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The Poet Alone… Fails.
He’s trying to forget you, it’s harder than he’d imagined because he’d seen a future with you as clearly as this view of the city from across the bay on a perfect spring day. Low clouds, fog, and smog had other plans and descended, perhaps inevitably but even the haze, has no power of memory. […]
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My Favourite Band?
Day 11 – A song from your favorite band This is a tough one too. It’s a toss up between Buffalo Tom and superGARAGE but since I am playing a Buffalo Tom song later in this 30-day challenge, I think I’ll have to play a superGARAGE track today. I really love this group. Check out […]
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Script Frenzy
I’m in. I’ve always wanted to try the novel writing month that happens every year in November but as a teacher, it is such a busy month for me that I simply cannot. Instead of writing a novel, I’m writing report cards. April is a much better month for writing. So when I heard about […]
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Know Your History: Episode 3 part 2 – The DJ
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. This is the place where we get to celebrate all that is the rich, cultural history of hip-hop. This is Part 2 of the transcript of this month’s show. The show is aired on 93.3 CFMU in Hamilton, Ontario and it just one segment […]
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I Don’t Fall Asleep to Music (Day 10)
Day 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep I have never used music to help me fall asleep. I’m not sure what to post for this one. I really love the band Belly and the lead singer, Tanya Donelly. She’s put out some really great solo albums as well. Her solo stuff is […]
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Know Your History: Episode 3 – The DJ
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. This is the place where we get to celebrate all that is the rich, cultural history of hip-hop. This is the transcript of the monthly radio segment for DOPEfm. You can download the podcast of this show for free and listen along as you […]
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I Can’t Dance, well maybe (Day 9)
Day 09 – A song that you can dance to I can’t dance but I’ll try that one move from this video, “The Phuncky Feel One’ by Cypress Hill. Wait for the bass line break. Go to the Day 10 song – Music to Fall Asleep to
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Teaching Tip – Improvisational Stories
I tell improvisational stories to my students every year. I like that we can have fun creating something together. The students always seem to enjoy it as well. Here’s how to do it. 1) Get the students to draw pictures. Don’t tell them why they are doing this either. Just let them know that everyone […]
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Day 8 – I know all the words to this one (and many more)
Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to Wow, this one is so vague. I know all the words to hundreds of songs, including pretty much every song Run-DMC has ever released. I used to play a game with friends where we would just start rapping and the other people would […]
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Life Gives You 3 Answers
My neighbour gave me some advice yesterday that really spoke to my situation. He said that life gives you three answers, “Yes.” “Yes, but wait.” “No, there’s something better.” When the love of my life left me in August, it nearly destroyed me. However, we remained friends and it gave me hope. I was always […]