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:
2/15 - 6am hour
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6:01am
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Bright Eyes
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Pull My Hair
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Letting Off the Happiness (Saddle Creek)
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Track Notes: HBD!! b. 2/15/1980 conor oberst
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2/8 - 8am hour
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8:52am
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Herbie Hancock Local
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Sly
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Head Hunters (Columbia)
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Track Notes: at symphony center, 3/30
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8:47am
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Tom Jones
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Promise Her Anything
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The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (Rhino)
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Track Notes: RIP Burt Bacharach, d. 2/8/2023
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8:43am
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John Lennon
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Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)
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Mind Games (EMI)
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8:40am
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Mol Sullivan
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Eggshells
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GOOSE (self-released)
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8:35am
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Sprints
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Cathedral
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Letter to Self (Slang City)
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Track Notes: at schubas, 3/19
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8:32am
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Mamalarky
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Drug Store Model
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Mamalarky (Fire Talk)
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8:27am
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glass beach
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rare animal
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plastic death (Run For Cover)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 3/31
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8:22am
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Live Skull
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Saturday Night Massacre
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Saturday Night Massacre (Bronson)
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8:18am
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Motley Crue
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Looks that Kill
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Shout at the Devil (Elektra)
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Track Notes: HBD Vince Neill, b. 2/8/1961 63!!
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8:15am
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The Mons Local
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Coffin Nail
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Axes: Bold As Fuck (Triple Eye)
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8:10am
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Stereos Local
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Stereo Freeze
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Chicago Soul: Electric Blues, Funk & Soul (Soul Jazz)
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8:05am
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Menomena
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Taos
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Mines (Barsuk)
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8:01am
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50k Check Local
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Cruisin'
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single (self released)
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Track Notes: at cole's 3/2
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2/8 - 7am hour
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7:55am
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The Smile
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Under Our Pillows
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Wall Of Eyes (XL)
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7:50am
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Overmono
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Good Lies
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Good Lies (XL)
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7:46am
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Wire
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It's A Boy
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A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck (Mute)
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7:43am
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Public Practice
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Fate/Glory
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Distance is a Mirror (Wharf Cat)
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7:40am
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Vacations
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Slow Motion
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No Place Like Home (Nettwerk)
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7:35am
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Poster Children Local
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Now It's Gone
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No More Songs About Sleep and Fire (Hidden Agenda)
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7:31am
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Fever Ray
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North
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Radical Romantics (Mute)
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7:26am
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Katy Kirby
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Alexandria
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Blue Raspberry (Anti-)
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Track Notes: at lincoln hall, 3/3
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7:21am
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sponj Local
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Epcot
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Epcot (self-released)
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7:18am
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Bob Marley & the Wailers
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So Much Trouble in the World
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Survival (Island/Tuff Gong)
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Track Notes: thanks for the request, Lou! In advance of the Bob Marley biopic, produced by chicagoan bob teitel.
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7:09am
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Vera Sola
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The Line
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Peacemaker (City Slang)
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7:05am
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Arctic Monkeys
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Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Domino)
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7:01am
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Cherry Glazerr
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Wild Times
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I Don't Want You Anymore (Secretly Canadian)
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2/8 - 6am hour
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6:58am
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boygenius
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Black Hole
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the rest (Interscope)
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6:54am
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J Mascis
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Hangin Out
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What Do We Do Now (Sub Pop)
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6:48am
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New Model Army
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Coming or Going
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Unbroken (earMUSIC)
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