Alex is a graphic designer, illustrator, and DJ. Originally from Iowa, he's lived in Chicago for over a decade, 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 in the Archive.
Tune in sometime!
Check out Alex's two most recent shows below:
1/25 - 4pm hour
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4:48pm
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Deacon Blue
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Just Like Boys
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Raintown (Columbia)
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4:44pm
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Blood Chill
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Six Ways
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Clear Dark Blue (Culture Vacuum)
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4:40pm
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Bert Jansch
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Open Up The Watergate (Let The Sunshine In)
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L.A. Turnaround (Charisma)
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4:36pm
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Minor Moon Local
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The Light Up Waltz
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The Light Up Waltz (Ruination)
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Track Notes: New album drops April 12!
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4:33pm
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Margo Price
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Hey Child
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That's How Rumors Get Started (Loma Vista)
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4:27pm
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
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Endicott
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In Praise of Older Women... and Other Crimes (Sire)
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Track Notes: By request for Bill!
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4:22pm
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Roberta Flack
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No Tears (In the End)
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Killing Me Softly (Atlantic)
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4:18pm
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Nailah Hunter
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Finding Mirrors
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Lovegaze (Fat Possum)
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4:11pm
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Christina
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Ticket to the Tropics
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Sleep It Off (ZE/Mercury)
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4:07pm
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Gal Gun Local
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Tropical Depression
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Critical Hit (Human Instrumentality Project)
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4:05pm
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Thee Commons
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Tropics
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Paleta Sonora (Burger/Tropa Magica/Cosmica)
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4:01pm
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Chandeliers Local
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Tropical Pocket
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Founding Fathers (Captcha)
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1/25 - 3pm hour
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3:57pm
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Wham!
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Club Tropicana
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Fantastic (Innervision)
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3:51pm
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Secret Forest Service Local
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Singing Fish
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Animal Mineral Digital (self-released)
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Track Notes: By request for Joe!
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3:48pm
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Yuma Abe
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Sayonara
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Fantasia (Thaian)
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Track Notes: Playing Feb 14 at Empty Bottle!
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3:44pm
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Slime Ring
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Talking Too Much
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Explorer Series Vol. 1 (Self-released)
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3:39pm
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
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Brand New Key
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The Feeling Kind EP (Ribbon)
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3:37pm
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Wanda Jackson
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I'm a Believer
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We'll Sing in the Sunshine (Hilltop)
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3:32pm
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Mid Century Modern
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Fever
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Stolen Moments (MADK)
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3:26pm
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MGMT
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Nothing to Declare
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Loss of Life (Mom + Pop)
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Track Notes: New album drops Feb. 23!
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3:23pm
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Barbara Manning
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Temperature's Rising
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Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow (Ba Da Bing)
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3:18pm
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Sufjan Stevens
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Chicago (Demo)
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single (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Track Notes: Illinoise runs Jan 28 – Feb 18 at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier!
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3:10pm
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Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Love Brings Happiness (Tall Black Guy featuring Kaidi Tatham Remix)
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Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
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Buy Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Remixes JID020 at Reckless Records
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3:03pm
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Vinod Rathod & Sapna Mukherjee
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Zamaana Deewana Ho Gaya
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Zamaana Deewana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Ishtar Music)
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Track Notes: 1995
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Buy Vinod Rathod & Sapna Mukherjee Zamaana Deewana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Reckless Records
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3:00pm
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The Go! Team
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Get It Together
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Thunder, Lightning, Strike (US) (Memphis Industries)
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1/18 - 5pm hour
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5:53pm
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Hank Mobley
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Remember
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Soul Station (Blue Note)
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Track Notes: By request for Riley!
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5:47pm
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Xiu Xiu
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Chocolate Makes You Happy
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Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars)
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5:41pm
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New Fumes
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Goodbye Planet
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Teeming 2 (Rad Cult)
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5:38pm
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Harp
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The Pleasant Grey
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Albion (Bella Union/PIAS)
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5:34pm
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Cave Local
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Adam Roberts
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Neverendless (Drag City)
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