August 2015

Chasing Content is a monthly feature here on Silent Cacophony. This is how it works, at the start of each month I look back at the blog entries I posted the previous year in that month and highlight some of my favourites. This gives us a chance to [Keep Reading]

This skatepark is known affectionately as The Aud. Located outside of The Kitchener Auditorium, it is a nice place for both the experienced skateboarder and the novice. Here is a double-layered box, some grind rails and ledges, and a double camel [Keep Reading]

I collect trails. I am always on the lookout for a new spot to explore. My latest adventure was at Lions Lake Trail in Floradale, Ontario. The parking lot brings you right to the shore and the Woolwich Dam. The trail is only a few hundred meters [Keep Reading]

Kitchener has a mobile skatepark that it sets up in various neighbourhoods throughout the city. It is called “Doon Skatium” They often set up shop outside of the Pioneer Park branch of the Public Library I love this rail! It is great [Keep Reading]

I had the urge to dig out my old Commodore 64 and play some old school video games. When I turned it on though, I couldn’t get any of the games to load up. I knew what the problem was so . . . I took apart the disk drive and fixed the door [Keep Reading]

Beasley is the first permanent outdoor skateboard park that I had ever seen. It’s the oldest skatepark on the entire Eastern Seaboard. People have been coming here since the mid 1980s to skate. I skated here a lot when I was a kid and it [Keep Reading]

The More You Do, The Better You Feel: How to Overcome Procrastination and Live a Happier Life by David Parker I received this book in the mail a little while ago and I kept putting off reading it. I’m not sure why. I knew there were things I [Keep Reading]

Kill Shakespeare: Volume 3 – The Tide of Blood This comic features a fictional world where all of the characters of the Bard’s work exist in one time and place. It is a brilliant concept and executed perfectly. This is the third edition [Keep Reading]

It’s very cool to skateboarders taking such ownership of their neighbourhood park. Beasely has such a rich history and I was there for some of it. I was sitting on the sidelines at the very skateboard competition shown in this documentary. I [Keep Reading]

It’s hard to believe that it is August 2015 already. Time seems to be flying by. That’s one of the reasons I love having this blog. I can take a moment to look back at what was. Won’t you do that with me right now? It’s time [Keep Reading]