Date _______________________
March 10
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March 12
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March 15
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March 18
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March 23
task
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topics for projects
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asked dad about his study of hip hop
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dad gave me his HonorŐs thesis - section on hip hop
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make interview questions
look in magazines for ideas
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[1]
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list venues in Adelaide for hip hop
1. St Pauls
2. Rumpus Room
(behind Flagstaff Hotel
8296 6677
3. Central Station
for information and albums/flyers/magazines
4. Tivoli Hotel
261 Pirie St.the Proscenium
Blyth St.
5. Amercian Blvd
0415 200 400
reflections
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my two interests are baseball and music. I have done a lot on basball so will look
aat music as a project. Hip-hop is more
of a culture than just the music - may be too big of a topic to cover. Will
have to narrow it.
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donŐt know if I will get much support from dad - he is
always telling me hip hop is negative.
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hip-hop as literature - donŐt know if I can use any of this
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use written questions as a rough guide - depending on the
person make up questions as I go
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most places are going to be for over 18 -
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>> go to Central weekly
date
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April 1
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April 05
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April 10
task
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Cargo - Hindley St.
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hip-hop record companies
No Limit
Def Jam
Bad Boy
Loud
Rap-A-Lot
Roc-a-Fella
So So Def
Death Row
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Leading hip-hop clothing lines:
Fubu
Mecca
Phat Farm
Timberland
Southpole
Ecko
Enyce
Johhny Blaze
Lugz
Naughty Gear
Wu Wear
Sean John
No Limit Soldier Gear
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begin writing introduction (an outline)
formulate how this project is actually going to happen
what is going to be covered
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add these things to the project:
reflections page 2
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too many aspects to hip hop will keep it to two sections:
SECTION 1
1. why people listen to hip-hop
2. background research on the history of hip-hop music
3. analyze lyrics, album covers and articles
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date
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April 10 continued
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April 13
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April 14
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April 15
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April 18
task
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1. video interview of hip-hop listeners,
2. dictionary of hip-hop words
3. survey
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rough draft of intro
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bought tickets for DJ BONZ etc.
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e-mailed Dominion
Crew in Sydney re.
doing interviews when
they are in Adelaide
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dad e-mailed me at school
the interview with DJ Bonz is going to happen this weekend
comments PAGE 03
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this will be section two
section 1 is the theory and this section is the practical
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I spent most of the afternoon on this - didnŐt make it to
baseball practice - there is too much to cover, will have to cut back a lot of
what I planned to do - will concentrate on the interviews
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concert for April 22.
Was originally for March 31st but it was changed.
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it is the weekend - but had to use dadŐs computer at Magill
to send e-mails - I will be lucky if they answer. Got the e-mails from someone at the Tivoli Hotel. I asked to interview DJ Bonez as he will be
launching his new CDŐs
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have four days to sort out the interviews. Read some interviews from The Source - donŐt
want to sound stupid. I can interivew
Bonz a
t a restuarnt before
the show.
date
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April 19 - 21
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April 22
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task
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interview questions
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interview with DJ Bonez
three hours interaction
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comments PAGE four
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read and took notes on twelve magazines and wrote out
questions. Up until midnight both
Wednesday and Thursday reading and writing questions after getting home at 9.30
both nights from baseball training.
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Went better than I thought it would. He wouldnŐt let me use a tape recorder -
which meant that I had to write down all his anwsers. He wouldnŐt let me take a photo either - which I thought would be
good to add to this project. Will
include a flyer for the event as an appendix.
Spent almost three hours with a
lot of people - ended up interview two other DJs - for about 20 minutes
each.
After dinner we went
to a their hotel suite and sat around and talked. I felt like a groupie - went with to their concert and hung out
back. Managed to have three-interviews
to add to my project. Looks like this will the major part of the project.
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date
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April 23 - 28
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May 02
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May 04
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May 05
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task
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In Canberra - check out hip-hop scene there
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rang for interview with Adelaide hip-hop group HillTop Hoods
sent e-mail to adelaidehiphop@hotamil.com for updates on
events etc. in Adelaide
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E-mail from adelaidehiphop@hotamil.com
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card of upcoming events
phone call from Hilltop HoodŐs management arranging an
interview for Saturday
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comments PAGE 5
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At U-18 tryouts for
Nati
onal tour of Canada in August - they ran us full on from
early morning until late night - no time all week to get out of the AIS to
check out Canberra
slept all of Saturday
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their record producer said he would arrange an interview
time - I said I was doing it for a school project. He sounded disappoint - probably was hoping it was for Rolling
Stone magazine - sucked in
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said they would send a card of upcoming events
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there will a THROWDOWN
if it is as good as THROWDOWN in December - including a
flier on that one with this project - then it will be worth it. Some of the groups and DJs and MCs from
DecemberŐs wonŐt be there - but there are some new acts I can see.
Interview tomorrow with Hilltop H
oods
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date
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May 06
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May 7
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May 13
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May 14
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May 17
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May 20
task
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Interview with Hilltop Hoods
1 HOUR INTERACTION
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write up of interview with DJ BONEZ
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wrote up interview with Hilltop Hoods
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spent day with dad going over his HonorŐs thesis and his
finding on hip hop and rap music lyrics
2 hour interactive
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wrote up interactive with dad
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hip hop shows
comments PAGE 6
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Interviewed Hilltop Hoods.
The interview went OK -
getting worried that I wonŐt get all my interaction done in
time. Still have three to five more
interviews to do and only four more weeks.
Baseball training every night is making this almost impossible to get
do [1][1]ne.
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difficulty with this - canŐt read all my notes and answers -
and as the interview was several weeks ago donŐt recall it all.
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due to baseball practice all week after school didnŐt have
time to work on my project
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some of dadŐs thesis was helpful must it of reflected is
negative attitude about the contents of rap songs.
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spoke with other people who went to the show -
date
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May 20 - continued
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May 21
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May 24
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May 27
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May 28
task
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continuation of show
2 hours interactive
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video interview
2 hours interaction
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hip hop dictionary
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interview with local hip hop listeners.
1 - hour interactive
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re-wrote introduction
comments PAGE 7
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for a school project as it would take away the spontanity of the interviews.
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interviews and samples of freestyles from local adelaide MCs
(see video)
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downloaded from the Internet a dictionary of hip hop terms
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Interviewed Jackie