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CHIRP Podcasts
First Time First Blood - Tim Barnes
Tim Barnes is a Los Angeles born Chicago based comic who’s writing about himself in the third person right now, I’m not kidding. His jokes centers around race and social norms and stuff like that. Chicago Magazine has called his humor “gently absurd” and named him one of the 16 Chicago Comics You Should Check Out… in it’s 2014 fall issue, and The Chicago Tribune has described him as “a smooth wordsmith who is sharp, polished and confident…”
He has appeared on NBC, WBEZ, WGN 720 AM radio, and Vocalo.org. He hosts the interview/story podcast, It’s All True! featuring conversations with prominent comedians and entertainers including Eddie Izzard, Wyatt Cenac, Greg Proops and more.
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First Time First Blood - Dave Maher
Raised in Oklahoma and Cincinnati, Dave Maher is a Chicagoan of a dozen years and as many apartments. He has acted and improvised comedy around the city since 2008, including a glorious stint at the now-defunct Upstairs Gallery, before he transcended improv and realized that stand-up is where his brand of energetic, intellectual and autobiographical intensity fits best. He tells stories and jokes at shows around the city, including Ultimate Pleasure Forever, the show he produces and hosts at Transistor in Lakeview on the last Saturday of every month.
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Artist Interviews KING
Before their show at SPACE in Evanston, CHIRP's Cher Vincent sat down with Paris Strother, Amber Strother and Anita Bias of the R&B trio KING. The ladies talked about bringing Midwestern vibes to Los Angeles, Cher's favorite KING song "Mister Chameleon," and hanging out with Prince.
produced by Brian Szpak
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First Time First Blood - Atalee Judy
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Atalee Judy is a professional stuntwoman with Chicago-based Asylum Stunts who began her career as a highly physical professional dancer and choreographer who developed an extreme release technique style of movement in 1998 that she coined The Bodyslam Technique. It's a codifed system of Falling Techniques taught to dancers to utilize better integration in/out of the floor.
She got her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance from Columbia College, and ran a successful dance company called Breakbone DanceCo. from 1997-2013. Atalee now designs & produces her own casual wear clothing line called BONEware Clothing made from upcycled rock t-shirts (etsy.com/shop/BONEware).
She is known for her work on The Good Fight (2016), Jacketman (2015),The Sacrifice (2014), Divergent (2014), Playland (2010), The Artsiders (2007).
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Artist Interviews Fake Limbs
CHIRP volunteer Melanie Kruvelis sat down with local band Fake Limbs in the CHIRP studios to chat about meeting at a barbecue, what it's like to be tall at shows, and their impressive lyrical vocabulary.
produced by Melanie Kruvelis (@internetmelanie)
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