So after taking a closer look at the guidelines, we realized our plan of making the show sound more like a conversation goes directly against the rules that were laid out. So yesterday we starting from ground zero. BUT we rebounded nicely and put together something slightly different while using some of the material we …

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On Tuesday, our group got together to put together a large chuck of our radio show. All of us, minus Ahmed who has a challenging commute, met in the sound booth in the HCC, which is a VERY nice work space. We put together an introduction song and added in a bumper that Maria put …

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Daily creates: I was really proud of this. I wanted to pick a photo that could set me up for a great pun, because I have a very puny sense of humor. I wanted to use the AC/DC font, but couldn’t easily find it, so this was my next best font. @ds106dc #tdc1880 I'm very …

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Above you will see our radio show logo, featuring our name and a message that will hopefully pull in listeners. Our name “Spy College Kids” came about because we are reviewing spy movies, the the name “Spy Kids” is an easy one to play off of. I think the simplicity of the logo is great …

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Here is the original James Bond theme song, that I am sure you are plenty familiar with. Here is a cover of the James Bond theme song,  re-imagined in violin form. Although the original version beings back a plethora of nostalgia from the old Bond movies and the 007 video game for the Nintendo 64, the …

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http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLRP8d7hhpoQ&start1=2&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dy8AWFf7EAc4&start2=80&authorName=Chris+Markham My punny title has nothing to do with spring break, other than it being right around the corner. I chose Hallelujah because there have been many very good covers of the song with a variety of sounds to them. The Pentatonix version has arguably surpassed Jeff Buckley’s original version, but the two are still …

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The Pink Bond, or the James Panther? http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dye8KvYKn9-0&start1=7&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHhHwnrlZRus&start2=1&authorName=Chris+Markham So for this, I thought it would be fun to pick the two most cliche spy theme songs: James Bond and Pink Panther. Both had very similar sounds, which made them blend together pretty well. The two both have jazzy-sounding music, with the Bond one had a …

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I was lucky enough to be in a group largely made up of people I know and am friends with, so communication to this point has been easy. Fairly early on, we created a Google Doc to communicate our ideas and brainstorm our project. One of our first ideas, and I think the one we’re …

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Daily Creates: @ds106dc #tdc1873 #ds106 It's a real quote from a real movie. Look it up. pic.twitter.com/uIKpMIUKtZ — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 23, 2017 @ds106dc #tdc1874 #ds106 #notaperfectcircle pic.twitter.com/9RjZEVDIXe — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 24, 2017 @ds106dc #tdc1872 #ds106 I'm extremely proud of this https://t.co/iaMh8rIp5Z — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 23, 2017   Contradiction Creation: …

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I used my go-to, Cava, for this again. I guess you can count Pulp Fiction as secret agents. Pardon the bad language. . 

I used Microsoft to design this, and decided on something small scale and easy to advertise. The lemonade design itself was supplied by a Microsoft sample, so I decided to stick with it.

I think I embedded all of these correctly. I put a couple different links below and put in the photos themselves. This was much more challenging than the Photo Blitz assigned a couple of weeks ago because these assignments were much more vague and open to interpretation. It offered much more creative freedom, but for …

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I simply couldn’t pass up the opportunity to watch Netflix for homework, so I watched a couple episodes from “Abstract.” The first episode I watched  was the second one, which documented Tinker Hatfield and his footwear design career. I chose it because it looked interesting, but I was shocked to see that it was about …

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These things are so funny and perfect. I hate the cheesy photo with some inspirational quote, so the first person to create satire off of it is my hero. For this, it was really easy. I just found a basic nature picture on creative commons and thought of a funny quote I saw the other …

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Daily Creates: @ds106dc #tdc1865 #ds106 please don't spill on my head pic.twitter.com/iYSoXnrPyL — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 15, 2017 #ds106 reply to me w/ tag #tdc1864 The DS106 Valentine’s Day Challenge is BACK! Hi @cali4beach https://t.co/c2uiZQze0S pic.twitter.com/QvkObjHNr0 — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) February 14, 2017 @ds106dc #tdc1863 #ds106 minus the rugged western look pic.twitter.com/gnfBjPwesx — …

