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DJ Dead Alive - Slumber Party Massacre writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: David Toropov (DJ Dead Alive)
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our next list is from DJ David Toropov.
algabor writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: Al Gabor
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our next list is from volunteer Al Gabor.
Lady Amelia writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: Amelia Hruby
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our next list is from volunteer Amelia Hruby.
Dom Inic writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2013: Dominic Weaver
Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its members’ top albums of 2013. Our next list is from Volunteer Coordinator Dominic Weaver.
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Peter Buck Edition
Today we celebrate one of the major figures in ‘80s rock, Peter Buck, the lead guitarist of R.E.M.. The rise of R.E.M. is effectively the rise of college radio and indie music gaining a foothold in the mainstream. I first saw R.E.M. in a cafeteria in the student center at Southern Illinois University and it was about seven or eight years later that they were headlining the Rosemont Horizon. And they did it their way. Buck was a figurehead for how could maintain integrity while achieving commercial success. Along the way, Buck and his bandmates tried to help out fellow travelers, giving opening slots to great acts like The dB’s, Minutemen and Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians. Now that R.E.M. is no more, Buck still plays bass for The Baseball Project and does whatever it is he does. He’s just a cool guy. So wish Pete a happy birthday by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle, and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.