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DJ MC Tuesdays, 9AM

DJ MC fell in love with radio when he got involved with it as a teenager. He’s enthusiastic to help CHIRP bring that excitement and innovation back to the airwaves. He is an adult-onset athlete who has competed in triathlons, running races, and swim meets around the world—mostly for the camaraderie. He’s also an imperfect practitioner of yoga and meditation. His love of photography is second only to his love of music. Recently, he quit the corporate world and is working on opening his own business.

DJ MC's Recent Playlists

July 20

12:04PM Telegraph Canyon Shake Your Fist from The Tide and the Current (Velvet Blue)

12:01PM Caribou Found Out from Swim (Merge)

11:57AM The New Pornographers The Bones of an Idol from Twin Cinema (Matador)

11:52AM Cowboy Junkies I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry from The Trinity Session (RCA)

11:48AM Wavves King of the Beach from King of the Beach (Fat Possum)

11:43AM Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land from The Winter of Mixed Drinks (FatCat)

11:38AM Drive-By Truckers The Wig He Made Her Wear from The Big To-Do (ATO)

11:32AM Here We Go Magic Collector from Pigeons (Secretly Canadian)

11:28AM Iggy Pop Cry for Love from Blah Blah Blah (A&M)

11:24AM Maps & Atlases Israeli Caves from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)

11:20AM Art Brut Direct Hit from It's a Bit Complicated (Downtown)

11:18AM Cursive Some Red Handed Slight of Hand from The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek)

11:15AM Devo Fresh from Something for Everybody (Warner Bros.)

11:09AM Citay Careful With That Hat from Dream Get Together (Dead Oceans)

11:04AM The Flaming Lips Buggin' from The Spy Who Shagged Me Soundtrack (Warner Bros.)

11:01AM Wovenhand The Threshingfloor from The Threshingfloor (Sounds Familyre)

10:58AM Patrick Wolf Enchanted from The Magic Position (Polydor)

10:52AM Velcro Lewis Group Trouble Down Below from White Magick Summer (Spiral Staircase)

10:47AM :Wumpscut: You Are a Goth from Goth Census (Metropolis)

10:43AM Pete Shelley I Generate a Feeling from Homosapien (Arista)

10:40AM Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Jaykub from Dark Night of the Soul (EMI)

10:35AM 30Hz Crazy (Original Mix) from 30Hz "Re-Herded" (Lot 49)

10:28AM New Order Guilt is a Useless Emotion (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix) from Waiting for the Sirens' Call (Warner Bros.)

10:21AM Talking Heads Take Me to the River from More Songs About Buildings and Food (Sire)

10:18AM Andre Williams That's All I Need from That's All I Need (Bloodshot)

10:15AM Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps from Fever to Tell (Interscope)

10:11AM The Gaslight Anthem American Slang from American Slang (Side One Dummy)

10:05AM Vicious Pink Take Me Now from Hardest Hits, Vol. 3-5 (SPG)

10:02AM Tender Trap Do You Want a Boyfriend? from Dansette Dansette (Slumberland)

9:59AM Air Mer du Japon ("Sea of Japan") from Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks)

9:54AM Francis and the Lights Knees to the Floor from It'll Be Better (Cantora)

9:52AM Waco Brothers I Fought the Law from For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

9:49AM Tom Schraeder Carry On from Once Lace, Now Cotton (Township)

9:40AM Kate Bush Nocturn from Aerial (Columbia)

9:36AM Nina Nastasia Cry, Cry Baby from Outlaster (FatCat)

9:34AM Spoon Is Love Forever? from Transference (Merge)

9:30AM Hope Tomorrow from Local Customs: Lone Star Lowlands (Numero Group)

9:27AM A Perfect Circle Weak and Powerless from Thirteenth Step (Virgin)

9:23AM The Streets on Fire Chadwick Shut Up! from This is Fancy (The Currency Exchange)

