by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Music, Writing
Alright, this is depressing as fuck. I first heard the news as a rumor between two cats outside the corner store about 4 hours ago on my way downtown. “Yo, you heard Michael Jackson died?” “Naw, man I heard that was just a rumor.” A small lump...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Media, Music, Writing
Right now the music biz is living somewhere between the Blade Runner future and the Kitty Hawk past. On one side we’re at the dawn of a new tech age and battles to determine the shape of what’s to come are being waged on all levels-from the indie foot...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Music, Writing
This is already snowballing into something bigger. I woke up this morning to the usual coffee, smokes and words and an article I’d been meaning to get to for a while. Back in March, over at Esther Ivereem’s excellent Seeing Black site, black American...
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...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Creative, Writing
This is a poem that I’ve been working on for a while-an introduction to a new series. The idea for “The Fuckers” series was taken from “The Vandals” poems written by Alan Michael Parker and ideally is a way to use poetry to talk about all...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Journalism, Writing
Lost, Found and Famous (Published on Oakbook.com 2007) By Kwan Booth A year ago, trying to get an interview with former Oakland songbird Ledisi would have been as simple as picking up the phone and dialing the same 510 phone number she’s had since 1995....
