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Late Nite Tinker

2009-11-13T20:11:00.000-08:00

That's that new logo. Get used to it.

Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Follow The Leader

2009-11-13T06:25:00.000-08:00

...found in miss silk's blog, but truth is what it is."

Cold Blooded Couture

2009-11-13T05:46:00.000-08:00

image robbed from Mike Brown's Vimeo.

Lubricate Yo Mind!!!

2009-10-23T09:37:00.000-07:00

New Video: Dudley Perkins "The God"

2009-10-21T00:32:00.000-07:00

"The God" by Dudley Perkins from SOMEOTHASHIP CONNECT on Vimeo.

MC Declaime rappin & spittin that TRUTH till it hurts!
-meets-
Koldazz futuristic production by the one and only Ms. One aka Georgia Anne Muldrow.

This project was shot, edited, color corrected, and motion graphiced ;-) completely in house @ Boom Art House.
We're captured a lot of personality on this one...

To experience this video in a non-linear way click here.

What the heck is video art?

2009-10-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

thee universal vibrations of the 9th ethereal assembly of nations pt. 1 from ogechi on Vimeo.

I can't exactly tell you that, but you can watch this short vid i made back in the day and form your own opinion.

Do you want more?

Fashion A La BOOM

2009-10-11T02:05:00.000-07:00

BOOMTHREADS BLACK & WHITE ULI T-SHIRT PROMO from ogechi on Vimeo.

T-shirt: "Uli" BoomThreads
Photographer: Piper Carter
Music: Georgia Muldrow for Epistrophik Peach Sound
Model: Ogechi
MUA: Monika Monroe
Leggings: American Apparel
Shoes: Alexander McQueen for Puma
Everything Else: Boom 4 Ogechi.com

Drape yourself in Boomthreads via Cocolah.com

Piper Carter Presents... Model Cody in Reflections Internal

2009-10-10T16:21:00.000-07:00

Reflection Internal (Spring Fashion 2009 Editorial) from ogechi on Vimeo.

Fashion Photographer of world renown and my friend/collaborator, Piper presents a fresh young face and a fresh take on a Spring fashion photo story. She shot it and made the team in Detroit, then FTPed the footage to Boom Art House so we could work our magic. Success!

Piper Carter Presents:
Model: Cody Thronton
Stylist: Benny Lumpkins
MUA/Hair: Jessica Hernandez
Original Score: Dj DEZ (Slum Village)
Edit/FX: Ogechi Chieke for Boom Art House

BOOM ART HOUSE BLOG

2009-10-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the web portal for all things Ogechi and all things BOOM.
U have entered the official blog for the Boom Art House Production Studio and Creative Workshop.
We've got lots of new projects and out the box ideas coming your way.
Whether you decide to observe or get involved, enjoy!
And stick around a while!
-Ogechi

YOUTUBE IS BANNED IN IRAN?!?

2009-09-03T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yes, honey.
Youtube.com is banned a lot of places.
These people can tell you better than I can, but I did find info this to be a real trip.

Ancient Aliens?

2009-08-29T11:38:00.000-07:00

Ok. I know, I know that Discovery Channel and History Channel are notorious outlets of disinformation, but watching this aroused some special feelings of anger inside of me.

I guess i got angry because i really want to see a fully enlightened consciousness in every human being in my lifetime... (you see, i have expensive tastes ;) and with so much information out there, i get annoyed at institutionalized racism masquerading as knowledge. i want everyone to live in their divinity right now!

an another thing. i'm getting weary of the alien conspiracies. newsflash!!! we are the aliens. it has long been common knowledge on the planet that we here are VISITORS. and it's a privilege.

I wanted to lash out, but instead i just lit up the comment section in youtube.

Like to hear it? Here it go..

all these alien theorists can only operate with the flimsy

assumption that europeans are the source of all knowledge and

technology on earth.

another fallacy is that any human is "primitive" before

contact with european culture.

it's 2009. enough of the racism.

indigenous people stand up and claim your history and

achievements.

nazca is clearly an air strip. duh!

all of the "theorizing" makes u looks stupid as u boggle your

own mind trying to explain away indigenous achievements +

tech.

yes! nazca is an airstrip.

humans have created advanced technology on earth again and

again and again. we've been here a long time.

they said it 500 times, but their racism won't allow them to

believe it.

also, by beating around the bush they can still sell books

and maintain their fake professorships.

people, get your own information.

they sit there all day and talk, yet they cannot recreate the

technology.

there is only one alien and it is the european.

they are trying to distract you.

light bulbs, batteries, medicine, aircraft in KMT (egypt)

the industrial revolution began after Napoleon's "tour"

(raid) of Egypt. (1798-1801)

they destroyed the african features of the pharoahs, raided

the arts and tech from the tombs, studied it in their

universities and museums.

then they repackaged the tech and took credit.

research the lightbulb.

prior to that... dark ages.

they used to have to go to egypt for college.
plato. hippocrates. etc.

let's have a little more respect for indigenous

spirituality/education/oral history.

not the same as religion/mythology = confusion

aliens = myth

ancestors = interdimensional being

we humans are sharing the earth dimension.

there are others...

stop fearing spirits. spirits teach. anyone can access the

teaching -- like what they described on the vid happening in

"ancient times"

how is now different from "ancient times"?

guess what? it's not.

look within. we hold the power.

there are no beings of superior intelligence coming down to

hold our hands. (mytho/religion)

if u want a flying saucer, build it.

we are not monkeys either. we are gods.

one love.

one last thing.

i'm have no hate 4 the european.

we are all here on earth as visitors.
somehow the european believes they are here as a conqueror.

yes, i know! earth and earthlings are amazing!

let's just try to live here in harmony. let's share our information.

but when a small group is using others to try to control and dominate a situation that they can barely understand... not a good look.

this video illustrates that so clearly.

i'm just praying for everyone to come into knowledge.

We'll Be Back After These Messages...

2009-05-25T17:48:00.000-07:00

Feast Your Eyes On This Blog While Ogechi.com is On Its Way...

Hmm... I wonder what this rich dude is talking about...

