On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome the founding members of the fabulous Chicago band Babe Report. They discuss the formation of the band, their early musical projects, Ben regales us with tales of growing up in Rockford, and Brandon tries to compare flutes to octopuses. Then they listen to records by Prewn, The Bats, Cusp, Jane Pow and more!

Babe Report Links:

Bandcamp: https://babereportchicago.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babereport_theband/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@babe.report

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On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome back guest DJ Erik Oldman. A veteran musician from the bands Sons of Ra, KW3, and Afro Futuristics, Erik brings an eclectic mix of musical styles to the decks while Brandon well, we're still trying to figure out what that was . . . but you will hear songs from Jimmy Smith, Slint, Over Ow, The Messthetics, The Scientists, Mary Halvorson and more.

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Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome back guest DJ Jeff Gilman who hosts the BOOM BOX DJ night at the Rock Island Public House in Blue Island on the first Friday every month. And on today's show he'll be playing the original track of a song and then a hip-hop song that sampled it., while Brandon & AP Lindsay hang on for dear life and try to follow along.

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On today's episode of Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome back guest DJ Mike Tucker as they play some of their "favorite" summertime songs, and AP Lindsay is so angered by the annual St. Donatus Festival that she's rendered speechless. It's summer so what do you think you're going to hear? Yeah, you'll probably hear that, but you might hear a few pleasant and not so surprises as well.

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On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon & AP Lindsay discuss their recent foray into the land of cows & beer. That's right, they travel all the way to Milwaukee to see DEVO at Summerfest and the DUIs and Watermelon at Sabbatic and of course record shopping! Milwaukee has some of the best record stores in the country and there are so many that they couldn't even get to all of them but they'll talk about the ones they did get to and then play some of the records.

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Guess, what? We're going to be listening to punk & metal today, and a lot of it is from Chicago and even more of it is from the 90s, because today's episode of Vinyl Fridays is the first meeting of the new Punk & Metal Club as Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome guest DJ Joe Chellino who's love of the punk rock inspired him to sponsor a Punk & Metal Club at his school about 10 years ago. And returning to the podcast is his friend and colleague Kevin Barron recently co-authored an Images of America book aptly titled Blue Island, published by Arcadia Publishing, and is the person responsible for the South Cook Explore Instagram page.

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Do you like your punk a little on the crusty side? Then you're in luck because on today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome farmer, musician, record collector and fellow Blue Islander Mr Joe O'Meara. Besides playing in bands like No Slogan, Holy Whores and Weird Banana, he's also one of the people responsible for the now defunct and sorely missed BIOS farm that used to be along the Cal Sag here in Blue Island. And if that weren't enough we'll also be talking about how a pet bird may or may not have been killed by Rock n Roll, his childhood home getting struck by lightning and much more!

On this episode you'll hear songs by Rat Bastards The DUIs, Bugg Personal & the Pizzas, The Suicide Commandos ands more! For a complete playlist visit Patreon.com/blueislandradio

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On this week's episode of VinylFridays Brandon's guest DJ is his brother Rudy "Babe" Zamora Jr. who returns for his second go around as guest DJ armed a stack of records and a theme. On today's episode you will hear music by The Impressions, Watermelon, The Bobs, Lene Lovitch, Wasted Youth, and more. For the complete list please visit our Patreon page at: Patreon.com/blueislandradio

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Brandon & AP Lindsay say hooray to 50 episodes of Vinyl Fridays with this week's guest DJs Annie Novotny and Corbly Brockman and it's a doozy! We went on a wild, round-robin ride, each DJ playing two songs. Joni to Gaga, Bebe Buell to Beach Boys, this episode has something for everyone. Artists, art therapists and now DJs Annie and Corbly are preparing to open Roots & Rays Creative Counseling on the South Side of Chicago.

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On this week's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon & AP Lindsay welcome Eric Schwartz & Eric Stafford Dinse aka The League of Erics, who, for the better part of a the last ten years have been driving around playing ditties about drinking, death, debauchery, and the devil while never losing their sense of humor. And not only do they play a selection of fine records that encapsulate many of the ingredients that go into the dark stew that is The League of Erics, they also premier (with a live performance) a new song that will be appearing on their forthcoming album that they're currently putting the finishing touches on. Check them out on Bandcamp or visit Theleagueoferics.com

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