Videopoem Sonic Youth in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park….

Sonic Youth played a fantastic show on July 31 as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn series in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Showing no signs of slowing down, the band continues to push the boundaries of conventional music.
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In Memory of Oscar Grant

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police shooting of Oscar Grant refers to the fatal shooting of unarmed civilian, Oscar Grant, by BART officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States, in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009.
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Videopoem Patti Smith at Pen

Patti Smith addressed the Pen Conference held at Cooper Union back in May in support of her new memoir, Just Kids. The book talks about her chance encounter with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and their journey and rise in New York art world of the late sixties and early seventies.
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The enduring appeal of John and Exene

There’s a reason that John and Exene are playing sold out shows thirty years after hitting the music scene. They just keep getting better. After the glow of their youthful punk days waned when they were the king and queen of the Los Angeles punk scene, the foundation upon which they based their musical inspiration has only gotten stronger.
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The Dave Kolker Band

I had the great opportunity in the fall to see Dave Kolker and his band at The Bitter End. Playing originals mixed in with a few covers the band put on quite a show. Dave plays with a lot of soul and shows great dexterity on the guitar with the band providing a strong backing. If you ever get the chance I highly recommend seeing them. They will be at Kenny’s Castaway’s in April.
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Videopoem The River Blues

The River Blues explores the supernatural aura of the Hudson River landscape. Within this aura exudes a sublime comedy…deer unseen deep in the woods…expressionistic sunsets of vivid color…a pulsing blues rhythm underlining the commercial reality of the environment and expressing my personal vision of the landscape where reality is made to resound quite naturally with overtones of the weird.

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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)
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Videopoem Billy Hector At The Bitter End

An amazing set of blues at The Bitter End in New York city back in September, 2009.
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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.
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WBAI Listener thoughts on management change…

Local Station Board candidate Chris Farell’s view on the management change at WBAI. This has been a contentious issue as long term Program Director Bernard White was fired. On one side, which is reflected in Farell’s opinion, Bernard White had failed to adapt WBAI to changes in the 21st century and was unable to generate the funding which is vital to the station’s existence. On the other side which believes Bernard White was unfairly dismissed with overtones of racism involved.
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