Recent Postings
- 06.09: CHIRP is Bleeding Heart Bakery’s Charity of the Month for June and July 2009! in Newsletter
- 05.28: An interview with Ma Dukes in CHIRP Spotlight
- 05.26: CHIRP out and about in Events
- 05.23: Weekly Voyages Sat 5/23 to Sun 5/31 in Events
- 05.14: More comics about music for your edification. in CHIRPlog
- 05.14: Weekly Voyages Thurs 5/14 to Wed 5/20 in Uncategorized
- 05.07: Joyce’s Visions of Dawn (Paris ‘76 Project) in CHIRP Spotlight
- 05.07: Weekly Voyages Thurs 5/7 to Wed 5/13 in Events
- 04.30: Weekly Voyages Thurs 4/30 to Wed 5/6 in Events
- 04.23: Weekly Voyages Thurs 4/23 to Wed 4/29 in Events
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The work of the Chicago Independent Radio Project is supported in part by a generous grant from the Crossroads Fund. More information at crossroadsfund.org.
Newsletters
CHIRP is Bleeding Heart Bakery’s Charity of the Month for June and July 2009!
We are excited to announce that CHIRP has been selected as Bleeding Heart Bakery’s charity of the month for June and July 2009.
$1 from each charity cupcake sold comes back to our organization. So stop on by, pick up a cupcake or two, and bask in the goodness of eating a delicious treat while supporting the work we do.
Bleeding Heart Bakery is located at 1955 W. Belmont in Chicago and is open from 7am to 7pm every day. www.thebleedingheartbakery.com
CHIRPlog
More comics about music for your edification.
I just found a couple of interesting new things in the twin worlds of indie/web comics and music.
First, a indie publisher called Poseur Ink will very shortly be releasing an anthology of comics about music called Side B. Contributors include Chicago’s own Jeffrey Brown (who designed CHIRP’s Record Fair poster and t-shirt — contact us for more info on how to get one!), as well as Mitch Clem and Box Brown.
Side B, as you may imagine, is a follow up to their 2007 release Side A.
Meanwhile, I Love Tapes is a new web comic about a band. It’s a collaboration between Ned Hugar, who’s also a contributor to Side B, and Frank Gibson, who contributed to Side A. And in addition to the satire of the indie rock scene, Frank and Ned periodically post streaming mixes. How fun is that?
(Incidentally, Frank writes another comic called Tiny Kitten Teeth, in collaboration with Becky Dreistadt. It’s not about music, but go check it out anyway. The art reminds me of what you might see if you wandered through the art section of a thrift store while on psychedelic drugs.)
Upcoming Events
CHIRP out and about
Summer is always a busy time for CHIRP, and this summer is even busier than usual, with the planned launch of the web version of our new radio station!
As we move toward our late-summer launch, you’ll be seeing us out and about around the city.
We’re excited about an upcoming CHIRP benefit show generously planned by Chicago’s soulful rockers The Right Now. They’re playing a show with Love in October and Jenny Gillespie on Saturday, June 27th at Martyrs’, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit CHIRP! Showtime is 10PM, and tickets are $8.
Summer is a great time to see music outdoors, and we’re really looking forward to the new Monday night live music series at Millennium Park. Every week is a winner - including CHIRP favorites like the Sea and Cake, and a long-awaited return by the Feelies!
CHIRP will have a table at the Old Town School’s Folk & Roots Fest July 11th and 12th, so be sure to stop by and pick up great new CHIRPradio.org swag.
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CHIRP Spotlight
An interview with Ma Dukes
Ma Dukes illustration by Donald Ely
Putting J-Dilla’s fifteen year career into perspective is like trying to contextualize Michael Jordan’s impact on Chicago, Nike and the NBA. It’s an insurmountable task really, and while I was preparing for my interview with Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, mother to Dilla and executive producer of the Jay Stay Paid album, I couldn’t help but wonder what more can be asked that hasn’t been asked already? Better yet, how do you address Dilla’s life and death with a mother, who is now suffering at the hands of the same debilitating disease that took the life of her son just three short years ago? In the brief hour long interview Mrs. Yancey managed to set me at ease by answering my questions in ways that left me informed, inspired and believing that the rhythm that traveled through Dilla is something that is inherently born in all of us. Sure it’s difficult to believe that the average joe, music producer or not, could actually share something in common with arguably the greatest beatsmith of all time, but believe me it’s true. It was as much tragic as it was touching, and a feeling best summarized by Ma Dukes herself, “Love is the strongest thing in the world and it ties all of us together, and I don’t care who we are or what we are about we all can be changed and touched by love”.