Craig Reptile is a DJ, CHIRP volunteer and Assistant Music Director. He previously worked in radio at KVOE AM and Fox 105 in Emporia, Kansas, and served as a DJ, music director and general manager for WVKC at Knox College. He has been a Senior Staff Writer for Pop'stache and writes freelance for Newcity, in addition to contributing occasionally to the CHIRP blog. Craig worked in various capacities within the hotel and meetings industry for over twenty years and currently works in artifical intelligence. He is a member of The Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Chicago's longest-running a capella group that performs punk, indie and alternative rock favorites. He comes by his DJ handle honestly, as he also fancies himself an armchair herpetologist, having kept various species through the years, and has earned a Master Herpetologist Certification from the Amphibian Foundation..
You can listen to Craig Reptile's two most recent shows below.
10/13 - 6pm hour
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6:50pm
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The God Awful Small Affairs Local
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Nicest
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333 (self-released)
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6:45pm
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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
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Hotline Bling
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BRSB (Big Crown)
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6:40pm
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MJ Lenderman
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She's Leaving You
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Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
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6:37pm
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The dB's
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Black and White*
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Stands for Decibels/Repercussion (Collector's Choice)
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Track Notes: 1982
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6:36pm
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My Hotel Year
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if only I spoke Russian
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the composition of ending and phrasing (Beyond)
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Track Notes: 2001
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6:24pm
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The Jesus Lizard Local
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Dunning Kruger
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Rack (Ipecac)
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6:19pm
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Molchat doma
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Belaya Polosa
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Belaya Polosa (Sacred Bones)
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Track Notes: The Salt Shed 2/21/2025
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6:16pm
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Pulsars Local
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Tunnel Song
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Pulsars (Tiny Global)
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6:09pm
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Gift
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Later
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Illuminator (Captured Tracks)
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6:06pm
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Sakkaris
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Stuck On You
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single (self-released)
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6:02pm
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Ginger Root
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All Night
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SHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
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10/6 - 8pm hour
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8:30pm
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Licht: Mittwoch: Helicopter String Quartet
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Helikopter Streichquartett (“Helicopter" String Quartet) (Arditti Quartet Edition, Vol. 35) (Montaigne)
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Track Notes: 1999
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Buy Karlheinz Stockhausen Helikopter Streichquartett (“Helicopter" String Quartet) (Arditti Quartet Edition, Vol. 35) at Reckless Records
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8:25pm
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Happy Supply Local
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Stupid Boy
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Urbs in Horto: A Chicago Indiepop Compilation (Johann's Face)
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8:22pm
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Trace Mountains
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Melt
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Into the Burning Blue (Lame-O)
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8:18pm
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Nilüfer Yanya
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Method Actor
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My Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
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8:11pm
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Shredded Sun Local
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LA Vibes
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Wilding (Self-Released)
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8:09pm
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Wiseboy Jeremy
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Churchdoors
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Pumpkin Seeds (Equity)
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8:05pm
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Unto Others
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Momma Likes the Door Closed
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Never, Neverland (Century Media)
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8:01pm
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Honeyglaze
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Cold Caller
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Real Deal (Fat Possum)
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10/6 - 7pm hour
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7:57pm
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Joan As Police Woman
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The Dream
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Lemons, Limes and Orchids (Play It Again Sam)
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7:53pm
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The Mountain Goats
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Fresh Tattoo
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Jenny from Thebes (Merge)
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Track Notes: 2023
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7:48pm
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Icarus Phoenix
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The Things You Never Told Me
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I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said (self-released)
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7:46pm
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Willie Nelson And Family
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I Can't give You Anything But Love
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Let's Face The Music And Dance (Legacy)
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Track Notes: 2013
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Buy Willie Nelson And Family Let's Face The Music And Dance at Reckless Records
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7:38pm
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J.R.C.G.
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Dogear
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Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop)
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7:33pm
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Joy Orbison
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flex fm (freddit) (featuring Lil Yachty, Future, Playboi Carti)
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single (XL)
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7:31pm
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Roy Orbison
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Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel)
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For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)
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7:28pm
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Fig Dish Local
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Cellophane and Sulfer
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Feels Like the Very First Two Times (Forge Again)
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7:21pm
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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What Is Life
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George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison (Vagrant / Hot / BMG)
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Buy "Weird Al" Yankovic George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison at Reckless Records
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7:17pm
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Dolly Parton
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Long As I Can See The Light (feat. John Fogerty)
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Rockstar (Butterfly / Big Machine)
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7:10pm
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The Corner Laughers
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Space Echo
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Ultraviolet Garden (Popover Corps)
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Track Notes: 2009
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