Chase MarchBlog

Welcome to the sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find my various articles about a variety of topics (DJ Events and news, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more)

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  • 3-Sided Mix Tape

    Who ever heard of a three-sided mix tape? I know that I sure hadn’t. The problem was that I wanted to make another mix tape for my girlfriend. Except this time I wanted to make sure I could put it on a CD and give her a digital copy for her iPod as well. So

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  • Things Can Change Quick

    It’s amazing how quickly things can change. You can be happy, traveling along a smooth highway with a cool breeze blowing, and everything can seem perfect. But then, out of nowhere, you can find yourself diverted to a small back road. Of course, back roads can be just as nice. The scenery is beautiful and

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  • A Sad Picture Story (Update of my Life)

    Maybe it’s my fault because I didn’t take things slow. But I didn’t see a speed limit posted anywhere. Things just felt right. I was flying and everything was perfect. Nothing could feel better. I could finally see the path ahead of me. My future was laid out right there. Clear as day. But sometimes

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  • Festival of Friends Highlights

    Festival of Friends is a completely free festival held every August at Gage Park in Hamilton. It is always a great event. The festival manages to draw some big name entertainment and this year was no exception. Here are some of the highlights from the great acts I was able to catch. Finger 11 were

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  • Chance Encounter with Ember

    It’s kind of strange how I first encountered the books of Ember. Near the end of the school year, I injured myself at the track and field event. I had to go to the hospital and I knew that I would probably be stuck in a waiting room for a while. I didn’t have much

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  • Who Loads the Canon?

    There seems to be some common consensus that it isn’t just the old and familiar books that can be heralded as classics. For example, Time Magazine rated the top 100 novels of our time and included the excellent graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I wholeheartedly agree that this book needs to

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