Author: Jesse Ship

Soul Power

Soul Power

A couple of Motown/soul/rare groove mixtapes have come across my radar recently. Hawthorne Radio, an exceptionally well crafted mix, integrating actual retro radio ads, brought to you by Mayer Hawthorne of Stone’s Throw Records.  The podcast, found here. Mayer is also playing in Toronto tonight Read more

Rudely Interrupted

Rudely Interrupted

Tonight, I went to check out an indie rock group at Sneaky Dees that came all the way from Australia.  They are called Rudely Interrupted. They’re kind of a special band, made up of special people.  They’re actually on tour thanks to the United Nations Read more

Keys n Krates

Keys n Krates

Last night, i had the extreme pleasure of being invited to check out DMC champion, Jr- Flow‘s new live mash-up group, Keys ‘n Krates, which he founded in tandem with the ‘eclectic’ soul singer, Matisse. As far as I know, these are the only kids Read more

Confessions of a Porn Addict

Confessions of a Porn Addict

We were at the screening of Spencer Rice and Mark Breslin’s new mockumentary “Confessions of a Porn Addict”. and stayed for the Q&A session.  We were really lucky and got some footage of the guys pitching the movie which is opening up tomorrow at Bloor. Read more

monofonicos: fluid colors

monofonicos: fluid colors

monofónicos are a “netlabel” (according to them). They release music from different artists around colombia, mostly electronic minimal stuff –just what we love– and –obviously (for it to be here)- it’s all available for free online. They also do podcasts, keep a blog and just Read more

Vision Armonica del Caos and NoisNois

Vision Armonica del Caos and NoisNois

IDM, ambient, experimental & alternative electronic rock is how Bustamante describes his music. An ex-metal amateur guitarist whose musical mindset was turned upside down by Sonic Youth in a mixtape; Busta has made electronic music his playground. He’s part of NoisNois –a music and art Read more

Second Life affair leads to real-life divorce for David Pollard

Second Life affair leads to real-life divorce for David Pollard

Ok, so the blog’s mandate has never been to actually serve up the ladies, despite what it’s name sake might indicate, but hot damn, this here story just can’t not go up…. “A couple have divorced after the husband was caught having a “virtual affair” Read more

Pam Glew Joins Stella Dore

Pam Glew Joins Stella Dore

Stella Dore is proud to announce Pam Glew is joining their roster. Pam is a great young artist, and admits to being shamelessly addicted to obscure horror films. It is this interest that has become the basis for her ‘Fear’ series, which focuses on manipulating Read more

LICHFAKTOR at Ars Electronica

LICHFAKTOR at Ars Electronica

Ars Electronica is a “Festival for Art, Technology and Society”, a great initiative that we’ll be keeping an eye out for (it’s probably happening next year again). We couldn’t help but notice the incredible work LICHFAKTOR did for the festival. They create footage using light Read more

Seth Mcfarlane's personalized Super Mario F U BITCH

Seth Mcfarlane's personalized Super Mario F U BITCH

I dont think anything says Fuck You Bitch more than this super mahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpg one off by Seth Mcfarlane.