2009-05-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

Blog Of Richard Branson, CEO or Virgin Group

This dude has a blog. I haven't thoroughly inspected it yet, but I noticed a quirky commercial and he fasted 3 days for peace in Dafur...

Oh. how trendy!

RUN! RUN!

2009-05-25T08:09:00.000-07:00

I've had many a fantasy about doing the same thing myself.
I can admit that.

Michelle Obama Said Something Good

2009-05-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

”I just feel like through the small things that we can do here at the White House, we can start exemplifying the importance of building those bridges, in real meaningful ways, so that when you come — when young people come here, they don’t have to come here and be something they’re not. They can come here and be who they are, and the folks here will listen. And we can go out and be ourselves and listen in their communities as well.“

Obama foreign policy aside, this woman has said something good.

More power to her to actually make this happen.

Obama picks former astronaut to lead NASA

2009-05-25T08:05:00.000-07:00

Charles F. Bolden Jr. in a NASA space shuttle crew photo.
(Credit: NASA)

We Takin' Ova!

Where Was Micheal Platt When This Ish Went Down??!!!

2009-05-25T07:55:00.000-07:00

This pic was from the World Beard and Moustache Championships and annual competition.

It's only $40 to enter. I did not see the Afrikans represneted.

Plattman is a shoe in for 2010.

Those of you who know him will know what I'm talking about.

I wish I had a picture of him with that thing unfurled...

For those of you who really don't know what I'm talking about, Micheal B. Platt is my mentor (one of them) and I'm repping team Platt all day! Click the above link so you can act like u know.

read more about that contest if u dare

Don't Worry, Mike, Ogechi Loves You!

2009-05-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna need people to stop calling my baby Mike Tyson crazy.

Can't you see this is just an sincere afrikan warrior man being real with his feelings?!!

No Sex Zone

2009-05-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

As I was contemplating my own vow of celibacy i ran into this gem ;-)

There is so much truth in this, it is effortlessly funny.

These things don't really apply to my particular issue.

More on that later. It's real in the field, tho.

(So real I really took some time out to counsel the youth!)

Yo! I think this could help some people see the light.

I actually know quite a few nickels like this!

One.

Black President: Xerox Corp.’s Ursula Burns

2009-05-25T03:27:00.000-07:00

(From Bloomberg Report)

Burns, 50, will become chief executive officer on July 1, ending the eight-year run of Anne Mulcahy, who will stay on as chairman. Mulcahy, 56, named Burns president in 2007, almost three decades after Burns joined Xerox as a summer intern.

Burns will be one of about 15 women who lead Fortune 500 companies and her ascension will mark the first female-to-female transition, according to Fortune. Her promotion cements her status as the most powerful black woman in the corporate world.

read more

I can't readily reverse engineer this hustle but this sh*t is tiiiiiight!

Kill. The. Game.

2009-04-10T13:06:00.000-07:00

YES!!!

A hot new photo shoot from mi #3 negra modela favorita!

(#1 being myself. #2 being naomi.)

Yes, children….

Laugh now and cry later, but I saw her mama on the documentary and she was a certified Negro! I don't care, baby. One drop rule.

And, YES! This is a hot photo shoot.

…and it was probably inspired by Kanye’s ex-girl Amber Rose with the dress she wore to Paris fashion week but Ms. Lima made it hotter!!!

Love it! Love it! Love it!!!!

sexy short hair.... check!

hot bodycon black mesh.... check!

updated 80's retro style.... check!

kuba cloth design appropriated by high fashion.... check!

more face than u can handle.... check!

Afrika Kwenu!

Source

Reflection Internal (Spring Fashion 2009 Editorial)

2009-04-10T07:59:00.000-07:00

Reflection Internal (Spring Fashion 2009 Editorial) from ogechi on Vimeo.

Piper Carter Presents:
Model: Cody Thronton
Stylist: Benny Lumpkins
MUA/Hair: Jessica Hernandez
Original Score: Dj DEZ (Slum Village)
Edit/FX: Ogechi Chieke

A HOT SALON

2009-04-09T05:20:00.000-07:00

ok.

you don't really know me right now if you don't know about my addition to fine fingernails.

Tryin' To Get My Kim Vo On...

might not be this week, because i'm moving, but i'm coming for you Kimmy.

this much, i know is true.

and to those haters of the finer things in life wanna twist it up and call me bougie?

all i have to say is stop hating and get money!

Warriors... Come Out To Play-yaaaaaay!

2009-04-09T04:41:00.000-07:00

thanks to the dude at work i remembered how badly i need to get this movie in my life!!!

i've never even seen it?

can you beleive it?

it's only one of the most slept-on but highly influential to everything classic film of the 70's.

and that fool puffy was singing "bad boy, come out and play-ay!" and the whole time it was really: warriors come out 2 play and u were none the wiser...

plus the styling on all the gang members is hot!

i'm gonna watch it online 4 fray this wknd.

i promise you.

BOOMTHREADS BLACK & WHITE ULI T-SHIRT PROMO

2009-04-09T04:03:00.000-07:00

BOOMTHREADS BLACK & WHITE ULI T-SHIRT PROMO from ogechi on Vimeo.

Do It, Roger!

2009-01-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

co-sign

2009-01-20T05:56:00.001-08:00

Dis is Dedicated to the Bloggers... Not all, but some.

2008-12-22T11:04:00.000-08:00

They sit there watchin on the side lines
Not even known if they ass was on the line
Could they make it out in time?
So quick to criticize
Yet they never realize
That the story’s different
Every single every time
You just Mind your business
And I’ll mind mine.

They just wanna site there on the sidelines
And criticze
Media got them mesmerized
Can’t keep track of what’s happening in they own lives.
Don’t know which way to go
Cause they’ve been filled up with lies
No discernment.
And it’s urgent that this madness cease
Until folks deal with the real
There won’t be no justice or no peace.

Changin' The Format for '09

2008-12-17T10:34:00.000-08:00

Something about my whole internet swag is going to change very soon.
In time to ring in the '09.

In fact, a lot of things.

I needs these blogs to be journal spaces and sounding boards so i'm going to stop pretending to be addressing my hordes of followers on twitter and get down and dirty with this branding business.

