WELCOME.

The Avocado Jungle is a source for current events, politics, arts and culture on the web. Editor In Chief David P. Kronmiller, along with a talented staff and guests, bring you news, commentary, analysis, interviews, humor, music, art and more. Our deeper mission is to seek truth in understanding, offering current events, arts and culture as paths to that understanding. We value and promote creative thought, intelligent dialogue, elevated debate, and informed action. If you see something that interests you on the site, please take the time to leave a thoughtful comment. Thanks for visiting.

Jungle Writers

David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Matthew Tullman, Current Events Editor
On current events.
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
Blogging on life, art and spirituality.
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development emeritus and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.
Nicky Schildkraut
On poetry.

Plus guest writers and past staff, including Zach Fehst, Amy Reynolds, Aaron Vaccaro, Jae Day, Sarah Jawaid, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.
May 26, 2010, at 4:51 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / /

THE CAVEMAN HYPOTHESIS: Why now is better than it seems.

I introduce The Caveman Hypothesis and put it to work looking at why we don’t need to be so darn glum.

Leave a comment
May 26, 2010, at 2:45 pm — Blogs — / / / / / / / / / /

Fix it now Mr. President!

Everyone’s demanding President Obama to take greater action to stop the BP oil leak. The real reason everyone’s upset is… this can not be fixed.

One comment
May 26, 2010, at 12:36 am — Blogs —

From a Distance There Is Harmony

There were have been World Wars, revolutions, the Great Depression, extreme human rights violations, suppressed minorities, plagues… Perhaps in comparison, our time is not that bad.

One comment
May 25, 2010, at 6:17 pm — Arts and Culture | Music — / / / / / / / /

Scope & Scale of Tune & Tale

Playing with the scope and scale of the music as a whole vs. the actual message of the song is quite fascinating to me – especially when huge songs deal with tiny momentary topics, or tiny songs deal with massive truths.

Leave a comment
May 25, 2010, at 5:06 am — Blogs — / / /

Measuring Tolerance: South Africa and Racism

It may seem like South Africa is still rather racist with its ongoing race classifications; BEE and Affirmative Action strategies still being implemented 16 years after the demise of Apartheid; and recent affairs. However, South Africans are not all racist; in fact there exists a visible tolerance of different racial groups, cultures and customs that surpasses all racial distinctions.

One comment
May 21, 2010, at 11:36 am — Blogs — / / /

Paying Homage to Chaos

Uncertainty always will prevail, and as long as we are comfortable with that concept, then we have found our hope. It is the relationship to this concept that enables us to risk, to dare to love, and to pursue our dreams without inhibition or fear.

Leave a comment
May 20, 2010, at 6:52 pm — Blogs | Comics — / / /

Congo and Steve: Good Ol’ Dazed

"Good Ol' Dazed" by J Lampinen
Congo and Steve from creator John “J.” Lampinen of congoandsteve.com. This strip, on the theme of “the good old days”: “Good Ol’ Dazed.”

Leave a comment
May 20, 2010, at 6:48 pm — Arts and Culture | Music | music blog — / / /

The Sounds of Now

Now isn’t a bad time for music at all! We’ve got the internet, and the power it has given us has led to a diverse musical climate that encourages uniqueness.

Leave a comment
May 20, 2010, at 12:16 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | Music | music tracks — / / / /

Music: “Never” by Adjoa Skinner

The Avocado Jungle is proud to welcome our new Artist In Residence, Adjoa Skinner, and to present a track from her EP Nothin More To Say. This is “Never”.

Never by Adjoa Skinner.

Leave a comment
May 20, 2010, at 11:33 am — Blogs — / /

We welcome our new Artist In Residence, Adjoa Skinner

Adjoa Skinner, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and Summer 2010 Avocado Jungle Artist In Residence.We’d like to take a little space on the site to welcome our new Artist In Residence: singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist Adjoa Skinner.

Leave a comment
 
  older entries »