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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Valentine’s Day – DOPEfm Style
Here’s a special mixtape for you and your loved one, Valentine’s Day – DOPEfm Style. I hope you put this on while you make your loved one a nice Valentine’s dinner. Or you can spin it anytime you want to hear some smooth, respectful, hip-hop love songs. Be warned that this is some mushy rap…
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Using a Deck of Cards in Math (Teaching Tip)
Here is a quick and easy math game you can have your students play. All you need is a deck of cards. You will need to remove the face cards so that you are only left with the numbers 2 to 9 and the aces. For the purposes of this game, an ace will count…
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Lovely Ladies of Silent Cacophony (Part 4)
These Lovely Ladies are welcome here at Silent Cacophony anytime. Lyndsy Fonseca is one of the stars of Nikita. She also appeared in the film version of Kick-Ass. Tara Overholt is the anchor of CTV News in London, Ontario. I met her last year at the London Music Awards and she looked stunning. Zooey Deschanel.…
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Grafh (Red Carpet Interview)
Chase: “Yo, Grafh! DOPEfm radio. We got Chase March and Daddy J here. How’s it going, man?” Grafh: “Just enjoying the festivities.” Chase: “So what does this award show mean to you?” Grafh: “I think it’s pretty dope. Anything highlighting the DJ is always a big deal. DJs paved the platform for artists like me…
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4 Hip-Hop Memoirs Worth Reading
Here are some great hip-hop memoirs that I had the opportunity to read over the past several months. Decoded by Jay-Z Jay-Z writes about hip-hop in an open and honest way. Here is one of my favourite passages from the book . . . Hip-hop has always been controversial, and for good reason. When you…
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New Vs Old Album Review
I have a review up on The Word is Bond site today. It is for the album “New Vs Old” by IV the Polymath. It’s the first review I have ever written for an instrumental hip-hop album. Head on over there and check it out. You can listen to a few of the tracks and…
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Chasing Content – February 2011
Image via Wikipedia It’s a brand new month. A short month but one with a lot of potential. Hopefully February 2012 will be just as much fun around here as February 2011 was. It’s time to hit the road with the snowplough to see just what we can dig up. You can read all of…
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The Way You Speak Depends on the Situation (Teaching Tip)
Image by mp3waxx.com via Flickr I got the idea for today’s Teaching Tip as I read the memoir by rapper, actor, and songwriter, Common. His book is entitled “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” There are a few passages in the memoir that were written by his mother. When I read this one, I immediately thought…
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Arctic Air Soars
I like uniquely Canadian television and that is precisely the reason that I have been enjoying Arctic Air. Arctic Air is an ensemble drama that can be seen Tuesdays at 9:00 on CBC. The show is set in Northern Canada and revolves around a small airline that has outdated planes. The pilots must navigate through…
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Know Your History – The Complete Second Season
Here it is, The Complete Second Season of Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. You can download all 12 episodes from the 2011 season in one handy zipped file. This is 6 hours of hip-hop radio brought to you by DOPEfm and your host and producer of the program, Chase March. We…