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DJ Swallow DJ Profile

I was a college radio DJ and station manager in the early 90’s and in 2010, I discovered CHIRP as a listener and have volunteered for the station since 2015. You can hear my show Monday nights from 6pm-8pm on 107.1FM and chirpradio.org playing a mix of indie, punk, jazz, blues, psych, soul, early rock-n-roll, and of course, local Chicago music. I'm also the station's Marketing Director, helping to get the word out about CHIRP.

I am a life-long Chicago area resident and have lived on the city’s Northside since 1995. My other time is spent as an artist - creating cityscape paintings and photographs of architecture. Follow me on Instagram.

You can listen to DJ Swallow's two most recent shows below.

DJ Swallow's Playlists

10/28 - 6pm hour
Ovef Ow - Vs. The Worm album artwork 6:44pm Ovef Ow Local Time Zones Vs. The Worm (What's For Breakfast?/Oort Cloud)
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Pixies - Trompe Le Monde album artwork 6:42pm Pixies Head On Trompe Le Monde (4AD)
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Veruca Salt - American Thighs album artwork 6:38pm Veruca Salt Local Seether American Thighs (Minty Fresh)
Track Notes: 1994 Buy Veruca Salt American Thighs at Reckless Records Buy Veruca Salt at iTunes Buy Veruca Salt American Thighs at eMusic Add to Collection
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress album artwork 6:33pm Belle & Sebastian Wrapped Up In Books Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade)
Track Notes: 2003 Buy Belle & Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress at Reckless Records Buy Belle & Sebastian at iTunes Buy Belle & Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress at eMusic Add to Collection
The Clean - Anthology album artwork 6:31pm The Clean Anything Could Happen Anthology (Merge)
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6:26pm Grateful Dead Cumberland Blues Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead: Filmore East, New York City, 1971 (Grateful Dead Productions)
Track Notes: RIP Phil Lesh Buy Grateful Dead Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead: Filmore East, New York City, 1971 at Reckless Records Buy Grateful Dead at iTunes Buy Grateful Dead Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead: Filmore East, New York City, 1971 at eMusic Add to Collection
Field Music - Limits of Language album artwork 6:20pm Field Music Six Weeks, Nine Wells Limits of Language (Memphis Industries)
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The Pretenders - Pretenders album artwork 6:18pm The Pretenders Kid Pretenders (Sire)
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6:17pm Porridge Radio Sleeptalker Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Secretly Canadian)
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confession of A Knife album artwork 6:06pm My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Acid And Flowers Mix) Confession of A Knife (Wax Trax!)
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Front 242 - Front by Front album artwork 6:03pm Front 242 Headhunter V3.0 Front by Front (Wax Trax!)
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10/21 - 7pm hour
Roxy Music - Avalon album artwork 7:56pm Roxy Music More Than This Avalon (E.G./Polydor)
Track Notes: 1982 Buy Roxy Music Avalon at Reckless Records Buy Roxy Music at iTunes Buy Roxy Music Avalon at eMusic Add to Collection
Honeyglaze - Real Deal album artwork 7:52pm Honeyglaze Pretty Girls Real Deal (Fat Possum)
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Fat Dog - WOOF. album artwork 7:51pm Fat Dog All the Same WOOF. (Domino)
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7:43pm Beach Bunny Local Clueless single (self-released)
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Tasha - All This and So Much More album artwork 7:40pm Tasha Local The Beginning All This and So Much More (Bayonet)
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The Exbats - Now Where Were We album artwork 7:35pm The Exbats Ghost in the Record Store Now Where Were We (Goner)
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7:32pm Twin Peaks Local Walk to the One You Love Down in Heaven (Grand Jury)
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Wild Pink - Dulling the Horns album artwork 7:28pm Wild Pink Sprinter Brain Dulling the Horns (Fire Talk)
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Toro Y Moi - Hole Erth album artwork 7:25pm Toro Y Moi Walking In the Rain Hole Erth (Dead Oceans)
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Squeeze - Singles: 45 7:20pm Squeeze Another Nail in My Heart Singles: 45's and Under (A&M)
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Cheap Trick - Dream Police album artwork 7:17pm Cheap Trick Local Dream Police Dream Police (Epic)
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7:14pm Verboten Local Bodily Autonomy Verböten (Inside Outside)
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Nico - Chelsea Girl album artwork 7:08pm Nico These Days Chelsea Girl (Verve)
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Neil Young - After The Goldrush album artwork 7:05pm Neil Young Only Love Can Break Your Heart After The Goldrush (Reprise)
Track Notes: 1970 Buy Neil Young After The Goldrush at Reckless Records Buy Neil Young at iTunes Buy Neil Young After The Goldrush at eMusic Add to Collection
7:02pm The Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice Pet Sounds (Remastered with Bonus Tracks) (Capitol)
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7:00pm The Jokers Local I'll Never Let You Go 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage & Psychedelia from U.S.A. and Destination Records (Sundazed)
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10/21 - 6pm hour
Nubya Garcia - Odyssey album artwork 6:57pm Nubya Garcia Dawn (Featuring: Esperanza Spalding) Odyssey (Concord)
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Television - Marquee Moon album artwork 6:49pm Television See No Evil Marquee Moon (Elektra)
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Social Distortion - Mommy 6:46pm Social Distortion Mommy's Little Monster Mommy's Little Monster (13th Floor Records)
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