Now Playing
Current DJ: Eddie
SZA Saturn (Sped Up) from single (Top Dawg) Add to Collection
The CHIRP Blog
SKaiser writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of October 10)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Join CHIRP and Transister (5224 N. Clark) this Thursday, October 13th at 8:30 PM for our partnered bi-monthly Music Book Club
NEW MEDIA
- CHIRP October events poster by Greg Kantowicz
- First Time: First Taste with Fran Hoepfner
- Interview with essential and exclusive First Time band, The First Time Four
- From Domenase to Cape Coast: Ghana photos by Shawna Kaiser
- Dylan Peterson interviews trio Potty Mouth at Lollapalooza
Greg Kantowicz writesCHIRP Radio in October
SKaiser writesFrom Domenase to Cape Coast: Ghana
Start off the morning with a friendly 4:00 AM wake-up call by a free-roaming rooster outside the window, followed by a bucket shower, breakfast of scrambled egg and onion, and a dusty walk to school hand-in-hand with one of the schoolkids. This was the three-week routine of CHIRP Radio volunteer Shawna Kaiser in Domenase; a village located in Western Africa's Central Region. The July trip offered a chance to observe a healthcare teaching program that partners high schools students from around the globe with local schools.
For the students who traveled to Ghana the exchange brought an unexpected richness not always experienced in the the modern world. The photos below show no electronics in hand. There is no shopping or Starbucks. Instead you will find joy, love and genuine friendship on the faces of Ghanaians from Domenase to Cape Coast.
Schoolchildren participated in the healthcare curriculum during the day. Later in the program two quiz competitions were held at a local church: one for the primary school and one separately for JHS students. The whole town turned out cheering for their friends, children and classmates.
There are two main roads leading in and out of the Domenase village. This is one. Oftentimes, at night, semi-tucks travel through the village's roads to neighboring towns. There are no streetlights and the trucks often swerve unpredictably due to large potholes in the road. The trucks swerving has caused death in the village and now street safety is part of the primary school's health curriculum.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of October 3)
Upcoming Events
- Monday, Oct. 3: CHIRP Radio and friends gather at Lagunitas Taproom for an awesome after-work get-together to mark the road to 107.1FM
- Friday, Oct. 7: CHIRP Radio welcomes Seratones to the Empty Bottle
New Media
- Amelia Hruby interviews Yeesh
- First Taste - Terry Grant
- Eddie Sayago’s Top Five Reasons you should attend this Monday’s Road to 107.1FM event at Lagunitas Tap Room
Eddie writesTop Five Reasons You Should Attend CHIRP’s Road to 107.1FM Party at Lagunitas This Monday
by Eddie Sayago
There are many reasons to avoid Mondays. It’s the beginning of the work week. It is cold, now that autumn has arrived. And sometimes, the weekend was so hectic there is no smooth transition into whatever you've got going on Mondays.
So going out on Monday evening is probably a bad idea. Except it isn’t. This Monday shindig with your friends at CHIRP is just want you need. At this event, we have...
1. Local Beer
Lagunitas has been a welcome addition to the Chicago craft beer scene since they opened their brewery in the West Side in 2014. For this occasion, Lagunitas drafts will be $5 each. If you plan accordingly, maybe it is possible to try some of their lesser known beers, like the Aunt Sally or the Born Yesterday pale ale. Plus, if Monday is a day free from work or other professional commitments, they have a tasting tour at 1pm and 3pm.
2. Top Notch Pizza and Snacks
The animated (in name only) character Daria once said that there is "no moment in life that can’t be improved with pizza.” Included in your ticket (available here) is some fine pizza and appetizers from Bacci’s, the same folks who bring you the jumbo slices with a free pop. As a native South Sider who was within walking distance from a Bacci’s, there were fewer joys than grabbing a jumbo slice with a free pop for only a few bucks.
3. Local Music
CHIRP Radio prides itself by playing local bands, and what better way to celebrate that than by having one of those bands perform live. In between rounds of Little Sumpin and trying not to stain your tie with pizza, Impulsive Hearts will perform some surf pop jams, which may just allow attendees to perform that summer is over and it will still be a cold, dark Monday outside.
4. Defeat the “Case of the Mondays"
Monday gets a bad rap. It’s the beginning of the work or school week. If you’re lucky, this day follows two wonderful days off from the workplace or class. Instead of going home to watch whatever the networks are calling “fall’s best new (insert genre)” or election coverage, why not spend the evening with CHIRP, and give yourself a pat on the back for...
5. Support Local Media
CHIRP just raised over $23,000 in the latest pledge drive, a new record. Maybe you donated, in which case, thank you. If you didn’t, this would be a great way to financially support us. All the net proceeds benefit the station, and every dollar counts. Your ticket, which is only $10, could help pay for streaming fees, rent, printing out posters or flyers for future events, and allowing us to continue to provide high quality programming to thousands of people in our community.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here.