I need a place to be dream self.
More brainstorming. Less performing.

Besides boomthreads was never really meant for public consumption and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

so all that to say, many things are changing.

if you are looking for the lasted trendy bandwagon to hop on board, you're gonna have to look somewhere else b/c ogechi never was and never will be about that.

if you are looking for bonafide soulful connection and creative experience, we will be bringing more of that. it's multi-media, baby.

soooo, i will henceforth be merging boomthreads.blogspot.com with therealogechi.blogspot dot com underneath a new heading which will be ogechi.blogspot.com if i can get that domain...

hold a min.
let me try.

image by keif
t-shirt by georgia

Is It Good To You?

2008-12-11T04:02:00.000-08:00

New Jack Swing.
Bright Colors.
Cross Colors.
Those Were The Dayz...

Filhos De Ghandy

2008-12-07T02:27:00.000-08:00

Filhos De Ghandy is a Brazillian secret order of men who are dedicated to, of all things,

Peace!

A novel idea, eh?
When can we start doing stuff like this in America?

The elders are also involved.

Even the light skinned brothers get in on the action. ;-) Clearly for the people.

They always get the girl...

Organization. Power.

Rites of Passage.

Gangasta body art.

Um.. I'm really not mad at this.

My auntie gave me this wonderful album as a teen and introduced me to this revolutionary concept via classic Brazilian music. Highly recommended.

This is the late Clara Nunes singing "Ijexa" celebrating the group. Enjoy :-)

Odetta RIP

2008-12-03T08:25:00.000-08:00

which came first the Odetta or the Rockabilly?
honor the ancestors, mayne!

click to read more about her life...

Hot Shi*

2008-12-03T06:54:00.000-08:00

obama spirit is selling everthing.
why don't i have any obama shirts, yet, you ask?
i didn't want to jump on the bandwagon.
i love the obamas but its a quiet love i have for them.
i like what they represent to a certain degree.
love the strength and wisdom.
leaving the conformity.

Iraq. What's really going on?

2008-11-27T12:57:00.000-08:00

This is a political post.
But maybe not really.
More of a human rights thing.
$1 for the first person who can tell me why an occupying entity might find it useful to exterminate the Ph.Ds and lecturing professors (ie. griots) in a target society.
Planet Earth. Planet Earth. SMDH.
Human behavior might be a mystery to some...
I just read this thought provoking blog that links to a list of the intellectuals that have been executed during the "War in Iraq"
Such a waste of life.
What's the use of knowing about things like this?
And this is just a glimpse of the magnanimity of what this period of "history" is really about.
No one seems to care when you tell them.
Most folks I encounter don't want to know.
Butterfly effect.
That means that even shit you don't know about still affects you.
Good and Bad.
It's a balance and we float in the middle.
I'm not trying to focus on the negative, but as our world gets increasingly global, I'm thinking it's just a matter of time before things like this happen on US soil... again.
My dad keeps bugging me about a Ph.D. (Not like I actually do things that he says... LOVE U DAD!) But after browsing that list, seems that's like drawing a bulls eye on your head.
I'm a life long student.
I love learning.
I'm a student of life.
Speaking from experience, formal education is just ok. (Debt, not so much.)
Ph.D?
New World Order in full effect people.
Last days.
Just for the record, I vote no.
Not enough time for that, anyway.

WHAT THE F#@* IS UP WITH THE VIOLENT COLONIZATION OF THE LAND AND THE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE MENTAL CONDITIONING OF THE INHABITANTS OF PLANET EARTH?

2008-11-20T18:22:00.000-08:00

Peter Beard and Veruschka in "Africa"

2008-11-20T16:41:00.000-08:00

Ok.
I dunno why I like stuff like this but I do.
I even participate in shoots like this with my buddy/colleague/mentor Michael B. Platt I don't have any good images of myself and the work I did with him and I'm working to correct that. Sometimes I'm crazy like that and I don't keep up with my art. I'm just free with it and I let it go into the world and I almost just forget about things...

Also, I don't know who did the body painting or why Beard had Veruschka (that's your girl from the movie"BLOW UP") running butt nekkid thru the bush. I'm noticing that many mainstream(read *white*) artists can get away w/o really putting much thought/theory into their creations. Well if he can, I can too! I'm done explaining. And critically analyzing, intellectually apologizing, mfa bullshit, etc. I'm an artist and I automatically process shit. I'm like a rosetta stone in this b*#@$ and if you wanna know anything specific, ask me directly or read my blog.

Anywhateverthef*&@way. This is a dope image he did with my fried/sister Gina. She's a dope artist too. Hit her up on Facebook and tell her I sent ya!

And just for good measure i'm gonna throw in this hot converse. i don't know who did this, but all u need to have some fun is some black chucks, cream bleach and a paint brush. holla!

Ok, kids. That's my post for today and maybe you won't notice that I'm moonlighting on this blog with my one true love... myself!

THis is Either a Soul Baring Ditty or a Cry for Help! LMFAO

2008-11-20T09:30:00.000-08:00

isn't it funny
that i hate computers
but i find myself on one
every day.

wasting all of my time.
make me wish i was blind.
gonna gouge out my eyes
and force myself to look inside.

i'm looking for another way.
this ain't the way to spend my days

i said.
i think it's a sign
that i'm out of my mind
not matter to how i try
i just can't focus

been here before so
i should know this.

i know i said i was fine.
but i'm really not fine.

still i don't know why

and you don't know why.

but how could you know if no one told you?

sometimes i wish i could die.

but id still be blind.

besides i'll miss this entertaining chaos.

i know it's all in my mind!

i really wish i could fly.

but wishing never got me nowhere

i guess i'm caught in a bind.

i've got too much time.

on earth

living thru new understandings!

LOOK INTO MY EYES TELL ME WHAT DO YOU SEE!

