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Supermarket by Bobby Hall I enjoy listening to audiobooks. I borrowed this one on the Libby App from the public library without really looking closely at it. It was recommended to me by a page I work with. The story captured me from the start and I [Keep Reading]

Word is Bond Rap Radio broadcasts out of the heart of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada every Tuesday night from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight EST of 94.9 fm Radio Western. DJ Chase March serves up mixsets, interviews, know your history [Keep Reading]

Here is my basement studio set-up. The only problem is that I want to keep my turntables plugged in and ready to go at a moment’s notice. It’s time-consuming to take the roadcase lid off and place it under the decks every time I want to [Keep Reading]

The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Scott McCloud wrote an incredible book called Understanding Comics that I highly recommend reading. Even if you are only a cursory fan of the medium, you will get something out of this book. I read it well before I [Keep Reading]

August 11th, 1973 is recognized as the first hip-hop event. Last year, we celebrated hip-hop’s birthday with the first ever Word Up spectacular. Well, this weekend we did it again. I did a special on breakdancing and talked to Midus to debunk [Keep Reading]

Word is Bond Rap Radio comes at you lie every Tuesday night from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight EST on 94.9 fm Radio Western. We broadcast out of the heart of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada and always bring you high voltage content. [Keep Reading]

This Saturday, we are celebrating hip-hop’s birthday with 24 hours of programming on Radio Western. It’s our second annual Word Up! spectacular and I wanted to do something special for it. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for [Keep Reading]

The small town of Plympton-Wyoming has a skate park located in McKay Park on Ontario Street. There is a quarter-pipe a little bit shorter than this launch ramp. I forgot to get a close-up picture of it today. Here is the pyramid ramp that lies [Keep Reading]

London, Ontario, Canada is known as the Forest City and it has a rich history of hip-hop. Alex Kuchma is writing a book on Canadian hip-hop history and will have an entire chapter dedicated to the scene. He was on CBC radio talking about it this [Keep Reading]

Saugeen Shores Rotary Skate Park features 12,000 square feet of formed concrete that is absolutely beautiful to skate on. Have fun traversing the ledges, curbs, rails, quarter pipe with wall, an open bowl, pole jam, up gap and more! It is located at [Keep Reading]