The Blue Island Radio Podcast is primarily a music & interview podcast from Blue Island, Illinois featuring a wide range of musical styles. Our host, Brandon Z. also conducts interviews with locals musicians and artists.
Welcome to part two of The Graduating Class of 2023. This is the one where you will find the music of (nearly) all the bands that were discussed in part 1 including The Butthole Surfers, Sinead O'Con…
Better late than never, but the first episode of the Blue Island Radio Podcast is finally here and like "Who Shot JR?" it's a two- parter!
On this first part Brandon is joined by AP Lindsay and Mike …
It's time again for the annual reading of The Seinfeld, where Brandon and the Blue Island Radio Podcast Players do a dramatic reading of a classic Seinfeld episode. This year the crew takes on The O…
On this year's winter, holiday, war on xmas music episode we will hear songs about winter affective disorder, tackle the question of wether santa claus is a hippie, and then get Horny for Hanukkah. …
On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined by not one but two guest DJs, Ali Jakobson & Jen Sabella. If you're from the Blue Island area you may have seem them spinning pl…
On this week;s edition od Vinyl Fridays Bandon is left alone in the studio. This is never a good idea becuase he gets ideas that never translate into a cohesive set of music. On this episode you wil…
On this week's Vinyl Fridays episode Brandon and AP Lindsay welcome Scottie Armstrong back to the Blue Island Radio Podcast studio. Scottie got everyone shakin' their ass at the Rock Island Public H…
We're back with another installment of of spooky Halloween songs about ghoosts, werewolves, zombies and what-have-you. There's even a song about a Disco Dracula.
VINYL FRIDAYS 16 - JOHN GAETANO
On this week’s episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined in the studio by local musician John Gaetano. Together they play a nearly 90 minute set of mu…
On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays AP Lindsay & Brandon welcome two guest DJs Birdy and Ryan from the Chicago band Sweetie. Together they create a Frankenstein's Monster of an episode with genres r…
On this week's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon is joined by guest DJ Rudy Zamora Jr., his brother from the same mother, who plays a selection of odd-ball oldies with a number of songs about animals…
On this week's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined by guest DJ Mike Tucker who pays tribute to one of his favorite DJs, the legendary Chicago DJ Mike Biondi.
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VINYL FRIDAYS 12 - JASON VYCAS
Get your devil horns ready because on this week’s episode of Vinyl Fridays we get HEAVY, as Brandon and AP Lindsay are joined by fellow Blue Islander and heavy metal e…
On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays we are joined by podcast regular Joe Sowinski who shares some selections from his record collection with an emphasis on records purchased from his local record st…
Welcome to another episode of Vinyl Fridays on the Blue Island Radio Podcast! On today's show Brandon is joined by guest DJ Jeff Gilman (one half of the now defunct DJ Duo, These Old Men They Play R…
On this week's edition of Vinyl Fridays Brandon re-visits some records from his years in high school where he was captain of the football team, prom king, got straight As, had perfect attendance for…
To twee or not to twee, that is the question we are asking, but not necessarily answering on today’s installment of Vinyl Fridays as this week's guest DJ Jason Berry, plays a seamless mix of soul, t…
On this week's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon is joined by AP Lindsay who spins some of her favorite tracks from her small but growing collection of records and Brandon, of course, plays his usual…
On today's episode of Vinyl Fridays Brandon is joined in the studio by film maker, photographer, musician and vinyl enthusiast Stacey Goldschmidt. She has a very fine record collection and plays som…