January 2020

Hiphoptictactics is a hip-hop radio show based out of Peterborough, Ontario. They had me on the show last week to talk about the upcoming 400th episode of my show, Word is Bond Rap Radio. It’s always a pleasure to kick it with other radio [Keep Reading]

“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.” At first glance, that seems to be a ridiculous statement. Why would anyone defend their limitations? Why wouldn’t they strive to get past them and be successful? The truth is, [Keep Reading]

Watchmen is one of the best graphic novels ever created. It is a stand-alone work of art that really doesn’t need a sequel, movie, or television show. In fact, the creators were so opposed to the movie version a few years back that one of them [Keep Reading]

There are several types of courage; physical, moral, psychological, and everyday courage. It is important for us “to start living a more courageous life now” in all of those areas because “the more actions we take facing fear, [Keep Reading]

It’s become an annual tradition to countdown the top albums of the year in a manner that matches the year. So, we had to countdown the Top 19 Albums of 2019 as decided by me. These were albums that I bumped a lot and spun on the show. They are [Keep Reading]

Let’s take a moment to shovel the snow, dig through the archives, and see what was happening here last year at this time. Read all of the posts from last January or just these highlights. Gizmo’s Lullaby My song, “Gizmo’s Lullaby” [Keep Reading]

It’s time for another Scrabble story. My wife and I started playing Super Scrabble by keeping the game board set up and playing one word (or more) a day. It’s a similar concept to the correspondence games people play online. I used to [Keep Reading]

CJSF 90.1 fm posted their Top 100 of 2019 Chart and I was completely blown away to see The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 in the Top 10. DJ Hullewud and I released the second of our MIX(ed)TAPE series in October of 2018. We sent the album to all the college and [Keep Reading]

“If you are a young person, open your eyes wide and let the world educate you to the fullest extent. (‘Ascend no longer from the textbook! warned Walt Whitman, and I warn it, too; there are many ways to learn that do no necessarily [Keep Reading]

The original Star Wars trilogy is one of the best movie franchises of all time. It’s remarkable for the sense of wonder it instilled in its fans. It kick-started a wave of movies with incredible special effects and mythic storytelling. And [Keep Reading]