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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

8/12 - 7pm hour
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped album artwork 7:31pm Sonic Youth Do You Believe in Rapture? Rather Ripped (Geffen)
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Blood - Loving You Backwards album artwork 7:27pm Blood Spaced Out Loving You Backwards (Ramp Local)
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Fax Gang & Parannoul - Scattersun album artwork 7:21pm Fax Gang & Parannoul Lullaby for a Memory Scattersun (Topshelf)
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Sharon Van Etten - Are We There album artwork 7:17pm Sharon Van Etten Taking Chances Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
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Kaycie Satterfield - Rosie album artwork 7:14pm Kaycie Satterfield Hydroplaning Rosie (Earth Libraries)
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The Sea and Cake - One Bedroom album artwork 7:08pm The Sea and Cake Local Sound & Vision One Bedroom (Thrill Jockey)
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7:04pm The Boomtown Rats Lookin' After No. 1 The Boomtown Rats (Mercury)
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DEHD - Poetry album artwork 7:01pm DEHD Local Light On Poetry (Fat Possum)
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8/12 - 6pm hour
Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Trip to the Moon album artwork 6:57pm Ghost Funk Orchestra Space Walk A Trip to the Moon (Karma Chief)
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Aldous Harding - Designer album artwork 6:51pm Aldous Harding The Barrel Designer (4AD)
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Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame album artwork 6:48pm Depeche Mode Monument A Broken Frame (Mute)
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Lupe Fiasco - Samurai album artwork 6:45pm Lupe Fiasco Local Cake Samurai (1st and 15th Too/Thirty Tigers)
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Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study in Brown album artwork 6:42pm Clifford Brown and Max Roach Jacqui Study in Brown (Emarcy)
Track Notes: 1955 Buy Clifford Brown and Max Roach Study in Brown at Reckless Records Buy Clifford Brown and Max Roach at iTunes Buy Clifford Brown and Max Roach Study in Brown at eMusic Add to Collection
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos album artwork 6:34pm Hoodoo Gurus I Want You Back Stoneage Romeos (A&M)
Track Notes: 1984 Buy Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos at Reckless Records Buy Hoodoo Gurus at iTunes Buy Hoodoo Gurus Stoneage Romeos at eMusic Add to Collection
Heaven For Real - Hell 6:31pm Heaven For Real All That Remains Hell's Logo's Pink (Mint)
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Pixies - Trompe Le Monde album artwork 6:29pm Pixies Letter To Memphis Trompe Le Monde (4AD)
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6:28pm Beastii Local Evil Eye Follower (Dark Circles)
Track Notes: Album out: 9/6 Buy Beastii Follower at Reckless Records Buy Beastii at iTunes Buy Beastii Follower at eMusic Add to Collection
Rui Gabriel - Compassion album artwork 6:23pm Rui Gabriel End of My Rope Compassion (Carpark)
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Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles album artwork 6:19pm Echo & the Bunnymen Rescue Crocodiles (Sire/Korova)
Track Notes: 1980 Buy Echo & the Bunnymen Crocodiles at Reckless Records Buy Echo & the Bunnymen at iTunes Buy Echo & the Bunnymen Crocodiles at eMusic Add to Collection
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out album artwork 6:15pm Brigitte Calls Me Baby Local Palm of Your Hand The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO)
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6:08pm Bill Callahan Keep Some Steady Friends Around Resuscitate! (Drag City)
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Blitzen Trapper - Furr album artwork 6:04pm Blitzen Trapper Furr Furr (Sub Pop)
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Pink Floyd - Meddle album artwork 6:01pm Pink Floyd Fearless Meddle (Harvest)
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8/5 - 7pm hour
John Coltrane - Blue World album artwork 7:56pm John Coltrane Naima (Take 1) Blue World (Impulse!)
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Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty album artwork 7:51pm Dead Boys Sonic Reducer Young Loud and Snotty (Sire)
Track Notes: 1977 Buy Dead Boys Young Loud and Snotty at Reckless Records Buy Dead Boys at iTunes Buy Dead Boys Young Loud and Snotty at eMusic Add to Collection
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish album artwork 7:47pm The Smashing Pumpkins Local I Am One Gish (Caroline)
Track Notes: 1991 Buy The Smashing Pumpkins Gish at Reckless Records Buy The Smashing Pumpkins at iTunes Buy The Smashing Pumpkins Gish at eMusic Add to Collection
Silversun Pickups - Swoon album artwork 7:42pm Silversun Pickups There's No Secrets This Year Swoon (Dangerbird)
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7:41pm This House is Creaking Local If You Want Me to Be This House is Creaking (THiC)
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Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel album artwork 7:33pm Grateful Dead Scarlet Begonias From the Mars Hotel (Grateful Dead Productions)
Track Notes: Jerry Garcia: Born August 1, 1942 – Died August 9, 1995) Buy Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel at Reckless Records Buy Grateful Dead at iTunes Buy Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel at eMusic Add to Collection
Bonny Light Horseman - "Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free" album artwork 7:30pm Bonny Light Horseman Tumblin Down "Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free" (Jagjaguwar)
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