Sidetrack with Jason Croft
First Saturday of the month at 6 pm
Fun stories, quirky interviews, thought-provoking commentaries, great tunes, and more!
Sidetrack is AM 580's monthly news/features magazine hosted by Jason Croft. Sidetrack's goal is to bring you the stories you might have otherwise missed--the stories that sometimes get overlooked during the busy day-to-day headlines. The stories are sometimes off-beat, sometimes unusual, but never dull. It's a fresh look at the what's going on in our backyard and around the world. Be sure to explore program contents for links to more info and a few surprises.
April 2010
Program air date: Saturday, April 03, 2010
This month, we talk to character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, known for his work in the movie Groundhog Day and the TV show Glee. We learn about roller derby in Champaign-Urbana. Find out how the recession has affected comedy clubs. And we hear about a popular music website based in the Quad Cities. All that, tonight on Sidetrack!
Menu:
- Daytrotter music website (web site)
- CU Rollers (web site)
- Comedy in the recession
- Interview with character actor Stephen Tobolowsky (web site)
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March 2010
Program air date: Saturday, March 06, 2010
This time around, we profile Chatterbox Audio Theater, a Memphis-based group of actors that has moved the thrill of stage plays to the internet. We hear the story of a purple stuffed rabbit named Grape Jelly. We have an interview with a historian who has created a blog focusing on newspaper personal ads of the 19th century. And we learn the strange history of the marathon run at the 1904 Olympic games in St. Louis. Those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
Menu:
- I, Avatar
- Addicted to Junk (web site)
- Memory Palace: 1904 Olympic Marathon (web site)
- My Best Friend is Purple (web site)
- Advertising For Love (web site)
- Our Town for a new generation
- Chatterbox Audio Theater (web site)
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February 2010
Program air date: Saturday, February 06, 2010
This month, we talk to an Illinois school teacher who has made it her mission this year to eat the same school lunches her students eat and blog about it. We hear about how butchery classes are becoming popular. We chat with the widow of Western writer Louie L’Amour. And we learn about two men who build musical instruments that run on solar power. Those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
Menu:
- Making music with solar power
- Fed Up: School Lunch Project (web site)
- Butchery classes (web site)
- Memory Palace: John Paul Jones (web site)
- Essay: TI-99/4A
- The American Archive Project: Langston Hughes
- A chat with western writer Louis L'Amour's widow (web site)
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January 2010
Program air date: Saturday, January 02, 2010
We start off the New Year talking to the author of “Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live." We find out why people are paying real money for virtual goods, and hear about a musical team-up between the rock band Kansas and Western Illinois University’s Symphony Orchestra. We’ll have those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
Menu:
- Art from garbage
- Real money for virtual goods
- Sarah’s Hat Boxes
- Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live (web site)
- Memory Palace: Minik Wallace (web site)
- Following Phish
- Kansas plays with Western Illinois University's Symphony Orchestra
- Blue Collar Babysitter
