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WIHH4: Women in Hip-Hop Roundtable Discussion
Welcome back to the 4th Annual Women in Hip-Hop Radio Spectacular. Make sure you tune in to Silent Cacophony every day this week to catch all of the different segments from #WIHH4. Right now, we have an incredible discussion with a panel of hip-hop experts. Our Panel Today E-Turn is an emcee from Orlando, Florida.…
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WIHH4: Celebrating International Women’s Day – Hip-Hop Style
Welcome to a very special edition of DOPEfm. For our seven hours of programming tonight we are shining a spotlight on the Women in Hip-Hop. We are celebrating International Women’s Day like we do every single year. This is our 4th annual show and we have a lot of great content coming your way. We…
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Lip Sync Battle
Radio DJ, Mastermind, shared this on Twitter the other day. Drop Everything And Watch This AMAZING Lip Sync Battle Between Paul Rudd And Jimmy Fallon http://t.co/3VgVcBJD3q — Mastermind (@MastermindLive) February 26, 2014 I clicked through because it seemed like such an interesting concept. A Lip Sync Battle? I’ve heard of dance battles, beatbox battles,…
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DJing Is Child’s Play
Who says that it doesn’t take talent and effort to be a hip-hop DJ? DJ Nu-mark makes it all look like child’s play in this clip (and I’m not just saying that because he is using preschool toys to create this incredible turntablist routine) He makes is look easy, but it really isn’t. This is…
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Access: 88 HIPHOP
88 HIPHOP was definitely ahead of its time. It was one of the first Internet hip-hop shows. When it started, I wasn’t even online at the time. It began as a radio show that was available through the phone lines only. It quickly moved to video and had some very historic broadcasts since its 1996…
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Journey to Rainbow Island – Book Giveaway
Journey to Rainbow Island by Christie Hsiao I was approached by the publisher of this book to do a review of the novel and a giveaway on my blog. The press release sounded interesting, so I agreed. Unfortunately, the novel didn’t live up to that potential. The story revolves around an eleven year old girl.…
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GPS – The Road to Musical Success
When I started teaching music, I was really disappointed with the method book. It didn’t seem like my students were learning much as we worked through the various lines of music. I searched for an alternative and found the excellent Band Fundamentals in Easy Steps. It was everything I was looking for in a method…
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Spectacular Street Musician
This is an amazing street performance! Bryson Andres uses technology to loop up a percussion backing for his violin masterpiece. Simply spectacular!
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Legoland Racers
I took my kids to Legoland Toronto this week. This is one of the coolest features of the Indoor Attraction. There are a bunch of open bins, where you can build your own race car. I designed a three-wheeled super-car. I loved that they had orange Lego pieces. I don’t have any orange pieces at…
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The Unethical Bank
I was really surprised to read about the history of banks. I’d always felt like something was terribly wrong with how they operated, but I never really looked into it until I read this book. Neurotic Money: The World of Debt and How It Has Hijacked Your Brain by Joe Ornato “After a while, the…