interviews
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Celebrating our Athletes
I compiled all of the coverage I got from Inspiring a Dream: Celebrating London’s Olympic Athletes into one radio program. There are two parts to this show to allow for a commercial break at the half hour mark. In addition to the interviews I’ve run on this blog, I’ve added content that I recorded from…
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Warrior in a Wheelchair
The Winter Olympics energized the community and had Londoners feeling pride at the accomplishments of our amazing athletic heroes. We wanted to welcome them home with a huge celebration in February but unfortunately things couldn’t quite come together then. The athletes had commitments and continued to remain busy for weeks afterwards. However, we finally had…
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D-sisive, Legendary MC?
I saw D-sisive at the Toronto Freedom Festival earlier this year when I was there covering the event for DOPEfm. Canadian hip-hop legend Saukrates was performing and he brought D-sisive out on stage with him. They have a song together, “Wednesday, the remix” that will be appearing on the new Saukrates album “Season One” and…
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D-sisive, In The Right Place and Time
D-sisive got compared to Eminem a lot in the early stages of his career. I don’t think it was exactly a fair comparison. Eminem tried to be shocking with his material. D-sisive on the other hand was just your straight battle MC. Of course, they both were able to turn a phrase to have audiences…
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D-sisive Now
I remember when D-sisive first came out. I was simply blown away at how he could get on the mic and destroy anybody who would dare to battle him in a cipher. He was an animal on the mic and it was obvious how much passion he had for hip-hop. He had great witty punchlines,…
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D-Sisive Then
D-sisive is a familiar name to most Canadian hip-hop enthusiasts. In 1995, he started to garner a lot of attention for his witty punchlines and ferocious skill on the mic. He’s dropped some pretty classic jams over the years starting with his debut EP, J.A.C. back in 1997. In 2000, he was featured on the…
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I Got An Article in the Newspaper
This is the first article I’ve had in print since the old days when I wrote for the university paper. I was so excited to be able to interview World Figure Skating Champions and Olympic Gold Medal winners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. It was equally exciting to see my name in print. I just…
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Gold Medalists Thrilled With London’s Olympic Celebration
This February the city of London was electrified by the performance of some of our own at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It was incredible to see how London athletes represented the country and we all looked forward to a huge welcome home ceremony to celebrate their achievements. That ceremony finally took place last Monday as the…
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David Duncan – Ski Cross
David Duncan was really impressed with the celebration that the city of London threw for our Olympic heroes. He was a guest of honour at the JLC event, which saw hundreds of people cheering and supporting our local athletes. Duncan summed up the whole event perfectly, “Too often we don’t stop and reflect. Myself as…
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Joe Barker – Paralympic Swimmer
Joe Barker is a swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He achieved a Canadian Record at the German Open Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2008 for 50m Breaststroke with a time of 39.96 . He represented Canada at two Paralympic games. He was recently honoured at the John Labatt Centre along with several other Olympic athletes.…