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Excerpts from two performances at Roulette by drummer, composer, improviser, activist organizer Lesley Mok with commentary by the artist. "she smashed the enclosure" from 2020 features composer Mok with Charmaine Lee, voice; Maya Keren, piano, voice; Aliya Ultan, cello, voice."a bird in its chest" from 2022 features Ultan, Joanna Mattrey, viola; Cl…
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During my quest to visit every museum in New York City, I've met some incredible people who work behind the scenes at some of my favorite institutions including today's guest Karen Vidangos. She serves as the Social Media Manager at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Karen also elevates other Latinx perspectives in the arts with her social med…
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The opening of the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PACNYC) in Lower Manhattan this past fall was a really magical thing to see. And you're probably hearing all about it through its viral production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball running now through September 8 (it got extended again after recording this episode)! For this episode, I got to chat with M…
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Currently running Off-Broadway, Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern is one of my favorite shows to open this year. Going into it, I knew nothing about the game, yet the show opens newcomers and veterans with open arms to play in this zany and interactive theatrical experience. I sat down with DAGL, the show's co-creator, story writer, produ…
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Want to stop living a boring life and fill it with fun and whimsy? On this episode, fun-trepreneur Michelle Joni is teaching us how to step into the ::Magic Era:: by embracing curiosity and creating joy at all levels of life. Michelle Joni creates celebration and community wherever she goes as the owner and operator of Glinda the Good Bus, Business…
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A project launched by Tim Spelios and David Weinstein, Impossible Music features cutup, montaged, recycled material, lopsided grooves, appropriated, restored, or reconstituted audio, new and legacy technologies, loops of contrasting and colliding musics, sound effects, disembodied vocal tracks, and noise merged into panoramic constructions. Illustr…
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I fell in love with Poster House when I first visited in spring 2021 for my "Jane Visits Every Museum in New York City" series. Through its incredible exhibitions, programming, and accessibility efforts, it exemplifies what a great art institution can be. For this episode, I had a conversation with Angelina Lippert, the Chief Curator and Director o…
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Join us on Radio GAG for The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round. A bus load of gun violence prevention activists were in NYC for Guacathon 2024. On the bus, we met up with Scout Cardillo from March for Our Lives and Bulletproof Pride. We discuss how this national GVP, youth lead organization is working to address the intersectional issues facing …
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The award season is off and running and the 76th Emmy Awards just passed and as usual the show is filled with cheers, some jeers, a few WTF moments, and healthy does of problematic sh*t. In the case of the Emmy's, a major problem seems to be in the television comedy categories. For context, go back and listen to our episode Examining Th eGap. We ar…
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Composer, harpist, and multi-instrumentalist Zeena Parkins and the projects Phantom Orchard with electronic percussion artist Ikue Mori and a duo with electronic sound artist Laetitia Sonami. Alongside excerpts from performances at Roulette, Parkins discusses process, technique, and history. Parkins returns to Roulette on Oct. 24 2024 with Ikue Mor…
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You Wanna Franchise With That?!? Y'all know hosts, Alexus Bertrand and Roger Turner love a good movie or a bunch of good movies, otherwise known as the Movie Franchise. Alexus and Roger look at the history of movie franchises, while discussing which ones they have loved, want more of and ones they wish would go away.…
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We Need To Talk About Tyler Tyler Perry is a movie & tv, global icon & black billionaire.. For over 20 years, Tyler has been writing, directing, producing his own work, specifically to the Black Community with varying degrees of success. However, the success has come at a price: many of his products are often harshly, yet understandably criticized,…
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Bassist, composer, and activist Luke Stewart is best known as an accomplished jazz musician, but he is also an innovator of techniques incorporating feedback as an extension of his sound. This edition features Stewart's commentary on his musical trajectory as well as the role of liberation politics in music. With excerpts from the Feedback Ensemble…
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Improvisers John Zorn (alto sax, game calls) and Michihiro Sato (shamisen, three-stringed banjo-like instrument) in a 1985 performance at Roulette. Rescued from a reel-to-reel tape and documenting an early chapter in the downtown improv scene, the concert came shortly after the release of the duo's album Ganru Island, since re-released on Tzadik Re…
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Consider It Blacklit host Kim Singleton discusses the 1977 classic film "Greased Lightning" with Glenn Gilliam, sports historian and Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Althea Film Project. This film is the story of Wendell Scott, the first African American race car driver to win at NASCAR. The movie stars Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Cleavon L…
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If you're coming off your LGBTQIA+ high because PRIDE month has ended and you're not ready to lower your rainbow flag...well don't(that should be year round anyway). The hosts of Brunch, Blaze and Babble, Roger Turner and Alexus Bertrand will discuss all the movies, tv, and music that celebrate queerness.…
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New Yorker's love their bagels, but I don't think anyone loves bagels as much as Sam Silverman. Known as the Bagel Ambassador, Sam is the founder of BagelUp and New York BagelFest, the leading bagel trade organization and show respectively. I got to chat with him about the history of this famous food, why bagel culture is important, and his hot tak…
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Consider It Blacklit host Kim Singleton discusses the movie "A Quiet Place: Day One" starring Lupita Nyong'o. This film is the third installment of the Quiet Place franchise. It tells the story of the first day the aliens attack in one of the loudest places on the planet, New York City!Bởi Kimberly Singleton
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Admired as a bold saxophonist (and also sometimes guitarist, vocalist, pianist), composer Zoh Amba traces a journey from a difficult Tennessee childhood to musical and spiritual revelation. The remarks are coupled with excerpts from two performances at Roulette: the Bhakti project (2022, with Micah Thomas, piano; Thomas Morgan, bass; Marc Edwards, …
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The hosts of Brunch, Blaze and Babble, Roger Turner and Alexus Bertrand love a good movie. With summer already underway, we talk about one of our favorite genres of movies: action movies. More specifically, "army of one" (usually called "one man army" but a more inclusive title was needed) movies. Action movies in which a singular protagonist, with…
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Compared to pizza and bagels, seltzer water kind of flies under the radar in regards to NYC edible delights, but it has a long and rich history in the city. The Brooklyn Seltzer Museum is sharing that history inside Brooklyn Seltzer Boys which is the last seltzer factory in the tri-state area. Today I talk with the team behind the museum: Alex Gomb…
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Marvelous Nerd Sh!t It seems as soon as the Marvel Cinematic Universe(MCU) started releasing projects for its phase 4, there was a growing narrative of anti- , misogyny, racism, and phobias downplaying these projects. Recently, those conversations have found their way to the new X-Men 97 series. Join the hosts of Brunch, Blaze & Babble, Roger Turne…
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I am so excited to share my conversation with Jesse Rifkin, the author of This Must Be The Place: Music, Community, and Vanished Spaces in New York City and owner of Walk on the Wild Side Tours NYC. Jesse and I discussed his book writing process, the current state of NYC music scenes, and how music spaces are vital to the city.…
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Examining The Gap In 2023, Quinta Brunson seemed to do the impossible by being the first Black woman to win the Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy series since Isabella Sanford for the Jeffersons in 1981. Join the hosts of Brunch, Blaze & Babble, Roger Turner and Alexus Bertrand as they discuss the 42 year gap between Brunson and Sanford and the inc…
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