Sidetrack with Jason Croft
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - December 06, 2008
On this month's program...We hear about what happens when being Santa doesn't turn out the way you want...a man who gives away Christmas trees...the roller derby revival...and we talk to the official historian for Rankin/Bass Productions, the people behind the holiday classics Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Santa Clause Is Coming To Town.
"The Exquisite City"
http://www.viaducttheatre.com/cms/
"The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages" interview
Roller Derby Revival
The man who gave away Christmas trees
Cell Phone Santa
"My Politically Incorrect Christmas"
Interview with Rick Goldschmidt, biographer and official historian for Rankin/Bass productions
http://enchantedworldofrankinbass.blogspot.com/
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - November 01, 2008
This time around, we have audio from the '08 election-1908 that is. We hear about the art of carving the perfect political pumpkins. Plus, stories about stolen yard signs, one man's quest for the perfect garage, and a tour of the show "Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics" now at the Krannert Art Museum.
Debate '08 (1908)
http://www.archeophone.com/index.php
Political sign thieves
Using Craigslist to get Obama rally tickets
Political Pumpkins
The Hartville Flea Market
Kombucha
Line dancing teacher audio postcard
The quest for the perfect garage
"Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - October 04, 2008
This month, we get a lesson in zombie survival with the St. Louis-based Zombie Squad...we hear about the band the Moon-Rays who have based their career on Halloween songs...and we have our annual chat with a ghost hunter!
Classic Music Revolution
Chicago Lyric Opera Singer
The Moon-Rays
http://www.ravenscott2000.com/Moon-Rays.html
Zombie Squad
Interview with ghost hunter Troy Taylor
http://www.prairieghosts.com/
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - September 06, 2008
This time around, we find out about the sport of mutton busting-young kids riding sheep...revisit an interview from the archives about International Talk Like A Pirate Day...and we present an encore broadcast of a tribute to singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg-a remembrance from those who know him when he played in Champaign-Urbana.
Mutton Busting
Japanese and Euro Bike Lovers in Harley Country
Hummingbird bander
Talk Like A Pirate revisit
Dan Fogelberg: A Remembrance
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - August 02, 2008
On this month's program, we learn about the poetic side of actor and comedian Bill Murray...visit a tap-dancing competition in Chicago...talk to a man who runs a freak show in California...and hear about a street drummer who plays on just about anything he can get his hands on.
Chicago Tap Dancing
Street Beats
Project Pimento
Poetry Festival/Bill Murray
Disabled Swimmer
The sociology of the Simpsons
Pop Culture Roadtrips
Modern-day Freakshow
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - July 05, 2008
This month we find out how Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr is responsible for modern technology...hear about one writer's adventures after getting stuck in her bathroom...and we talk to the B-movie actress Tura Satana, star of Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
Instrument Builders
"Damsel, Distressed"
Hedy Lamarr
"Naughty Picturers"
Tura Satana Interview
http://www.turasatana.com
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - June 07, 2008
We go into the Sidetrack archives for some summertime fun. We have stories about rock and rolls greatest myths, the search for the legendary tropical drink The Zombie, and the Continuum Fingerboard-a strange electronic instrument that be heard in the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Continuum Fingerboard
"Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John? Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed."
Water Parks Essay
Pi Omega Omega--The Downtown Drinking Fraternity
Interview with Jeff Berry author of "Sippin' Safari: In Search of the Great 'Lost' Tropical Drink Recipes...and the People Behind Them."
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - May 03, 2008
On this month's program, we talk to the organizers of WILL's Vintage Vinyl Sale. We've pulled some records from the sale for your listening enjoyment. Also the state of Polka music in Chicago. And memories of Japanese-Americans starting over, after being incarcerated by their government during World War Two...We'll have those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
WWII Memories
Chicago Polka
Essay: "You Are What You Spill"
WILL's Vintage Vinyl Sale
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - April 05, 2008
This month we talk to a husband and wife team from Portland, Oregon, who run a black velvet painting museum called the Velveteria...we find out the burlesque revival in Chicago...learn about some award-winning mustard from the Midwest...and hear one man's story about growing up as a Catholic schoolchild were the fear of nuns with rulers permeated his life...
Chicago burlesque revival
Award-winning mustard
Chicago window washers
Essay: "Another Wrong Career"
The Velveteria--The Black Velvet Painting Museum
Essay: "Under The Ruler"
WILL - Sidetrack with Jason Croft - March 01, 2008
On this month's program, we talk the inventor of the Nubrella-a modern take on the classic umbrella...we find out about the new website Book Glutton based in Urbana that combines an e-library with a social networking site... Appalachian hip-hop...a modern-day cowboy's ride across America...a vaction ranch for computer programmers...a primer of who you'll meet at a comic book convention...and a former Cubs manager's infamous news conference tape.
Rising Appalachia
Modern cowboy's ride across America
Book Glutton
http://www.bookglutton.com
Comic Book Convention
Big Nerd Ranch
Nubrella
http://www.nubrella.com
Former Cubs manager's infamous tape
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