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Craig Reptile DJ Profile

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.

Craig Reptile's Playlists

12/8 - 7pm hour
Kendra Smith - five ways of disappearing album artwork 7:21pm Kendra Smith Bold Maurauder five ways of disappearing (4AD)
Track Notes: 1995 Buy Kendra Smith five ways of disappearing at Reckless Records Buy Kendra Smith at iTunes Buy Kendra Smith five ways of disappearing at eMusic Add to Collection
The Shivas - Feels So Good // Feels So Bad album artwork 7:18pm The Shivas Don't Go Feels So Good // Feels So Bad (Tender Loving Empire)
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7:17pm Blue Ribbon Glee Club Local Dance to the Radio (A Cappella) Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. (Chain Smoking)
Buy Blue Ribbon Glee Club Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. at Reckless Records Buy Blue Ribbon Glee Club at iTunes Buy Blue Ribbon Glee Club Ready! Aim!! 1!2!3!4! - A Tribute To M.O.T.O. at eMusic Add to Collection
Joyer - Night Songs album artwork 7:09pm Joyer Silver Moon Night Songs (Hit the North)
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Joyer - Night Songs album artwork 7:09pm Joyer Silver Moon Night Songs (Hit the North)
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Wishy - Triple Seven album artwork 7:06pm Wishy Persuasion Triple Seven (Winspear)
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7:03pm Flowertown Time Trials Time Trials (Paisley Shirt)
Track Notes: 2021 Buy Flowertown Time Trials at Reckless Records Buy Flowertown at iTunes Buy Flowertown Time Trials at eMusic Add to Collection
The Monkees - Christmas Party album artwork 7:00pm The Monkees House Of Broken Gingerbread Christmas Party (Rhino)
Track Notes: Written by Adam Schlesinger with novelist Michael Chabon Buy The Monkees Christmas Party at Reckless Records Buy The Monkees at iTunes Buy The Monkees Christmas Party at eMusic Add to Collection
12/8 - 6pm hour
The Greeting Committee - Dandelion album artwork 6:56pm The Greeting Committee Can I Leave Me Too? Dandelion (Harvest)
Track Notes: 2021 Buy The Greeting Committee Dandelion at Reckless Records Buy The Greeting Committee at iTunes Buy The Greeting Committee Dandelion at eMusic Add to Collection
Tiny Moving Parts - Deep in the Blue album artwork 6:53pm Tiny Moving Parts Listen To Your Favorite Songs Deep in the Blue (self-released)
Buy Tiny Moving Parts Deep in the Blue at Reckless Records Buy Tiny Moving Parts at iTunes Buy Tiny Moving Parts Deep in the Blue at eMusic Add to Collection
Kelly Finnigan - A Lover Was Born album artwork 6:50pm Kelly Finnigan Cold World A Lover Was Born (Coalmine)
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Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight album artwork 6:44pm Public Service Broadcasting A Different Kind of Love (Featuring: EERA) The Last Flight (O/Silva Screen)
Track Notes: 2024 Buy Public Service Broadcasting The Last Flight at Reckless Records Buy Public Service Broadcasting at iTunes Buy Public Service Broadcasting The Last Flight at eMusic Add to Collection
6:39pm Femi Kuti Politics Don Expose Them single (Partisan)
Buy Femi Kuti single at Reckless Records Buy Femi Kuti at iTunes Buy Femi Kuti single at eMusic Add to Collection
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) album artwork 6:32pm Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Move Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) (Record Kicks)
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Bartees Strange - Horror album artwork 6:30pm Bartees Strange Sober Horror (4AD)
Track Notes: Album out 2/14/2025 Buy Bartees Strange Horror at Reckless Records Buy Bartees Strange at iTunes Buy Bartees Strange Horror at eMusic Add to Collection
Touché Amoré - Spiral In A Straight Line album artwork 6:25pm Touché Amoré Disasters Spiral In A Straight Line (Rise)
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6:20pm The Service Local Sudden Desire This Was The Service (Pravda)
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Spun Out - Dream Noise album artwork 6:16pm Spun Out Local Lilacs Dream Noise (self-released)
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6:12pm Waxahatchee Much Ado About Nothing single (Anti-)
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Christian Lee Hutson - Paradise Pop. 10 album artwork 6:06pm Christian Lee Hutson Skeleton Crew Paradise Pop. 10 (ANTI-)
Track Notes: 2024 Buy Christian Lee Hutson Paradise Pop. 10 at Reckless Records Buy Christian Lee Hutson at iTunes Buy Christian Lee Hutson Paradise Pop. 10 at eMusic Add to Collection
The Get Up Kids - Something To Write Home About album artwork 6:03pm The Get Up Kids Holiday Something To Write Home About (Vagrant)
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12/1 - 8pm hour
London Brew - London Brew album artwork 8:49pm London Brew Raven Flies Low London Brew (Concord Jazz)
Track Notes: 2023 Buy London Brew London Brew at Reckless Records Buy London Brew at iTunes Buy London Brew London Brew at eMusic Add to Collection
8:43pm The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir Terve Suomeni Maa Finnish Folk Songs Featuring The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir (Capitol)
Buy The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir Finnish Folk Songs Featuring The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir at Reckless Records Buy The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir at iTunes Buy The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir Finnish Folk Songs Featuring The Laulu-Miehet Male Choir at eMusic Add to Collection
8:42pm Monty Python Finland Monty Python Sings (Rhino)
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8:38pm Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins featuring Lawrence Peters Local Damn You Life of Regret EP (Melungeon)
Track Notes: 2002 Buy Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins featuring Lawrence Peters Life of Regret EP at Reckless Records Buy Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins featuring Lawrence Peters at iTunes Buy Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins featuring Lawrence Peters Life of Regret EP at eMusic Add to Collection
Meaghan Smith - (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack album artwork 8:33pm Meaghan Smith Here Comes Your Man (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack (Sire)
Track Notes: 2009 Buy Meaghan Smith (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack at Reckless Records Buy Meaghan Smith at iTunes Buy Meaghan Smith (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack at eMusic Add to Collection
8:29pm The Replacements Achin' To Be Don't Tell A Soul (Sire)
Track Notes: 1989 Buy The Replacements Don't Tell A Soul at Reckless Records Buy The Replacements at iTunes Buy The Replacements Don't Tell A Soul at eMusic Add to Collection
8:26pm Unknown Component A Distortion In Perception Emotional Auditory Reaction (self-released)
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Front Line Assembly - Monument album artwork 8:21pm Front Line Assembly Big Money (Remix) Monument (Roadrunner)
Track Notes: 1998 Buy Front Line Assembly Monument at Reckless Records Buy Front Line Assembly at iTunes Buy Front Line Assembly Monument at eMusic Add to Collection
8:18pm Kaput Local High Wire "High Wire" b/w "Runner" single (Altered States)
Buy Kaput "High Wire" b/w "Runner" single at Reckless Records Buy Kaput at iTunes Buy Kaput "High Wire" b/w "Runner" single at eMusic Add to Collection
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