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Ninja DJ Profile

Jenn Rourke (Ninja) has been a radio DJ since 2001. Ninja first became interested in radio at age 7, listening to Casey Kasem's countdown every Sunday. As a teenager, Ninja's radio obsession shifted to the Dr. Demento Show, Loveline, and several Chicago-based music shows.

 

The radio name Ninja dates back to 2004 while interning at a Chicago morning show, because at the time, Ninja also operated MidwestNinja - an automated streaming radio station that played only Midwestern artists.

 

In past lives, Ninja hosted lots of radio shows, including The 2 Blondes Coutdown (countdown show - check), The Dysfunctional Jukebox (comedy music show - check); wrote a column called Hell on Stilts (giving advice to strangers - check), and got fired from writing said column  (everyone in radio gets fired at least once - check).

 

Listen to Ninja's two most recent shows below.

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Ninja's Playlists

3/19 - 11am hour
11:55am the temporarily hidden Local Distant Mesa (Suycott remix) (featuring Ben Lamar Gay) Tales of a World Below (Soundpoint)
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The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us album artwork 11:49am The Cramps Rock on the Moon Songs the Lord Taught Us (IRS)
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Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust? album artwork 11:44am Morcheeba Trigger Hippie Who Can You Trust? (Sire)
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Angelique Kidjo - Mother Nature album artwork 11:35am Angelique Kidjo Africa, One of a Kind (featuring Mr. Eazi & Salif Keita) Mother Nature (Verve)
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Ulrika Spacek - Compact Trauma album artwork 11:32am Ulrika Spacek It Will Come Sometime Compact Trauma (Tough Love)
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11:28am The Veils No Limit of Stars ...And Out of the Void Came Love (Ba Da Bing)
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Lucero - Should 11:21am Lucero Macon if We Make It Should've Learned By Now (Liberty & Lament/Thirty Tigers)
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11:17am National Lampoon Deteriorata Radio Dinner (Blue Thumb)
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The Beatles - Revolver album artwork 11:08am The Beatles Taxman Revolver (Capitol)
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Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Dimensional Stardust album artwork 11:05am Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Local Galaxy 1000 Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
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11:01am Matias Aguayo Her Ups and Downs FFR Compilation #1 (Fourfour)
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3/19 - 10am hour
U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess album artwork 10:57am U.S. Girls Just Space For Light Bless This Mess (4AD)
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Belly - Star album artwork 10:54am Belly Dusted Star (Sire/Reprise)
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Wax Tailor - Fishing For Accidents album artwork 10:51am Wax Tailor Freaky Circus (featuring Napoleon Da Legend & Mr. Lif) Fishing For Accidents (LAB'ORATOIRE)
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Teddybears - Devil 10:45am Teddybears Devil's Music (featuring ADL) Devil's Music (Big Beat)
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Smirk - 7" album artwork 10:42am Smirk On Crack 7" (self released)
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Donovan - Summer Day Reflection Songs album artwork 10:40am Donovan Colours (Album version with harmonica) Summer Day Reflection Songs (Castle)
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Screaming Females - Desire Pathway album artwork 10:31am Screaming Females Let You Go Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
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CHAI - WINK album artwork 10:28am CHAI PING PONG! (featuring YMCK) WINK (Sub Pop)
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Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy album artwork 10:26am Young Fathers Be Your Lady Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
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Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy album artwork 10:18am Eels I Like Birds Daisies of the Galaxy (Dreamworks)
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Algiers - Shook album artwork 10:13am Algiers Irreversible Damage (featuring Zack de la Rocha) Shook (Matador)
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Así Así - Mal de Otros album artwork 10:07am Así Así Local En el Suelo Mal de Otros (self-released)
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Tagua Tagua - Tanto album artwork 10:03am Tagua Tagua Pra Trás Tanto (Wonderwheel Recordings)
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3/19 - 9am hour
9:59am Privacy 0x33 Key Palace of Memory Where Nostalgia Is Fear (Public System Recordings)
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WheelUP - Good Love album artwork 9:53am WheelUP Elana Good Love (Tru Thoughts)
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Home Front - Games of Power album artwork 9:49am Home Front Nation Games of Power (La Vida Es Un Mus)
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Solomon Burke - The Very Best of Solomon Burke album artwork 9:43am Solomon Burke If You Need Me The Very Best of Solomon Burke (Rhino)
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9:38am Disintegration Time Moves for Me Time Moves for Me (Feel It)
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Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll album artwork 9:30am Ian Dury and The Blockheads Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Stiff Records)
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