I am a writer and person who rides the CTA and watches movies. I gravitate toward indie and twee music but love surprises and diversity. Old stuff, new stuff. It is all invaluable. I grew up in Iowa and studied creative writing at University of Iowa. I briefly moved to Minnesota before jumping into the unknown in Chicago. Since then I have landed on my feet and have grown some roots here and have no intention of leaving any time soon. I like cover versions of songs, really good movie soundtracks, and trying to guess a song playing in an adjacent room.
In addition to DJing, tabling, and writing reviews for the music department, I also help produce the CHIRP reading series The First Time, a quarterly storytelling event featuring true stories and live covers.
You can listen to Bobby's two most recent shows below.
12/2 - 5pm hour
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5:51pm
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Sigur Rós
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Untitled 6
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( ) (Fat Cat)
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Buy Sigur Rós ( ) at Reckless Records
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5:47pm
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Rachel Drew Local
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Blaze For You
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Old Sky New (self-released)
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Track Notes:
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Buy Rachel Drew Old Sky New at Reckless Records
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5:43pm
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Sufjan Stevens
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Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
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Javelin (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Buy Sufjan Stevens Javelin at Reckless Records
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5:38pm
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Kishi Bashi
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Red, White, and Blue
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Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari (Joyful Noise)
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Buy Kishi Bashi Music from the Song Film: Omoiyari at Reckless Records
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5:34pm
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Smoking Data Guns
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Favorite Things
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Data, Vol 2 (self-released)
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Track Notes: Orange, CA
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Buy Smoking Data Guns Data, Vol 2 at Reckless Records
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5:32pm
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The DIFF Local
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Give You Love
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Whats The DIFF (Cheap Kiss)
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Buy The DIFF Whats The DIFF at Reckless Records
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5:26pm
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Blur
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Coffee & TV
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13 (Food)
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Buy Blur 13 at Reckless Records
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5:21pm
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DRAMA Local
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Till We Die, Inshallah
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Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
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Buy DRAMA Till We Die at Reckless Records
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5:17pm
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Catherine Campbell
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Too Late
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Too Late (self-released)
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Buy Catherine Campbell Too Late at Reckless Records
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5:15pm
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Carly Rae Jepsen
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Kamikaze
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The Loneliest Time (Interscope)
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Buy Carly Rae Jepsen The Loneliest Time at Reckless Records
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5:10pm
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boygenius
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Anti-Curse
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the record (Interscope)
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Buy boygenius the record at Reckless Records
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5:06pm
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Bon Iver
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Hey, Ma
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i,i (Jagjaguwar)
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Buy Bon Iver i,i at Reckless Records
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5:01pm
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The Smile
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Wall of Eyes
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Wall of Eyes (XL)
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Track Notes: out 1/26
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Buy The Smile Wall of Eyes at Reckless Records
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12/2 - 4pm hour
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4:55pm
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David Bowie
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Dead Man Walking
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Earthling (Virgin)
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Buy David Bowie Earthling at Reckless Records
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4:48pm
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Jenn Champion
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Jessica
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The Last Night of Sadness (Gay Forever)
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Buy Jenn Champion The Last Night of Sadness at Reckless Records
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4:44pm
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Alkaline Trio Local
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Hell Yes
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Remains (Vagrant)
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Buy Alkaline Trio Remains at Reckless Records
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4:41pm
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Jimmy Eat World
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Bleed American
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Bleed American (Dreamworks)
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Buy Jimmy Eat World Bleed American at Reckless Records
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4:40pm
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Woolworthy Local
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Hand Grenade
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Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
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Buy Woolworthy Electric Heartbreak at Reckless Records
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4:34pm
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Grimes
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Venus Fly (featuring Janelle Monáe)
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Art Angels (4AD)
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Buy Grimes Art Angels at Reckless Records
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4:31pm
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Shamir
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Demon
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Ratchet (XL)
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Buy Shamir Ratchet at Reckless Records
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4:28pm
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BJ The Chicago Kid Local
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Spend The Night
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Gravy (RCA)
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Buy BJ The Chicago Kid Gravy at Reckless Records
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4:22pm
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Jens Lekman
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Waiting for Kirsten
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An Argument with Myself EP (Secretly Canadian)
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Buy Jens Lekman An Argument with Myself EP at Reckless Records
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4:20pm
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Beat Happening
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Our Secret
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Beat Happening (K)
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Buy Beat Happening Beat Happening at Reckless Records
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4:17pm
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The Smashing Times
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Glorious Tales of Wes
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This Sporting Life (K)
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Buy The Smashing Times This Sporting Life at Reckless Records
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4:10pm
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The Pogues
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A Pair of Brown Eyes
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Rum, Sodomy & The Lash (MCA)
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Buy The Pogues Rum, Sodomy & The Lash at Reckless Records
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4:06pm
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The Decemberists
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Oceanside
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5 Songs (Hush)
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Buy The Decemberists 5 Songs at Reckless Records
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4:01pm
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Beirut
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Hadsel
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Hadsel (Pompeoo)
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Buy Beirut Hadsel at Reckless Records
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11/18 - 5pm hour
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5:55pm
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Lower Plenty
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A Letter to Grief
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No Poets (Bedroom Suck)
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Buy Lower Plenty No Poets at Reckless Records
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5:51pm
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New Order
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Dreams Never End
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Movement (London)
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Buy New Order Movement at Reckless Records
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5:47pm
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DIIV
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The Spark
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Deceiver (Captured Tracks)
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Buy DIIV Deceiver at Reckless Records
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