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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesRediscovering Our Record Collections: Music from the Motion Picture “Pulp Fiction”
There was a point in my life where I wanted to be a filmmaker. I still might be one at some point. Who knows? If it wasn’t for my obsession with music, I might have been a textbook cinephile by now, as intrigued by new releases and upcoming film festivals as I am now about new album releases and who’s on the program at the next big music festival.
I still have a strong interest in movies, though, and the picture that got it all started for me was Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. This was the movie that not only fascinated me to no end with it’s singularly unique style (made up of entirely of, I would soon learn, styles copied from a lot of other films), but also got me interested in movies as more than just something to stare at while I stuffed my face with popcorn.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesIn Rotation: Empires
After going the DIY route for a while, Chicago band Empires has signed on with Island Records for their 3rd album Orphan. You can hear this album in heavy rotation this week on CHIRP Radio!
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesDon’t Miss the Homeroom Chicago Songwriter Showcase on Thursday October 2nd
(Poster art by Matthew Kohnhorst)
CHIRP Radio is proud to team with Homeroom Chicago, an independent, nonprofit arts programming group, in presenting the first in a series of Songwriter Showcases at Columbia College’s HAUS at the Quincy Wong Center (623 S. Wabash). These showcases will give audience members the opportunity to listen to these songwriters perform in an intimate setting without a backing band as well as interact with artists as they talk about their songwriting process and influences. This is a great chance to hear about the technique and philosophy of songwriting from working musicians who are willing to share their love of their art and craft.
This Thursday, October 2nd, features performances and talks with J.C. Brooks, Kate Adams, Odea, and Isaiah Oby. Go to Homeroom Chicago’s Web site for more information.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWhat Was at The Top of CHIRP’s Charts One Year Ago This Week?
These were the albums at the top of CHIRP Radio's charts the last week of September one year ago...
1. King Khan & The Shrines - Idle No More (Merge)
Andy Weber writesCHIRP Radio DJ Andy Weber on CHIRP Radio
My love for CHIRP is really hard to describe in words. Passion would be the word that comes to mind, but it goes way beyond that for me.
Being a member of CHIRP, and more specifically being a CHIRP DJ, has come to define me as a person. I have been around a long time and I have seen people come and go throughout the organization, but one thing that never fails to impress me is how the idea of small band of dedicated souls can consistently produce this incredibly unique and quality radio product.
I started as a volunteer back in the infant days of the organization in hopes of having a station to scratch my broadcasting itch. I tell people I am a “radio guy” through and through, and that I just got side tracked for a few years. For about as long as I can remember I wanted to be on the radio - I used to play DJ all the time back in grade school days. Then it was on to high school radio, college radio and eventually corporate radio. I saw the transition first hand from mom and pop ownership to corporate ownership. It was incredibly disheartening not only as a budding young professional but as a music listener as well. The promise of radio in the early 1990's were all but destroyed by the end of the decade, and as a result shortly after, I abandoned my hopes and dreams for radio and set off in a different direction. But when I caught wind of CHIRP, it seemed that the perfect moment had aligned in my life to get back to what I love!
CHIRP is such a major part of who I am now. After nearly 5 years of being on the air every Wednesday morning, and each time I walk into our wonderful old factory building, I get a chill of excitement knowing that I am a part of something great.
When I look back on how much we have accomplished at CHIRP as a group and as a station during this journey, I realize the best part is still to come. CHIRP is still in its early years with many more great things to come, and I am honored to be on the ride to make sure this happens.
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