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New Vs Old Album Review
I have a review up on The Word is Bond site today. It is for the album “New Vs Old” by IV the Polymath. It’s the first review I have ever written for an instrumental hip-hop album. Head on over there and check it out. You can listen to a few of the tracks and…
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Chasing Content – February 2011
Image via Wikipedia It’s a brand new month. A short month but one with a lot of potential. Hopefully February 2012 will be just as much fun around here as February 2011 was. It’s time to hit the road with the snowplough to see just what we can dig up. You can read all of…
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The Way You Speak Depends on the Situation (Teaching Tip)
Image by mp3waxx.com via Flickr I got the idea for today’s Teaching Tip as I read the memoir by rapper, actor, and songwriter, Common. His book is entitled “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” There are a few passages in the memoir that were written by his mother. When I read this one, I immediately thought…
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Arctic Air Soars
I like uniquely Canadian television and that is precisely the reason that I have been enjoying Arctic Air. Arctic Air is an ensemble drama that can be seen Tuesdays at 9:00 on CBC. The show is set in Northern Canada and revolves around a small airline that has outdated planes. The pilots must navigate through…
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Know Your History – The Complete Second Season
Here it is, The Complete Second Season of Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. You can download all 12 episodes from the 2011 season in one handy zipped file. This is 6 hours of hip-hop radio brought to you by DOPEfm and your host and producer of the program, Chase March. We…
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Batman: The Mixtape
Batman deserves a mixtape, doesn’t he? After all he does to protect the city from crime, the least we could do is honour him with a mixed CD. The tape starts out with the theme from the television series and then moves in to Snoop Dogg’s “Batman and Robin.” The song blends into The Last…
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Lighter or Darker Words
I found this excellent teaching tip today on the local message board. You need to be a member of my school board to access the site so I thought I would share this tip with you here. It was originally posted by Dr. Megan Cyrisse Parry-Jamieson. “Hi all — I’ve been having good results with word…
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Spotify: A Review
Image by Dekuwa via Flickr Many online music players have become available in the last few years, including popular sites such as Pandora and I Heart Radio. With the rise of social-networking sites, some players have been developed for the purpose of listening to and sharing music on these sites. Spotify is one of the…
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Lissa Monet at The Stylus Awards 2011
Lissa Monet: “How are you guys doing? Here for another interview?” Chase: “We’re doing awesome. Yeah, it was a great interview with you last year. Did you get a chance to hear our International Women’s Day show we did earlier this year?” Lissa Monet: “No, I didn’t.” Chase: “You should check it out. We dedicated…
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Redefining Masculinity in Hip-Hop Part 2 (Know Your History: Episode 24)
Welcome to Know Your History. I’m your host Chase March and today we are continuing to explore masculinity in hip-hop culture.You can listen to this episode with the player below, download it for free, or just keep reading. I hope you were with us last episode as we discussed what it means to be a…