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CHIRP DJ writesCHIRP Factory Session - ONO
Our latest Factory session features legendary Chicago collective ONO performing live at CHIRP Studios. This session was recorded on location at the CHIRP studio building by Mike Lust of Manor Mobile Recording. Video of the session was captured & edited by Big Foot Media.
The band is made up of P. Michael on synths, Dawei Wang on guitar, Ben Baker Billington on drums, Connor Tomaka on electronics, and Travis on vocals.
1. Snatch (0:18)
2. I Dream of Sodomy (7:03)
3. Heroin (14:19)
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Jessi Roti writesRemembering Bowie
by Jessi Roti
Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, the Goblin King, or just Bowie –whatever identity he claimed, he shared with us and we loved him even more for it. Rock’s first champion of the weirdos, David Bowie’s art was rapturous from beginning to end. While he has now floated far from the physical world, his legacy – when stripped of the glitter, costumes, and alter-egos, is most simply and beautifully all about being true to oneself.
The very first record I played on my turntable was The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. I was 16 and it was a gift from my cousin, Paul. As soon as I dropped the needle on “Five Years,” it was kismet. Sure, I had heard “Changes” and the ultimate anthem, “Rebel, Rebel” (which is forever tattooed on my left arm), but I had never sat and listened to a full, Bowie record; experiencing the entire spectrum of the humanity as he, as his character, had lived and died.
perfectchow writesTeresa C. Reacts to Reaction 2016
(CHIRP Radio's Teresa Cuevas attended Day 1 of the Reaction New Years Eve Festival)
For months I had been anticipating shaking my Christmas leftovers off at the Reaction New Years event. Unfortunately, the sweet thumping of electro beats did not send me in to a frenzy of movement that even your grandmother would be embarrassed of. Instead, I wandered around an only partially filled convention center searching for the dancing gods who, when finally found, barely inspired me to sway side to side as if at a junior high dance.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWhat’s Up at CHIRP Radio (Week of January 11)
Upcoming Events
- The next edition of CHIRP Radio’s Factory Sessions will premier on Wednesday, January 13th at 11:00am Central Time. The set featured legendary Chicago No-Wave band ONO performing at the CHIRP Radio studio.
- CHIRP Radio’s live lit and music series The First Time convenes at Martyrs’ on Thursday, January 14th. This month’s theme is “First Time: First Blood” and readers include Tim Barnes, Elizabeth Gomez-Founder, Windy City Rollers, Atalee Judy, Dave Maher, Eden Robins, Meredith Kachel, and CHIRP Radio’s Jenna Chapman.
New Media
- Amanda Roscoe Mayo interviews James Alex of Beach Slang
- First Time: First Sign: Jeremy Owens, James Gordon, Alisa Rosenthal, and CHIRP Radio’s Julie Mueller
Greg Kantowicz writesKick Off 2016 with CHIRP Radio’s January Events
