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Mastermind Tape 10 – Best of 1994
I almost forgot that today was Monday. That’s why I am late with the tenth edition of Mastermind Mondays. This show is a special best of 1994 edition of the Mastermind Street Jam that aired on the now defunct Energy 108, broadcasting out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I recorded this one a 120 minute cassette so…
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Chase Some Content With Me
At the start of each month, I like to take a quick cruise through archives to see what I posted last year at this time. Are you up to chase some content with me? You don’t even need the fastest ship in the galaxy. Have a Happy Star Wars Day tomorrow! Read all of the…
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Rest in Peace, Fred the Godson
Fred the Godson passed away at the age of 41 after a fight with the Corona virus. It’s a shame that such a powerful voice in hip-hop has been silenced. His music will live on though. We had to kick off the show with a small tribute mix. Rest in Peace, you will be missed!…
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Read the Classics and Take Notes
“The adventurous student will always study classics, in whatever language they may be written and however ancient they may be. For what are the classics but the noblest recorded thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Interview (2020)
It’s Mastermind Monday, the day I share with you old episodes of The Mastermind Street Jam that I recorded off the radio in the mid to late 1990s. Today, we are taking a slight detour from that to hear a brand new interview with the man himself. This was recorded for last week’s edition of my…
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Taking it Back with Mastermind on Word is Bond Rap Radio
I have been digitizing my tapes of the Mastermind Street Jam that I recorded off the radio from 1994 to 1997 and sharing them every week for a couple of months now. People have really been enjoying the trip down memory lane. Let’s take it back even further with the man himself, Mastermind. We kick…
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How to Enable Fair Play in the Running of a Household
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and even more Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky Running a household can be an exhausting challenge for families. Much of the work that goes into it can be categorized as “invisible work . . . because it may be unseen and unrecognized…
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No Time to Talk . . . Really?
“We are at a crossroads. So many people say they have no time to talk, really talk, but all the time in the world, day and night, to connect. When a moment of boredom arises, we have become accustomed to making it go away by searching for something—sometimes anything—on our phones.” Maybe, we shouldn’t be…
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Music of Science (Wu-Tang Education)
ODB of the Wu-Tang Clan once said that “Wu-Tang is for the children.” It’s one of the reasons that educators should try their best to incorporate hip-hop pedagogy into their practice. You don’t have to be part of hip-hop culture to do so either. Last week, I shared a post about accessing your students’ passions.…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 9 (Jan 1995)
It’s the ninth edition of Mastermind Mondays. This is where I share with you an episode of The Mastermind Street Jam that I taped off the radio so long ago. I’m glad I held onto these tapes. This is number 9 from a collection that is over 100 tapes deep. It features music by Black Moon,…