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Another Trip Around the Sun – Chasing July
It’s been an entire year since these posts were first published here on my blog. This is probably a good time to take look back at them. Read all of the posts from last July or just these cool ones The Sun is Also a Star (And it Shines) This was a great read that…
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My New Favourite Show – Stargirl
I hadn’t planned to watch Stargirl. I was getting a little burnt out with all of the superhero television shows. After the Crisis crossover event, I felt like I needed a break. I went into the pilot of the series with some reluctance, but it quickly won me over and continues to do so every…
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Mastermind Street Jam – WC and Maad Circle
Digitized cassette tape of iconic radio show – check! Proper track listing – check! Interview not edited out – check! Dope live radio – always with the Mastermind Street Jam This is Tape 19 of my extensive collection and it features a live interview with WC and the Maad Circle. I have a lot more of…
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Rakim’s Rhyme Book & How He Revolutionized Rap Music
Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius by Rakim Rakim is one of the most talented poets that our generation has even known. He revolutionized hip-hop with his laid back style on the microphone and his novel way of rhyming. He didn’t merely place his rhymes at the end of each line,…
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What Happened to the Beach?
What happened to the beach? This used to be a great place to sit in the shade. This grouping of trees was meters away from the water and up a small hill. Here’s an old picture of it from my blog archive. It was the only one I could find. You can see that it…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Live Via Satellite
This is Tape 18 of my collection of Mastermind Street Jam cassettes taped directly from the radio back in the mid 1990s. This was required listening every week and I rocked with the tapes for weeks afterward. Free mixtapes! Yes, sir! I even completed the j-card for the first time with this tape. Original air…
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Taking it Back with The Mastermind Street Jam
The Mastermind Street Jam was a great radio show that was broadcast on Energy 108 back in the mid 1990s. I taped the show religiously and have managed to hold on to most of the cassettes from back then. This is Tape 17 of my collection and the first one that I attempted to do…
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Let’s Make a Change (for the better)
Today, the Canadian government announced that they will be extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit for an additional 8 weeks. Over 8.4 million Canadians signed up for the program so far. I wanted to share an excerpt from Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Cool today because I think Calvin made a great case for continuing this…
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Mastermind Street Jam #16
This episode of the Mastermind Street Jam is from August 26, 1995 and features an interview with independent hip-hop group Cipher. It was originally broadcast on Energy 108 and was digitized from a cassette tape in my collection. I love hip-hop mixshows and this is one of my all-time favourite programs. It’s really cool to…
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Advanced Flow & Delivery for MCs
How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques by Paul Edwards This isn’t a manual on how to rap. I don’t think a book can really teach you how to craft great hip-hop songs. But studying the work of talented emcees is definitely a good place to start. There are plenty of ways to…