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, Journalism, Music, social justice
“You’ve seen the slogan, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution” alongside renderings of the late Emma Goldman plastered on the T-Shirts and bumper stickers of progressives and liberals from here to Cuba. And while...
by Boothism | Arts & Culture, Journalism, Music, Writing
PeaceOut Festival Brings Homo Hop to the world By Kwan Booth (September 22, 2007-Bay Area Reporter) In the 7 years since its inception, the PeaceOut Festival has come a long way.When the small group of LGBT hip hop performers and fans gathered together in Oakland’s...
