Alex is a graphic designer, illustrator, and DJ. Originally from Iowa, he's lived in Chicago for over 15 years, working and volunteering with such organizations as the Design Museum of Chicago, the Society of Typographic Arts, Spudnik Press Cooperative, and CHIRP Radio. He currently works for a small design studio in Ravenswood and spends his free time drawing, list making, record collecting, and singing karaoke (sometimes competitively).
You can listen to Alex's show on CHIRP every Thursday afternoon, 3-6pm, where you'll hear a wide variety of genres and artists. He has an especially strong love of funk, soul, disco, and anything with a good groove. So if that's your jam then don't miss the Funky 15 at Five—an all-funk set just after 5pm every Thursday! And if you miss the show, check out the last two weeks of broadcasts below.
Tune in sometime!
Check out Alex's two most recent shows below:
11/28 - 5pm hour
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5:55pm
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Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
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Thank You
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Topical Dancer (DEEWEE/Because)
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5:48pm
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5ive Style Local
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Apple Pie
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5ive Style (Sub Pop)
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5:45pm
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Al Jarreau
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Sweet Potato Pie
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We Got By (Reprise)
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5:42pm
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Golden Smog
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Pecan Pie
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Down By the Old Mainstream (Rykodisc)
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5:40pm
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The California Honeydrops
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Pumpkin Pie
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Spreadin' Honey (TubTone)
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5:34pm
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Mount Eerie
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Non-Metaphorical Decolonization
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Night Palace (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
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5:30pm
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Babes In Toyland
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We Are Family
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Nemesisters (Reprise)
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Track Notes: By request for Matthew!
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5:24pm
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Rick James
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Give It To Me Baby
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Street Songs (Gordy)
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Track Notes: 1981
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5:20pm
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Gwen McCrae
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All This Love That I'm Givin'
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Melody of Life (Cat)
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Track Notes: 1979
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5:16pm
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The O'Jays
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Give the People What They Want
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Survival (Philadelphia International)
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Track Notes: 1975
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5:11pm
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Phenomenal Handclap Band
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Give
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Form & Control (Tummy Touch)
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Track Notes: 2012
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5:01pm
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Herbie Hancock
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Parade
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Quartet (Columbia)
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11/28 - 4pm hour
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4:57pm
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Chuck Ragan
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You Get What You Give
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Covering Ground (Side One Dummy)
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4:53pm
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Mope Grooves
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Home Sick
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Box Of Dark Roses (12XU)
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4:48pm
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Jay & the Techniques
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Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
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Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie (Smash)
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4:46pm
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Wyly Bigger
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Thanks a Lot
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Broken Telephone (Madjack)
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4:44pm
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villagerrr
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Honesty
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Tear Your Heart Out (Darling)
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4:41pm
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Otis Redding
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I Want to Thank You
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The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (Volt)
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4:36pm
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Bob Dylan
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Country Pie
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Nashville Skyline (Columbia)
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4:32pm
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The Verve
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Lucky Man
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Urban Hymns (Hut)
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Track Notes: By request for Richard!
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4:28pm
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The Kinks
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Maximum Consumption
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Everybody's In Show Business (RCA)
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4:22pm
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Maggie Rogers
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Give A Little
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Heard It In A Past Life (Capitol)
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4:18pm
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Prefab Sprout
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Appetite
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Steve McQueen (Epic)
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4:14pm
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Arlo Guthrie
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I'm Going Home
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Alice's Restaurant (Reprise)
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4:12pm
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bathtub cig
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thank you
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Good Mourning, I Love You (self-released)
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4:06pm
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Kokoroko
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We Give Thanks
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Could We Be More (Brownswood)
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4:03pm
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Ray Charles
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Sweet Potato Pie (feat. James Taylor)
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Genius Loves Company (Concord/Hear Music)
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Track Notes: By request for Carolyn!
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4:00pm
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Kelly Finnigan
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Let Me Count the Reasons
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A Lover Was Born (Coalmine)
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11/28 - 3pm hour
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3:52pm
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Xylouris White
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The Feast
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Black Peak (Bella Union)
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3:48pm
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Tahiti 80
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Give It Away (Chi-Lites Cover Song)
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Fosbury (Atmosphériques)
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