Going Round In Circles

2008-11-19T11:47:00.000-08:00

As I sit in my own cube pondering what to do next...
How can I further streamline my life?
Where am I going?
Feeling like I'm not changing fast enough.
Not a good feeling kinda, like, all day long.
Knowing that that's not a natural thing.
Knowing that my will is that of a transformer.
An evolver.
Praying for a sign that might signal then end of my confusion.
I carried on my same fruitless routine of looking for a paycheck.
Even tho I know I am my own paycheck.
But still my reality is showing me some other shit.
Knowing that I am the change.
But feeling like I'm not changing fast enough.

A French Taste of Inspiration

2008-11-19T09:58:00.000-08:00

The strange sculptures of artist Etienne Meneau

bet u never saw a decanter like this befo'

and a sculpture that reminds me of my current favorite film.

Can you guess which one?

What else does this remind me of???

Sacred Herb

2008-11-18T07:58:00.000-08:00

Girl, lemme tell ya!
If you are ever having the feminine problems associated with the monthly release of toxins associated with PMS, the Sacred Herb has a remedy for you!

You might already know about this...
Seems like a no brainer.
Just so you know, I'm feeling no pain.

The Factory...

2008-11-15T17:09:00.001-08:00

Random Images From My Desktop

2008-11-07T14:22:00.000-08:00

And when I say random... I mean random... Don't judge me...
SIKE!
guess what? Me nah care.

Self-Critique

2008-11-07T14:13:00.000-08:00

Mood: Awake
Category: Friends

My personal philosophy alllows for many mistakes because I'll try anything once... Well, almost anything.

I thrive on personal experience. Perhaps this makes it difficult for me to take advice.

Sometimes I take it, sometimes I don't.

I'll take it if I respect the source or if the source allows itself to be questioned.

I'm very rational-- perhaps almost to a fault. Some people say I think too much!

My step mother asserted that this quality was the hallmark of my American-ness. If I was a Nigerian child, I would learn from the mistakes of others and blindly obey advice from my elders because they've been there before/seen it all/etc.

But I'm from the school of you do what you do, that's why you get what you got!

I'ma just do me! I'll take my chances.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes, not so much.

I have no shame about it. I live to fuck shit up another day! ;-)

Have you ever known anyone who could not admit to themselves that they made mistake?

For some reason, I happen to know an abundance of folks with this disease...

I personally have no problem admitting I've made a mistake. I know that I'm not above them. I make them all the time. What matters to me is the manner by which I am informed...

If I feel disrespected then, I will really show my ass.

But then I'll take some time, think about it, and then try to do better.

I've noticed however that many, if not most people are very fearful of self-critique.

Extreme cases will invent any excuse or construct an entirely new identity to avoid it.

Self-critque is the only way to grow as a person.

It's kinda like when they make you do critque session in art school.

You set out to learn something or express something. That's your artist statement.

You bring your project and your peers evaluate have you achieved your goal from their perspective.

A lot of ass kissers will just say something like "I like it." or "That's nice." But occasionally people will be generous enough to tell you the truth of what they think.

Many people could not withstand this process and I saw them run crying down the halls of Lulu Childres Hall, never to return again...

Life is kinda like that, too, sometimes.

image by carrie mae weems

*if something even remotely like this happens to you when you look in the mirror i'ma need to you self-evaluate immediately!!! it's all about self-love and self-acceptance, ya'll*

Grace Jones Interview And Commentary

2008-11-06T16:54:00.000-08:00

I don't do nudes.

2008-11-05T11:45:00.000-08:00

Days later and I still can't get off the topic of nudes.

I love shooting them but I'm starting to wonder if something is wrong with me always taking my clothes off. Am I dying for attention, or trying to use it as a crutch? Is naked somehow inherently bad and I'm demon possessed trying to continually showing my goodies. Am I going to hell? Am I already there? ;-)

Anymindlessramblingway, I still shoot the nudes and i wonder what images I portray for the youth and what future opportunity to be Queen of the World I am sabotaging.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

I've always been nude and I love being nude and it's too late to stop now.
I only started wearing clothes around the house around the age of 14 at the insistence of my mother's boyfriend. My whole family is nude. No one cares. Nude is the natural state of being. The ancestral way of being. I've always known that and made the connection in my art.

I used to do the weird spaced out african body paint nudes but lately i've been exploring my sensual side.

Check out my Model Mayhem if your in the mood for an eyeful.

I think the pic above is damn hilarious.
And the clip, I have no words for. Lmafo at all the artists and models who are getting it popping or wishing. I grew out of that ages ago...

Strictly professional in the new millennium. Sheesh! There are way better methods of dating. SMH.

Jenifa/Jennifer

2008-11-05T11:13:00.000-08:00

I let morning slip away as I watched the first part of this movie completely transfixed. Big ups to Funke Akindele for her stellar performance in Jennifer.

Can't nobody tell me we are not one people! Same problems plague us all over the world. The materialism. The conformity. The competition.

Who knew chickenheads were an international epidemic?

But our shared blessings are what makes this film a pleasure to watch. Does anyone know when Jennifer Part 2 comes out?

THROWBACK HUMP DAY

2008-11-05T09:52:00.000-08:00

A Look Back...

2008-11-03T02:32:00.000-08:00

It's important to me to know where I came from in order to remain focused on where I'm going. This is my heavy graphics phase. I still like graphics kinda... but my inspiration has undergone dramatic transformation and is still transforming.

My biggest goal at this time in my life was to make a technically complex vision that people had never seen before. Secondly, was to educate people about what I thought was my opinion about the state of the race and the fate of the planet.

Now, I realize that my real important thing to do is just communicate clearly. I'm getting out my visual shit through boomthreads.blogspot.com but I'm just trying to ship out the amount of backed up work I've shot.

Then the hard drive that had all this stuff on it crashed so who know's if I'll ever see this stuff again in its entirety and not on the internet. That's the way the cookie crumbles when u wait to do shit.

Now I no longer with to educate or compel any person's actions with information. I'm actually just more interested in completing and documenting my individual cycle of growth.

Call me selfish. That's just the shit I'm on right now.

I find it frustrating trying to make people understand what I'm saying. Some do, but that means the mind is already open. Some try to pretend they don't but that has little to do with me but relates more closely to the ignorance that they allow to colonize their mind.

Either way...

I'm on some next.

