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Mastermind Street Jam – Canadian Radio Mixshow from 1995
Here is Tape 28 of my collection of Mastermind Street Jam shows. I have over 100 tapes and am sharing a new one every week. This episode aired on Canadian radio station Energy 108 back in December 1995. Original air date – December 4, 1995 Download this episode (for a limited time) Did you miss…
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Living Her Life Out of Order
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore Youth is wasted on the young, or so they say. For Oona, that is not the case. It all started on what should have been her nineteenth birthday. It was New Year’s Eve and she was ready to kick in the new year and the official start to…
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Cup and Saucer Trail Run
The Cup and Saucer Trail is an absolutely beautiful place to hike on Manitoulin Island and one of the most popular trails in the province. There are 12 km of hiking trails through the hardwood bush, as well as 2 km of adventure trails. As you can see from the sign, there are some huge…
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Chasing September – How Far We’ve Come
Look back, what was around that bend? How far have we come? Now’s a good time to explore those questions with another edition of Chasing Content. Read all of the posts from last September or just these extra special ones. Scrabble is Always Super My wife bought me Super Scrabble for Christmas and I not exactly sure…
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The Beatbox Edition of Mastermind Street Jam
Here’s a special beatbox edition of The Mastermind Street Jam that features tracks from . . . Biz Markie, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ft Ready C, BDP, Skinny Boys, Fat Boys, Stestasonic, and more! Also new music by Busta Rhymes, remixes from Erick Sermon and LL Cool J. (well, it was new…
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The Best TV Shows of All-Time
My list of favourite T.V. shows hasn’t changed much since I first wrote it over ten years ago. I started out with a Top 5 List but had to revise it when a new show won me over. Well, it has happened again. This show just narrowly missed being in my Top 5. I am starting to…
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M’Chigeeng Trail
The M’Chigeeng Hiking Trail is located on First Nations’ land on Manitoulin Island. The trail starts off rather rocky and runs uphill for quite some time. The run was worth it just for this beautiful rocky terrain. But it gets even nicer at the top. The trail markers are easy to follow all the way…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 26 (Nov ’95)
A live hip-hop mixshow on commercial radio that played real hip-hop? In the 1990s? From Canada? If you don’t know, now you know! This show broke new records and helped me grow my cassette and CD collection. DJ Mastermind spun some of the best hip-hop records ever made on this show. I have digitized my…
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Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls is located in a small village on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. I spent some time on the island last week and wanted to find a few interesting places to run. This definitely fit the bill. Here you can see the Kagawong River which flows from Lake Kagawong to the North Channel of…
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A Fake Sense of Urgency
We are constantly bombarded with information. We get text messages, social media alerts, and emails that we feel need to be attended to. It’s hard to ignore a ringing phone or beeping alert. Our devices can seem to hold us prisoner. We are at their beck and call. But is this a good thing? In…