November 30th, 2011 by jdecator · No Comments
Show # 154 – “Living in the Miniature World”
As if this vanity project isn’t already the epitome of self-indulgent narcissism, this week’s show will be chapter one of my two-part retrospective extravaganza closing out the first fifty years. This week’s session is called “Son of a Son of a Tailor”, and will focus on the early years, starting with my carefree childhood days in Tuscaloosa, where my only concerns were fishing crappies in the Mighty Mississippi and perfecting my head-lock on David Diamond, and culminating with my first job singing back-up on Jimmy Durante’s final tour through the Borscht Belt in the mid-1980s.
Part two – airing December 16, and called “But I am Standing” – will reflect on my more recent adventures and periods of deluded enlightenment, from the off-off Broadway premier of my semi-autobiographical musical “530 CPAs”, through last week’s almost fatal acid reflux attack (though I intend to skip both my Israeli military stint and tenure as mayor of Tiny Town, as required by the non-disclosure agreements signed in conjunction with the related civil settlements).
All in all, it will be four hours of music and madness, spread over two Friday afternoons, as I play the songs that have troubled and comforted me through the first fifty years, and made me the vital, contributing citizen I am today, and hope to be for the next five decades. Join me this Friday from 1 to 3 pm (Chicago time) at 88.9 fm, if you are lounging on the main campus of IIT, or streaming everywhere the internet reaches at www.radio.iit.edu
Broadcasting live, from the only room with the adjustable ceiling and built-in Jay-Mar Sansabelt waistband…
The Short Man’s Room
DJ Jon, curator
www.theshortmansroom.com
on the air since 2004
every word, I swear is true…
November 17th, 2011 by jdecator · No Comments
November 18, 2011
Show # 153 – Brand New Day
As the Occupiers take an enforced break to cleanse and re-evaluate their priorities…so should we. The holidays are almost upon us, change is in the air, and 2012’s ominous air of promise, hope and dread loom and combine to make these the best of times, and the stress of times.
This week I’ll be playing catch-up on a whole lot of new music from this past year, including some proletariat rant from Frank Turner and the Nightwatchman, psychedelic madness from San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips, live stuff from Widespread Panic’s recent Halloween run in Chicago, and maybe even a Radiohead ticket giveaway for some lucky listeners.
Join me this Friday at 1 pm (Chicago time) for the once-in-a-while, now fee-based institution I call The Short Man’s Room. On the fm dial at 88.9 fm, and streaming live at www.radio.iit.edu Emotional support costs nothing.
- DJ Jon
October 15th, 2011 by jdecator · No Comments
Show # 152 – “All Things Pass…”
…all things change. Not necessarily an existential evaluation of life, but more a celebration of the release of Martin Scorsese’s amazing documentary film “Living in the Material World”. If you haven’t seen it…get your HBO on now. But I’ll be playing lots of non-George music as well, including some new stuff from Megafaun, memories of departed brothers Vic Chesnutt and Nick Drake, and some crazy psychedelic jams sure to satisfy your soul on a Friday afternoon, irrespective of your particular religious affiliation.
check out archived shows and more at www.theshortmansroom.com
September 28th, 2011 by jdecator · No Comments
Show # 151 – Motorcycle Boy
The constant drive to reinvent ourselves only picks up momentum as we approach (pass through?) middle-age. Symbolic gestures take on more importance, and what were once fantastical desires grow into desperate obsessions, life validating challenges. This week we’ll take that crooked crooked path down the rabbit hole, exploring the motivations and satisfactions that enrich and torment us. Hop in the sidecar, there’s room for everyone. And the music will be, as is our practice, both bitter and sweet. I’ve got new stuff from Trevor Hall, Hospital Ships and Joseph Arthur, plus lots of mind-altering jams and melancholy culled from the vast and ever-expanding library that remains the darkest little room in town.
Tune in this Friday at 1 pm (Chicago time), 88.9 fm and streaming live at www.radio.iit.edu
Be sure and check out the archive of last week’s show, and other madness, at the official website (accept no imitations): www.theshortmansroom.com
As always, thanks for listening.
- DJ Jon
September 20th, 2011 by jdecator · No Comments
Show # 150 –
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
September 23, 2011
Yeah, the hiatus is over. I’m back from rehab and ready to start spinning out this massive pile of music I’ve been sitting on for the last several months. I’ve got highlights from the Chicago summer festivals, new stuff from some SMR favorites, and a back catalog of Muslimgauze that’s ready to explode all over your laptops if I don’t let the air out.
Join me this Friday at 1 – 3 pm (Chicago time), @ 88.9 on the fm dial (if you are on or really really close to the IIT main campus), or streaming live at www.radio.iit.edu (follow the link! It works!)
In the new and improved room, where everything but the mood has been revamped, remodeled, and revitalized.
