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CHIRP Podcasts
First Time First Sign - Steve Dawson and Diane Christiansen
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Steve Dawson and Diane Christiansen have been co-conspirators, husband and wife, and leaders of the band Dolly Varden for more than 20 years. They live in Wicker Park with their dog Neville and their two rats, Gnocchi and Loretta. When they aren’t singing together, Diane spends her time making paintings and animations (christiansenstudio.com) and Steve teaches songwriting at the Old Town School of Folk Music.
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Artist Interviews Beach Slang
Touring in support of their debut full-length, The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us, Beach Slang made it through a winter storm just in time to headline the Subterranean. Before their set, Amanda Roscoe Mayo talked with frontman James Alex about how punk connects people regardless of age, falling down the rabbit hole of Tiny Desk Concerts, and the importance of books.
produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
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First Time First Sign - Jeremy Owens
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Jeremy Owens is the creator, producer and host of You're Being Ridiculous. He makes a delicious roast chicken and wants to be Nora Ephron when he grows up.
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First Time First Sign - James Gordon
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James Gordon better known as G.P.A.(Greatest Poet Alive) is an international award winning author of six books of Poetry and one novel of Mystery. He has performed all over the United States with his scintillating poetry and can be seen on epsidoes of Empire, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD , and Shameless, as well as the movies Animals, A Slice of Life, and Batman vs Superman. James can be found at GPA MEDIA INC and on Twitter at gr8estpoetalive.
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First Time First Sign - Alisa Rosenthal
Alisa Rosenthal is a performer and teaching artist. During the day she teaches youth music and theater at the Old Town School of Folk Music and Vagabond School of the Arts, and by night she performs as her vaudeville alter-ego Plucky Rosenthal. A semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, credits include the Chicago Women's Funny Fest, Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, and that one time she was in an old timey swimsuit in Sports Illustrated. Check her website for upcoming shows, classes, and other weird gigs. [url=http://www.alisarosenthal.com]http://www.alisarosenthal.com[/url]
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