South Africa's Fashion Week

2008-11-03T02:03:00.000-08:00

This was really fun to watch and inspiring. I especially liked the part when they talked about cultivating the local market. That's dope that those creative African are doing their own thing. It's not all about imitating other artists all the time or trying to break into the mainstream market.

Sometimes it can be more grounding and in the long run more fruitful to work with what you have instead of chasing some outside shit. Chasing some alien shit.

We got it all in the motherland.

Africa on the RIZE.
Nigeria stand UP!
Igbo Kwenu!

What? Me, Vote?

2008-11-02T18:36:00.000-08:00

Still buckee nekkid..

2008-10-30T07:36:00.000-07:00

I Appreciate Your Honesty.

2008-10-30T07:17:00.000-07:00

I almost typed on here, "I appreciate your Hennessy."
I can't really handle any more Thug Passion since my "incident" but if you give it to me, I'll have a gift for someone else. ;-)
Gifts of any kind and monetary donations are very welcome around these parts.

I'll settle for honesty.

If you visit this site, please leave a comment.

Thank you.

-the mgmt

LOOK OUT!!! HERE THEY COME!

2008-10-30T06:28:00.000-07:00

Ok. So enough people complained about the price of hand painted works of art on T-shirts, that I designed a lower priced line of Boom.Threads. I haven't decided what T-shirt service I'm going to use yet, but keep checking this blog and you'll be the first to know.

Random pics from Rory's ultra hip birthday bash photographed by the sickeningly hip photographer The Cobra Snake

Anybody who knows me knows I love to get loose on the dancefloor. I don't care about how I look. That's just what happens when the holy spirit takes over.

Maybe that's why I'm not that hip... Or maybe I'm hipper than hip and I just don't know it yet. :-o

SUMMERTIME IN THE LBC

2008-10-30T06:09:00.000-07:00

Ok. I lied. It's not really summer anymore. But it sure feels like it to an East Coast girl like me. My trip to D.H. Gremlin Studios in Long Beach produced this shot (among others...) from the very talented Wendy aka Wynnesome. I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

And the D.H. Gremlin story is interesting, too. From what I could peice together he's a multi-talented artist who wound up in LA w/ no family/friends/connects/etc., and built a community around himself that continues to be a successful recording studio, and photo studio that services the LBC and Los Angeles communities at an affordable cost.

What's sprung up there is a tight knit community of artists and professionals that support and learn from each other. And they are very welcoming.

When I went in there I saw the African drums and crystals, a little stone henge shrine, some gongs... a little something sacred from every culture... and I knew I was in a good place.

That's tight. :-)

INSPIRATION

2008-10-30T05:25:00.000-07:00

I love these scarification designs... the sacred textures and patterns inspire me when i paint boomthreads.

Video Blogging In The Buff

2008-10-30T02:59:00.000-07:00

U came here for something REAL, right? It gets no realer.

New Shirt. New Day.

2008-10-05T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hey, folks.

Check out my latest photo shoot with Long Beach based photographer Tatiana Lavin and model Cazz. Make-up and hair done by the Deadly Illyne.

They were an exuberant team of creatives and afterward we chatted about self-expression. More photos and video coming soon...

what is self-expression?

2008-10-03T03:17:00.000-07:00

boom really wants to know...

Saturday Showdown!

2008-10-03T02:08:00.000-07:00

Mercy!
Two great shows in one day!

At least you don't have to choose because Nat Creole's Ready or Not is during the day on Saturday, and Deep Green is an evening event. Sound round up the kiddies and mommies and daddies and head to the Flatbush Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Saturday, Ocotober 4. Take one dose of BOom in the morning and another at night to make your day complete!

This show features the "Boss Logic" Shirley Chisolm portrait, as well as the special limited edition "Amigo -o- Enemigo" to commemorate the so-called Economic Crisis. Had a good laugh with that one. Gift economy, anyone? Also featured is the classic "V is for Victory" design.

I Go BOom.boOM In Jersey City

2008-10-02T23:54:00.000-07:00

Wassup to my New York naybahz. ;-)(get it? naybahz from my naybahood.)
Boom.Threads has come to a city near U!

All those in the mood for great fun, it is advisable to take a journey to Jersey City to visit the lovely "conceptual project space" of Eto S. Oro, Es Oro Gallery.

The event is:

Deep Green
New works in polymedia by:
Ogechi Chieke, Henry G. Sanchez, Eder Muniz, Jade Kuei, Rodina Mikhail, Xenobia Bailey, Maurizio Zuluaga, George "Geo" Smith & Eto S. Oro!

The Deep Green concept is an innovative approach to using simulation to support ongoing creative operations while they are being conducted.

For those of you that don't already know Jersey City has been dubbed "Brooklyn-lite" by the local bohemian elite. This is a good thing, mind you. I take it to mean fun for the whole family.

What this means for Boom.Threads is that YOU get a chance to visit the gallery and try out the line and get your picture taken in any and as many of the shirts that you want! See yourself on the Blog!!!! Impress your friends with a hot new myspace picture.

YESSSS, lovelies! It's time 2 get your model on...

Es Oro Gallery's new show opens this weekend along with the Jersey City Studio Tour.

Fun! Fun! Fun! & Fabulousness! Fashion, Art, Music, Dancing and Networking! All for free!
Can't beat it with a stick.

I wish I could be there but the country being in a financial crisis has suddenly put a damper on my plans. MERCURY IS IN RETROGRADE, PEOPLE! We gonna do this like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and "Don't Panic." But that's another story for another time...

*Bonus! Es Oro has works on loan from George "Geo" Smith. (1945-1999). Artist. Activist. Powerful chronicler of the African diaspora experience and imagination. These are some must see works. seriously.

She Put The Fantastic In Boomtastic

2008-10-01T19:48:00.000-07:00

This is Rory. She's a 14 year old student by day, full-time hip-hop dancer and 24/7 trendsetter. All of this activity makes her a little wiser than her years, but I can assure you, she is a certified card carrying young person. Don't mess with her or you deal with me :D

Rory is wearing the classic "So, Boom" Logo design which is available in various colors. She chose this design, "because there was splatter all over it, which looks like fun. It represents fun because splatter plaint or dots seem to represent freedom because you cannot control where the paint is going to fly." Stated in her own words.

