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.
9/22 - 7pm hour
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7:54pm
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Hataałii
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Love Is Over
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Waiting For A Sign (Dangerbird)
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7:40pm
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Cocteau Twins
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Carolyn's Fingers
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Blue Bell Knoll (4AD)
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Track Notes: 1988
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7:39pm
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The Rattles
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It's My Fault
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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969, Vol. 4 (Elektra/Rhino)
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Buy The Rattles Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969, Vol. 4 at Reckless Records
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7:36pm
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The Feeders Local
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Congratulations By The Way
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The Feeders (self-released)
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7:28pm
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Shemekia Copeland Local
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Is There Anybody Up There?
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Blame It On Eve (Alligator)
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7:23pm
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Beck
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Where It's At
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Odelay (DGC)
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Track Notes: 1996
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7:12pm
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Oh, Rose
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Man Compares Woman
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Dorothy (Antiquated Future)
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7:11pm
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Eric Petty
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Dorothy's A Planet
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Suitcase (Fading Captain Series)
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Track Notes: 2000
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7:07pm
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Alkaline Trio Local
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Dorothy
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This Addiction (Heart & Skull / Epitaph)
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Track Notes: 2010
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7:04pm
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Vince Staples
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The Shining
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Vince Staples (Motown)
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Track Notes: 2021
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9/22 - 6pm hour
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6:57pm
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Adam Franklin
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Shining Somewhere
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Bolts of Melody (Hi-Speed Soul)
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Track Notes: 2007
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Buy Adam Franklin Bolts of Melody at Reckless Records
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6:55pm
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Tamar Berk
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Chicago
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Good Times for a Change (self-released)
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Track Notes: Opening for Material Issue this Saturday!
https://chirpradio.org/events/chirp-welcomes-material-issue
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6:45pm
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The Menzingers Local
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Second City
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Red Scare Industries: 20 Years of Dreaming and Scheming (Red Scare)
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6:42pm
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Plum Local
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Disco Discontent
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Can't Hold On To It (Eye Vybe Records)
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6:35pm
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Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko Local
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Spicy Jambalaya
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Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
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6:23pm
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The Chemical Brothers
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The State We're In (featuring Beth Orton)
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Come With Us (Astralwerks)
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Track Notes: 2002
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Buy The Chemical Brothers Come With Us at Reckless Records
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6:07pm
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Joey Ramone
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Rock 'N Roll is the Answer
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...ya know? (BMG)
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Track Notes: 2012
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6:03pm
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XTC
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Melt The Guns
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English Settlement (Virgin)
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Track Notes: 1982
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Buy XTC English Settlement at Reckless Records
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9/15 - 8pm hour
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8:56pm
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The Radio Dept.
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Swedish Guns
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Running Out of Love (Labrador)
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8:52pm
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Impulsive Hearts Local
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Telephone Girl
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Metoo: A Benefit for Resilience EP (Impossible Colors)
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Track Notes: 2019
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Buy Impulsive Hearts Metoo: A Benefit for Resilience EP at Reckless Records
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8:50pm
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Françoise Hardy
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J'ai Coupé Le Téléphone
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Blues 1962 / 1993 (Vogue)
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8:48pm
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The Nerves
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Hanging on the Telephone
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D.I.Y.: Come OUt and Play: AMerican Power Pop I (1975-78) (Rhino)
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Buy The Nerves D.I.Y.: Come OUt and Play: AMerican Power Pop I (1975-78) at Reckless Records
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8:43pm
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Mary Timony
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Killed By The Telephone
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The Shapes We Make (Kill Rock Stars)
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Track Notes: 2007
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8:42pm
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The Black Angels
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Telephone
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Phosphene Dream (Blue Horizon)
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Track Notes: 2010
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8:39pm
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The Bad Examples Local
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statue by the phone
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Bad is beautiful (Waterdog)
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Track Notes: 1991
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8:34pm
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Blue Collar Rock Stars Local
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All Just Part Of The Game (produced by The Waffle King)
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The Berlin EP (self-released)
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8:32pm
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Fake Fruit
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Well Song
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Mucho Mistrust (Carpark)
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8:30pm
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Trinket
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Halo 22
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New Hobby (Sad Club)
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8:29pm
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Amblare
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Starlight
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Amblare (Melodic Virtue)
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8:23pm
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Einstürzende Neubauten
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Ick wees nich (Noch nich) (I dunno (not yet))
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Rampen: apm (alien pop music) (Potomak)
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Buy Einstürzende Neubauten Rampen: apm (alien pop music) at Reckless Records
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