- DJ Jon
June 24th, 2011 by elcaobo · No Comments
El Caobo "Salsa de la mata"
For the best of new and classic salsa/mambo/cha-cha-chá and more, listen to:
Radio Salsa Clásica / El Tornado Tropical con El Caobo
Mondays, 6PM – 10PM, Central Standard Time
Streaming:
http://www.radio.iit.edu/high.m3u
Local (Chicago): 88.9 FM
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WIIT’s radio host,
El Caobo, is a premier tropical music, and especially SALSA/MAMBO, DJ and radio host. He is also an authorized representative of the legendary Fania Records and West Side Latino/Seeco Records labels (salsa’s equivalent to Motown). As such, he has traveled to cities across the United States (including the very cradle… of salsa: New York City) to share what he affectionately calls “salsa de la mata” (grass roots salsa) with clubs filled with very receptive SALSA/MAMBO dancers who yearn for the classic salsa sound! ‘Salsa de la mata’ is a term that El Caobo culled from Jesús Pagán’s album of that very name.
El Caobo currently hosts two fully bilingual radio shows at two different college radio stations: the Illinois Institute of Technology, WIIT, 88.9 FM (10 years) and the University of Chicago, WHPK, 88.5 FM (3 years). Both shows are called Radio Salsa Clásica / El Tornado Tropical con El Caobo and stream live on the internet; as well as air on the FM dial in Chicago. Additionally, El Caobo’s shows are podcasted on Andrés Padua’s renowned Hard Salsa Radio.
Always dedicated to the cause of spreading the popularity of salsa, El Caobo teaches salsa dance classes at IIT!
Also, El Caobo is a professional Spanish-English-Spanish interpreter/translator; with experience as a court interpreter in both criminal and civil matters at the 19th Judicial Circuit Courthouse of Lake and McHenry Counties.
Lastly, but very importantly, El Caobo is also a Spanish teacher, with a degree in “Teaching of Spanish” from the University of Illinois-Chicago and currently teaches Spanish classes at IIT. See http://www.earlhall1.pageout.net/ for more information on Spanish classes.
You can also hear El Caobo at:
January 24th, 2011 by Jeff Korey · No Comments
Coming back after a long time off due to various things and failing streams. We’ll talk about the Packers/Bears game and the upcoming Superbowl and whatever else anyone wants to talk about. We’ll be on Tuesday from 11am-Noon. Give us a call at 312-567-3088 and listen online on the link to the right.
January 21st, 2011 by jdecator · 1 Comment
Show # 148 – God Willin’ and the Stream Don’t Fail
Today I’ll be playing an insane mix of melancholy woes and trippy space jams, deliberately manipulated to warm your soul through this cold Friday afternoon in Chicago. I’ve got instrumental madness from Causa Sui, understated drama from The Besnard Lakes, almost-pop from Windsor for the Derby’s incredible 2010 release, and a trunk load of sad songs from my usual cavalcade of stars contemplating love lost and found and lost again.
Welcome in the New Year right, just a few weeks late, today at 1 pm (Chicago time): 88.9 fm (on the main campus of IIT) and streaming live everywhere at www.radio.iit.edu
DJ Jon
January 14th, 2011 by elcaobo · 2 Comments
¡RiitMO LATINO!
“Fiesta in the Bog”
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 9:00pm-1:00am
Illinois Institute of Technology
Hermann Hall (in the Bog)
3241 S. Federal (one block west of State Street), Chicago, IL.
(Best to enter from 33rd Street)
- Mambo Dance Lesson with Laura Mendoza of Mixed Motion Art Dance Studio!
- Dance Performance by the Siboney Dance Company of Mixed Motion Art Dance Studio!
- Music by El Caobo, Host of WIIT’s Radio Salsa Clásica!
Drink and Beer Specials
Food available at the bar
January 14th, 2011 by elcaobo · 3 Comments
Chicago Winter Dance
Millennium Park- Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E. Randolph
Chicago, IL
Join the party at Jay Pritzker Pavilion this February and cut a rug with free dancing and dance instruction in a variety of styles! Enjoy one-hour lessons, led by professional dance instructors, before hitting the dance floor with the extraordinary view of the cityscape beyond the retractable glass doors on the enclosed stage of the Pritzker Pavilion.
See WIIT’s host, El Caobo, on Saturday, February 26th, 1:00pm – 3:30pm and 5:00pm – 7:30pm:
- Saturday, February 26: Cha-Cha, Rumba
Instructors: Chicago Dance- Tommye Giacchino and Gregory Day
DJ: El Caobo
See the full schedule at:
http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/tourism/Chicago_Winter_Dance_Dancing.html
Food and beverages by Park Grill will be available for purchase at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion during dancing events.
Radio Salsa Clásica / El Tornado Tropical con El Caobo
Mondays
6:00pm – 10:00pm Central Standard Time – US (GMT -6)
WIIT, 88.9 FM (Chicago)
Internet Connections:
- http://www.radio.iit.edu/high.m3u
- http://www.radio.iit.edu/low.m3u