To sample more of Rory's wisdom and philosophy, add her on myspace or search Aurora Hoffman on Facebook.

*Bonus Pearl from Rory: "I NEVER EVER LEAVE MY FRIENDS BEHIND."

Girl With The Boom

2008-10-01T18:12:00.000-07:00

Meet Kasha. She's an Los Angeles, resident dear friend of Boom.Threads and Renaissance Woman of the Fine Arts. Her talents include independent Filmmaking and Production.

Kasha wears the "Starry Eyed Girl" design from Boom.Threads. She likes the bold color palate and the liberal use of Magenta, for which she has an "affinity." She found it sexy and unique. "It's hard and soft at the same time," Ms. Esque noted. The character design resonated with her own no nonsense character. "The woman on the shirt looks like she knows what she wants and won't settle for less," Kasha remarked.

Check out Kasha's Latest Photography on kashaesque.com
Feel free to contact her on Myspace

BOoM! Shake, Shake, Shake The Room!

2008-10-01T15:13:00.000-07:00

WE IN THE HOUSE!

And I am your host, Ogechi aka Uchiwali The Extraterrestrial aka Somethin' U Never Seent Befo'. Enjoy the energy radiation from these one of a kind paintings from the artistic mind of a true earthbound alien and the dynamic spirits who model the designs.

2008-05-11T16:25:00.000-07:00

Why is it???

That every time I go to a doctor's office, the doctor talks fast than an auction announcer? And runs tests like he's speedy gonzalez and then poof! he's gone.
then that silly ass no-information having nurse comes back to play some wizard of oz shit, like, "Are you sure you have a question for the doctor?" And I'm like, "Yes, ho. I'm sure." Then the doctor comes back after a while (cause they have to make you wait.) with an attitude. And here I am just trying to get a clear picture of my health. Shit. I just dropped my pants to get a shot of who-knows-what-pharmaceutical in my ass! And you got me on the table all vulnerable and got a damn attitude when I'm asking legitamate questions about his diagnosis and my health?

See, that's why I don't mess with ya'll "doctors."
How you gonna leave the CARE out of healthcare?
I'm not relly convinced with the health aspect either. U need more people.
U need to rename that system Pharmacutical Dispersal System or something to better represent the robotic nature of you money-grubbing customer relations.
U make the illness, then you make a drug.
U can't create a cure cause the foundation's too impure.
Babylon Must Fall.

btw. i have tonsilitis. pray 4 me.

2008-02-24T07:19:00.000-08:00

Unlimited Supply of Unshakable, 24/7 P.E.A.C.E.!!!

(U Bettah Ask Somebody!)

Law of Amen
You were made in the likeness of a peace that nothing can disturb. Reclaim your peace that you may attain to your reason for coming into existence – the enjoyment of life.

Law of Ausar
Your nature is unconquerable peace, therefore nothing or no one in the world can be against you. All experiences come to you to promote your reclamation of peace, that you may in turn acquire wisdom and spiritual power.

Law of Tehuti
When all of your thoughts, feelings, and actions reflect the Word of God, then the power of God’s spirit and a peace that nothing can challenge will flow through your being.

Law of Seker
When the emotions of Man manifest in response to the Word of God, they have the power to influence the course of any and all events in the world.

Law of Ma’at
God needs you in order to come into the world. Fulfilling God’s need is the highest act of love, and only through your love for God can you fulfill your love for others. Become the Love of God in the world for the protection of the world.

Law of Herukhuti
Know that God neither punishes nor rewards nor protects, that you will have the comfort of controlling these for yourself.

Law of Heru
You have the power but not the right to ignore God’s Law. Choose to follow the Law of God with the love and joy that grows out of your understanding, and the wisdom and power of God’s spirit will flow through your being.

Law of Het-Heru
It is not what you imagine. It is who is imagining. Are you a human or divine being?

Law of Sebek
It is not what you think or what you affirm. It is who is thinking and who is affirming. Are you a human or divine being?

Law of Auset
I know that I am devoted to spirituality for I have given the highest priority in my life to the resurrection of Ausar.

Law of Geb
Know that from heaven you came and to heaven you will return, seek not enduring works on earth.

Thank you, Brother Ra Un Nefer Amen and...

2008-02-15T18:29:00.000-08:00

Hotel Rwanda... Chew On This!

I watched the movie Hotel Rwanda tonight and it drained my last energy. (The first time I cried in the theatre.) This time, As I was watching I thought to myself. Man, we need to Brainstorm this... Why, How did this happen? Unity could have saved this.

"The French army was deeply involved in Hutu preparations for mass murder. French soldiers trained Hutu Power militias and Habyarimana's own Presidential Guard. Mitterrand tripled financial aid to the country which the Habyarimana regime funneled into private accounts and used to purchase more arms and fuel their elite lifestyle. The Rwandan army increased from 5000 to 28,000 fully equipped soldiers. During 1991-92, France spent $6 million on arms donations to Rwanda (including mortars, light artillery, armored cars and helicopters). In 1993 - the year before the genocide - it spent $4 million in precisely the same way. (France was also a benefactor of Zaire, which means that Mitterrand, among others, is responsible for arming the current war in Congo.) By the time Hutu Power hatred was unleashed this pathologically racist State (whose whole existence now revolved around the Holocaust it was about to perpetrate) had been armed to the teeth - at the expense of French tax-payers!"

But the best part is how Clinton denied that this genocide even existed. Put that in your ballot and smoke it!
OBAMA 2008, you suckaz!

"In 1994, the US denied the existence of the Rwandan genocide and offered their own formulation instead: "acts of genocide may have occurred" (Clinton parlance). A journalist shot back with the question: how many "acts of genocide" does it take to make a genocide?"

