Videopoem-video poetry

Concord Ballet Orchestra Players 1/9/10

On Saturday, January 9, 2010, Videopoem braved deep-freeze temperatures and ventured to Issue Project Room in Park Slope (Brooklyn) to catch an evening of great ambient, improvised, psychedelic and electronic rock. Fortunately, quite a few other folks did too. The night’s performers included Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, Forma, and A.R. Plovnik (who also provided interesting visual projections for the entire show)
Read the story »

Videopoem Billy Hector At The Bitter End

Bluesman
An amazing set of blues at The Bitter End in New York city back in September, 2009.
Read the story »

Ralph Nader on the Crisis of Imagination

Ralph Nader spoke to the students and the faculty at Fordham University on December 3, 2009. He delivered a lecture on gaining control in the marketplace where we grow up corporate. In a subtle analysis of culture Nader offered insights into how citizen’s imaginations are constrained by corporate power restricting their possibility for action. For Nader, it’s all about action which makes his outlook existential in essence. Existence for him is defined by the conflict between the consumer and the corporation where at evert possible turn the corporation seeks to upsurp the rights of the consumer to promote it’s vested interests and deny citizens their lawful rights for the possibility of action.
Read the story »