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CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Feb 6 - Feb 13)
Upcoming Events:
- Tuesday February 22: CHIRP Radio welcomes serpentwithfeet to Thalia Hall
- Saturday February 26: CHIRP Radio welcomes Claud to Lincoln Hall
On the Podcast:
- Jessi D speaks with Lakshimi Ramgopal
Top of the CHIRP Charts for the week of 2/7/22:
Amber Mark – Three Dimensions Deep (PMR/Interscope)
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jan 31 - Feb 6)
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- Vote for CHIRP Radio in the Chicago Reader Best of 2021 (Best Overall Radio Station, Best Music Podcast, Best Blog, Best Radio DJ, Best Nonfication Writer, and Best Nonfiction Book by a Chicagoan)!
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- Friday Febuary 4: CHIRP Radio welcomes CHAI to Lincoln Hall
- Tuesday February 22: CHIRP Radio welcomes serpentwithfeet to Thalia Hall
- Saturday February 26: CHIRP Radio welcomes Claud to Lincoln Hall
Top of the CHIRP Charts for the week of 1/31/22:
FKA twigs – CAPRISONGS (Atlantic)
CHIRP Radio writesCHIRP Radio Weekly Voyages (Jan 24 - Jan 30)
Special Announcements:
- Vote for CHIRP Radio in the Chicago Reader Best of 2021 (Best Overall Radio Station, Best Music Podcast, Best Blog, Best Radio DJ, Best Nonfication Writer, and Best Nonfiction Book by a Chicagoan)!
Upcoming Events:
- Friday Febuary 4: CHIRP Radio welcomes CHAI to Lincoln Hall
- Tuesday February 22: CHIRP Radio welcomes serpentwithfeet to Thalia Hall
On the Podcast:
- Mick R interviews Eris Drew
On the Blog:
- Bradley Morgan reviews David Bowie's posthumous album relase Toy
Top of the CHIRP Charts for the week of 1/17/22:
Jordanna – The Full Story (Self-Released)
CHIRP Radio writesVote for CHIRP Radio for the Chicago Reader Best of 2021!
The Chicago Reader's annual survey of Chicago's art, music, food, and culture is now accepting votes for the best the city has to offer. CHIRP Radio is well-represented in several categories:
- Best Overall Radio Station: CHIRP Radio
- Best Music Podcast: CHIRP Radio Podcasts
- Best Blog: CHIRP Radio Blog
- Best Radio DJ: Austin Harvey Presents The Liquid Diet
- Best Radio DJ: Nicole Oppenheim: Ear Candy
- Best Nonfiction Writer: Bradley Morgan
- Best New Nonfiction Book By a Chicagoan: U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots In Mythic America by Bradley Morgan
Voting ends at noon on February 2nd. Go to chicagoreader.com/best to cast your vote!
Brad Morgan writes“Toy:” David Bowie and the Internet Age
by Bradley Morgan
Bowie’s lost album finally arrives 20 years later
“I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable,” David Bowie told Jeremy Paxman of BBC Newsnight during an interview in 1999. “I think we’re actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.”
Bowie’s comments on the potentially chaotic intersection between the advent of the information superhighway and its relationship with and impact on society seem incredibly prescient, especially in hindsight with modern writers and critics often drawing parallels between Bowie’s future proclamations with critiques on modern ills such as the role social media has played within grander schemes to disrupt cultural and social institutions.
It’s a great quote from an excellent interview from the always eloquent Bowie, though only tending to resurface when navel-gazing about the past as we share it on our feeds collectively wondering where it all went wrong.
However, further into the interview and often excluded from clickbait articles, Bowie shares an idealistic fascination for what emerging technologies can do in the spirit of human connection. “From where I am, by virtue of the fact that I am a pop singer and writer, I embrace the idea there’s a new demystification process going on between the artist and the audience.”