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:
9/26 - 6am hour
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6:30am
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Pet Shop Boys
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Minimal
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Fundamental (Parlophone)
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Track Notes: request for Chesney driving out to PA
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6:27am
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Dummy
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Unshaped Road
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Free Energy (Trouble in Mind)
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6:21am
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julie
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feminine adornments
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my anti-aircraft friend (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: at thalia hall, 10/15
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6:18am
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Roky Erickson
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For You
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All That May Do My Rhyme (Play Loud! Productions (reissue))
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6:15am
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Johnny Cash
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Man In Black
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The Essential Johnny Cash (Sony)
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Track Notes: thanks mom and dad for your donation to my personal chirp fundraising drive
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6:09am
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The Lemon Twigs
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Everything Harmony
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Everything Harmony (Captured Tracks)
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6:06am
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Dent May
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Sea Salt & Caramel
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Late Checkout (Carpark)
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6:03am
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Velvetron Local
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Reentry
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Something/Anything (self-released)
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9/19 - 8am hour
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8:53am
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Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko Local
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Vulnerable
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Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE)
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8:46am
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The Runaways
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Is it Day or Night?
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The Runaways (Mercury)
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Track Notes: HBD Lita Ford, b. 9/19/1958
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8:42am
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The Jesus Lizard Local
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Alexis Feels Sick
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Rack (Ipecac)
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Track Notes: warm love, cool dreams at salt shed, 9/28
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8:33am
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Hataałii
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Buckskin Boy
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Waiting For A Sign (Dangerbird)
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8:30am
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Cassandra Jenkins
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Clams Casino
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My Light, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans)
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Track Notes: tonight at sleeping village, w/ andrew sa
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8:21am
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Jessie Ware
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Free Yourself
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That! Feels Good! (Interscope)
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8:18am
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BONES UK
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FIX
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SOFT (Sumerian)
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8:09am
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The Capsules
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All At Once
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Northern Lights & Southern Skies (Vespera)
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8:06am
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Lightfoils Local
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Last One
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Hierarchy (Saint Marie)
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8:02am
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Gift
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Light Runner
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Illuminator (Captured Tracks)
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9/19 - 7am hour
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7:59am
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Fat Dog
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All the Same
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WOOF. (Domino)
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Track Notes: empty bottle, 10/24
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7:52am
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The F*cking Champs
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Heart to Heart
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III (Drag City)
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7:49am
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Bully
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A Wonderful Life
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Lucky For You (Sub Pop)
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7:46am
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Jack White
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Tonight (Was a Long Time Ago)
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NO NAME (Third Man)
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7:36am
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The English Beat
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Get-A-Job
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Wha'ppen? (IRS)
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7:33am
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Claude Fontaine
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Laissez Moi L'aimer
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La Mer (Innovative Leisure)
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7:23am
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Jane's Addiction
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Classic Girl
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Ritual De Lo Habitual (Warner)
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7:20am
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Toro Y Moi
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Smoke (Featuring: Kenny Mason)
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Hole Erth (Dead Oceans)
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7:12am
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Kim Deal
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Crystal Breath
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Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
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Track Notes: out 11/22
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7:08am
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Public Practice
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Underneath
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Gentle Grip (Wharf Cat)
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7:05am
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The Dirtbombs
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Pheremone Smile
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Horndog Fest (In the Red)
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7:03am
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the Mamas & the Papas
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Words of Love
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Farewell to the First Golden Era (Dunhill)
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Track Notes: hbd Cass Elliot, b. 9/19/1941
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