Jungle Bloggers

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

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 12, 2010, at 6:35 pm — Arts and Culture | Audio | 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.