February 23, 2019 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #419)

9:01 AM The Chills • Heavenly Pop Hit • Submarine Bells • Slash

9:04 AM Aretha Franklin • Crazy He Calls Me • Soul '69 • Atlantic

9:07 AM Rustin Man • Vanishing Heart • Drift Code • Domino

February 16, 2019 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #418)

9:00 AM D'Angelo • Unshaken • Red Dead Redemption II: Official Soundtrack • RCA

9:04 AM Julian Cope • Holy Love • Fried • Mercury

9:07 AM Lily & Madeleine • Supernatural Sadness • Canterbury Girls • New West

The Chicago Mayoral Primary 2019, a/k/a CLUSTERF*** 2019

Fourteen candidates for mayor, and 16 days until the primary election. While I’m sure there are a fair number of Chicagoans who have made up their minds, for so many, this process is untenable. But it’s all we’ve got.

So much of the problem is about the short window that was created by Rahm Emanuel’s late-in-the-game decision to not seek a third term. So we’re stuck with having to process a lot of information in a relatively short amount of time. This doesn’t quite compare to the large primary fields for president that sometimes crop up (like what we’re seeing for the Democrats for 2020). This is because in a national primary process, as the candidates wind their way through the states, elections, gaffes, and funding winnow the field down into something more manageable. That ain’t happening here.

February 9, 2019 CHIRP Radio playlist (Show #417)

9:00 AM Lindsay Buckingham • Did You Miss Me • Gift of Screws • Reprise

9:04 AM Solange • Losing You • True • Terrible

9:08 AM Deerhunter • Element • Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? • 4AD

February 2, 2019 CHIRP Radio Playlist (Show #416)

9:00 AM Massive Attack • Karmacoma • Protection • Virgin

9:05 AM Joni Mitchell • Car on a Hill • Court and Spark • Asylum

9:08 AM Foxwarren • To Be • Foxwarren • Anti-/Arts & Crafts