Silent Cacophony is a sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find his podcast, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more. Please use the buttons on the home page to navigate to the topics that interest you.
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Chasing Content – May 2017
Here are some of the highlights from last May. Let’s relive these moments and not let them get buried in the archive Tim Horton’s First Store (Hamilton, Ontario) The first Tim Horton’s store ever was opened in Hamilton on Ottawa Street. The location has recently undergone a renovation that now includes a small museum highlighting…
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Iron Fist Finds Himself
Iron Fist – The Trial of the Seven Masters This is the first Iron Fist comic that I have ever read. It’s not the first time I’ve come across the character, however. I have read stories that featured him in several different titles, but I never really got into the character. I enjoyed the Netflix…
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Canada Under Siege
We Stand On Guard by Brian K. Vaughan, Steve Skroce, Matt Hollingsworth, and Fonografiks In the year 2112, a war erupts between the United States of America and Canada. This graphic novels tells the story of a small band of freedom fighters doing their best to stop the invasion and “stand on guard for their…
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Calling All Rappers – Jump on this Cypher
Word is Bond Rap Radio and BAD Entertainment present, “The North Symphony.” This is a cypher track that will be featured on The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 that DJ Hullewud and I will be releasing soon. All you have to do is download one of the following tracks, record a 16 bar verse, and send me the…
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We Rocking on Word is Bond Rap Radio
We kick off the show this week with half an hour of old school classics and ever feature a rare demo recording by Nine. After that, we keep it moving with great modern hip-hop in the same vein. Head nodding beats, intelligent rhymes, and a boom-bap aesthetic. That’s how we do every week on Word…
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Running Trails and Skateparks
Running Trail Tours I love finding new places to run. I often take my camera along with me and stop every few minutes to snap a picture. This way I can present you with a photographic story that captures the scenery of my run. This page is a table of contents for these Photographic Tours.…
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WIB Rap Radio – MLNY is Singled Out
This week on Word is Bond Rap Radio, we have an in-depth and exclusive interview with MLNY. He talks to us about his new mixtape, Singled Out, his upcoming album, and all the work he been putting in. And of course, we play some great new music and hip-hop classics. So press play to enjoy…
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Transform School Band Concerts
Nicole Kmoch wrote an incredible piece for the Smart Music Educator blog entitled “Perform Early, Perform Often: The Power of Informance.” She believes, “performing early and often can be a great way to reduce the anxiety students experience during performances. It also offers an opportunity to make all parents and guardians aware of – and…
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Toronto Sounds Terrible (And it Shouldn’t)
Toronto Sound: Vol. 1 – A Memoir of the City’s Rising Producers by KLFTN I was really looking forward to reading this book. As a hip-hop historian, I wanted to dive into the history of beatmakers and producers from Canada. The cover art is amazing and looks great when the book is completely unfolded. Unfortunately,…
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WIB Rap Radio and DOPEfm Combine with Sankdafied
Daddy J of DOPEfm is the special co-host for this edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio. I got my start in radio on his show almost eleven years ago, so it was really nice to rock with him once again. Sankdafied called in to talk about his new album, Atoms & Evolution, which is…