My name is pronounced Jo-AN-uh BE-zee.
Music- in one way or another- has been a hobby of mine since childhood. Around age 8, I established my own radio station, WJOJO, where I was the sole DJ, engineer, programmer, weather reporter, and commerical actor. Equipped with a tape recorder and an RCA record player, I played from my and my mom's 45 collection. By the time I reached middle school, I'd forgotten about WJOJO, but advanced my fandom to attending rock concerts like Corey Hart, Duran Duran, Flesh for Lulu, and Gene Loves Jezebel. Many years later after moving to Chicago I played bass in the goof-pop bands Los Shut Up and Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. And after many years of listening to CHIRP Radio, I joined up as a volunteer and learned how to DJ and host my own show (for real). WJOJO doesn't exist, but you can catch my show Thursdays, 6-9AM. I promise I won't play Corey Hart.
You can listen to Joanna's two most recent shows below:
5/16 - 8am hour
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8:54am
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Poster Children Local
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Water
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Daisy Chain Reaction (Twin/Tone)
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8:53am
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Kamasi Washington
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Lines In The Sand
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Fearless Movement (Young)
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8:43am
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Wang Chung
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To Live and Die in LA
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To Live and Die in L.A. Soundtrack (Geffen)
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8:39am
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Arab Strap
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Strawberry Moon
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i'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore (Rock Action)
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8:35am
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Kiwi Jr.
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Downtown Area Blues
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Chopper (Sub Pop)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall on 6/1 w/ GBV
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8:32am
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DEHD Local
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Don't Look Down
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Poetry (Fat Possum)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 11/12 sold out!
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8:25am
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Jordan Rakei
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Trust
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The Loop (Verve Forecast)
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8:21am
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Le Butcherettes
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struggle/STRUGGLE
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Bi/Mental (Rise)
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8:18am
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The Get Up Kids
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Forgive and Forget
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Red Letter Day EP (Doghouse)
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Track Notes: by request for your buddy and mine, Luke from Luketown
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8:12am
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Ekko Astral
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uwu type beat
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pink balloons (Topshelf)
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8:09am
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Young Guv
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Ain't Fallin in Luv Again
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2 Sad 2 Funk (Night School)
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8:02am
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David Bowie
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Fascination
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Young Americans (RCA)
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Track Notes: RIP David Sanborn, d. 5/12/2024
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5/16 - 7am hour
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7:57am
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Loren Kramar
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Like a Lover
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Glovemaker (Secretly Canadian)
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7:52am
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Foxygen
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Cosmic Vibrations
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...And Star Power (Jagjaguwar)
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7:52am
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Titus Andronicus
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My Time Outside The Womb
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The Airing Of Grievances (XL)
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7:51am
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The Marcels
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Crazy Bells
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Blue Moon (Collectables)
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7:42am
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Greg Saunier
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Yeah You, Person
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We Sang, Therefore We Were (Joyful Noise)
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7:36am
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Combo Chimbita
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Memoria
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IRÉ (ANTI-)
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Track Notes: at lincoln hall, 5/18
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7:31am
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Valebol Local
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Row Row Row
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Valebol (Otherly Love)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 6/7
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7:25am
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The Lemon Twigs
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My Golden Years
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A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
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Track Notes: at lincoln hall, 10/18
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7:22am
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Destroyer
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School, And The Girls Who Go There
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City Of Daughters (Triple Crown)
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7:18am
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Ratboys Local
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Collected
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Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
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Track Notes: at salt shed, 5/21 w/ decemberists
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7:11am
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10cc Local
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The Worst Band in the World
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Sheet Music (Mercury)
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Track Notes: request from last week for Cooper in Logan Square 😊
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7:06am
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Panda Bear
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This Side of Paradise
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Mr Noah EP (Domino)
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7:02am
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MRCY
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Flowers In Mourning
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VOLUME 1 (Secretly Canadian)
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5/16 - 6am hour
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6:57am
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Blue Bendy
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Cloudy
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So Medieval (The state51 Conspiracy)
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6:50am
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Grace Jones
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Walking in the Rain
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Nightclubbing (Island)
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Track Notes: see Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami at the CHIRP Film Festival, Sat, 5/16, 4PM
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6:46am
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Com Truise
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Air Cal
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Galactic Melt (Ghostly International)
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Track Notes: dj set at sleeping village, 5/17
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6:42am
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The Reds, Pinks and Purples
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What's Going On with Ordinary People
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Unwishing Well (Slumberland)
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6:37am
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Cusp Local
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You Can't See Me
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Thanks So Much (Self-Released)
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Track Notes: at sleeping village, 5/21
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