9:20AM Atlas Sound featuring Panda Bear Walkabout from Logos (Kranky)

9:17AM Koes Bersaudara Laguku Sendiri ("My Song") from Koes Bersaudara 1967 (Sublime Frequencies)

9:06AM Fuck Buttons Olympians from Tarot Sport (ATP)

July 19

2:57PM The Chemical Brothers Wonders of the Deep from Further (Astralwerks)

2:54PM The National Lemonworld from High Violet (4AD)

2:51PM Mass Shivers Torrid Sex in East Berlin from Contoured Heat (Licking River)

2:47PM Shearwater Corridors from The Golden Archipelago (Matador)

2:44PM Procedure Club Feel Sorry for Me from Doomed Forever (Slumberland)

2:42PM El-P The League of Extraordinary Nobodies from I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Definitive Jux)

2:40PM Brilliant Colors Yell in the Air from Introducing (Slumberland)

2:36PM Uffie Difficult from Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans (Ed Banger)

2:32PM Temptations, The Law of the Land from Nicky Siano's Legendary The Gallery: The Original New York Disco 1973-77 (Soul Jazz)

2:29PM Dusty Springfield Love Shine Down from Dusty in Memphis (Rhino)

2:23PM The Watson Twins Midnight from Talking To You, Talking To Me (Vanguard)

2:18PM Suckers It Gets Your Body Movin' from Wild Smile (Frenchkiss)

2:14PM The Soft Pack More or Less from The Soft Pack (Kemado)

2:11PM Phosphorescent Heaven, Sittin Down from Here's to Taking It Easy (Dead Oceans)

2:07PM The Love Language Anthophobia from Libraries (Merge)

2:03PM Admiral Radley Sunburn Kids from I Heart California (The Ship)

2:01PM Yeasayer O.N.E. from Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)

1:54PM School of Seven Bells Bye Bye Bye from Disconnect from Desire (Ghostly International)

1:48PM We Are Scientists Jack & Ginger from Barbara (MRI)

1:45PM Baths Maximalist from Cerulean (Anticon)

1:41PM Fischerspooner Sweetness from #1 (Ministry of Sound)

1:38PM Fugazi Give Me the Cure from 13 Songs (Dischord)

1:33PM Diskjokke En Fid Tid ("A Good Time") from En Fid Tid (Smalltown Supersound)

1:27PM Delorean Simple Graces from Subiza (True Panther Sounds)

1:22PM Steve Mason Boys Outside from Boys Outside (Domino)

1:18PM Peter Wolf Crier Saturday Night from Inter-Be (Jagjaguwar)

1:16PM Lightspeed Champion I Don't Want to Wake Up Alone from Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You (Domino)

1:11PM Pet Shop Boys Twentieth Century from Fundamental (Rhino)

1:07PM Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Revolution's a Lie from Before Today (4AD)

1:02PM Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum Corcovado from Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum (Velas)

12:59PM Storm Time to Burn from Ministry of Sound Annual 2005 (Ministry of Sound)

12:54PM Nightmoves Transdance from Hardest Hits, Vol. 3-5 (SPG)

12:47PM Bongos Ikwue & the Groovies Otachikpopo from Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970's Nigeria (Soundway)

12:41PM Teenage Fanclub When I Still Have Thee from Shadows (Merge)

12:37PM Kings Go Forth High On Your Love from The Outsiders are Back (Luaka Bop)

12:31PM Wilco Handshake Drugs from A Ghost is Born (Nonesuch)

12:27PM Against Me! I was a Teenage Anarchist from White Crosses (Sire)

12:17PM Vampire Weekend Diplomat's Son from Contra (XL)

12:16PM UNKLE featuring Sleepy Sun Follow Me Down from Where Did The Night Fall (Surrender All)

12:12PM Trans Am Arcadia from Thing (Thrill Jockey)

12:11PM Portastatic Nostalgia's No Excuse from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (Thrill Jockey)

12:06PM Radiohead Karma Police from OK Computer (Capitol)

