Author: Jesse Ship

A Primer on the Electronic Junos Nominees – Vice/Noisey

A Primer on the Electronic Junos Nominees – Vice/Noisey

It’s Juno season and this year, the Electronic category will turn four years young. It’s kind of hard to believe since the section speaks to one of the top performing musical categories in Canada, especially when it comes to the artists’ successes abroad. With past Read more

Interview with Frank Kozik – FormatMag 2009

Interview with Frank Kozik – FormatMag 2009

Frank Kozik’s cute, pack-a-day smoking animals have now become iconic in the vinyl toy scene. But before anyone had even dreamt of the possibility of a thriving toy collectors market, Frank was one of the most in-demand rock poster illustrators in the world. Making the Read more

Vinyl Cast Eight (Peter Gatien, Kidrobot, Keiko, Toys Are Us, Coot)

Vinyl Cast Eight (Peter Gatien, Kidrobot, Keiko, Toys Are Us, Coot)

October 7, 2007by Jesse Ship Peter Gatien Dunny release for CIRCA, Toronto You might remember his movie portrayal as Michael Alig’s mentor in the biopic Party Monster, or maybe you’ve been one of his New York megaclubs like Limelight or Tunnel. In order to celebrate the new Read more

Brangelina x Palladium Boots x Shipwrecked Seafood Bar & Grill

Brangelina x Palladium Boots x Shipwrecked Seafood Bar & Grill

It’s moments like these that confirm that my life is on the right track.  Brad Pitt was spotted in some of my favourite Palladium kicks (Pallabrouse baggy), at THE SHIPWRECKED SEAFOOD BAR & GRILL in Airlie Beach.  Hell to the yes!  Who ever knew all Read more

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Box Set

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Box Set

  Just in time to for a post-Grammys victory sweep, the limited Daft Punk Random Access Memories Box Set is now available for order for a price just shy of 300 dollarydoos. Here’s what’s included: A. The Deluxe Box Set Edition is presented in a cloth-bound box Read more

SAS: Manip Á Zagreb – Gerard De Villiers

SAS: Manip Á Zagreb – Gerard De Villiers

  Does anyone remember these trashy international spy series by Gerard De Villers, that were actually sponsored by gun and mercenary companies with their ads in the back pages? My friend flashed me one the other day and it brought back deep memories of grade Read more

What Does Our Addiction to Smartphones Say About Us? – YouInc

What Does Our Addiction to Smartphones Say About Us? – YouInc

  Is it information you need, a bit of help, or a ride straight to rehab? Jesse Ship keeps abreast of the trending issues that matter most to entrepreneurs.  411 – Do You Need Information? Smartphones emerged from the failures and impracticalities of the PDA market, Read more

Brandy & Coke – History of UK Garage

Brandy & Coke – History of UK Garage

  I’ll sometimes catch BBC 1XTRA’s UKG show but the beats they play sound nothing like those of the golden age gangstas in the video above.  Step back to a time when Artful Dodger and So Solid Crew were doing something radically different from the Read more

Jilly’s Gentlemen’s Club Seedy Underbelly

Jilly’s Gentlemen’s Club Seedy Underbelly

  I volunteered my Saturday morning to help out with an ACTRA Co-op production the other day being shot for the Reel World Film Festival.  I did it to support the team, but the real hook, I must admit, was to get a crack at Read more

Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

  December 19, 2013 Jesse Ship   The Prodigy have had massive influences on the field of dance music, but what set them apart from the handful of emerging groups in the mid-‘90s was not just their use of a hypnotic female vocalist, but a proper Read more