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 “All Gold Everything” but the Read more
If I were stuck on a desert island, these some things I'd bring...
weird/random
Bubala Please: Hannukah Edition #1
I’ve been noticing a trend, or even tradition these days at my family’s Hannukah parties where the little cousins will all get together to clamour around a laptop and watch the latest cheeseball Hannukah themed viral song and dance videos. Sadly, I don’t think Read more
Five Things We Learned at Ray Kurzweil’s Immortality Lecture – Feat. in THE GRID
Smug, nerdy, and in full I-told-ya-so form, inventor Ray Kurzweil expounded to an audience of hipsters, futurists, and mad scientists at the Danforth Music Hall last Thursday night. Kurzweil talked about the future of artificial intelligence and a few topics from his upcoming book, How To Read more
Zombie Walk Toronto 2012
BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAAAIIIIIIIINS! The Toronto Zombie Walk 2012 was a drizzly, misty affair with many sfx nerds bemoaning their melting spirit glue and corn syrup blood. But patches of dry gray with bits of sunshine came through later in the aft so the shambling dead Read more
Toronto Jewish Film Fest 2012 (#TJFF20)
So this is me. No, not the stunt walkin Rabbi, but the Rabbi’s double. The guy who pulls the quick change and leaves the cabby at the end of the ad. Not exactly a masterpiece of modern commercial acting, but a piece of acting none Read more
Crackerjacks and Cereal Boxes: Free Toy Inside?
I spent the last three weeks working as an Assistant Editor at Tribute Magazine, putting my time and efforts into the March/April 2012 issue. With the way things are going in the print industry, it’s rare these days to be working on site in a Read more
Pingu’s THE THING
As a horror/gore buff I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t remember watching John Carpenter’s The Thing, or the shoddy remake of recent years, but I have reconnected with my favourite Swiss penguin mime, Pingu. This claymation remake is impossible to resist.
Cosplay Limbo Techno Party – Fan Expo 2011
Ever wonder what happens at the Fan Expo? Here’s what thousands of kids don’t want their parents to know!!!
Mightor!
Contrary to popular belief, She-Ra and Orko had their debuts in Mightor, not He-Man. This hack ‘n slash Hanna Barbera cartoon from 1967-69 sehttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgusly pushes the envelope as a one of the villagers steeds is hit by arrows! Until this day, I had never seen Read more
What I learned from the Golden Globes…
What I learned from the Golden Globes is that Iron Mike has absolutely no idea of how he is supposed to compose himself while on stage when not the centre of attention.