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On-Air: Sundays 3pm-8pm
Host: Local Anesthetic
A graduate of the acclaimed Radio/Television department of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Richard Milne has been a weekend and fill-in air personality with WXRT since July, 1986. In 1991 he created Chicago commercial radios longest running local music show, Local Anesthetic. [Read Richard’s Full Bio]
It is so, so good to have a new record that demands loud listening. Crankability has been in short supply in 2014 but mighty bountiful on just about every track on Textbook‘s new one, All [...]
18 hours ago
Before I get in to last night’s playlist, a quick reminder that the deadling for submissions the upcoming 23rd Local Anesthetic Holiday Spectacular is a MONTH from THIS Wednesday. Click the link for specific details. [...]
11/10/2014
2014 is shaping up to be another year where everybody that started working on their project in January or February, finally got it all together in time to release their work in November or December. [...]
11/07/2014
For as much as this man works, you’d expect Gerald Dowd to be a Type A personality. You know; at best, just a touch overbearing and kind of a general noodge. I knew, however, before [...]
11/05/2014
Since moving to Chicago in 1991, Gerald Dowd has played drums with a who’s who of Chicago’s americana and alt-country scene and the occasional rock band, too. Stints with Robbie Fulks, Kelly Hogan, Nora O’Connor, [...]
10/29/2014
As disparate as the artists on last night’s Local Anesthetic were in their presentation and attitude, the show sounded like what it should be; the best mix of what’s new in Chicago music. New bands [...]
10/27/2014
With all apologies to the ongoing World Series, this week’s Local Anesthetic looks to be a grand slam. We’ve got a solo shot from longtime acoustic guitar fixture John Hasbrouck and his release, Dream Lucky. [...]
10/24/2014
After nine episodes of the “Chicago History of Funk and Soul”, Dante Carfagna and me are like a well-oiled, 7″ single spinning machine. What’s become clear to me in the ten years since Dante’s first [...]
10/21/2014
Dante Carfagna knows more about 45 rpm singles that have been released by r&b, funk and soul bands in the last 60 years than you or I could ever, ever get a handle on. An [...]
10/17/2014
Our Local Anesthetic show opener, The Ivorys, play Burlington this Friday night and the Double Door on November 11. After spinning the new scorcher “Thunder Steps” from Fletcher on this week’s show, I’m looking forward [...]
10/14/2014
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