August 2020
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One Man Can Summon the Future and Change the World
Star Trek: Mirror Universe – The Sorrows of Empire by David Mack One of the best episodes of the classic television series Star Trek was “Mirror Mirror.” In it, Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura inadvertently trade places with their counterparts in a parallel dimension. Many things are the same aboard this version of […]
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I Am Hip-Hop – Cool Conversations
I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture by Andrew J. Rausch This is what Dres of Black Sheep had to say when he was asked, “What does hip-hop mean to you?” “It’s kind of grown over the years. I’ve kind of come upon a revelation that it’s the music of the people. I […]
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Mastermind Street Jam – Hip-Hop Classics
DJ Mastermind spun great hip-hop jams live on the radio twice a week back in the 1990s for one hour Monday nights and one hour Tuesday nights. The show was the only hip-hop show on Energy 108, 107.9 fm, serving the Hamilton and Toronto, ON. area. This is the Tuesday night edition and features some […]
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Word Up 3.0 – 24 Hr Celebration of Hip-Hop
Word Up! 3.0 is our 3rd Annual Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture on Radio Western. It starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. as we have a live DJ mixset party going on via Zoom. Follow Radio Western on Instagram to get your invite code. I will be spinning live from the Word is Bond Studios. It’s going […]
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Word is Bond Remembers Malik B
Hip-hop has lost another one of its own. Rest in Peace, Malik B. We start out with a mixset of your music featuring some great songs from The Roots and your solo work. Then we keep things moving with a mix of new and classic material. Chase March & Zeen Sloshy – Word is Bond […]
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Change the World – Disrupt Systems of White Supremacy
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad We are living in an unprecedented time right now. We have the power to act in ways that can truly affect change. Social media is one way to capture the attention of the public and steer them toward […]
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DJ Russell Peters on Mastermind Street Jam
Russell Peters is a hilarious comedian and actor. But did you know that he’s also a DJ? He appeared on several episodes of the Mastermind Street Jam back in the 1990s. This is the first time I captured it on cassette. And unfortunately, I tuned in late that day and only got the last half […]
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Highlights from last August
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content, that monthly feature that has us looking back at the best content featured on this blog from this month one year ago. ‘Read all of the posts from last August or just these highlights. That One Time I Ran Steeplechase In high school, I stayed away from track. […]