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:
7/4 - 5pm hour
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5:13pm
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Earth, Wind & Fire Local
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Freedom of Choice
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Powerlight (Columbia)
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Track Notes: 1983
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5:08pm
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Dressy Bessy
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Lady Liberty
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Kingsized (Yep Roc)
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5:06pm
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Pet Shop Boys
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Give Stupidity a Chance
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Agenda (x2 Recordings)
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Track Notes: By request for John!
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5:02pm
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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
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Liberty
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Rev Up: The Best Of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (Rhino)
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Buy Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Rev Up: The Best Of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels at Reckless Records
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7/4 - 4pm hour
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4:57pm
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Sault
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Living In America
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7 (Forever Living Originals)
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4:51pm
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Prince
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America
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Around the World In a Day (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
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4:48pm
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Kylie Minogue
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Your Disco Needs You
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Light Years (Mushroom/Parlophone)
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Track Notes: By request for Julian!
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4:44pm
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musclecars
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There's Space For Us All (Radio Edit)
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Sugar Honey Iced Tea! (BBE Music)
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4:38pm
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tUnE-yArDs
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We're All Water
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tUnE-yArDs as Yoko (Chimera Music)
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Track Notes: By request for Val!
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4:34pm
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Devo
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Freedom Of Choice
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Oh No It's Devo / Freedom of Choice (Warner Bros.)
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4:30pm
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Living Colour
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Which Way to America?
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Vivid (Epic)
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4:26pm
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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Find the Cost of Freedom
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So Far (Atlantic)
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4:23pm
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SuperKnova Local
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American Queers
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American Queers (Midwest Action / Worry)
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4:16pm
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George Michael
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Freedom! '90
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (Columbia)
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Track Notes: BY request for Richard & Jane!
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4:10pm
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Palehound
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Miss Independent
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Cover Your Ass, Vol. 1 (Lionfish)
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4:06pm
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dead prez
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We Want Freedom
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Let's Get Free (Loud)
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4:04pm
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Dead Kennedys
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A Commercial
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Bedtime for Democracy (Alternative Tentacles)
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4:01pm
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The Simpsons
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Goodbye, Middle Class!
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single (20th Television)
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7/4 - 3pm hour
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3:53pm
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Sonny Rollins
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The Freedom Suite
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Freedom Suite (Riverside)
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3:49pm
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Ibibio Sound Machine
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Freedom
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Electricity (Merge)
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3:46pm
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Rozalla
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Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
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Everybody's Free (Pulse-8/Epic)
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Track Notes: By request for Darren!
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3:43pm
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Flavia Coelho
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Mais Amor
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Ginga (Le Label/PIAS)
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3:36pm
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The Blow Monkeys
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My America
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Atomic Lullabies: Very Best of The Blow Monkeys (Camden)
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3:32pm
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Man Man
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Pack Your Bags
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Carrot On Strings (Sub Pop)
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3:28pm
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ABC
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Hey Citizen!
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Beauty Stab (Mercury)
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3:23pm
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Jimi Henrix
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Freedom
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The Cry of Love (Reprise)
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Track Notes: By request for Charlie!
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3:18pm
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Eurythmics
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The King and Queen of America
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We Too Are One (RCA)
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3:15pm
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Kings Of Convenience
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Freedom And Its Owner
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Declaration Of Dependence (Astralwerks)
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3:09pm
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OutPastMidnight Local
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It Is What It Was (featuring Moses the Marauder)
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Super Stereo Bros. (self-released)
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3:03pm
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JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound Local
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Anywhere But America, Part II
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Red Black and Blue, Vol. 1 (self-released)
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