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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

10/7 - 6pm hour
6:32pm Cassie Ramone Sweetheart Sweetheart (CD-R)
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Hello Mary - Emita Ox album artwork 6:28pm Hello Mary Footstep Misstep Emita Ox (Frenchkiss)
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For Against - Echelons album artwork 6:22pm For Against Get On With It Echelons ( Independent Project Records)
Track Notes: 1987 Buy For Against Echelons at Reckless Records Buy For Against at iTunes Buy For Against Echelons at eMusic Add to Collection
The Connells - Ring album artwork 6:18pm The Connells Slackjawed Ring (TVT)
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6:14pm Fontaines D.C. In The Modern World Romance (XL)
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6:08pm Beats y Bateria Local Randune Migratum (Stolen Mask)
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Stereolab - Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night album artwork 6:00pm Stereolab Caleidoscopic Gaze Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Elektra)
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9/30 - 7pm hour
Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club album artwork 7:55pm Tom Tom Club Wordy Rappinghood Tom Tom Club (Sire)
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Finom - Not God album artwork 7:50pm Finom Local Naked Not God (Joyful Noise)
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MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks album artwork 7:47pm MJ Lenderman You Don't Know The Shape I'm In Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
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Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology album artwork 7:44pm Syl Johnson Local I Need Love Complete Mythology (Numero Group)
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street album artwork 7:41pm Clifford Brown & Max Roach Powell's Prances At Basin Street (Polygram)
Track Notes: 1956 Buy Clifford Brown & Max Roach At Basin Street at Reckless Records Buy Clifford Brown & Max Roach at iTunes Buy Clifford Brown & Max Roach At Basin Street at eMusic Add to Collection
Google Earth - Street View album artwork 7:33pm Google Earth Deep Sea Leaks Street View (Tiny Telephone)
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Mediavolo - Away Within album artwork 7:30pm Mediavolo Walk Out Away Within (AtHome)
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Hinds - VIVA HINDS album artwork 7:26pm Hinds Boom Boom Back (Featuring: Beck) VIVA HINDS (Lucky Number)
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Petula Clark - The Ultimate Petula Clark album artwork 7:22pm Petula Clark Downtown The Ultimate Petula Clark (BMG)
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7:18pm TV On the Radio Golden Age Dear Science (Interscope)
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7:14pm Bon Iver S P E Y S I D E SABLE EP (Jagjaguwar )
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Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin album artwork 7:09pm Bob Mould Little Glass Pill Beauty & Ruin (Merge)
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The Feeders - The Feeders album artwork 7:06pm The Feeders Local Sara You're My Savior The Feeders (self-released)
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The Crystals - Back To Mono (1958-1969) album artwork 7:04pm The Crystals Then He Kissed Me Back To Mono (1958-1969) (ABKCO)
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Ramones - Subterranean Jungle album artwork 7:03pm Ramones My-My Kind of a Girl Subterranean Jungle (Sire)
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9/30 - 6pm hour
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information album artwork 6:56pm Shuggie Otis Aht Uh Mi Hed Inspiration Information (Luaka Bop)
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6:51pm Nada Surf In Front of Me Now Moon Mirror (New West)
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New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies album artwork 6:45pm New Order Age Of Consent Power, Corruption & Lies (Qwest)
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Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! album artwork 6:42pm Devo Come Back Jonee Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Warner Bros.)
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Pulsars - Pulsars album artwork 6:40pm Pulsars Local Tunnel Song Pulsars (Tiny Globe)
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The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy album artwork 6:35pm The Jesus and Mary Chain The Hardest Walk Psychocandy (Blanco y Negro)
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The Mighty Lemon Drops - World Without End album artwork 6:32pm The Mighty Lemon Drops Hollow Inside World Without End (Sire)
Track Notes: 1988 Buy The Mighty Lemon Drops World Without End at Reckless Records Buy The Mighty Lemon Drops at iTunes Buy The Mighty Lemon Drops World Without End at eMusic Add to Collection
Dummy - Free Energy album artwork 6:27pm Dummy Blue Dada Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
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