Radio Background:
From making radio shows and mix tapes as a kid for my mom in the south west suburbs of Chicago, to my 3 years of high school radio station, on to a Bachelor's in Radio at Columbia College Chicago, where at their station WCRX, I was On-Air for 3 years, Music Director for 1 year, and Public Affairs Director for 1 year.
During college, I interned at WLUP 97.9 The Loop in the Programming department, and helped out with Q101's programming as well. After college, I became an overnight board operator for WUSN US99.5 for 5 years, && had a 9 month stint as co-producer of Lisa Dent & Ramblin' Ray's morning show. Somewhere along the way I got involved with CHIRP in the Fall of 2008.
Now:
Aside from CHIRP, I also work for Toast & Jam, Inc. meaning I DJ for parties and weddings! Most recenly I began working as a Production Coordinator with Smashed Plastic Record Pressing in March of 2021, the only vinyl record plant in Chicago!
On Family of Noise you might hear: punk rock, post punk, garage, psych, drone, dub, power pop, grunge, and lots of local!
You can find the two latest editions of the Family of Noise show here.
7/6 - 5pm hour
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5:53pm
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Sigur Rós
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Gold
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Átta (BMG)
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5:46pm
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Cordoba Local
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Waters Rise
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Specter (Amalgam)
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Track Notes: playing CHIRP NIGHT at the Whistler on 8/1!
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5:43pm
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John Bellows Local
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Feelin' Down
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Clean Your Clock (Moniker)
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5:40pm
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The Jaguars
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You'll Turn Away
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You'll Turn Away / The Gorilla 7" single (Dot)
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Track Notes: 1966
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5:37pm
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Shigeru Suzuki
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Lady Pink Panther
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Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986 (Light in the Attic)
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5:30pm
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Pere Ubu
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Love is Like Gravity
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Trouble On Big Beat Street (Cherry Red)
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5:27pm
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feeble little horse
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Steamroller
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Girl with Fish (Saddle Creek)
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5:21pm
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Kevin Morby
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Five Easy Pieces Revisited
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More Photographs (A Continuum) (Dead Oceans)
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5:17pm
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Jawbox
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Static
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Novelty (Dischord)
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5:13pm
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La Sécurité
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Try Again
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Stay Safe! (Mothland)
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5:07pm
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La Femme
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Tu t'en lasses
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Paradigmes (Disque Pointu)
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5:01pm
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Ornette Coleman
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Chippie
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Something Else!!!! (Contemporary)
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7/6 - 4pm hour
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4:58pm
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Los Mundos
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Cristalización
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En Vivo Desde El Centro De La Tierra (self-released)
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4:58pm
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Los Mundos
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Cristalización
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En Vivo Desde El Centro De La Tierra (self-released)
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4:58pm
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Los Mundos
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Cristalización
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En Vivo Desde El Centro De La Tierra (self-released)
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4:55pm
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Karate School Dropout Local
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Hypertension
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Welcome to the Dojo (self-released)
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4:50pm
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Tuff Darts!
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Fun City
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Tuff Darts! (Sire)
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Track Notes: 1978
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4:46pm
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Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
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Praying To The Aliens
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Replicas (Beggars Banquet)
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4:43pm
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Albert Hammond Jr.
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Dead Air
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Melodies on Hiatus (Red Bull)
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4:40pm
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SuperKnova
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Vapor Trails
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Superuniverse (self-released)
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4:35pm
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The Blues Brothers
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Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
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The Blues Brothers Original Soundtrack (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: by request for Andrew R!
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4:32pm
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Jamo Gang
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Belushi & Aykroyd
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Walking with Lions (Fat Beats)
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4:29pm
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Killer Mike
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DON'T LET THE DEVIL (featuring El-P & thankugoodsir)
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Michael (Loma Vista/Concord)
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4:27pm
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Gene Chandler
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Groovy Situation
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The Gene Chandler Situation (Mercury)
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Track Notes: Happy Heavenly Birthday Gene Chandler, known for "Duke Of Earl"
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4:22pm
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Kweku Collins Local
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Don't Let Go
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Kweku Collins on Audiotree Live (Audiotree )
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4:16pm
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Weyes Blood
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Children of the Empire
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And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
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4:10pm
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The Congos
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Ark Of Covenant
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Heart Of The Congos (Black Ark)
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4:03pm
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Christine and The Queens
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Lick the light out (featuring Madonna)
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PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE (Because)
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4:00pm
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Momma
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Medicine
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Household Name (Polyvinyl)
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7/6 - 3pm hour
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3:52pm
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Elvis Costello
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Indoor Fireworks
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King of America (Columbia)
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