Restoring the Gulf after BP–the five year anniversary
Telley Madina, a man who knows Louisiana and the effects of BP’s disaster On Thursday 4/16, we spoke to Telley Madina on Brooklyn Culture Jam radio. Telley Madina is the Senior. Gulf Coast Policy...
View ArticleSchool Reform and educational malpractice–Brooklyn Culture Jam
Dr. Mark Naison We recently spoke to Dr. Mark Naison. He is a Professor of African-American Studies and History at Fordham University and Director of Fordham’s Urban Studies Program. He is the author...
View ArticleBrooklyn Culture Jam Radio–The BP Human Extinction Bayou Blues
If you didn’t catch my performance on Monday at the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout/Disaster, I have put it up on radio at my Brooklyn Culture Jam gig. The play...
View ArticleWarning about Freddy Gray discussions
I’m going to piss off many of my FaceBook friends in coming days. Some are even family. Read at your peril. As events have unfolded in Baltimore around Freddy Gray and his death while in police...
View ArticleBrooklyn Culture Jam welcomes Marni Halasa!
Marni Halasa, making the world unsafe for a BP station on the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. So let’s say you’re planning to change the world–how do you get the media to cover...
View ArticleCalling it what it is–the euphemism of ‘Climate Change’
Walruses caught out by swiftly melting ice. From NASA website. The story has recently broken through the MSM that we’ve reached 400 parts Per Million of carbon dioxide in Mister atmosphere. The thing...
View ArticleBrooklyn Culture Jam Radio–the E word
The timeline for human extinction as laid out in Sam Carana’s methane chart. This week, people who are following issues with ‘climate change’ were treated to numerous articles reporting that...
View Article93 million out of the workforce
Long lines at Chicago Job fair last June. There has been much jubilation over the latest unemployment report, which shows that the economy had grown by 223,000 jobs last month. Market analysts and...
View ArticleBrooklyn Culture Jam welcomes Chris Lowe
Singer, songwriter, performer and guitarist Chris Lowe I was pleased to get a chance to talk to Chris Lowe, a songwriter and performer here in NYC. Chris studied guitar with the famous Dave Van Ronk,...
View ArticleHow to fight the empire by getting media attention
Marni Halasa, making the world unsafe for a BP station on the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it get on the CNN ticker? You...
View ArticleGreece melts down; the world starts to melt with it
the Eurozone might be short a star soon. Image from Reuters. As I type this, the results have come in and the Greek electorate has voted against the austerity measures demanded by the EU (primarily...
View ArticleDemand police accountability!
Danette Chavis protesting the deaths of people of color while in police custody. On my radio show, I had spoken to Danette Chavis on more than one occasion regarding the Eric Garner case and the larger...
View ArticleThe symbol for our predicament
the symbol for near-term extinction. Put online by an acquaintance. There have been many symbols and logos for climate change, global warming, and activism against environmental devastation. I’ve...
View ArticleMore about ‘Planet Hospice’
So, thanks to journalist and activist Paul DeRienzo, I’ve got a picture of myself participating in last Sunday’s Climate March in NYC. And yes, people did talk to me about extinction. Not many (and I...
View Article“The Paris Agreement will see the planet burn”
Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW!, the only news outlet giving extended coverage at Paris COP21. This is mostly a regurgitation of a bunch of other people’s work (specifically, props to the folks at...
View ArticleReturning to Radio–Brooklyn Culture Jam
So here’s the deal. As many of you might know, I used to be part of a radio show called SEX & POLITICS. A product of founder and executive producer Phil Rosenberg, we covered politics, sex, the...
View Article“The Big Short” and other inside games
Poster for The Big Short from Wikipedia I realize that even though this blog is called the Brooklyn CULTURE Jammers, I’ve never done much coverage of culture. I’m a picky consumer when it comes to...
View ArticleIowa and Bernie
Hillary’s nose. I’m on the left, with partners-in-crime Marni Halasa and Elliot Crown to your right. The pink thing is the nose. On Saturday, I did the Pinocchio Theater production of Hillary’s nose....
View ArticleCaught lying in New England
ACT TV’s screen dump of Hillary’s debate fib. I was trying to title this, and this came to mind. It reads like the standard signature block to a letter addressed to Ann Landers back in the day. You...
View ArticleMore Wit & Wisdom from Brian
Brian, in his studio. Alas, not his any more due to the gentrification of the Brooklyn nabe it resided in. Brian Kenny has been posting more of his stories. I’ve been a bit… bleak here for the past...
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