Silent Cacophony
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Ideas Won’t Wait Around Forever
Ideas Won’t Wait Around Forever Elizabeth Gilbert tells us about a story she started to write but never finished. She loved the idea but never seriously got down to executing it. Then, a few years later, she had an encounter with a fellow author who filled her in on what she was working on. Gilbert…
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Word is Bond Rap Radio Celebrates 400 Episodes
Word is Bond Rap Radio celebrated its 400th episode with a special three-hour show featuring guest DJs, live performances, and trivia. I updated the flyer to reflect what the show actually looked like Thursday night. DJ Hullewud and Bnutz both took to the wheels of steel to deliver great mixsets. Branded Moore called in from…
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Combing Through the Archives
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content, that monthly feature that has us combing through the archives to find the stand-out posts from last year at this time. Read all of the posts from February 2019 or just these highlights . . . The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 Charting Across the Country DJ Hullewud and I…
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Your Art Needs Your Time
“When people are having an affair, they don’t mind losing sleep, or missing meals. They will make whatever sacrifices they have to make, and they will blast through any obstacles, in order to be alone with the object of their devotion and obsession – because it matters to them. Let yourself fall in love with…
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Boldy Go Into the Star Trek Comics
Star Trek – Boldly Go: Volume 1 This graphic novel starts out where the last Star Trek movie left off. With the Enterprise destroyed in the events of Star Trek Beyond, the members of her crew are spread out throughout the galaxy. Captain Kirk is in temporary command of the Endeavour; Sulu is serving as…
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Remembering Ziggid of Zoetic Minds (Rest in Peace)
Ziggid of Zoetic Minds passed away last week. He produced every single beat for every song the group ever released. He also did the music videos, rapped, and provided the cuts for their songs. He was an immensely talented artist and will be truly missed. I had to dedicate the show to his memory this…
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Hiphoptictactics with Chase March
Hiphoptictactics is a hip-hop radio show based out of Peterborough, Ontario. They had me on the show last week to talk about the upcoming 400th episode of my show, Word is Bond Rap Radio. It’s always a pleasure to kick it with other radio hosts and DJs. I was honoured that they wanted to help…
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Don’t Keep Your Limitations
“Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.” At first glance, that seems to be a ridiculous statement. Why would anyone defend their limitations? Why wouldn’t they strive to get past them and be successful? The truth is, we all make excuses. We hide behind our limitations because it can feel safe there.…
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Watchmen Works
Watchmen is one of the best graphic novels ever created. It is a stand-alone work of art that really doesn’t need a sequel, movie, or television show. In fact, the creators were so opposed to the movie version a few years back that one of them asked for his name to be removed from the…
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Start Living a More Courageous Life Today
There are several types of courage; physical, moral, psychological, and everyday courage. It is important for us “to start living a more courageous life now” in all of those areas because “the more actions we take facing fear, expressing ourselves, and helping others, the easier and less stressful these actions become.” That’s because, “The more we…