Alex W. Rodríguez

Writer, trombonist, and educator currently serving as a Worker-Owner of Catalyst Cooperative Healing and Board Secretary-Treasurer for Buddhist Peace Fellowship. PhD from UCLA on global jazz practice.

📍 Occupied Pocomtuc/Nipmuc land aka Holyoke, MA, USA

Another trip around the sun

It's my birthday today, marking the beginning of my 38th trip around the sun. In stark contrast to the one where I ended up in Siberia five years ago, this year has had me largely in one place—my current home on occupied Nipmuc/Pocomtuc land also known as Holyoke,

Creative Music

Schoenberg Jr. High

This post points to the one piece of music of mine that is currently available online: Schoenberg Jr. High, recorded live with a fantastic trio of Chileans for a concert that I wrote about here. Schoenberg Jr. High by Alex W. RodriguezVideo excerpt from the live performance

Bhumisparsha

To Touch the Earth, Build a Spaceship

Hello, Bhumi Starship! At the suggestion of the lovely Bhumisparsha Space Traffic Controller, Jessie Rothkuo, I'm trying on an experiment of doing a little bit of writing at the beginning of my work-day to document and share what I've learned and am learning as an early Core Organizer and now