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Tonight on Smile Politely Radio, we chat with the director and actors from the upcoming show Gruesome Playground Injuries at the Station Theatre in Urbana. Mathew Green, Katie Baldwin, and Rob Zaleski offer up some …

Tonight on Smile Politely Radio, we’re doing our annual Local Music Year in Review. It will be an extra long 2 1/2 hour show featuring appearances by New Ruins, Easter and Mean Lids and possibly …

Long-time keepers of the scene and one of the last bastions for indie music shoppers, Parasol Records will be suspending its mail order business and brick & mortar record store operations as of Saturday, December …

Today on Smile Politely Radio, authors Jason Wild and Laura Adamczyk join us to discuss the last Stories & Beer of the year, taking place this Saturday (Dec. 3rd) at The Iron Post in Urbana. …

Today on SP Radio, we welcome Midstress, the local punk rock group formerly known as the Fresh Kills. We’ll talk about the group’s brand new album, Growing Up is Getting Old, which will officially be …

Today on SP Radio, we welcome Mark Taylor, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois. He is the faculty project manager of the University’s Solar Decathlon project, and has done extensive work around …

On today’s show we’re going to take a look at Smile Politely and its role in the local media landscape. The impetus for this conversation is the recent article we published on Calvin Miller, which …

Today on Smile Politely Radio we talk to Ben Hay, Manager at Analog Outfitters in Champaign, about building a business around vintage sound equipment and repair. We chat with Ben about how the company got …

Relatively new local band, Psychic Twin, has made its first public recording available on its bandcamp page. Fans of Erin Fein and Brett Sanderson’s former band, Headlights, will probably find a lot to like in …