by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Media, technology, Writing
When Mark Amerika created Grammatron 16 (?) years ago, who knew it would take the rest of the world so long to catch up? Still, you have no idea how exited this article in the NYT makes me-enough to get me blogging again after umpteen months. It’s always annoyed...
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This is Bailey… Remembering Chauncey Bailey, newspaper editor, mentor and friend. By Kwan Booth (August 3, 2007-Novometro.com) Deadline nights in the newspaper business are sacred. Nothing compares to that last minute rush of writing, editing and designing, trying to...
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Hip Hop Colony: The African Hip Hop Explosion By Kwan Booth (October 06, 2005-Whatchusay.com) Hip Hop Colony, the new film by Director Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya, explores the emergence of Kenyan Hip Hop culture and it’s struggles to gain legitimacy. The...
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Turn Off Channel Zero By Kwan Booth ( April 12, 2007-Whatchusay.com) It’s no secret that mainstream media’s coverage of African Americans is severely one- sided. From the nightly news to “reality shows” like “Cops” and “Flavor...