12:05PM Band of Horses Infinite Arms from Infinite Arms (Columbia)

July 13

12:01PM James Brown Doing it to Death from Star Time (Polydor)

11:59AM Perfume Genius Learning from Learning (Matador)

11:54AM Stereolab Lock-Groove Lullaby from Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (Elektra)

11:49AM Cave Hot Bricks from Pure Moods (Drag City)

11:45AM Project: Komakino Walking on Glass from The Struggle for Utopia (Desire)

11:41AM Carissa's Wierd The Color of Your Eyes Changed with the Color of Your Hair from They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 (Hardly Art)

11:37AM This Mortal Coil You and Your Sister from Blood (4AD)

11:32AM Oni Wytars Ensemble Kyrie Eleison (Christian-Arabic Tradition, Lebanon) from Very Best of Early Naxos Music (Naxos)

11:26AM Maps & Atlases Perch Patchwork from Perch Patchwork (Barsuk)

11:22AM Nine Inch Nails vs. ToToM I Wanna Get: Greater / Good / High (ToToM Mix) from Bootleg is Resistance: Vol. 1: NIN Acapella vs. the World (Self-Released)

11:18AM Devo What We Do from Something for Everybody (Warner Bros.)

11:15AM Of Montreal Suffer for Fashion from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)

11:10AM Julian Cope The Great Dominions from Floored Genius (Island)

11:05AM Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang Merciless and Great from The Wonder Show of the World (Palace/Drag City)

11:01AM Eiren Caffall Thaw Story from Civil Twilight (Self-released)

10:58AM Baths Hall from Cerulean (Anticon)

10:54AM Janelle Monae (Featuring Saul Williams) Dance or Die from The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy)

10:51AM The Streets on Fire That's Hard to Find from This is Fancy (The Currency Exchange)

10:46AM Daniel Knox Fightscene from Evryman for Himself (H.P. Johnson)

10:40AM Blockhead Attack the Doctor from The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)

10:38AM Walter Schreifels Save the Saveables from An Open Letter to the Scene (Academy Fight Song)

10:32AM Scuba You Got Me from Triangulation (Hotflush)

10:27AM Jimmy Somerville To Love Somebody from The Singles Collection 1984-1990 (London)

10:25AM The English Beat Mirror in the Bathroom from I Just Can't Stop It (Sire)

10:19AM Phosphorescent I Don't Care If There's Cursing from Here's to Taking It Easy (Dead Oceans)

10:16AM Switches Drama Queen from Heart Tunes to D.E.A.D. (Atlantic)

10:09AM Spoon The Mystery Zone from Transference (Merge)

10:05AM Charlie Deets Bad Romance from The Power of Suggestion (Paribus)

10:02AM Louis XIV God Killed the Queen from The Best Little Secrets are Kept (Atlantic)

9:56AM The Chemical Brothers Another World from Further (Astralwerks)

9:53AM High Places The Modern Things from Enjoyed: A Tribute to Bjork's Post (Stereogum)

9:47AM Suckers A Mind I Knew from Wild Smile (Frenchkiss)

9:45AM El Guincho Cuerpo sin Alma from Piratas de Sudamerica (XL)

9:41AM Jens Lekman A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill from You Are the Light (Secretly Canadian)

9:33AM Rammstein Mein Teil (Pet Shop Boys No Guitars on this Mix) from Disco 4 (EMI/Parlophone)

9:26AM Greie Gut Fraktion Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt (We Build a New City) from Baustelle (Monika)

9:21AM Massive Attack (featuring Hope Sandoval) Paradise Circus from Heligoland (Virgin)

9:17AM Phantogram As Far As I Can See from Eyelid Movies (Barsuk)

9:15AM Voltair Cleck Cleck Boom from Rio Baile Funk - More Favela Booty Beats (Essay)

9:11AM The Soft Pack Down on Living from The Soft Pack (Kemado)