Source

2008-02-15T14:36:00.000-08:00

nkechi

nke = share, portion, act of sharing, whose, of what
chi = diminutive of chukwu, chukwu=god, almighty omnipotent, omniscient, creative energy of the universe!
chi= also corresponds to the personal spirit, guardian angel, soul which is rooted in the ancient egyptian concept "ka" or "ki" for everlasting spirit.
chi, ki, and "qi" from the chinese energy flow are actually the same word. it's just in many cultures. it has the same pronunciation.

nkechi therefore = "a portion of the almighty -or- what god has shared with me -or- both!"

or what our father so described as '"well, i wanted a boy and god gave me a girl so nkechi means "what god gives"'
which is the literal meaning but doesn't describe the whole meaning.
i can't blame the afrikans for this type of ignorance, because in many ways we are just beginning their knowledge of self journey (KOS)
sometimes we act like they have it all figured out to disguise the fact that we actually don't know.
not everyone makes time to study these things like i do.

all that to say,
if the creator found a way to call you nkechi,
never doubt that you are something special!

2008-02-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

It shall be so!

This is the cam i wanna shoot in 2008.
I basically want to make love to this apparatus.
It has 24P. Records to solid state drives. Crisp clear image that responds well in various lighting conditions. Jyeah!

That's the Panasonic AG-HVX200

If you love me, cop dat. It's on sale.

2008-02-14T02:57:00.000-08:00

Black Messiahs

Buddha of India was Black, that's why his woolly hair is always shown in small tight curls - pepper corn style, or in corn rows. Early sculptures of him clearly portray his Africoid features of wide nose and full lips. "Buddha was adored as a square black stone." 1 In the most ancient temples of Asia and India, the sculptures of the gods and goddesses have Africoid features and woolly hair in pepper corn style and even dredlocks.

Fu-Hsi, the "Son of Heaven" and legendary first Emperor of China, was Black and woolly haired. 2

Zaha of Japan was woolly haired and Afrikan in appearance. 3

Kar of Afrika's Nile Valley was the inner soul of Mother Earth, a beautiful ebony virgin who was the "Heart of the World." 4 Shrines of Karnak in Egypt and Carnac in Brittany were dedicated to Kar, the Goddess of Agriculture, especially the growth of grain. She was Kore to the Arabs and Greeks, Ceres to the Romans. Derivatives of her name include cereal, corn, kernel, cardia (heart), care, and cherish. If you cut an apple transversely, you will discover that every apple has a "Kore," the magic pentacle which is her symbol.

Moses was Black according to Mohammedan tradition and early portraits. His hand would turn white, then back to his "other flesh" when God wished to give him a sign (Exo. 4:6-7).

Apollo was Black and woollyhaired like his father Zeus. The world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem is named after him.

Venus of Willendorf is a famous stature of the Mother God as she was worshipped some 15 to 20 thousand years ago. Although she is found in most art history books, none mention that she is Africoid: her entire faceless head is covered with woolly hair like that of Buddha's.

Krishna of India was "blue black." His name means black or The Black One! He is always portrayed with black or blue skin, and his hair was woolly according to the Cambridge Encyclopedia, 1 and sometimes locked.

Tyr of Scandinavia was a woolly haired Norse god who preceded Thor as a sky deity. 2

Athena of "Greek" mythology was Black and woolly haired, originating from Afrika (Libya). She was later whitened up like the other Afrikan gods adopted by Europe. She was also known as Anath, Medusa, and the Egyptian goddess Neith.3

Isis (As-t) the greatest of Afrikan Goddesses, was worshipped throughout the ancient world in Egypt, Greece, Rome and beyond. Known under many names, She was the "Queen of Heaven" and the "Goddess from whom all becoming arose." The worship of Her survives today, disguised as the worship of the Black Madonna throughout Catholic Europe.

Lao-tse of Taoism 'was born of Mohammed of Islam was a virgin, black in complexion, described 'marvelous and beautiful as jasper.' Splendid temples were erected to him, and he was worshiped as a god " 4

Scotia was a Black goddess and Egyptian princess after which Scotland is named. 5

Caillech (Cale, Kali) was known as the "Black Queen" in medieval legend, and to the Cells as the mother of many races. The Spanish called her Califia and gave her name to their newly discovered paradise which is now called California. 6

Quetzalcoatl of Mexico was "recognized as the Messiah by seers and astrologers; his head was rayed; his complexion was black; his hair was woolly." 7 He was never blond or white, as stated by friars, though he may have been clad in white. 8

Osiris (Azar), husband of Isis and greatest of Egyptian gods, was called "The Great Black," similar to Krishna. His chief title Gleans 'Ford of the Perfect Black;" "Osiris was sun-rayed; his complexion was black and his hair was woolly." 9

Mohammed of Islam was 'large mouthed', 'bluish' in color with 'frizzy' hair. His grandfather was "black as the night and magnificent." 10

Zeus, the top god and father of gods in Greek mythology, was Black and woolly haired, having originated in Afrika. His chief title was Ethiops (burnt faced).

At Delphi in Greece, the oracles of Dodona and Apollo were founded by two "Black Doves" or Afrikan priestesses from Thebes, according to Herodotus. 11

Circe, who played a great role in Homer's Odyssey, was the most famous female magician of all time. "Ancient Greek drawings depict her as a beautiful African woman." 12

Ixliton, the name of a Mexican god, means "black faced." 13 Many ancient Mexican gods are portrayed jet black with Africoid features.

Dilyehe, meaning Home ofthe Black God, was the name which the Navajo gave to the seven suns of Pleiades. 16

Kali was the Great Black Mother, the Hindu Triple Goddess of Creation, Preservation, and Destruction.

The color BLACK represented holiness and the image of God throughout the ancient world

Historian Sir Godfrey Higgens wrote, "the originals of all the Gods have been of He black race." 14 The ancients viewed the sacred image of the Divine as Black. And woolly hair was a sign of divinity - called "the hair of the gods." 15 In the next section, we shall discover why.

Source

2008-02-11T06:32:00.000-08:00

The Black Art Movement is gaining momentum. It has departed from the gallery and is now taking it to the streets! We are taking it to the people where they LIVE. It's a living movement! Each artist/seer is waking up to his or her Black greatness and Pride and sharing it everywhere and with everyone. Creators have already begun to initiate the Unity relationship with our environment. Watch Out! Creativity and Wonder are coming to a hood near you!

