Outside the Loop RADIO

(podcasting live-to-tape from Toons Bar and Grill)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt outside-the-loop but number-one-in-your-heart radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann celebrate OTL’s 2nd Anniversary at Toons Bar and Grill — with Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, The Expired Meter, Chicago Bites, Will Byington, Chicago Bar Project, and live music and giveaways.

OTL’s Big Two Year Anniversary Party !!

with special guests…

Mike Quigley – Cook County Commissioner, 10th District

The Parking Ticket Geek – The Expired Meter

Tammy Green & Bridget Houlihan – Chicago Bites podcasters

Sean Parnell – Chicago Bar Project founder

and a surprise visit from Will Byington
official Toons and We Are Cubs Fans photographer

OTL #105 Anniversary Party credits:
host – Mike Stephen
producer – Andy Hermann
engineer – Dave “DJ Goldie G” Goldman
band – PJ Anderson & John Pacini (of Detagoh)
t-shirts – Propaganda

 

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Outside the Loop RADIO:
Chicago’s Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine …

… celebrates two years of community radio !!

Come out to Toons Bar & Grill on Tue 9/23 @ 7:30p while we tape a special hour-long edition of OTL… to air at 5:30p on Fri 9/26 on WLUW (88.7-FM).

We’ll have WLUW and Toons swag to hand out, as well as brand new Outside the Loop RADIO t-shirts (courtesy of the fine folks at Propaganda) for giveaways… and there’s beer specials too!

 

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(podcasting “from” out in back of Nick’s Uptown)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt getting-ready-to-party-next-week radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann announce OTL’s 2nd Anniversary Party, they discuss a valuable piece of land in Uptown, they offer a web-exclusive piece of audio, and then they get an update on a controversial Chicago city ordinance.

OTL’s Big Two Year Anniversary Party;
we’re taping a special one-hour edition of OTL at Toons Bar & Grill on Tue 9/23 night at 7:30p, to air on WLUW next Fri 9/26 at 5:30p (note the earlier air time)

Molly Phelan – Fix Wilson Yard;
on developing a prime six acres of land in Uptown

OTL News & Updates;
the full Johnnie Lee Savory interview is now available,
the big Two Year Anniversary Party on Tue 9/23

Paul Natkin – board member, Chicago Music Commission;
with an update on the proposed Chicago Promoters Ordinance

(segue music this week from Robbie Fulks)

 

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A couple weeks ago (09/03/08), Mike took the OTL roving microphone out to the near west side of Chicago to talk with Johnnie Lee Savory.

Johnnie was wrongfully convicted of murder at age 14, and served 30 years in prison. John Maki at the Windy Citizen has been following Johnnie’s story at his “Justice for Savory” blog.

We aired an edited version of Johnnie’s interview in OTL: Episode #102, and feel it is important to present his segment in its entirety…

 

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THE FIRST IN THE OTL NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES…

(podcasting from the heart of Logan Square)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt boulevard system radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann present a Logan Square themed show — featuring a discussion about a film on gentrification, a man-on-the-street interview, and a talk with a political candidate from the area.

OTL’s Special Logan Square-themed Program;
broadcasting outside the SoundProofBooth by the Illinois Centennial Memorial Column

Shelter: One Community’s Struggle;
talking with Kevlyn Park student Yasendi Castaneda,
and Logan Square Neighborhood Association organizer Rosita De La Rosa…
about their film focusing on gentrification in the neighborhood

OTL’s Man-on-the-Street segment;
with new Logan Square resident Matt, and his thoughts on the area

Jeremy Karpen;
Green Party candidate for Illinois State Representative (39th District)

(segue music this week from DJ KIDTRAE)

 

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(podcasting “from” in the basement of the Richard J. Daley Center)

(broadcasting on the 100-watt halls of justice radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)

Mike Stephen offers Andy Hermann peaches, they learn about a man falsely convicted for murder, they revisit the ongoing car towing saga, and then they discuss deploying Chicago police with automatic weapons.

OTL’s justice-themed radio program;
but first Mike offers Andy peaches

Johnnie Lee Savory*;
wrongfully convicted for murder at age 14,
is now a free man… but is fighting to clear his name

Mike still seeking justice;
attempting to contact Ald. Vi Daley about his towed car

Tracy Siska – president, Chicago Justice Project;
on Chicago police with assault rifles

(segue music this week from The Dials)

* OTL web exclusive: the full conversation with Johnnie Lee Savory

 

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