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Jesse Ship

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James Murphy Says ‘I See Myself as a Scorsese’ – AOL Spinner

  Posted on Jun 10th 2010 1:30PM by Jesse Ship  Like many works of creative genius, LCD Soundsystem happened almost by accident. James Murphy‘s early solo studio tinkering on EPs and one-offs quickly blew up and he went from in-demand production/sound engineer to indie-dance-rock…

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Mad Decent Block Party 2013 Toronto Edition

  In case ya dun know, the Mad Decent Block Party hits the T-Dot this Friday! Ok, so it’s not exactly a block party this year, as it will be held at Fort York, but you could argue that this…

coffee

Crowd Gets Perked at Canadian National Barista Champs (GTA Region)

  Just a week ago I had a talk with my friend Siobhan where we ironically came to the conclusion that maybe cutting back on coffee might actually increase my work productivity.  Naturally, that plan went out the window with…

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HYD For Men

  I’ve heard of all kinds of crazy myths and techniques for extending your razor’s lifespan like blowdrying it after usage or giving it a good stropping on dry denim jeans.  I’ve never really gotten into those kinds of routines,…

gaming

Watch_Dogs LIVE

  The City is in your hands with Watch Dogs, the latest in interactive gaming technology from Ubisoft that plays off of the global ANONYMOUS movement. Except in this dark fantasy world, the elite circle now goes by Dedsec, and…

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15th Annual Powerball

A lackluster, art lacking, rained out, 15th Powerball anniversary doesn’t mean it should fall short of a few trainwrecks and babely motor cycle wipe outs. Feast your pretty eyes.  

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Mutahdi Drum Festival & Cherry Beach Promise Event

Sunday funday in the parks with the Mutahdi Drum Fest, now at Woodbine (no longer in Queens Park) with the Capoeristas to T-DOT Batú and  and a happy hoopin’ good time at Cherry Beach.

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TRENTEMØLLER PENS ‘ABSTRACT SOUND CLASH’ SOUNDTRACK TO 15TH CENTURY PAINTING – AOL Spinner

Danish electronic DJ/producer Trentemøller is currently working on a soundtrack to an apocalyptic painting hanging in the Danish National Gallery. The 15th century piece of unknown Spanish origin depicts a scene from the book of Revelations where the angels of God follow…

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JOHN DIGWEED’S NEW MIX WILL HAVE YOU ‘MASHING YOUR HEAD INTO THE GROUND’ – AOL Spinner

After more than two decades as a DJ and 12 years as the label manager of Bedrock Records, it can said that John Digweed is a constant over-achiever. He’s persistently pushing himself, and crowds, with his signature progressive house and techno sound,…

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NIN + DFA = WTF? – The Hand That Feeds remixes

In anticipation of the new NIN album ‘Hesitation Marks’, I did some digging around for new tracks and instead came across this obscurity from 2008.  It makes me feel like there might have been a time when Trent Reznor and…