2006-11-03T01:33:00.000-08:00

The Spirit of the Truth
I'm the Lord, Mutha Fucka, Not who you thought I was!
- The Spirit of the Truth
www.nincomfuckingpoop.com
The Spirit of the Truth (Wikipedia)

This is closer to how Jesus probably was perceived by the people of his day.
The Profane is Holy, and the Holy is Profane. - Kal-el Johnson Bey

It's a little abusive for my tastes but hey, I guess we gotta get it how we live. The enthusiasm is magnetic. And he already knew about the music... I'm a sucker for the video backgrounds. -Uchiwali

The Spirit of Truth - The One Man Show - Part 1
The Spirit Of Truth - The One Man Show - Part 2

And now for a word from our sponsor....

2006-10-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

All this talk about current events.
Let's get bacl to the meaning behind the message.

Prayer.

Creative Visualization

If you don't want nothin',
You can't get nothin'.

Let's all take a moment of silence and focus our third eye on one thing we want.
Ahhhh.....
Mind Power!!!

Futher Reading:
Success Consciousness

2006-10-25T03:22:00.000-07:00

Nosferatu
The word itself, does not mean "the undead" or "vampire", as is popularly thought. Actually, "Nosferatu" means "plague-carrier" and derives from Greek nosophoros (νοσοφορος, "disease-bearing").

2006-10-24T16:19:00.000-07:00

No, no, Black Man...
That will never do.
Folks who want to rationalize this & lie
to yourselves to make this seem alright...
Get off his dick.
Dick riding never made you any money.
In fact, it only costs you money.
Just let it go.
We can do much better than this.

2006-10-24T15:22:00.000-07:00

HEY, KIDS!

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp What's a Eunuch?

2006-10-24T02:29:00.000-07:00

Damn Mom!
David: I see them Juidac, Hebrew and Aramic Letters hanging over a Nigga's Head, Moms' is tripping about all this Quaballah shit!
Guy Ritchie: Make sure you come straight home after school. I need you to help me edit the new Malawi documentary.
David: Yeah, whatever, Nigga.
[while rushing out the door on his way to School]
(UAC)But this ain't no movie, family.
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The Chronicles, The Path, The Money Trails, The Media Slants
They still tripping on Race Politics, meanwhile she over there trying indoctranate the African Spirit in her Secret Order of Shamanhood. Let's get them spirits and bring em' back to the Hood. That's what Madonna wants. Kabbalah Centre for Life, Homie!
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Raising Malawi.org
Read Madonna's Letter
Our joy to have Davie home
OCTOBER 18, 2006
Madonna adopts Malawian boy, his father says...
POSTED: 11:23 a.m. EDT, October 12, 2006
Madonna finds her child - but will an adoption work?
October 11, 2006
Madonna 'adopts child in Africa'
POSTED:Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 11:09 GMT 12:09 UK
Madonna serenaded by Malawi's AIDS orphans
Friday October 6, 07:26 AM
Madonna denies adopting Malawi boy
POSTED: 4:08 a.m. EDT, October 5, 2006
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Digging Deeper On this Shit, Kaballah What?
Madonna has become the goddess Hera, flying down from Olympus to meddle in the lives of Mortals. People ass worship celebrities becuase they want to be controlled by a stronger wiser Entity. She believes herself to be a Spiritual Alchemist in the Quabalah Order of the Golden Dawn. Wow! I would probably like it if it wasn't so Pro Reptillian and all. Why is she in Afrika? I'm starting see how these stars will express their beliefs early in the game and then actualize the shit later. Look at the name she gave herself, The Mother of Zues Cristos. Kaballah: I mean Cobra La meets I ching. I Peep Game.
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English Rose
written by Madonna
The Kabbalah Centre
by Rav Berg
Spirituality for Kids
by Karen Berg
The Zohar:
Pritzker Edition,vol. 1, 2,3
The Kaballah
Cult Game Hub

2006-10-01T22:56:00.000-07:00

mami wata is a non-human shapeshifting amphibious being who
accepts offerings of chicken blood from her initiates in exchange 4
wealth, power, and supernatual healing energies.
sybolized by the python, or the royal rainbow for those of you in the know.
sound familiar?

if that's not enough, it abducts folks.
it gets freaky w/ both men & women
in the dream dimension.

she's the ancient isis.

catching the spirit.
certain african rhythms cause the initiates to enter a trance state
while dancing in worship of this diety.
this is clearly the fonk in action.

what are we dealing with here?

all things are revealed in time...
-oge chukwu ka mma!

more than a woman.

the official survey.

spirit healers at work.

who is the orisa called olokun?

2006-09-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

The Revolution Has Begun!
... And as usual, niggas are scared.

FEAR NOT!

Malcolm sheds a little light on various serpentine phenomena.

Credo Mutwas drops some ancient science...

...and truth bombs.

PAN-AFRIKAN until the beginning of time.

2006-09-24T07:10:00.000-07:00

I love links like this.
Bless Paul Barton's soul for putting toghether this research.
Free your mind to draw the obvious connections.
Think!
HISTORY OF AFRICAN-OLMECS: BLACKS OF AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS

THE BLACK CALIFORNIANS BEFORE COLUMBUS and JOURNEY TO OLMANU

2006-09-17T17:25:00.000-07:00

Minnie Ripperton being kissed by a Lion named Simba

I don't know why exactly, but this to me is futuristic.

2006-09-17T16:59:00.000-07:00

Grace Jones!!!!!!!!! this is for the O.G.

Grace Jones 'La Vie En Rose' (Live)

Grace Jones 'La Vie En Rose'

Grace Jones 'Slave to the Rhythm'

Grace Jones 'I've Seen That Face Before'

2006-09-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Downtown 81
1981 film starring Jean-Michel Basquiat
aka Black Future Soothseer, this man was amazing.

2006-09-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

Petey Greene "How to Eat Watermelon"
This is a source of inspiration

2006-09-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

Malcolm X Speeches
God's Judgement of White America
(The Chickens Come Home to Roost)
Malcolm X, edited by Imam Benjamin Karim

2006-09-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

The Legacy of Groits
The Black Arts Movement.com