The following essay from February 2019 was the sole post on Transforming the Game, a short-lived blog focused on business innovation and transformation. You’ll note that instead of making the source references live links, they are essentially footnoted. At the time I was considering a print dimension and experimenting with how that would look. Also, … Read more
HOOD ECONOMICS (2004) – Tahir RBG Talking Hip Hop Business [Originally published at ProHipHop in 2005] Talking Hip Hop Business gets off to a unique start with Tahir of Hedrush LLC discussing the concept of Hood Economics. You may know Tahir from his work with Abu as the production team of Hedrush. Their work appears … Read more
[My third All In The Game Column from the July/August 2005 issue of Pound magazine] Lately I’ve been pondering the notion that hip hop went from viewing the relentless pursuit of money through wide ranging commercial endorsements and merchandising as “selling out” to “cashing in.” This consideration was spurred by a David Kiley article at … Read more
[My second All In The Game column from the May/June 2005 issue of Pound magazine] Though the shooting that occurred at New York’s Hot 97 radio station between the release of The Game’s “The Documentary” and 50 Cent’s “The Massacre” has been called a publicity stunt, 50 Cent’s prior public statements clued me in to … Read more
[My first All In The Game column from the March/April 2005 issue of Pound magazine] All In The Game is my first opportunity to expand upon ProHipHop, a trade weblog that provides daily hip hop business news and commentary across industry categories. Each column will allow me to step back and look at the bigger … Read more
NO! NO! by guercio We Disconnect: To Reconnect #5 With some regret I bring you the final issue of We Disconnect. I explain what’s up with that in my essay below and follow with links on saying no as a positive step forward. Saying No As A Positive Act While disconnecting from networked communications is … Read more
Forward Child Cry by geralt We Disconnect: To Reconnect #4 Since the last issue of We Disconnect, We All Need Pellets, I’ve distanced myself further from Facebook which feels like a very good thing. The fact that I’m even talking about distancing myself from a social network indicates something of the emotional pull that once … Read more
Rat Eating by jarleeknes We Disconnect: To Reconnect #3 This edition of We Disconnect: To Reconnect is going out a bit later than I initially planned. I think 7 am-ish may fit my life a bit better for Sunday morning distribution since I can’t schedule a send time on Tiny Letter. Plus today I had … Read more
Girl Meditating by Dimitris Vetsikas We Disconnect: To Reconnect #2 This one’s a bit longer than anticipated but I’m still learning what this is! Besides, as one of my teacher’s teacher used to say regarding cutting words, “it’s so hard to kill the little darlings.” I hope you find these words worth reading. The Power … Read more
TV by Unsplash My practice of disconnecting began with television in that misty time before the internet. I watched quite a bit of tv as a child, before cable services were available, and have a handful of key memories from that time including a number of performances that helped draw me deeper into the performing … Read more