My name is pronounced Jo-AN-uh BE-zee.
Music- in one way or another- has been a hobby of mine since childhood. Around age 8, I established my own radio station, WJOJO, where I was the sole DJ, engineer, programmer, weather reporter, and commerical actor. Equipped with a tape recorder and an RCA record player, I played from my and my mom's 45 collection. By the time I reached middle school, I'd forgotten about WJOJO, but advanced my fandom to attending rock concerts like Corey Hart, Duran Duran, Flesh for Lulu, and Gene Loves Jezebel. Many years later after moving to Chicago I played bass in the goof-pop bands Los Shut Up and Let's Get Out of This Terrible Sandwich Shop. And after many years of listening to CHIRP Radio, I joined up as a volunteer and learned how to DJ and host my own show (for real). WJOJO doesn't exist, but you can catch my show Thursdays, 6-9AM. I promise I won't play Corey Hart.
You can listen to Joanna's two most recent shows below:
6/1 - 8am hour
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8:51am
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Donald Byrd
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Witch Hunt
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Street Lady (Blue Note)
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Track Notes: released 50 years ago!
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8:45am
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The Veldt
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The Everlasting Gobstopper
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single (self released)
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8:41am
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Sally Local
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Karate
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Smoke and Mirrors (self-released)
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8:36am
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Pozi
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Slightly Shaking Cells
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Smiling Pools (PRAH)
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8:33am
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New Order
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Broken Promise
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Brotherhood (Factory)
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8:29am
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Motorama
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Twilight Song
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Sleep, and I will sing (I'm Home)
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8:25am
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Stuck Local
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Lose Your Cool
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Freak Frequency (Born Yesterday)
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8:20am
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Courtney Barnett
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City Looks Pretty
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Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk/Mom+Pop)
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8:15am
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Faces
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That's All You Need
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse (Warner Bros.)
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Track Notes: Ronnie Wood, b. 6/1/1947
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8:09am
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Hannah Jadagu
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Warning Sign
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Aperture (Sub Pop)
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Track Notes: at Schubas, 10/1
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8:07am
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Todd Rundgren
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A Long Time, A Long Way To Go
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Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)
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8:04am
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Linda Perhacs
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Immunity
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The Soul of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty)
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8:01am
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Huggy Bear
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Herjazz
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Taking the Rough with the Smooch (Kill Rock Stars)
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6/1 - 7am hour
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7:55am
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Water from Your Eyes
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14
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Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
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Track Notes: at Sleeping Village, 6/22
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7:49am
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Lou Reed
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High in the City
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New Sensations (RCA)
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7:45am
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Vivien Goldman
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Same Thing Twice
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Resolutionary (Staubgold)
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7:39am
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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
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Beaten Metal
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Security (ANTI-)
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7:37am
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Salami Rose Joe Louis
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Dimcola Reprise
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Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
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7:32am
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The Chi-Lites Local
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Oh Girl
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The Ultimate Chi-Lites (Brunswick)
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7:28am
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Broadcast
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come on let's go
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Noise Made By People (Warp)
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7:26am
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Kelly Reed Local
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The Boys
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Stupid Idiot (self-released)
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7:20am
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Le Tigre
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Tres Bien*
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Feminist Sweepstakes (Mr. Lady)
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Track Notes: at Salt Shed, 7/15
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7:16am
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Dry Cleaning
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Strong Feelings
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New Long Leg (4AD)
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7:14am
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Shrinkwrap Killers
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The Space Lab is Completely Trashed
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Feed the Clones (Iron Lung)
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7:08am
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The Shapiros
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Cry for a Shadow
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Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of the Shapiros (World of Echo)
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7:03am
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Pulp
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Sunrise
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We Love Life (Island)
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6/1 - 6am hour
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6:59am
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Depeche Mode
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Everything Counts
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Construction Time Again (Mute)
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Track Notes: United Center, 11/13
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6:53am
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Melenas
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Bang
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Ahora (Trouble in Mind)
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Track Notes: album out 9/29
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6:47am
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The Beach Boys
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Cool, Cool Water
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Sunflower (Remastered) (Capitol)
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6:44am
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Marinero
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Isle of Alcratraz
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Hella Love (Hardly Art)
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