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Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide
Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: Volume One – East Coast and West Coast by Mickey Hess Place is an important aspect when it comes to music. Nashville is known as the home to country music and is celebrated by many singers. New Orleans is held in high esteem when it comes to jazz.…
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The Punisher – Judge, Jury, and Executioner
Marvel Unlimited offered a free month subscription to its app to celebrate the release of The Punisher TV series on Netflix. I am still working my way through the series but thought that I would use this opportunity to read as much of the comics as I possibly could in a month. Punisher vs Bullseye…
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Women in Hip-Hop Concert (Saturday)
Every March 8th, on International Women’s Day, I dedicate the entire night of radio programming to the Women in Hip-Hop. Next year will be the 8th annual spectacular. This is the first time I have had the pleasure of providing the music for a live event in the same vein. I hope to see you…
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Teach Like TED
Every now and then I read a book that has nothing to do with education and I see the work in a way that the author probably never intended. Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo is an examination of what makes some of the best TED talks successful. Gallo breaks down the public speaking secrets…
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Medway Skatepark (London, ON)
Medway Skatepark is located at 1051 Wonderland Road in London, Ontario, Canada. It has a large bowl with four different areas to carve, a mullet spine to do some transfers on, a vert wall, and a small street course with wave bumps. It’s a nice park with a good flow to it. It’s definitely meant…
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Hip-Hop Radio Putting Up Numbers
Last week’s edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio was a lot of fun. I had an exclusive interview with The Legendary PMD and the show has put up some pretty impressive numbers. It’s is charting in 5 different places on Mixcloud and is even in the Top 10 of two of them. 7th in…
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St Clair River Trail (Corunna, ON)
The St. Claire River Trail is part of the larger Great Lakes Waterfront trail. Only portions of it run alongside the river. There are sections of the trail that detour onto neighbouring streets. My run took me from the First Nation community, Aamjiwnaang, all the way to the small town of Corunna. I went for…
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Posting a Music Video (TGJ3M Assignment)
I am teaching a Communications Technology class this term and I wanted to have the students create an online portfolio of their work. To that end, I had them design simple websites using the Blogger platform. This way, they can see the basic design elements needed for fully functioning websites. It also gives me, as…
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The March Trilogy is Complete
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell This is the final book of a trilogy series that focuses on the challenges and horrors faced by those in the Civil Rights Movement as they fought to be recognized as human beings and awarded the rights that go along with that. It is…
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Website Design Assignment Part 2
This is the fourth assignment I gave my students for TGJ3M – Communications Technology. It builds off the skills we have been learning so far this term. First, we looked closely at the five different types of logos and collected examples of each. We then created a fictional media company and designed a logo for…