Ken Booth

Publisher and merchant. Co-owner of Shorpy, Inc., a purveyor of fine things at and

[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

@TheRealRooBus @paramore @foofighters Revivalists need to power through. There’s still room in the pit.

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@TheRealRooBus @Tennessean Dolly Parton mentions Bonnaroo in Tennessean interview. #bonnaroo

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@Bonnaroo What @bonnaroo said: It’s not me, it’s you.

PRO TIP - What @bonnaroo should have said: We made a mistake and are sorry for it. It’s too late to open a second entrance, but if you can go in early it will help with the line. We’ll do better next year.

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@TheRealRooBus @Bonnaroo Timing matters. We went through the arch twice on Thursday and once Friday and never experienced a problem . And then like an hour and a half later we see they’re all backed up.

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A little weather this morning @bonnaroo

[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

1901. "Washington Avenue and Post Office -- Ocean Springs, Mississippi." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company.

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@BonnarooJums @TheRealRooBus @Bonnaroo Definitely a blast. They’re always good. I expect the same this year.

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Starting to hardcore prep for Bonnaroo next week. We've attended every year since '13 with our children and friends. It's a tradition we cherish.

Honestly, if we had a vote to cancel Bonnaroo or Thanksgiving, I think Bonnaroo would win. Christmas should be nervous.

#Bonnaroo

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@BonnarooJums @TheRealRooBus @Bonnaroo A longer walk to get in will be balanced by fewer people in Centeroo. I was there in '16 and it was weird with the light crowds. It's going to be another Surrealaroo.

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@BonnarooJums @TheRealRooBus @Bonnaroo The map shows RV camping shifted east this year, with Groop where RV used to be. I think Groop takes the biggest hit from the closed entrance.

[RooHamm @RooHamm]

For reference, can definitely see how Roo will be scaled down this year.

2022 Map 2019 Map

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I just published "Recent non-fiction recommendations"

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For NYC food carts "the factory produces about 15,000 donuts on a typical day ..."

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[Bennett Murray @BDMurray]

Found a tank trap at a roadblock in Kyiv today with a plaque indicating that it's a WW2 antique brought out from a museum exhibit.

[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Shorpy @Shorpy]

Visit 1901 Bar Harbor, Maine, in this Shorpy short video created from a panorama stitched together from two 8x10 glass negatives.

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[Shorpy @Shorpy]

"Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were 'killed'."

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[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

I'm starting to get back into the groove, though I doubt I'll read 100 books this year.

[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

Since we're in resolution season, here is a method for reading 100 books a year:

1. Always be reading a printed book and audiobook.
2. Read at least 50 pages every day in printed book and listen to the audiobook whenever you can.
3. Stop reading any book you’re not enjoying.

[Ken Booth @KenBooth]

This method worked for me for five years, until Covid threw me off of my groove.

Point #3 is critical. Slogging through books you don’t like is a great method for reading about 10 books a year.