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This is actually kind of convenient because I do a radio show at UMW with someone else in the ds106 class, Mikey Barnes. We do a sports talk show called Mike & (not) Mike, to play off of ESPN’s famous Mike & Mike in the Morning. It’s been fairly successful and we’ve had a lot …

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Please feel free to not listen to this one, but I was definitely dying while listening to myself. This was as close to a believable fake voice as I could edit it. I liked this assignment because all it required was my voice and no other external sounds, which kept it simple. It challenged me …

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So the assignment said to use only what’s in arms reach, so I used a big plastic lid and squirted water from my bottle into it. It ended up sounding more like pee in a toilet, but you get the idea.

These are my least favorite thing to listen to on the radio, even commercials. And now, I think I hate making them even more. Regardless, it was a little fun to play around with, but I just don’t think I have the voice for the radio. I used some sounds I found on the internet …

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This was quite challenging. I improvised for most of the sound effects by using my surroundings or finding what I needed on Youtube and holding it up to the microphone. It may not be the best quality and a morbid story (if you can tell what’s going on, but it turned out a lot better …

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I wasn’t expecting something to dark and scary to be part of our radio broadcast, but with the secret agent theme, I guess I’m not surprised. When I think of radio, I still think FM music and talk radio and have a hard time thinking of the other kinds of radio that’s out there, Limetown …

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Just kidding, I’m not one of those weird conspiracy theorists. I didn’t know exactly what audio storytelling was like or could entail, but this was very entertaining. I was certainly drawn in the whole time. The organization of the story was very well done, where I first thought it was real, then the narrator backed …

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Selfies aren’t my thing (Assignments 1 & 2) Daily Creates: @ds106dc #tdc1859 #ds106 if Mona Lisa had my hideous mustache pic.twitter.com/04vPQu3ExU — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 10, 2017 @ds106dc PitBird: Mailmen beware #tdc1858 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/gCRBtXzA65 — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 8, 2017 @ds106dc #tdc1857 #ds106 RT to spread awareness and @ someone you love pic.twitter.com/5CnoEf0JBO …

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Photography has always been an enigma to me. I hate getting my picture taken, in the form of a portrait or pose. However, I love looking at photos of, say, me racing or other action/candid photos. They are much more real and authentic to me. Also, I don’t necessarily remember them being taken, so the …

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One of my all-time favorite movies is Pokemon. This isn’t a specific scene, rather many moments throughout the Pokemon universe and a movie poster, with Ash looking dramatically at his Pokeball. The American flag is for dramatic effect.

https://www.canva.com/design/DACMuaNRLcg/uubOU-uTVWq85Fjw8-d4oQ/edit I couldn’t (for the life of me) get this to upload onto WordPress. I made the photo public so hopefully this link should lead to the new and improved movie poster.  

Two of my best friends from high school have been dating for more than 4 years now. Abby goes to JMU while Billy has received an associate’s degree from community college and is now in the National Guard, stationed in Qatar. He’s been there for almost a year now and is less than a month …

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It’s another late night in the newspaper office and I begin my trek home on my bike, as I do most weeks. I’ve become familiar with the shadow coming off my bike to symbolize the end of a long day and a big sigh of relief later, I unlock my bike and ride through the …

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MY LIST: Start time Pink is HOT! Take a photo of something dominated by pink 2) Black and white photos are a classic look 3)Take a photo that includes object near and far 4) Take a photo of (or something that represents) the moon 5) A perfect line. Take a photo of interesting vertical, horizontal, …

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Daily Create Tweets: I walked around my house for all of 20 seconds looking for motivation for this picture. I knew this find would come in handy one day. @ds106dc Hurley won't high-five me back #tdc1853 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/22d3LOZG1U — Chris Markham (@Markham_McFly) February 3, 2017 @ds106dc #tdc1852 an iPod that can detect your mood and …

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