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DJ M-Dash writesThe American Realism of MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head
Cultural prognosticators, or just American idiots?
It seems novel now, but back in the 1990s, MTV used to play music videos throughout its daily programing. (Believe it or not, MTV stands for Music Television.) Anyone old enough to remember the '90s knows that media changed greatly in the last decade of the 20th century.
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Sep 25 - Oct 1)
Upcoming Events:
- Saturday Sep 30: CHIRP Radio + Galaxie Chicago = "Simply Stardust: An Atomic Age Odyssey"
- Saturday Sep 30 - Sunday Oct 1: CHIRP Radio at Lincoln Square Apple Fest
- Sunday Oct 1: CHIRP Radio welcomes Hannah Jadagu to Schubas
- Monday Oct 2: Chicago Reader's Monday Night Foodball at Ludlow Liquors
- Tuesday Oct 3: CHIRP Night at the Whistler with Levi Stress with Sons of Ra and CHNNLL
- Saturday Oct 7: CHIRP Radio welcomes Kate Bollinger to the Empty Bottle
- Monday Oct 9: Chicago Reader's Monday Night Foodball at Ludlow Liquors
- Tuesday Oct 10: CHIRP DJ Night at The Native feat. CHIRP DJ Craig Reptile
- Wednesday Oct 11: CHIRP Radio at the Chicago International Film Festival Block Party
- Thursday Oct 12: CHIRP Radio welcomes Civic to the Empty Bottle
- Thursday Oct 19: CHIRP Radio welcomes This is the Kit to Lincoln Hall
- Saturday Oct 21: CHIRP Radio 19th Annual Record Fair and Other Delights
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Sep 18 - Sep 24)
Upcoming Events:
- Wednesday Sep 20: CHIRP Radio is a media sponsor for Guitars Over Guns' Band Together Fundraiser
- Saturday Sep 23: CHIRP Radio welcomes Man on Man to the Empty Bottle
- Sunday Oct 1: CHIRP Radio welcomes Hannah Jadagu to Schubas
- Tuesday Oct 3: CHIRP Night at the Whistler with Levi Stress with Sons of Ra and CHNNLL
- Saturday Oct 7: CHIRP Radio welcomes Kate Bollinger to the Empty Bottle
- Tuesday Oct 10: CHIRP DJ Night at The Native feat. CHIRP DJ Craig Reptile
- Thursday Oct 12: CHIRP Radio welcomes Civic to the Empty Bottle
Kevin Fullam writesReflections on “Almost Famous” (Screening This Saturday at the CHIRP Music Film Festival)
by Kevin Fullam
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." -- Lester Bangs
"Famous people are just more interesting." -- Lady Goodman, aka Penny Lane
Hmm. Is Penny right? Famous people might be fascinating for what they do -- but that doesn't mean they'll be able to wax philosophical about it afterwards.
At the conclusion of Almost Famous, journalist/teenage wunderkind William Miller (Patrick Fugit) finally gets his sit-down interview with Stillwater guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) for Rolling Stone and leads with, "What do you love about music?"
Er... how does one begin to tackle a question that broad? And are musicians themselves going to be the ones to offer up the most eloquent treatises on the medium?
CHIRP Radio writesCOMING SOON: “Out of Time: The Material Issue Story” at the CHIRP Music Film Festival
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story (2021)
Sunday, September 17th 7:00pm
The first CHIRP Music Film Festival concludes with Balin Schneider's examination of Chicago band Material Issue. Formed in 1985, the trio released four albums before their time was tragically cut short by the death of frontman/song-writer Jim Ellison. But the band's influence and legacy remains in the International Pop Overthrow (the band's debut album, as of 2010 an annual multi-city music festival) and the sounds of other bands who attempt to capture power pop magic.
Out of Time will be followed by an array of Chicago bands paying tribute to Material Issue by each covering a pair of the band's songs.
The CHIRP Music Film Festival takes place at the historic Davis Theater in Chicago September 14th-17th. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.