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Music, Music Feature Jul 24, 2020
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Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual

Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio left the airwaves in 1977, but longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.
- By Robert Marovich
- Tags: Music Feature, Triad Radio, free-form, radio, progressive rock, WXFM, WEAW, WXRT, WFMT, Saul Smaizys, Dan Bacin, Donatas Bacinskas, Alvydas Biciunas, Aldona, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Genesis, Scorpions, Donna Summer, KPMX, WGLD, Psyche, Tom Donahue, John Platt, Pink Floyd, Hubert Laws, Paul Roche, Ben Sidran, Can, Kraan, Gentle Giant, Holmes “Daddy-O” Daylie, Big Bill Hill, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter, Bacino’s Pizza, Healthy Food, Dennis Gray, Spoke, WLS, Faust, Krautrock, Ken Nordine, Word Jazz, Rose Record, Sun Ra, Stanley Clarke, Sri Chinmoy, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rob Gillis, Flight 106, New Sounds and New Releases, Sounds From Across the Big Swamp, Amon Düül II, Guru Guru, Triumvirat, Gentle Giant, Passport, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix, John Cage, Ray Nordstrand, The Midnight Special, Cosmozodiac, Abe Peck, The Seed, John McLaughlin, Chris Vassilopoulos, Patrick Goldstein, Jason Perlman, George Kase, The Midwest’s Largest Free Magazine, Robin McBride, Mercury Records, Yoko Ono, Peter Tosh, Ray Manzarek, John Kay, Donovan, David Bromberg, Jackson Browne, David Hepworth, Never a Dull Moment, Triad House, Ron Friedman, Newsweb, Lucifer’s Friend, John Lawton, Giorgio Moroder, Love to Love You Baby, John Ryan, Styx, Wooden Nickel Records, James “JY” Young, Siegel-Schwall Band, Butterfield Blues Band, Heartsfield, Monday Morning Rain, Music Eyes, Fred Dobbs, Dick Reck, Forest, Ray McKenzie, Chick Corea & Return to Forever, Weather Report, Chicago Recording Company, Mick Fleetwood, Frank Zappa, Illinois Entertainer, Don Bridges, Dave Freeman, Bill Paige, Rick Johnson, Perry Johnson, Dog Ear Records, Dharma Records, John Klemmer, Michael White, Jade Warrior, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Arthur Brown, Sidney Poitier, Moody Blues, Triad Radio Audio Archive Project, Remember Triad Radio, podcast, archive, Yoko Ono, Moondog, John Cale, Anthony Braxton, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 14, 2017
The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows

A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, The American Mercy Tour, Michael Milligan, health care, Greenhouse Theater Center solo series, The Civility of Alfred Cashier, the American Civil War, Union Army, Albert D. J. Cashier, Jay Paul Deratany, Permoveo, Keaton Wooden, Joe Stevens, Dani Shay, Billy Rude, Deirdre of the Sorrows, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeats, Abbey Theatre, Deirdre, Conchubor, High King of Ulster, Naisi, Irish mythology, Dublin, Kay Martinovich, City Lit Theater, Distracted, Lisa Loomer, Cuckoo's Theater Project, Rebecca Sparks, Marc James, ADD, MadKap Productions, The Drowsy Chaperone, James Spangler, The Heavens Are Hung in Black, Shattered Globe Theatre, James Still, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Lawrence Grimm, The Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Barbara Lhota, Babes With Blades, Leigh Barrett, Chloe Baldwin, Lisa Herceg, Hedy Lamarr, Ron Hawking, The Men and Their Music, song revue, Burt Bacharach, Moody Blues, Knights in White Satin, Frank Sinatra, Muthaland, 16th Street Theater, Heidi Stillman, Minita Gandhi, Nox Arca One-Act Play Festival, Death & Pretzels, Right Brain Project, black-box theater, Helmut's Big Day, Reutan Collective, George and the Floating Cookbook, Otherworld Theatre, Eden of Omicon Ceti, Nick Izzo, Rock of Ages, Drury Lane Theatre, Chris D'Arienzo, Scott Weinstein, Nick Druzbanski, Cherry Torres, Russell Mernaugh, Don't Stop Believing, House Theatre of Chicago, United Flight 232, Vanessa Stalling, Laurence Gonzalez

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Apr 25, 2017
Prog rockers Poor Richard recorded ad jingles but never released their own songs

Poor Richard front man David Trentlage sang on the famous Oscar Mayer jingle as an 11-year-old, but the band's own music took after Yes, Wishbone Ash, and the Moody Blues.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Poor Richard, prog rock, progressive rock, jingles, Rich Milucky, Schaumburg, Elgin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Bart Engels, Pat Melahn, Bruce Bather, David Trentlage, Richard Trentlage, Poor Richard Featuring Larry the Dwarf, Oscar Mayer, Motorola, Canfield's, Holsum, Paul Seidler, Mother Truck, Big Funky Deal, Dean Vendl, Phillip Martinez, Spies, Sugarloaf, Jim Peterik, Cheap Trick, Moody Blues, Yes, Wishbone Ash

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Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual

Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio left the airwaves in 1977, but longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.

The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows

A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week's best bets.

Prog rockers Poor Richard recorded ad jingles but never released their own songs

Poor Richard front man David Trentlage sang on the famous Oscar Mayer jingle as an 11-year-old, but the band's own music took after Yes, Wishbone Ash, and the Moody Blues.

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Video Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual

Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio left the airwaves in 1977, but longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.

The American Mercy Tour, United Flight 232, and ten more new stage shows

A dual-sided look at health care and an electrifying study of heroism are among this week's best bets.

Prog rockers Poor Richard recorded ad jingles but never released their own songs

Poor Richard front man David Trentlage sang on the famous Oscar Mayer jingle as an 11-year-old, but the band's own music took after Yes, Wishbone Ash, and the Moody Blues.

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Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual