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Artist Interviews Radar Eyes

CHIRP's Katie Owens met up with Anthony Cozzi of Radar Eyes at Logan Square's El Charro to chat about his love of studio life, the direct relationship between a crowd's mood and the band's, and making a living in entertainment media management.

Radar Eyes released their first full length on cassette via Happenin Records in December, are releasing the 'Positive Feedback' 7" on HoZac Records in January and will be releasing a second LP in March 2014 to line up with their trip down to SXSW.

produced by Briavael O'Reilley

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First Time First Scare - Helean Lee

In October, the theme for CHIRP’s live lit and music series, The First Time, was first scare.

Helean Lee is a CHIRP DJ, Chicago sports fan and self-admitted TV freak. And it was while watching TV, curled up in her “blanket burrito,” that Helean got her first scare, weeks after being hit by a motorcycle while she was crossing the street.

Join us for our next First Time—First Lesson, at Martyrs’ on January 15th. Click here for more information.

Podcast produced by Mickey Capper

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News The Lost Marionettes of Ralph Kipniss

The Underground Multiplex (TUGM) is an arts advocacy and community outreach group founded in 2010 by Lew Ojeda and Richard Lewis. TUGM is a "transmedia" group, which means they advocate on behalf of all media types. They helped break the story of the possible sale of the Portage Theater, which led to a campaign to help save local independent movie theaters and video stores.

More recently, they mounted a Kickstarter campaign to help recover hundreds of marionettes hand-crafted by Ralph Kipniss, a third-generation Russian puppeteer who ran a marionette theater on Chicago's north side. That campaign didn’t reach its goal. CHIRP's Kwame Shorter spoke with Ojeda and Lewis about the campaign and why it was important to help save the lost marionettes of Ralph Kipniss.

Music from The Soldier's Tale by Igor Stravinsky

Additional editing by Dan Epstein

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First Time First Scare - Adam Burke

The First Time is CHIRP Radio’s live lit and music series. Back in October 2013, the series saw its first show at its new home, Martyrs’, in North Center. The theme was first scare.

Adam Burke is a comedian and writer who’s become a regular feature in Chicago’s stand-up comedy scene. For his first scare story, Adam reached back to his childhood in Ireland when he was convinced his brother and father were conspiring to break both of his arms.

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Podcast produced by Mickey Capper