The Jalapeño

LaDonnis Crump (LaDonnis) is a man of many talents - a marketing creative, hip hop artist, and all-around free thinker.

He joined us on the show to discuss:

- his background and unique experience

- his perspective on creativity and intuition and progress

- his latest song

Thank you LaDonnis, and thank you all for listening in!

Welcome back, gang.

this episode is a hybrid - music-filled mostly, and some conversation up top with the one and only Latane Hughes, followed by, starting around minute 16, a mix of songs assembled by Latane with a bit of help by yours truly. Latane is a music lover. We've been friends for 13 years now. I met Latane in college -- and along the way, he's been a friend, a consistent source of energy and inspiration, and also a source of music knowledge and influence. Many of the best music-oriented experiences that I've known have been thanks to him. Latane is a booking agent who manages the touring careers for a roster of 30+ musical acts, representing artists from all over the globe and specializing in booking shows in the North American territory. By night, by morning, by all of his other times it seems, Latane is scouring the digital and physical planets for music that he shares in mixes like these and as a DJ with the Fundido duo and Earth Beath Team. Thanks for tuning back into the jalapeno. Enjoy! -- track list: Donald J. Borror - Common Bird Songs (Eastern USA Birds, 1967) Interior - Reply Blithe Field - When It Came Down Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia) Alice Coltrane - Govinda Jai Jai Curved Light - Brightlea Menahan Street Band - Every Day a Dream Julianna Barwick - Prizewinning Bob Dylan - Wigwam M. Geddes Gengras - Ishi Ismael Lo - Tadieu Bone Etienne Vermoessen & Guido Delo - Easy Morning El Michels Affair - El Pueblo Unido Gabor Szabo - Ferris Wheel Sonya Spence - Jet Plane Clive Smith - Jumping Jack Ofege - It's Not Easy Odetta - Take Me to the Pilot Donna Hathaway - Jealous Guy (live) Osibisa - The Dawn Sir Victor Uwaifo - Kirikisi (Esassa 24) Justin Hines & the Dominoes - On Broadway Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Beautiful and Dangerous Dolly Parton - Try Being Lonely Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Bongos Ikwue - No Time for Jokes Joao Gilberto, Roberto Menescal & Agostinho dos Santos - Piazzito Carreteiro Kikagaku Moyo - Entrance Laraaji & Jonathan Goldman - Quiet Space, Pt. 2 Laura Rivers - That's All Right

Andrew Dassori is the co-founder of Wavelength Capital and joins us here to help us better understand the economy and marketplace.

Thanks Andrew!

Miss Brown has owned and operated her art and framing business in Brooklyn (Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing) for three decades.

On this episode, she tells her story of marching in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, how that experience has impacted her since, and what she's observing about today's protests in relation to those esteemed events she took part in nearly 60 years ago.

Thank you for tuning in.

And thank you, Miss Brown, for being on the show again!

Katie Shepherd is a writer and audio producer.

She recently graduated from Columbia's MFA (creative nonfiction) program, which she navigated while working full-time in NYC.

With a wide array of work experience and creative contribution, Katie shares her thoughts here on writing, storytelling, and sustained effort -- the importance of showing up and consistently drawing inspiration from daily life.

Thank you Katie and thank you listeners for tuning in

Brian Davis of Wooden Sleepers is our first quarantine-era guest . Wooden Sleepers is Brian's vintage menswear store/brand/story out of red hook brooklyn (and on the web) . Brian has created an international community around the passion for quality, authentic, classic American apparel, his enthusiasm for the field creating a kind of magnetic pull to the idea of nuanced personal style . His online shop is open for business! (wooden-sleepers.com . Pleasure to have you on the show, Brian! Thanks all for lisenting . Also - you'll notice cf watkins's drawing skills have been impacted during isolation . just kidding. to accompany the uncut quarantine podcast format, she has adjusted the illustration format. a visual parallel that I think does justice (and more) to the trippy time we're in . each portrait will be done as a "blind contour" - a drawing exercise prohibiting the drawer from i) looking at the page and ii) lifting the utensil from the page (until the drawing is complete) (you might try it yourself for fun) . woo!

Jack is a filmmaker (Dirty Old Wedge, Part of Water) and co-founder of production company Hunt House Pictures.

He's been making movies since he was a kid - through college and up today.

Jack joins us now on The Jalapeno to discuss his latest film, Part of Water, which tells the story of fallen lifeguard Ben Carlson and the selfless values Ben and ocean lifeguards around the world stand for.

Thanks for tuning in!

Ed Polcer: Jazz musician and wonderful fellow!

edpolcer.com

For 36 years, Coach Tony Messina has set a spectacular example for his teams and community by teaching and representing the importance of commitment, work ethic, and personal accountability for the good of the whole.

From the outset he has promoted and upheld a culture of teamwork -- encouraging his players, no matter the scenario, to ask: how can I help?

Now in its 85th season, the Hingham High School Hockey program thrives on a storied tradition of success and community contribution.

Thank you Tony - and thanks all for tuning in!

David McCullough is a champion of history, humanity, and the human spirit.

He has written 12 nonfiction works including "John Adams", "Truman", and most recently "The Pioneers", which hit shelves in the spring of 2019.

The desire and capacity to improve the world through one's contribution, to stand up in the face of struggle, to saddle up, commit, and come out the other side having learned and represented something of importance - something bigger than you...

This undercurrent - that of the human spirit overcoming challenge for the betterment of the whole - pervades all of his writing. From stories of U.S. Presidents, to the American Revolution, to the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal, and the invention of human flight, one idea is always there:

Our potential is boundless should we, in the name of worthy ideals, summon the courage to try and the fortitude to keep going.

I hope you enjoy David's wisdom (and singing) on this episode -- thank you for tuning in.