In Over Your Head

Month: February 2006

  • Gala Montreal Underground pre-event

    Going to the Gala Montreal Underground nominations pre-event tonight. Expect to see some coverage from Alex and myself about that in the near future.

  • Review: Hip Hop For Sale

    I saw an interview with Canibus recently from when he was still in Iraq (I think it was in Mugshot). The one thing I remember clearly from it is that Bis said he felt kind of trapped by his fans, like he always had to step it up with the vocab since he knew all…

  • Montreal Anagram Transit Map

    Apparently, I’ve decided that ending my weekend by creating an anagram transit map of Montreal is a good thing. I can’t believe I participated in this thing. Even worse, I can’t believe I even finished it. Two hours later and it’s done. This is due entirely to the fact that

  • Geeks hanging out

    Boris, Patrick, Michael, Ella (in her vlog debut), and myself being filmed by Steven at a local hipster techno joint. I actually do not monopolize the camera in this clip, much to my own surprise. 🙂

  • Show #109 – Hip Hop Set #5

    I made this mix earlier this morning – it’s amazing what a difference waking up early makes! Too bad I had to wait for FedEx all day. Deltron 3030 – ‘Mastermind’ (Amazon) Blood of Abraham – ‘Paranoia is Awareness’ (Amazon) Ghostface Killah – ‘Milk Em’ (eMusic) Self Scientific – ‘Change Pt. 1’ (eMusic) Vakill –…

  • Looking for good podcasting books

    Have you read a good podcasting book? Are you writing a podcasting book, or have you written one? I’m looking for the best podcasting books available – I currently have O’Reilly’s Podcasting Hacks and ordered my friend Dan Klass’ Podcast Solutions, which he wrote with Michael Geoghagan. So if you’ve read one and you can…

  • Dropping Science: A Growing List of Every Hip Hop Podcast on the Web

    definition: verb: drop science, drop knowledge To demonstrate wisdom or skill. “And yo, I’m droppin’ science like a school text book” — Tragedy the Intelligent Hoodlum (Microphone Check) [1] To “drop knowledge” in my hood means I got a dime on my dick, e.g.: “At college, constantly gettin ‘ bitties to drop knowledge”. Having been…

  • K-Os + CBCO short documentary

    Thanks so much to Alex for pointing me to this collabo between K-Os (“Canada’s premiere hip-hop artist”) and the last radio orchestra in North America, the CBC Radio orchestra, which was documented by CBC’s Zed TV. Check this shit out! P.S.: It’s ok to like hip-hop.

  • ‘Participatory Podcasting’ on Canadian Podcast Buffet

    Mark and Bob had a brief chat with me on their most recent episode of Canadian Podcast Buffet in regards to what they’ve dubbed participatory podcasting. The discussion is beginning to grow quite nicely. Join in by subscribing here: XML or iTunes.

  • Tod Maffin flunks and loves it

    A great article in the Regina Leader-Post today about Tod Maffin and his attitudes on the Canadian education system.