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WIHH4: Dessa Spotlight
We continue to celebrate International Women’s Day with our 4th Annual Women in Hip-Hop Spectacular. Dessa was part of our roundtable discussion and it was quite the lively conversation. We have her back for this hour of radio, to get more in-depth with her and her and amazing tunes . . . Call Off Your…
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WIHH4: All Female Hip-Hop Mixset
Here is an hour-long mix focusing completely on hip-hop’s better half as we continue celebrating International Women’s Day with our 4th Annual Women in Hip-Hop Spectacular. Press play and enjoy the tunes! Dynasty – Magnificent E-Turn – Manifest Tre-L – Broken Lasy ASG – Hip-Heart-Hop Shay D – A Year in My Thoughts Marco Polo…
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3 Reasons Why Teachers Should Make Regular Calls Home
Sunshine calls a great idea, but one that I have never fully embraced over the dozen years that I have been teaching. It’s just so time-consuming to call the parents of every single child that I teach. I follow Chris Pearce on Tumblr because he has some great insights into teaching and he does so…
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Lost in Shangri-La
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff I bought this book for my dad when he got readmitted to the hospital back in August of last year. My dad was an avid reader and would spend about two hours a day reading. He especially liked books about war and genre-fiction. Clive Cussler was his favourite author.…
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Life on Mars . . . Perfect Television
Life on Mars is a brilliant television series that I have only just discovered. It centres around the character of Sam Tyler, a police officer played by John Simm. In the pilot episode, he gets hit by a car and wakes up thirty years in the past. He has some visions and hears things that…
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Chasing Content – April 2013
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 dig through the old posts and unearth…
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5 April Fool’s Jokes to Play on Your Class
Today is April Fool’s Day and it’s a school day. I know that a lot of teachers out there are dreading what might happen today. On a normal day, we can have our share of jokers in the class. This day can push them over the edge. So here is a game plan – get…
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Walkie-Talkies to Cell Phones
A small plan crashed in a very remote valley during World War II. The terrain made it very difficult to amass a rescue. In the meantime, an air drop was arranged to give the men and women much needed supplies to help them survive. One of the most precious items in the cargo was “a…
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WIHH4: Shay D of Lyrically Challenged
We are celebrating International Women’s Day with our 4th Annual Women in Hip-Hop Spectacular. In this chapter of the show, I interview Shay D about her work with the Lyrically Challenged Collective, her solo work, her involvement in the hip-hop community, must-have rap records, and the issues involving women in hip-hop culture. I also spin some…
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WIHH4: Old School Hip-Hop Mix by Miss DJ
Miss DJ is part of an all-female DJ crew based out of Sweden. She is our special guest deejay for our 4th Annual Women in Hip-Hop Spectacular. I interview her and then she gets on the wheels of steel to drop an amazing mixset of old school and golden-era classics. NWA – Express Yourself KRS-One…