King Hippo
@hippohq.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗮 | @intlanthem.bsky.social ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ | ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇʀ | ʙʀᴏᴀᴅᴄᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ | ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏ
Back on the air tonight with a very special guest — my brother, journalist, record collector, label head, event producer, broadcaster and DJ — Ken Okuda (SHUSH) !
Lets chill together a min.. TUNE IN !
QC w/ King Hippo + Ken Okuda
Lumpen Radio
8pm-10pm CST
Chicago: 105.5FM
Streaming: lumpenradio.com
Lets chill together a min.. TUNE IN !
QC w/ King Hippo + Ken Okuda
Lumpen Radio
8pm-10pm CST
Chicago: 105.5FM
Streaming: lumpenradio.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Back on the air tonight with a very special guest — my brother, journalist, record collector, label head, event producer, broadcaster and DJ — Ken Okuda (SHUSH) !
Lets chill together a min.. TUNE IN !
QC w/ King Hippo + Ken Okuda
Lumpen Radio
8pm-10pm CST
Chicago: 105.5FM
Streaming: lumpenradio.com
Lets chill together a min.. TUNE IN !
QC w/ King Hippo + Ken Okuda
Lumpen Radio
8pm-10pm CST
Chicago: 105.5FM
Streaming: lumpenradio.com
Back behind the bar at Parachute with song in my heart ..
(( Artwork: Kusama Yayoi - Endless ))
(( Artwork: Kusama Yayoi - Endless ))
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Back behind the bar at Parachute with song in my heart ..
(( Artwork: Kusama Yayoi - Endless ))
(( Artwork: Kusama Yayoi - Endless ))
So many of us carry the spirit of this place in our hearts. I made this episode with Courtland Green, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams, Ashina, Isaiah Spencer, Isaiah Collier, Brent Griffin Jr, Anton Hatwich, Jumaane Taylor for my show on WWFM ..seems right to share it now
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Qc Radio: King Hippo // 28-06-22
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January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
So many of us carry the spirit of this place in our hearts. I made this episode with Courtland Green, Jeff Parker, Joshua Abrams, Ashina, Isaiah Spencer, Isaiah Collier, Brent Griffin Jr, Anton Hatwich, Jumaane Taylor for my show on WWFM ..seems right to share it now
www.mixcloud.com/worldwidefm/...
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Hug your loved ones. Time goes by so fast.
January 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Hug your loved ones. Time goes by so fast.
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New Gossip Wolf:
@griefeaterisaband.bsky.social celebrate their (great!) new album at Subt!
@intlanthem.bsky.social presents two chances to see Gilles Peterson!
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social talks D.C. punk fanzines @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social!
And more!
@griefeaterisaband.bsky.social celebrate their (great!) new album at Subt!
@intlanthem.bsky.social presents two chances to see Gilles Peterson!
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social talks D.C. punk fanzines @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social!
And more!
Local shoegazers Griefeater celebrate one of the great unsung albums of 2025 - Chicago Reader
Griefeater celebrate one of the great unsung albums of 2025, UK DJ Gilles Peterson visits for two events with International Anthem, and more
chicagoreader.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
New Gossip Wolf:
@griefeaterisaband.bsky.social celebrate their (great!) new album at Subt!
@intlanthem.bsky.social presents two chances to see Gilles Peterson!
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social talks D.C. punk fanzines @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social!
And more!
@griefeaterisaband.bsky.social celebrate their (great!) new album at Subt!
@intlanthem.bsky.social presents two chances to see Gilles Peterson!
@jrdarchivist.bsky.social talks D.C. punk fanzines @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social!
And more!
We beamed this signal into the sky to celebrate a new year, to celebrate the human creative spirit, and to celebrate the fact that Gilles Peterson is comin back to Chicago to spin with Alejandro Zerah and I at the legendary Smartbar THIS FRIDAY 16 January !!!
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
We beamed this signal into the sky to celebrate a new year, to celebrate the human creative spirit, and to celebrate the fact that Gilles Peterson is comin back to Chicago to spin with Alejandro Zerah and I at the legendary Smartbar THIS FRIDAY 16 January !!!
