Jungle Bloggers

David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Sarah Jawaid
Blogging from Washington, D.C.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development and occasional commentator.

Plus past staff and guest writers, including J Day, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.

New home, old home.

This is our new home. For past video, audio, and blogs, you can still visit:
the previous incarnation of the Avocado Jungle.
March 5, 2010, at 8:14 pm — Arts and Culture | Music | music blog — / / /

Profit: A Musician’s Blessing & Curse

Dan Rickabus

Profit seems to be to music as The Force is to Jedi knights. The right amount of money used in the right way can be the light from heaven for a band or musician. However, it can also be a true poison to honest art.

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March 1, 2010, at 8:06 pm — Art | Arts and Culture | Photography — / /

Photography: “Dissolution of Marriage” by Angela Richelle

Angela Richelle

Dissolution of Marriage

I’m a recent divorcee from a marriage of 5 years, now a single mother to a 3 year old daughter, and a woman just trying to heal some emotional wounds.

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February 26, 2010, at 2:04 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | Music | Music In Our House | Videos | audio interview | music tracks | music video — / /

Music In HIS House: Dan Rickabus

Jeremy Olsen

Here’s a video from uke-rocker (?!) Dan Rickabus. His smooth-yet-gritty voice and his big, ukelele-glazed rock sensibilities are very easy on the ears.

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July 2, 2009, at 5:46 pm — Arts and Culture | Film | Videos | Web Series | and Boris —

AND BORIS: Season Two, Episodes 1 to 11

The Avocado Jungle

Watch the second season of “and Boris” The Webseries. The sidekick becomes the hero.

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May 26, 2009, at 6:58 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | Interviews | Music | Music In Our House | Videos | audio interview | music tracks | music video | video interview — / /

Music In Our House welcomes Lightning Inside You

David P. Kronmiller

A performance in my home by the band Lightning Inside You. Also: Jeremy Olsen interviews the band, and we share a track from their EP.

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May 26, 2009, at 12:53 pm — Art | Arts and Culture | Audio | Interviews | audio interview — / / /

The art of Joe Vaux

Jeremy Olsen

"Flood" by Joe Vaux; 12" x 16"; acrylic on wood.Jeremy Olsen of The Avocado Jungle conducts an interview with Joe Vaux, whose acrylics on wood surfaces simultaneously evoke both children’s nightmares and dark metaphors for very grown-up truths.

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May 22, 2009, at 10:04 pm — Arts and Culture | Film | Videos | Web Series | and Boris —

AND BORIS: season two trailer

The Avocado Jungle

Don’t miss season two of David P. Kronmiller’s exciting action adventure webseries, and Boris!

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March 18, 2009, at 12:00 pm — Arts and Culture | Interviews | Music | Music In Our House | Videos | audio interview | music tracks | music video — / / /

Music In Our House welcomes Nathan Schafer

David P. Kronmiller

Nathan Schafer performs “You Did” from his EP A Lapse in my home for our series “Music In Our House.” Jeremy Olsen conducts an interview, and we’ve also got a track straight from the CD for you.

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