Craig Reptile is a DJ, CHIRP volunteer and Assistant Music Director. He previously worked in radio at KVOE AM and Fox 105 in Emporia, Kansas, and served as a DJ, music director and general manager for WVKC at Knox College. He has been a Senior Staff Writer for Pop'stache and writes freelance for Newcity, in addition to contributing occasionally to the CHIRP blog. Craig worked in various capacities within the hotel and meetings industry for over twenty years and is currently a technical writer for a software company. He is a member of The Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Chicago's longest-running a capella group that performs punk, indie and alternative rock favorites. He also fancies himself an armchair herpetologist and thus in addition to a wife, son and cat, he has a day gecko and milk snake in his collection and has earned a Master Herpetologist Certification from the Amphibian Foundation..
You can listen to Craig Reptile's two most recent shows below.
4/28 - 8pm hour
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8:53pm
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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Local
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Barundi
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Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse)
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Buy Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit at Reckless Records
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8:48pm
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Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
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Right Now
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All The Roadrunning (Warner Brothers / Nonesuch)
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Track Notes: 2006
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Buy Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris All The Roadrunning at Reckless Records
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8:43pm
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The Curls Local
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Endless Pleasures, Pt. II
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single (self-released)
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Track Notes: https://chirpradio.org/events/chirp-night-at-the-whistler-with-the-curls-and-the-god-awful-small-affairs
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Buy The Curls single at Reckless Records
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8:41pm
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Robert Johnson
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I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
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The Complete Recordings (Columbia)
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8:36pm
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Royel Otis
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Daisy Chain
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PRATTS & PAIN (OURNESS)
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8:30pm
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Jlin
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Open Canvas
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Akoma (Planet Mu)
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8:28pm
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Kermit The Frog
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Rainbow Connection
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The Muppet Movie Soundtrack (Atlantic)
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8:21pm
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Veronica Falls
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Everybody's Changing
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Waiting for Something to Happen (Slumberland)
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8:17pm
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Alejandro Escovedo
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Bury Me
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Echo Dancing (Yep Roc)
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8:14pm
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Chicano Batman
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Lei Lá
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Notebook Fantasy (ATO)
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8:11pm
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Elastica
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Vaseline
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Elastica (DGC)
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Track Notes: 1995
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Buy Elastica Elastica at Reckless Records
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8:08pm
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This Page Intentionally Left Blank
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Windmill
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Rebuilding Year (Mill Creek)
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8:04pm
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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Word Crimes
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Mandatory Fun (RCA)
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8:02pm
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Drahla
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Default Parody
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angeltape (Captured Tracks)
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4/28 - 7pm hour
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7:57pm
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Helmet
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In The Meantime
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Unsung: the Best of Helmet 1991-1997 (Interscope)
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Buy Helmet Unsung: the Best of Helmet 1991-1997 at Reckless Records
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7:54pm
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My Hotel Year
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sunrise at sixteen
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the composition of ending and phrasing (Beyond)
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Buy My Hotel Year the composition of ending and phrasing at Reckless Records
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7:51pm
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Bread
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Everything I Own
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The Best Of Bread (Elektra)
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Track Notes: 1973
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Buy Bread The Best Of Bread at Reckless Records
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7:47pm
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Belle & Sebastian
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What Happened To You, Son?
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single (Matador)
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Buy Belle & Sebastian single at Reckless Records
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7:42pm
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Buddy Guy Local
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Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
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Damn Right, I've Got The Blues (Silvertone)
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Buy Buddy Guy Damn Right, I've Got The Blues at Reckless Records
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7:35pm
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Judas Priest
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Panic Attack
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Invincible Shield (Epic)
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7:31pm
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Ana Lua Caiano
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Os Meus Sapatos Não Tocam Nos Teus
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Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (Glitterbeat)
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7:25pm
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The Monkees
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Valleri
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Music Box (Rhino)
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7:21pm
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Broadcast
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valerie
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Haha Sound (Warp)
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Track Notes: 2003
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Buy Broadcast Haha Sound at Reckless Records
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7:18pm
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BassKase Local
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Valerie Loves Me (featuring Impulsive Hearts)
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Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
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7:10pm
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Cloud Nothings
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Daggers of Light
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Final Summer (Pure Noise)
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7:06pm
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Deep Tunnel Project Local
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Connector
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Deep Tunnel Project (Comedy Minus One)
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7:04pm
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Kim Gordon
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Psychedelic Orgasm
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The Collective (Matador)
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7:00pm
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Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler
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Debt Collector (featuring Kim Gordon)
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Land Trust: Benefit For NEFOC (Get Better)
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Buy Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler Land Trust: Benefit For NEFOC at Reckless Records
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4/28 - 6pm hour
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6:57pm
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Sonic Youth
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Secret Girl
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EVOL (SST)
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Track Notes: 1986
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Buy Sonic Youth EVOL at Reckless Records
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6:53pm
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PJ Harvey
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Evol (Demo)
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B-Sides, Demos & Rarities (UMe/Island)
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