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.
1/15 - 7pm hour
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7:23pm
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Smog
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Cold Blooded Old Times
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Knock Knock (Drag City)
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7:17pm
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Richard Thompson
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1952 Vincent Black Lightning
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Rumor and Sigh (Capitol)
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7:15pm
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Iron & Wine
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Naked as We Came (Live)
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Who Can See Forever Soundtrack (Sub Pop)
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7:08pm
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Deeper Local
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This Heat
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Auto-Pain (Fire Talk)
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7:04pm
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Gang of Four
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Natural's Not In It
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Entertainment! (EMI)
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7:00pm
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Modern Lovers
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Roadrunner
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The Modern Lovers (Berserkley)
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1/15 - 6pm hour
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6:59pm
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The Magnetic Fields
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I Don't Want To Get Over You
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69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (Merge)
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6:53pm
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Video Age
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Better Than Ever
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Away from the Castle (Winspear)
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6:49pm
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Morphine
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Buena
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Cure For Pain (Rykodisc)
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6:46pm
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Neil Young
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart
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After The Goldrush (Reprise)
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Track Notes: 1970
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6:41pm
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Kurt Vile
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Tom Petty's gone (but tell him i asked for him)
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Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
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6:33pm
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Yaz
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Don't Go
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Upstairs at Eric's (Sire)
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6:30pm
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DRAMA Local
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Dollar $hort (featuring Flight Facilities)
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Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
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6:26pm
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Aesop Rock
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Infinity Fill Goose Down
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Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
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6:22pm
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The Feelies
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The Last Roundup
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The Good Earth (Coyote)
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6:19pm
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Barbara Manning
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I'm Running
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Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow (Ba Da Bing)
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6:14pm
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The Sundae Painters
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Hollow Way
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Sundae Painters (Leather Jacket)
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6:09pm
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Horsegirl Local
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Live and Ski
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Versions of Modern Performance (Matador)
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6:01pm
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The Smashing Pumpkins
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Drown
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Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Epic Soundtrax)
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1/8 - 7pm hour
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7:55pm
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Elvis Costello & The Roots
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Stick Out Your Tongue
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Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note)
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7:49pm
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Chicken Happen Local
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Find Yourself
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Chicken Happen IV (self-released)
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7:45pm
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The Cars
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Good Times Roll
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The Cars (Elektra)
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7:41pm
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The DIFF
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Cant Stop Tonight
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Whats The DIFF (Cheap Kiss)
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7:37pm
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Beirut
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January 18th
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Hadsel (Pompeii)
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7:31pm
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Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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A New Spring
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Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz is Dead)
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7:27pm
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Charles Bradley
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I Feel a Change
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Black Velvet (Daptone)
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7:22pm
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Sleeping Jesus
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Someone New
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Hollywood Smile (The Garden Shed)
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7:18pm
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Woolworthy Local
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Where Have All the Glad Girls Gone
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Electric Heartbreak (Boss Tunage)
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7:17pm
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Cafe Racer Local
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Wrong Way
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Words In Error (self-released)
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7:09pm
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Sharon Van Etten
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No One's Easy To Love
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Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar)
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