Shipwrckd Travels

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Jesse Ship

weird/random

Don’t F*ck with Giraffes!

I was watching a random animal documentary on Netflix and came across this vicious tidbit.  What we think we know of giraffes as gentle creatures is so incredibly wrong. They are actually highly territorial beasts with enough power in their…

show review

Surprise Diplo DJ-set creates a frenzy at Uniun – BlogTO

    Hormones ran high Thursday night as hundreds of Toronto partiers flocked to Uniun Nightclub in hopes to get an earful of Diplo (Mad Decent label founder, DJ and rising super-producer) and quaff some sudsy Buds, Bud Light Platinum that is. A group…

art

Blue Cat Crap – Gary Taxali

As if there weren’t enough cats on the internet, now you can frame them on your walls too with Gary Taxali’s Blue Cat Crap. Comes with a free box of fries… and kitty litter. Ok, not really.   If you’re…

music weird/random

Li’l Pooh

I got an email from this rapper named Li’l Pooh today, possibly one of the most awkwardly named guys in the rap game. The message he sent me only had a link to a cover he did of Trinidad James’s…

music

Dreamgirl Whatever – Debut show

Check out some footage from Dreamgirl Whatever’s debut show at El Rancho Relaxo in Toronto.  This is one of a couple projects started by singer and composer Nicole Simone (aka Miss Late July) and Dusseldorf-based producer and remixer Nico Vetter, who’s…

music

Afrojack: Bleep Right And Work With Michael Jackson And Chris Brown – Huffington Post

    Huffington Post Music Canada  |  By Jesse Ship Posted: 12/14/2012 2:52 pm EST  | When I call Afrojack the 6’10 gentle giant is the studio with David Guetta, Akon and Shermanology working on new tunes during our call. But his physical size,…

music

Featured on SAM Artist MGMT

Shipwrck’d was featured last week on SAM Artist’s Management blog for my writeup on Dirty Radio! SAM also reps Canadian pop acts like Fake Shark Real Zombie, Mariana’s Trench, and… CARLY RAE JEPSEN! When I’m famous, I’ll call you ……

show review

Dirty Radio @ Supermarket

I was introduced to Vancouver’s Dirty Radio last night thanks to the good people at DMD/Strongsongs.  They’re on an Ontahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpg tour with Dragonette right now but they did this one off gig since there was time in between shows. The…

technology

Lee’s Palace and Horseshoe say g’bye to Ticketmaster – BlogTO

  With Collective Concerts inking a deal with Ticketfly the newly arrived American online ticketing giant, two key Toronto venues, Lee’s Palace and The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, both run by Collective Concerts, will be saying g’bye to the dated Ticketmaster sales system. What’s Ticketfly you might ask?…

music

SPEAK Easy & Dana Coppafeel – One Of These Kids

The only things that I know about Milwaukee are what Alice Cooper and Wayne Campbell taught me in Wayne’s World and that my writer friend Kelli Korducki is apparently from there.  This one’s for you, Kel! Congrats on your Canajianship…