PHOTO  |  band:MADURA  |  album:Madura II  |  year:1973  |  label:Columbia  |  genre:Jazz/Rock/Funk/Soul/Folk  |  from:Chicago

Dear Much-Beloved Carbon-based Life Form,

My random, irregularly-timed broadcast transmissions of CHIRP Radio, live from The Restaurant at End of the Universe became regular and consistent at the beginning of 2023! How lucky for you! Weekly, Tuesday Nights, 10pm until 12am (or more likely 1 AM) CST, I spin new music assembled by the crack CHIRP Music Department, mixed with a deep CHIRP Library, and my own vast-and-growing collection of music-infused artifacts.

Like all the dedicated, knowledgable CHIRP DJs, the soundtracks we broadcast to the universe are highly individual, and pull from our interests and preferences, experiences and diversities. The mix of music runs the range of years and styles -- current to classic, not-released to long-forgotten, Chicago-local to Burmese-past. It's always different and it's fun every time to bring music to your ears.

We're not bots; we're not AI; we're not computer-generated algorithms of music. We're cacophony! We're radical! We're unique and essential.

And we're 99.93% volunteers, running a community-based, listener-supported juggernaut of musical energy. And we could use your support.

CHIRP is radio as it's meant to be: live, local and independent.

We are true radio believers at CHIRP. We love the music that we share with you, and we are committed to our community -- playing local bands every single hour of the day, interviewing Chicago artists for our podcast series, showcasing local nonprofits doing important work, and generally making sure we are shining a light on our city's diverse, vibrant, creative scenes. And we're doing it all without any commercials!

Your generous support makes everything we do possible. We are a truly independent, listener-supported radio station, never beholden to corporate interests.

If you believe in this work, and if you're able, we please make a donation to CHIRP today.

IMPORTANT: If you would like to become a sustaining member by making a recurring donation (monthly or quarterly), or if you want to select a thank you gift, please visit CHIRP's main donation page to make your contribution (and to give in support of the person making this post, be sure to type their full name in the "volunteer to credit" section so they can receive credit for your gift).