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Joanna Bz DJ Profile

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:

Joanna Bz's Playlists

6/1 - 8am hour
Donald Byrd - Street Lady album artwork 8:51am Donald Byrd Witch Hunt Street Lady (Blue Note)
Track Notes: released 50 years ago! Buy Donald Byrd Street Lady at Reckless Records Buy Donald Byrd at iTunes Buy Donald Byrd Street Lady at eMusic Add to Collection
8:45am The Veldt The Everlasting Gobstopper single (self released)
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8:41am Sally Local Karate Smoke and Mirrors (self-released)
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Pozi - Smiling Pools album artwork 8:36am Pozi Slightly Shaking Cells Smiling Pools (PRAH)
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New Order - Brotherhood album artwork 8:33am New Order Broken Promise Brotherhood (Factory)
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Motorama - Sleep, and I will sing album artwork 8:29am Motorama Twilight Song Sleep, and I will sing (I'm Home)
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Stuck - Freak Frequency album artwork 8:25am Stuck Local Lose Your Cool Freak Frequency (Born Yesterday)
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Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel album artwork 8:20am Courtney Barnett City Looks Pretty Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk/Mom+Pop)
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Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse album artwork 8:15am Faces That's All You Need A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse (Warner Bros.)
Track Notes: Ronnie Wood, b. 6/1/1947 Buy Faces A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse at Reckless Records Buy Faces at iTunes Buy Faces A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse at eMusic Add to Collection
8:09am Hannah Jadagu Warning Sign Aperture (Sub Pop)
Track Notes: at Schubas, 10/1 Buy Hannah Jadagu Aperture at Reckless Records Buy Hannah Jadagu at iTunes Buy Hannah Jadagu Aperture at eMusic Add to Collection
Todd Rundgren - Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren album artwork 8:07am Todd Rundgren A Long Time, A Long Way To Go Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)
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Linda Perhacs - The Soul of All Natural Things album artwork 8:04am Linda Perhacs Immunity The Soul of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty)
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Huggy Bear - Taking the Rough with the Smooch album artwork 8:01am Huggy Bear Herjazz Taking the Rough with the Smooch (Kill Rock Stars)
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6/1 - 7am hour
Water from Your Eyes - Everyone 7:55am Water from Your Eyes 14 Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
Track Notes: at Sleeping Village, 6/22 Buy Water from Your Eyes Everyone's Crushed at Reckless Records Buy Water from Your Eyes at iTunes Buy Water from Your Eyes Everyone's Crushed at eMusic Add to Collection
Lou Reed - New Sensations album artwork 7:49am Lou Reed High in the City New Sensations (RCA)
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Vivien Goldman - Resolutionary album artwork 7:45am Vivien Goldman Same Thing Twice Resolutionary (Staubgold)
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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Security album artwork 7:39am Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Beaten Metal Security (ANTI-)
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Salami Rose Joe Louis - Akousmatikous album artwork 7:37am Salami Rose Joe Louis Dimcola Reprise Akousmatikous (Brainfeeder)
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The Chi-Lites - The Ultimate Chi-Lites album artwork 7:32am The Chi-Lites Local Oh Girl The Ultimate Chi-Lites (Brunswick)
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7:28am Broadcast come on let's go Noise Made By People (Warp)
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Kelly Reed - Stupid Idiot album artwork 7:26am Kelly Reed Local The Boys Stupid Idiot (self-released)
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Le Tigre - Feminist Sweepstakes album artwork 7:20am Le Tigre Tres Bien* Feminist Sweepstakes (Mr. Lady)
Track Notes: at Salt Shed, 7/15 Buy Le Tigre Feminist Sweepstakes at Reckless Records Buy Le Tigre at iTunes Buy Le Tigre Feminist Sweepstakes at eMusic Add to Collection
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg album artwork 7:16am Dry Cleaning Strong Feelings New Long Leg (4AD)
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7:14am Shrinkwrap Killers The Space Lab is Completely Trashed Feed the Clones (Iron Lung)
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The Shapiros - Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of the Shapiros album artwork 7:08am The Shapiros Cry for a Shadow Gone By Fall: The Collected Works of the Shapiros (World of Echo)
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Pulp - We Love Life album artwork 7:03am Pulp Sunrise We Love Life (Island)
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6/1 - 6am hour
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again album artwork 6:59am Depeche Mode Everything Counts Construction Time Again (Mute)
Track Notes: United Center, 11/13 Buy Depeche Mode Construction Time Again at Reckless Records Buy Depeche Mode at iTunes Buy Depeche Mode Construction Time Again at eMusic Add to Collection
Melenas - Ahora album artwork 6:53am Melenas Bang Ahora (Trouble in Mind)
Track Notes: album out 9/29 Buy Melenas Ahora at Reckless Records Buy Melenas at iTunes Buy Melenas Ahora at eMusic Add to Collection
6:47am The Beach Boys Cool, Cool Water Sunflower (Remastered) (Capitol)
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Marinero - Hella Love album artwork 6:44am Marinero Isle of Alcratraz Hella Love (Hardly Art)
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