by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Creative, Media, Writing
From One Virginian to Another You sir, have been dipped in asshole sauce and baked to an embarrassing glaze. You sir, wrapped in tabloid newsprint, are stinking up the kitchen with your fishiness. You Chris, will be forever remembered as the singer who gave Virginia-...
by Boothism | Life, Media, technology
Alright, it’s finally stopped effin raining in the Bay (our big winter issue-aside from, maybe, radiation) and yes, that’s big news. 1St, well, because it’s freaqin’ gorgeous and signals the return of the bike riding, outdoor festival...
by Boothism | Essays & Commentary, Media, social justice, Uncategorized, Writing
Tomorrow night marks the 1 year anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and emotions in Oakland are running high. From renewed anger over police brutality, to BART announcing it will increase the number of police on call for...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Essays & Commentary, Media, social justice, Writing
(Props to The Hood Nerd for his original post.) CNN, we have a problem. By now most people have heard of Derrion Albert, the 16 year old Chicago honor student killed in the middle of a gang brawl last week. The incident was caught on video and has sparked all the...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Media
While a lot of the future soul crowd has been (rightfully) mourning the death of Slum Village MC Baatin, another afrofuturistic luminary passed over the weekend. Charles Huntley Nelson was a visual artist, experimental film director and proffessor at Morehouse in...
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...
