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:
3/7 - 7am hour
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7:44am
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STRFKR
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Together Forever
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Parallel Realms (Polyvinyl)
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Track Notes: at salt shed, 4/26
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7:38am
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Dry Cleaning
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New Long Leg
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New Long Leg (4AD)
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Track Notes: at empty bottle, 3/10 and 3/11 sold out
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7:34am
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Enon
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Conjugate The Verbs
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Believo! (See Thru Broadcasting)
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7:31am
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Helado Negro
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Wish You Could Be Here
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Phasor (4AD)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 4/30
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7:26am
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Erick The Architect
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Mandevillain
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I've Never Been Here Before (IDOL)
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7:22am
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NNAMDï Local
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Wasted
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Brat (Sooper)
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Track Notes: at midsommarfest, 6/7-9 and 3/8 at Credit Union 1 Arena, UIC w/ the strokes, beach bunny
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7:18am
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Phoenix
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Victim of the Crime
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Alphabetical (Source)
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Track Notes: released 20 yrs ago!
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7:11am
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Yard Act
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Dream Job
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Where's My Utopia? (Republic)
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Track Notes: at metro, 10/4
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7:07am
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Ganser Local
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Lucky
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Just Look at That Sky (Felte)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 3/10 and 3/15 at the vic
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7:04am
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Material Issue Local
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Li'l Christine
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International Pop Overthrow (Mercury)
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Track Notes: request for Cooper in Logan Square
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7:02am
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Wombo
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Dreamsickle
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Keesh Mountain (Fire Talk)
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Track Notes: at lincoln hall w/ cherry glazerr 3/9 sold out!
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3/7 - 6am hour
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6:56am
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Laetitia Sadier
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Protéïformuntié
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Rooting for Love (Drag City)
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6:51am
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Magic Shoppe
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SFU 50
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Mono Lake (Little Cloud/Cardinal Fuzz)
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6:45am
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Chastity Belt
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5am
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I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone (Hardly Art)
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6:42am
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Spacemen 3
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Honey
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Playing With Fire (Taang!)
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6:39am
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Sault
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Something's in the Air
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5 (Forever Living Originals)
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Track Notes: for Mike, thanks for the request
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6:31am
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The WAEVE
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Sleepwalking
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The WAEVE (Transgressive/PIAS)
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6:28am
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Les Amazones d'Afrique
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Flaws (Featuring Mamani Keïta & Fafa Ruffino)
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Musow Danse (Real World)
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6:24am
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Glitterer
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Can't Feel Anything
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Rationale (Anti-)
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6:20am
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Serge Gainsbourg
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L'Hotel Particulier
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Histoire De Melody Nelson (Philips)
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6:15am
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Happy Mondays
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This Feeling (Remastered)
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The Early EPs (London)
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6:10am
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Wye Oak
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Please Concrete
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If Children (Merge)
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6:05am
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Jeremy Cunningham Local
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Hike
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The Weather Up There (Northern Spy)
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6:01am
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Grandaddy
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Long as I'm Not the One
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Blu Wav (Dangerbird)
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2/29 - 8am hour
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8:50am
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Maserati
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Abracadabracab
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VII (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
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8:44am
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Thundercat
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Fair Chance (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B)
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It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder)
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8:40am
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Genuine Leather
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Even If I Could
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Genuine Pleasure (The Animal Farm)
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8:34am
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Omni
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Plastic Pyramid
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Souvenir (Sub Pop)
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Track Notes: chirp welcomes... to schubas, 3/9
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8:31am
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Beach Bunny Local
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Scream
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Emotional Creature (Mom+Pop)
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8:28am
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Loving
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Ask Directions
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Any Light (Last Gang/MNRK)
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Track Notes: at schubas, 3/27
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