#wxrt

[fuzzyghost]

#chicago #wxrt #radio station #vhs #ident #retro #vaporwave #gif

[oldshowbiz]

SoundStage Stereo Simulcast

#WXRT #television logos #simulcast

[nedison]

Medley: Senses Working Overtime / Grass / Love On A Farmboy's Wages - XTC (1989)

I wish we'd get more officially released tracks from the '89 "acousXTC" tour. These are some of my favorite live recordings they ever made.

This is the highest fidelity release I've heard from that era, sourced from the first volume of the incredible ONXRT: Live From The Archives series.

#XTC #Andy Partridge #Colin Moulding #Dave Gregory #1989 #Acoustic #Senses Working Overtime #Grass #Love On A Farmboy's Wages #WXRT #ONXRT

[chaunceyandchumleysdad]

Lin Brehmer (1954-2023)

This weekend’s kick off is dedicated to Chicago radio personality Lin Brehmer who passed away earlier this week at age 68. He was an excellent disc jockey and outstanding morning drive personality on WXRT, a passionate fan of all things Chicago, and your best friend in the whole world. Borrowing from a Frank Zappa song, he regularly used the catch phrase, “Its great to be alive!”

In memory of Lin and the many years of joy he brought to Chicago listeners, I’m kicking off the weekend with The Mothers of Invention and their live version of Call Any Vegetable.

(If you choose to skip around on the song, Frank’s “great to be alive” is at 5:43. Also, don’t miss Frank’s awesome guitar solo at 3:40.)

#lin brehmer #R.I.P #wxrt #chicago #radio #rock music #it's fucking great to be alive #frank zappa #mothers of invention #kicking off the weekend

[raspberryconverse]

I have no words. Now the two people who made my experience interning at XRT so good are gone and my heart is broken.

— Coley 💗💜💙 Bisexual people exist (she/her) (@raspberrychucks) Jan 22, 2023 January 22, 2023 at 01:57PM via Twitter https://twitter.com/raspberrychucks

#IFTTT #Twitter #wxrt #93xrt #chicago radio #lin brehmer #my best friend in the whole world #no really i have his number in my phone #he gave really painful high fives

[gummyartstradingcards]

#lin brehmer #chicago #wxrt #baseball cards #card art

[sinceileftyoublog]

Matthew Sweet Live Preview: 4/5, Metro, Chicago

Photo by Evan Carter

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Tonight, at Metro, power pop aficionado Matthew Sweet returns to Chicago after over 5 years away. Though his most recent album was 2021's underrated Catspaw, and he is purportedly at work on a new studio record, it's actually a different recent item he shared that has me excited. Earlier this year, Sweet released his July 4, 1993 show from Grant Park, recorded by Metro Mobile Recording for WXRT. The show consisted of songs from his 1991 breakout Girlfriend, yes, but also much of Altered Beast, which would come out weeks later.

You can tell from the recording why it's considered one of Sweet's best-ever shows. Though you can imagine the crowd melting on a hot day as two of the first four songs played were slower in tempo and likely unfamiliar, yet to have their studio versions drop, it's clear concertgoers ate up the band. Television's Richard Lloyd, who lent his axe to Girlfriend, plays lead guitar, while Tony Marsico's (Cruzados, Bob Dylan) on bass and Will Rigby's (the dB's) on drums. They add dynamic riffs and meaty fills on "The Ugly Truth", and their mammoth breakdown on "Evangeline" generates applause from an audience charmed by the song's otherwise bright, buoyant melodies. And even the slinkier, more psychedelic tunes like "Do It Again" and "Reaching Out" are crystal clear. The whole collection was remixed and remastered from the original DAT source by engineer Brian Kehew, and you can hear not just Sweet's banter but even moments of crowd chatter. At one point, someone says, "Nice to see you, bro, let's get lunch," like it's an outtake from "Undone (The Sweater Song)".

Of course, though devoted fans were probably foaming at the mouth hearing so much new material, the Girlfriend songs were the unabashed highlights of the set, from the Rolling Stones strut of "Does She Talk?" to the epic, cascading "Divine Intervention". When Sweet introduces the title track, he says, "If there's any song of mine you know, this might be the one," and for good reason: He never wrote another earworm quite like it. Funny enough, Lloyd did not play lead guitar on the album version (it was Robert Quine), but his distorted solo here absolutely rips. By the time Sweet plays the final two songs of the afternoon, covers of John Lennon's "Crippled Inside" and The Troggs' "I Want You", you get a true sense of his appreciation for pop music and songwriting, and at the moment he was on stage, he was the one on top.

Not to say he won't be great tonight! Sweet should deliver an excellent set. Singer-songwriter Abe Partridge opens. Doors at 7:00 PM, show at 8.

#live picks #matthew sweet #metro #abe partridge #wxrt live in grant park chicago IL july 4 1993 #evan carter #catspaw #grant park #wxrt #metro mobile recording #girlfriend #altered beast #television #richard lloyd #tony marisco #cruzados #bob dylan #will rigby #the db's #brian kehew #the rolling stones #robert quine #john lennon #the troggs

[jimflanigan]

A Tale of Two Concerts

How in the bloody hell did I end up at this show over the weekend? Some say it’s because I’m Father of the Year. I volunteered to take my 15-year-old daughter and her friend to see the feminist punk band Destroy Boys. You may remember them from their haunting ballad “I Threw Glass at My Friend’s Eyes and Now I’m on Probation.” Anyway, I took these two lovely young ladies into Chicago to Metro to…

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#93xrt #chicago #comedy #concert #destroy boys #fox news #funny #humor #kurt vile #metro #music #political #wxrt

[frances-baby-houseman]

We're slowly watching The Bear season 1 and it's the episode with Lin Brehmer and it was so good to hear his voice again.

