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The Gene Pool Show
by Studio C Chicago
The Gene Pool Show is a podcast tour of the musical and artistic talent of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood (and beyond). It’s funny, informative, and full of heart. And it’s produced in Studio C.
Episodes
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Episode 7: Keith Lipinski
In this episode Gene talks to longtime Simon's Tavern jukebox curator Keith Lipinski. A native of Berwyn, Keith moved to Chicago in 1997 and started working the door at Simon's two years later. Having first been drawn to Simon's by its jukebox, he says he got a musical education from the bar's…
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Episode 6: Marc Kelly Smith
On Episode 6 Gene talks to Marc Kelly Smith, founder of the world-famous Uptown Poetry Slam. Smith talks about the event's humble beginnings at the now-defunct Get Me High Lounge in Wicker Park. At that time, poetry readings were sparsely attended. "If you had 10 people, you were successful,"…
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Episode 5: The Gene Pool Story (Part 3)
Episode 5 finds Gene in a more ruminative place, talking to Studio C's Andy Miles about his mental health struggles, specifically his coming to terms with a bipolar disorder diagnosis after spending a week in a Brooklyn psych ward. That helped motivate his decision to "get the hell out of…
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Episode 4: The Gene Pool Story (Part 2)
In this fourth episode of The Gene Pool Show, Gene tells (another part of) his life story to Studio C's Andy Miles, and performs one of his songs. He talks about moving to Chicago in 1983, and to "desolate" Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1989, at a time when "you could not pay someone to come to a…
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Episode 3: Ty Hanson (Part 2)
Episode 3 features Gene’s second interview with Ty Hanson, a drummer and trombonist who played with Frank Sinatra, The Jackson 5, James Brown, and many more. In this conversation (see Episode 1 for Part 1), Ty reminisces about backing Little Richard, whom he calls "nice enough" but a "hard pill…
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Episode 2: The Gene Pool Story (Part 1)
In this second episode of The Gene Pool Show, Gene (previously known as Bill Harding) tells (part of) his life story to Studio C's Andy Miles, and plays three of his songs. He talks about his recent featured set at the Green Mill's poetry slam, his work producing grass suits and grass cars and…
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Episode 1: Ty Hanson
Episode 1 features Gene’s conversation with Ty Hanson, a musician who played dates with Frank Sinatra, The Jackson 5, James Brown, and many more. Hanson, 76, was a drummer and trombonist, and got his start on the so-called Chitlin Circuit, “a collection of performance venues throughout the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Gene Pool Show is a podcast tour of the musical and artistic talent of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood (and beyond). It’s funny, informative, and full of heart. And it’s produced in Studio C.
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Studio C Chicago
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The Gene Pool Show is a podcast tour of the musical and artistic talent of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood (and beyond). It’s funny, informative, and full of heart. And it’s produced in Studio C.
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