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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 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 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.
March 12, 2010, at 6:35 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | Interviews | Music | audio interview / / / / / / / /

An interview with Dan Rickabus

I recently had the pleasure of an interview with our new music blogger, Dan Rickabus. This young man from Michigan has a happy perspective on life, a strong yet smokey rock’n'roll voice and a weird way of making ukelele work in his catchy alt-rock songs. Podcast only.

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

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.

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

The art of Joe Vaux

"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.

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

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.