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.
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March 2009
Program air date: Saturday, March 07, 2009
On this month’s program, local drummer Rocky Maffit visits the WILL studios and shows off a few unusual instruments. We hear about the Garlicky Greens Eating Championship...find out how one Illinois artist has been inspired by starlings…and we remember science fiction writer Philip Jose Farmer.
Menu:
- Garlicky Greens Eating Championship
- Artist inspired by starlings
- Philip Jose Farmer remembered (web site)
- Essay: Judge Street Elmhurst
- Martin Atkins
- Rock Maffit live in the WILL studios
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February 2009
Program air date: Saturday, February 07, 2009
This time around, we learn about a company that’s creating “signature scents” for various colleges and universities…we talk to the publisher of the area magazine Innocent Words about its move away from print…take a tour of the unusual and sometimes unsettling Glore Psychiatric Museum…and we hear about one young doctors unexpected lunch with Marlon Brando.
Menu:
- Chicago deaf artist (web site)
- University Fragrances (web site)
- Lunch with Marlon Brando (web site)
- Spread Heads (web site)
- Innocent Words (web site)
- Glore Psychiatric Museum (web site)
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January 2009
Program air date: Saturday, January 03, 2009
On this month’s program, we look back at some of the best interviews and stories we featured in 2008. We’ll have an interview with the curators of the black velvet painting museum, a chat with B-movie queen Tura Satana, star of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and we’ll hear recording from the 1908 presidential campaign.
Menu:
- Nubrella
- Debate ’08
- Velveteria
- World War Two Japanese-American Hostel
- Interview with B-movie star Tura Satana (web site)
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December 2008
Program air date: Saturday, 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.
Menu:
- “The Exquisite City” (web site)
- “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 (web site)
