]

Image via Wikipedia I’ve spent the last two days recovering from the holiday hubbub. I’m so glad that I have had the chance to just kick back and relax after all of the Christmas visiting, parties, and holiday functions. I so needed [Keep Reading]

Image via Wikipedia I think the first time someone ever saw a permanent marker, they had a desire to write their name on the wall. It’s almost primal, that need to create on the surfaces available. We could get slabs of rock or canvases to write [Keep Reading]

Welcome to Episode 8 of Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. Today we will be focusing on graffiti art, which may prove to be a challenge because I can’t show you what we are talking about on this radio show (download this [Keep Reading]

When I was growing up we had an Atari and then we moved up to a Commodore 64. I was playing games and doing some BASIC programming on both of these computers. My dad and my brother would play along with me. However, I don’t ever recall my mom [Keep Reading]

I found these great images online this Christmas and thought I’d post them all up here. from Agent M from Andy Beal from Fox Trot by Bill Amend from Parade I so love that Santa Hulk one. How cute is that? Baby Wolverine is right on character [Keep Reading]

About a month ago, I found the remastered DVD box set of Season 3 of the original series of Star Trek. I found it in a cheap bin and couldn’t believe that it was priced at $19.99. When the show first came out on DVD years ago, I remember [Keep Reading]

Every year George Stroumboulopoulos assembles some of the best musical talent we have in this country for a special Christmas Eve broadcast of his talk show. This year is no different. Tonight’s extravaganza features this amazing remake of [Keep Reading]

Today we continue our coverage of Know Your History: Episode 7 – Rap Moves Out of New York. If you missed Part 1 you can go back and read it now or you can stream the entire show with the player below. Don`t forget that you can download it for [Keep Reading]

Welcome to Episode 7 of Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge.  You can stream this show with the player below, download it for free, or read this transcript.  It’s important to remember that everything is built upon [Keep Reading]