#your best friend in the whole world #wxrt is one of the great radio stations

[himikochan]

reblog for sample size and all that

#poll

[derangedrhythms]

It’s definitely the bad side. It wasn’t the one that won. My point of view was not the side that won in this song. I think where it shows up on the record, and the whole reason Sneeze is where it is is because, well, obviously, it was definitely malaria. It’s one of those things where you know this isn’t good for you. You know that anything any of your friends say to you just doesn’t mean anything. ‘Don’t do this Tori. You’re crazy. Don’t do this. Why are you doing this?’ You just look at them and say, ‘Oh, I know exactly what I’m doing. Don’t worry. Everything’s just fine.

Tori Amos, on ‘Caught A Lite Sneeze’ from WXRT Chicago (1996)

#tori amos #caught a lite sneeze #music

[projazznet]

Herbie Hancock feat. Jaco Pastorius – Live In Chicago ’77

“Herbie Hancock featuring Jaco Pastorius, Live at Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago Ill. on February 16th 1977. By 1977 Herbie Hancock was firmly established as America’s leading purveyor of jazz-funk. This superb performance finds him playing with Weather Report’s legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, as well as Bennie Maupin (tenor sax, bass clarinet) and James Levi (drums). Broadcast on the local WXRT-FM, it offers a setlist anchored in his Head Hunters era, but also offers a track from Maupin’s superb Slow Traffic To The Right album. With “Hang Up Your Hang-Ups” and band intro’s at the start.” – Rick Ransom/AllMusic.

#jacopastorius #herbiehancock #benniemaupin #jameslevi #fusion #jazzfunk #projazznet

[nice-bright-colors]

It’s odd to see, yet still touching to read all the heartfelt FB posts from many friends back in Chicago, about the passing of Lin Brehmer.

Between all the XRT events, concerts for the kids, St. Patrick’s Day parades (north & south), dying the river green, opening day broadcasts for the Cubs at Yak-Zies, countless new restaurant openings (he was a foodie), Lin’s Bin mini rants, when he would play ‘Dear Prudence’ every year on my friend Prudence’s birthday (she worked at the station in 90’s), yearly ski trips with listeners to Breckinridge and Telluride, the Oyster & Guinness festival every year, Old St. Pat’s Worlds Largest Block Party near the church, and every single time The Rolling Stones came to Chicago…he was all over it.

Quite odd to read all the condolences on all social media platforms. The amount of lives he touched by not being that “whacky morning dj guy” is clearly amazing. I had to do the math from when I first started listening to him to when I moved to Colorado. Just over 31-1/2 years.

I can honestly say that I haven’t had consistent friendships that have lasted that long. Then again Lin was ‘everybody’s best friend in the whole world.’

[petimiti67]

Allman Brothers Band @ WXRT, Chicago,IL 1971

Allman Brothers Band WXRT Chicago IL 1971-XX-XX Personnel: Greg Allman - organ, vocals Duane Allman - guitar Dicky Betts - guitar Berry Oakley - bass Butch Trucks - drums Jai Johanny Johanson - percussion

#youtube

[raspberryconverse]

Spouse and I were cleaning up what will eventually be our office (if we ever get our shit together) and in a box with a bunch of printer paper we're a bunch of my old journals. I started reading one from when I was 21-22, but I wanted to read the previous one because I wanted to read about a particular exboyfriend. I started out writing about how we met, then my next entry was a bad day while I was interning at WXRT. I ended the entry with this:

I miss Lin so much. He was one of the best people I've ever met. He was one of the best people on this planet.

#i'm not crying you're crying #lin brehmer #wxrt #chicago radio #if you did the math to figure out how old i am #no you didn't #although i said the journal after this one was when i was 21-22 #so that doesn't necessarily say how old i was during this one #did i turn 21 during this journal? #or was i already 21? #you'll never know #at least until i turn 40 #then the mystery of coley's age will be revealed #you're basically 40 years old coley #reading old journals

[dagneyrobertson]

Growing up near Chicago a clock radio was enough to introduce me to a wide variety of music in my teens. But at college, 3 1/2 hours away, in the mid-80s there were only 3 choices. I became a disciple of college radio.

When I moved back north to the suburbs I quickly began to prefer listening to WXRT Chicago on my drive to and from work. It was the closest thing to college radio I could find. The people there valued music more than money or ratings. During my mid 20s the Program Director was promoted/laterally moved/demoted to DJ (I wasn't sure which, but I know he loved the microphone.) Eventually he earned the "coveted" morning drive slot and became my "best friend in the whole world". I loved that his son and my dog shared a name.

If you know, you know. If you don't I might compare my 35 year old secret crush on Lin Brehmer to how your dad feels about David Letterman, or Jon Stewart.

Rest in Peace Lin Brehmer.

#you're not crying, I am #WXRT #Lin Brehmer