Silent Cacophony
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Step Up to the Decks at Grooves
Grooves Records in downtown London, ON is hosting a special event on Saturday. DJ MediaFrenzy will have turnrables set up and there will be a P.A. All you have to do is bring your records (vinyl only – no Serato) , cartridges, and headphones. You can sign up via email at grooves@loveable.com (Subject: Open Tables), or…
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Tower Trail at MacGregor Point Provincial Park
MacGregor Point Provincial Park is located at 1593 Bruce Road 33 in Port Elgin, ON. Canada. There are several trails that you can run or bike on here. However, you have to pay a day-use fee to access the park. If you don’t want to pay the day fee, you can make your way to…
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Why Teachers Should Embrace Youth Culture Power
Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Teacher-Student Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement by Jason D Rawls and John Robinson Teachers are using hip-hop in innovative ways in the classroom to not only connect with their students but to also give them voice. It’s about time that two musical artists in this genre combined…
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Exercise Your Writing Muscle
“You can begin to bring writing into your life with small exercises that needn’t take more than ten minutes at a pop. And, again, there is no right or wrong here – just opportunities to use a muscle that has gone unused for too long.” In his book, Seven Steps to Confident Writing, Alan Gelb…
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Unknown Anti-War Comics
The Unknown Ant-War Comics Edited by Craig Yoe Many people incorrectly view comic books as celebrating violence and romanticizing war. Others dismiss the medium because they believe the stories in them are trivial and juvenile. However, comics at their best contain powerful stories and comment on their times in striking detail. This collection features comics…
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Expose Yourself to superGARAGE
Expose Yourself was a television show that ran on Rogers Community Cable 14 in the 1990s. It was a great show to be a part of. We shined a spotlight on the local music talent by interviewing bands and solo artists and letting them perform their material on television. I had a blast producing the…
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Jay Are (John Robinson & J Rawls) Drop Knowledge on WIB Rap Radio
John Robinson and J. Rawls are Jay Are and they believe in “Youth Culture Power” Chase March chops it up with them about their educational philosophy and talks about their new book and album. A lot of knowledge gets dropped this episode. We start out with half an hour of their music, move on to…
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Writers, Set Your Pages on Fire!
Set the Page of Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers by Steve O’Keefe “Everyone who can read is qualified to write and capable of crafting something in print that is powerful and important.” I took lots of notes while reading this book. The above quote is one of my favourites. So, if you’ve never written anything…
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Word is Bond #372 – The MIX(ed)TAPE 2
Two years ago, DJ Hullewud and DJ Chase March teamed up to create an original project to harken back to the essence of hip-hop. A time when you could hear your favourite deejays throwing down mixes on cassette. The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 was released in October and, at the time of its release, featured new and…
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Chasing Content – July 2018
It’s time to go exploring! Let’s dig through the archives and blow the dust off some posts you might have missed. Read all of the posts from last July or just these highlights. Maybe Too Much Last week, I had a listener text in to the station who had been listening for 24 hours straight. She…