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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Comics and Skateboarding
Two images I found on Tumblr just now that I had to post together. Had to! Apparently the above image was taken during a break in shooting and it actually is Heath Ledger (rest in peace) doing a kickflip over Batman from the set of The Dark Knight. Very cool! Correction This image is fake.…
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Motown Night was Electric (Literally)
It was Motown Night at the Canadian National Exhibition last night and we were very excited to be there covering it for the radio show. We had interviews set up with the headlining acts; The Manhattans, and The Spinners. The Manhattans took to the stage in their matching red jackets and captivated the crowd with…
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Know Your History: Hip-Hop in Black and White
Earlier this year, I was approached to write an article for Word is Bond. The staff over there thought I would be a good choice to write about race relations in hip-hop as a guest contributor. We thought it would be a good idea to contrast the large white audience hip-hop has to the lack…
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Moffat Creek Trail
It’s time for another installment of my Visual Running Tours. Today, we are going to Cambridge to explore the Moffat Creek Trail. It starts off as a shared pathway and it is paved for easy access for bicycle riders or rollerbladers, but there is an area where the dirt trail becomes an option as well.…
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Chasing Content – August 4 Years Ago
I’m still working my way through the archives of Silent Cacophony to create “Best of” posts for each and every month. Today, I thought we’d take a moment to look back at what I was writing four years ago at this time. Wow, we’ve come a long way over the years. Those posts look so…
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We All Need Free TV
Television has always been free. All you needed was a television and an antenna. The networks could deliver quality programming by allowing corporate sponsors to advertise on their shows. This quickly turned into commercials. Now, it is standard practice to have our programs interrupted every ten minutes so we can watch a slew of advertising…
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Know Your History: A Spotlight on Queen Latifah
Cover of Queen Latifah Queen Latifah has achieved more than any other female artist in the history of this hip-hop. She has starred in movies, a few television series, has written books, earned a Golden Globe, two SAG awards, a Grammy award, and several other nominations for a variety of award shows. She continues to…
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Know Your History: A Spotlight on MC Lyte
Cover of MC Lyte Welcome to the third installment of Know Your History focusing on Women in Hip-Hop. We are doing this here on DOPEfm to celebrate International Women’s Day and shine a spotlight on hip-hop’s better half, the women. We’ve already spent a half hour focusing on the 1970s and how present women were…
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Ghettosocks Live TONIGHT
Ghettosocks will be playing at Ceilidhhouse TONIGHT! It is one of the many bars and pubs in Hamilton’s Historic Hess Village. It’s a great place to catch live music in the city. Beatbinjaz is putting on this concert and you can buy tickets at Dr. Disc or at the door. DOPEfm will be there as…
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The Left in The Hammer
The Left are an amazing hip-hop group from Detroit. I’ve been bumping their debut album, “The Gas Mask” ever since it first came across my radar last year. I was really excited to see them come to Hamilton to rock a dope show this past weekend. I love going to rap concerts in small clubs.…