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SKaiser writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of May 15)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Friday May 19 | 8:00 PM Join CHIRP Radio and welcome Meat Puppets, Mike Watt + The Tom & Terry Show, and Porcupine to Lincoln Hall (2424 N Lincoln Ave) on Friday, May 19!
- Sunday May 21 | 6:00 PM Take a dip in the immersive collective music pool that is Classic Album Sundays. This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Radiohead's OK Computer! co-sponsored by CHIRP Radio and Saturday Music Exchange (1021 W Belmont Ave)
NEW MEDIA
- CHIRP Factory Session: Air Credits!
- Local hip hop artist, actor and poet Mykele Deville stopped by the CHIRP studios to talk with Amanda Dabandons about local influenc on his work and art
- Local artist Jash Huggins (formerly of Evasive Backflip) recently chatted with CHIRP volunteer and DJ Amelia Hruby about the project and the status of marginalized communities in Chicago's music scene.
- CHIRP Radio volunteer Lee Gomez recently sat down with Caro Tunghe of Oathbreaker at the Metro
TOP OF THE CHIRP CHARTS
1. Perfume Genius – No Shape (Matador)
2. Brother Ali – All the Beauty in This Whole Life (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
3. Tomorrow's People – Open Soul (Melodies International)
CHIRP DJ writesCHIRP Factory Session: Air Credits
Our special guest for FACT014 is Chicago's Air Credits! The duo made up of ShowYouSuck and STV SLV of The Hood Internet joined us in our factory studio building to record this exclusive live session, featuring brand new, never recorded material! This session was recorded on location at CHIRP studios by Mike Lust of Manor Mobile Recording. Video of the full session was captured & edited by Big Foot Media.
1. Flowers
2. Safe Room
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Lady Amelia writesInterview: The Trans Lib Comp (Release Party This Saturday!)
Local artist Jash Huggins (formerly of Evasive Backflip) has spent the last few months compiling music from local artists who identify as trans, non-binary (nb) or gender non-conforming (gnc). This week that effort will be released as the Trans Lib Comp. They recently chatted with CHIRP volunteer and DJ Amelia Hruby about the project and the status of marginalized communities in Chicago's music scene.
Amelia: Can you tell us a little bit about the project as whole?
Jash: The Trans Lib Comp is a collection songs by trans/gnc/nb musicians. All artist are based in, or from, the Chicago area. I'm dubbing a run of 30 cassettes, and throwing a release show with artists appearing on the tape at a local diy spot. All proceeds from the tape, and the show are going to the Trans Liberation Collective. TLC is a local group that organized a very large demonstration earlier this year. They also have free self defense classes and continue to organize. You can reach them at their fb page here: /TransLiberationCollective/
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of May 8)
Upcoming Events
- Wednesday May 8: The next edition of CHIRP Factory Sessions goes live with a performance from Chicago group Air Credits. Don’t miss the premiere of this original performance at 10:00am Central Time!
- Thursday May 11: CHIRP Radio Family Fundraiser at the Logan Square Panera
- Thursday May 11: The CHIRP Radio Book Club meets at Transistor to discuss The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross
New Media
- Amanda Dabandons interviews local Hip Hop artist, actor and poet Mykele Deville
- Amanda Dabandons also interviews Crown Larks
- Shawna Kaiser posts pictures of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood then and now.
- Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society are In Rotation
- Kevin Fullam and Clarence Ewing discuss the movie The Lost City of Z and the nature of exploration in film
SKaiser writesThen & Now: Uptown
The days of silent movies and mob entourages are far behind but the facade of glamour and decades of performance remain a centerpiece of Uptown. The Aragon Ballroom, Riviera Theater, and Green Mill Jazz Club bring weekly crowds to the doors that today appear remarkably similar to days long gone. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the ongoing stabilization of renovating the iconic Uptown Theatre.
The Uptown Theater is shown above on opening day August 18, 1925. It was said to be "as acre of seats in a magic city."