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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesThis Week with CHIRP Radio (Week of Sept. 26)
Thursday Sept. 29th
CHIRP Radio presents Belle & Sebastian Night, Featuring an all Belle live performance by CANASTA w/ special guests, DJ sets by Heaven Malone & DJ Elia, plus Belle & Sebastian giveaways by Matador Records!
darkroom / 2210 W. Chicago / 8:00pm – 2:00am / No Cover / 21+
Saturday Oct. 1st
CHIRP Radio welcomes Wild Beast and Twin Sister to Lincoln Hall!
Lincoln Hall / 2424 N. Lincoln Ave. / 9:00pm / 18+
Saturday Oct. 1st – Sunday Oct. 2nd
CHIRP Radio will see you at the 10th annual Ravenswood ArtWalk, featuring more than 200 artists presenting over 40 studios open to the public, as well as live music, presentations, film screenings and more!
Ravenswood Avenue, between Addison & Lawrence / 11:00am – 7:00pm (Sat.) – 6:00pm (Sun.) / All Ages
Saturday Oct. 1st
The Old Town School and CHIRP Radio present a tribute to Mahalia Jackson at her 100th birthday, featuring a CD release party and Q & A session with Eddie Robinson, accompanist to Mahalia for 17 years, as well as Katherine Davis performing her own moving tribute!
The Old Town School of Folk Music / 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. / 7:00pm / 18+
Erin Van Ness writesA Flood of Support
It is a cliché to say that nothing in life is free, but let’s be honest, it isn’t. You have to pay something in order to get something worthwhile. In CHIRP’s case, the station is a free service, but it takes thousands of volunteer hours to keep the place running, and of course we have rent and utility bills to pay just like everyone else — not to mention streaming fees, which cost almost as much as our rent!
In July, CHIRP experienced a devastating flood, requiring more than $15,000 worth of repair work. Thankfully, a full-on disaster was averted by insurance, which covered most—but not all—of the work and property losses. If we didn’t have good insurance, we would have been in big trouble. But insurance is another one of those bills we have to pay…
We’re over halfway through the fall membership drive, and the outpouring of support we’ve seen this last week has been overwhelming. We’ve reached an impressive $4080 toward our $10,000 goal in just one week. But CHIRP still needs your help to keep the station strong, making sure we can pay all our bills, getting past our flood recovery, and moving forward with great new projects and events.
Please visit http://chirpradio.org/donatenow, and become a member today.
Erin Van Ness writesWhat can $10 do?
You guys are smart. You know how a fundraising campaign works.
We let you know how much we have left to raise in our fall fundraiser ($8305). We remind you of all the cool things we do at CHIRP (Getting you through your workday with great independent music! Throwing a couple of cool record fairs every year! Giving you tons of chances to win tickets to the best shows in Chicago!). And we let you know about the challenges we face (a July flood that did $15,000 worth of damage to our facilities! Ever-growing streaming fees that cost us almost as much as rent!).
So you know we’re here today to ask you to throw some cash our way. But we know times are still challenging. That’s why we’re just asking for TEN BUCKS! I bet you have $10 right now! And you know you’re just going to spend it on some Starbuck’s or a few drinks at the bar or a fast food lunch that you shouldn’t have anyway. But if everyone reading this message were to take that ten bucks and give it to CHIRP at http://chirpradio.org/donatenow, we’d hit our $10,000 campaign goal today!
We love you so much, CHIRP fans. Don’t make us beg. Go to http://chirpradio.org/donatenow and show your support today. We act all casual about it, but we really, really appreciate it. You guys make this whole thing possible. We might even say you rock. OK, we’ll say it — You rock.
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Ray Charles Edition
This is quite the day for birthdays. John Coltrane and Bruce Springsteen were both born today. But they can’t trump Ray Charles — Trane and The Boss may be geniuses, but only Brother Ray was nicknamed The Genius. If anyone could be said to have invented soul music, it is Ray Charles, who found a way to bring the power of gospel music into a pop context in a way no one had before. Of course, it helps when you have such a powerful, character filled voice. Moreover, Charles freely moved from genre to genre, stitching together American music forms in a wholly original and important way. So let’s salute The Genius by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle, and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesIntroducing Off Book, a new Chicago Theater Review Show from ChicagoNow’s The Fourth Walsh!
Chicago Theatre Off Book is the new voice of community collaboration, and CHIRP Radio’s newest podcast. Every week, Off Book will feature some of Chicago’s leaders in performing arts entertainment. From the small storefronts to the big warhorses, Off Book will focus on what’s happening across Chicago’s theatrical landscape.
With reviews, interviews and one-minute audio-plays, Off Book will showcase the local talents driving Chicago’s dynamic theatre world. Hosted by Actor Joshua Volkers and Reviewer Katy Walsh from The Fourth Walsh, Off Book is where Chicago meets to discuss innovation!
Featured in this week’s Off Book…
Review Round-up from The Fourth Walsh:
“For The Boys” – Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire
“Corazon de Manzana” – Mortar Theatre at DCA Theatre
“A Walk in the Woods” – TimeLine Theatre at Theatre Wit
Special Guests:
Kris Vire, TimeOut Chicago
Bob Bullen, Chicago Theatre Addict and Chicago Like A Local
Got A Minute?
“The Regular American Conversations in Recent American History Minute” – Episode 1 (written by Brett Neveu)
If listening to the show as a drinking game, the shot word of the day is “REVIEW.”
CLICK TO LISTEN:
(Original Audio Source)
The Fourth Walsh on Chicago Now: Reviewing theatre…with a little bite!