9:06AM Hot Chip Brothers from One Life Stand (Astralwerks)

9:05AM The Love Language Summer Dust from Libraries (Merge)

9:04AM Billie Holiday Summertime from Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (Columbia)

9:02AM Fiery Furnaces, The Here Comes The Summer from EP (Thrill Jockey)

July 6

12:01PM Francis and the Lights Knees to the Floor from It'll be Better (Cantora)

11:55AM Badly Drawn Boy The Shining from The Hour of Bewilderbeast (Twisted Nerve/XL)

11:53AM The Ponys Check the Door from Deathbed Plus 4 (Matador)

11:48AM Kele The Other Side from The Boxer (Glassnote)

11:44AM She & Him Sentimental Heart from Volume One (Merge)

11:41AM Mass Shivers Torrid Sex in East Berlin from Contoured Heat (Licking River)

11:36AM TV on the Radio Wolf Like Me from Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)

11:33AM Ray LaMontagne Three More Days from Till the Sun Turns Black (RCA)

11:28AM Tame Impala Alter Ego from Innerspeaker (Modular)

11:24AM Puerto Muerto Josephine from For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

11:20AM Pernice Brothers We Love the Stage from Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont)

11:18AM Buddy Guy My Time After a While from Chess 50th Anniversary Sampler (Chess)

11:12AM Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros Burnin' Streets from Streetcore (Hellcat)

11:04AM Cologne Tape Render 1 from Render (Magazine)

11:02AM World Party Is It Like Today? from Bang! (Ensign/Chrysalis)

10:57AM Deer Tick Goodbye, Dear Friend from The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan)

10:53AM Louque Art from So Long (Everfine)

10:50AM The Black Keys Tighten Up from Brothers (Nonesuch)

10:42AM Midlake Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Mix) from Roscoe (Bella Union)

10:39AM Tom Schraeder Carry On from Once Lace, Now Cotton (Township)

10:34AM Goldfrapp Lovely Head from Felt Mountain (Mute)

10:29AM Orgone The Only One from Cali Fever (Ubiquity)

10:26AM Melanie Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) from The Best of Melanie (Rhino)

10:23AM Little Walter My Babe from Chess 50th Anniversary Sampler (Chess)

10:19AM The Cathy Santonies We Dance the Coldheart from I'm Yr Friend! I'm Yr Revolution! (Self-Released)

10:16AM Devo Peek-A-Boo! from Oh, No! It's Devo (Warner Bros.)

10:12AM Against Me! High Pressure Low from White Crosses (Sire)

10:09AM Jay Reatard Wounded from Watch Me Fall (Matador)

10:03AM Bauhaus She's in Parties (Live) from Gotham (Metropolis)

10:01AM Best Coast Space Baby from Where the Boys Are (Blackest Rainbow)

9:57AM Iggy Pop Nightclubbing from The Idiot (Virgin)

9:52AM Trentemoller ...Even Though You're With Another Girl from Into the Great Wide Yonder (In My Room)

9:47AM Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart (featuring Sinead O'Connor) Visions of You from Collaborations (EMI)

9:42AM Robyn None of Dem from Body Talk Pt. 1 (Konichiwa)

9:37AM Teddy Pendergrass Love TKO from The Very Best of Teddy Pendergrass (Goldenlane)

9:33AM Cocteau Twins Ella Megalast Burls Forever from Blue Bell Knoll (4AD)

9:28AM The Depreciation Guild Dream About Me from Spirit Youth (Kanine)

9:25AM The Detroit Cobras I Wanna Holler (But the Town's Too Small) from Baby (Rough Trade)

9:19AM Pet Shop Boys It's Alright from Discography (EMI)

9:14AM Booka Shade Regenerate from More! (Get Physical/Co-Op)

9:09AM Eurythmics Right By Your Side from Touch (RCA)

9:05AM Telegraph Canyon Shake Your Fist from The Tide and the Current (Velvet Blue)

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