Back behind the bar at Parachute playing records through their warm sound system ✨
Lets chill together a min ..💕
Lets chill together a min ..💕
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Back behind the bar at Parachute playing records through their warm sound system ✨
Lets chill together a min ..💕
Lets chill together a min ..💕
Playing records at Nighthawk this Saturday from 9pm-1am.. Let’s chill together a min ✨
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Dec 13
Nighthawk
4744 N Kimball Ave
9pm-1am
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Dec 13
Nighthawk
4744 N Kimball Ave
9pm-1am
FREE
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December 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Playing records at Nighthawk this Saturday from 9pm-1am.. Let’s chill together a min ✨
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King Hippo
Dec 13
Nighthawk
4744 N Kimball Ave
9pm-1am
FREE
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King Hippo
Dec 13
Nighthawk
4744 N Kimball Ave
9pm-1am
FREE
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𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu (Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
feat music by:
John Surman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡💕 tinyurl.com/jwf5jr5z
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu (Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
feat music by:
John Surman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡💕 tinyurl.com/jwf5jr5z
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu (Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
feat music by:
John Surman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡💕 tinyurl.com/jwf5jr5z
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu (Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
feat music by:
John Surman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡💕 tinyurl.com/jwf5jr5z
The first chance ever for Chicagoans to hear Gilles Peterson on a muthafuckin Funktion-One soundsystem !!! This is a true honor and a very rare opportunity!
Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4v9mt4rw
Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4v9mt4rw
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The first chance ever for Chicagoans to hear Gilles Peterson on a muthafuckin Funktion-One soundsystem !!! This is a true honor and a very rare opportunity!
Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4v9mt4rw
Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4v9mt4rw
𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu ( Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
featuring music by:
John Surrman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡 tinyurl.com/4t8ucrym 💕
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu ( Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
featuring music by:
John Surrman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡 tinyurl.com/4t8ucrym 💕
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu ( Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
featuring music by:
John Surrman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡 tinyurl.com/4t8ucrym 💕
QC w/ King Hippo + Thomas Xu ( Steady Flight Circle )
Lumpen Radio
featuring music by:
John Surrman, Salin, Roxy Music, Mong Tong, Sessa, Hameedullah, Adam Halliwell AND MORE ..
LINK 📡 tinyurl.com/4t8ucrym 💕
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Agents have been involved in eight car chases and used force in at least 76 incidents, according to an analysis by WBEZ and the Sun-Times based on a review of hundreds of court documents, videos and news reports.
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
www.wbez.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Agents have been involved in eight car chases and used force in at least 76 incidents, according to an analysis by WBEZ and the Sun-Times based on a review of hundreds of court documents, videos and news reports.
Very happy to join loved ones this Sunday at Parachute to celebrate the release of the Style of (Life) compilation by Paradise Is a Frequency in partnership with Numero Group. This is going to be a very special and beautiful night, please join us ❤
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very happy to join loved ones this Sunday at Parachute to celebrate the release of the Style of (Life) compilation by Paradise Is a Frequency in partnership with Numero Group. This is going to be a very special and beautiful night, please join us ❤
This evening in the beautiful city of Chicago, IL <3
October 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This evening in the beautiful city of Chicago, IL <3
Come hear a story or two and a lot of fuckin beats !!
Next Tuesday at Pilsen’s 606 Records, Makaya McCraven performs LIVE in-store, plus a special advance listening of his new 2xLP OFF THE RECORD and more with DJs @hippohq.bsky.social and Mano.
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Come hear a story or two and a lot of fuckin beats !!
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have the tremendous honor of opening for the LEGENDARY 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀' *𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧* this Sunday at the Metro✨ come thru and vibe with us ✨
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I have the tremendous honor of opening for the LEGENDARY 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀' *𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧* this Sunday at the Metro✨ come thru and vibe with us ✨
Rest in peace <3
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Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the U.S. since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison, has died. Officials in New Jersey, where Shakur had been arrested, convicted...
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September 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Rest in peace <3
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www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g...
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“Freedom of speech” is good, no not like that
Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
September 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Freedom of speech” is good, no not like that
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𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 to our monthly residency on Worldwide FM – bka – 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐒: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐑𝐋. This month we hear from our brothers 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 and @hippohq.bsky.social who share music from their home cities of Los Angeles and Chicago.
LINK: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs 📡✨
LINK: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs 📡✨
September 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 to our monthly residency on Worldwide FM – bka – 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐒: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐑𝐋. This month we hear from our brothers 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼 and @hippohq.bsky.social who share music from their home cities of Los Angeles and Chicago.
LINK: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs 📡✨
LINK: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs 📡✨
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Israeli Far-Right Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza Strip a “Real Estate Bonanza”
Israeli Far-Right Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza Strip a “Real Estate Bonanza”
Israel's far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday called the Gaza Strip a “real estate bonanza” and said that “a business plan is on President Trump's table.” He also added, “We've done the demolition phase. Now we need to build.”
www.democracynow.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Israeli Far-Right Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza Strip a “Real Estate Bonanza”
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The shift from protesting in downtown Chicago to taking their voice directly to the federal agents is something organizers had to do.
“Some of the most impactful things that I’ve seen are rapid response teams going directly to the sites where ICE is showing up.”
thetriibe.com/2025/09/what...
“Some of the most impactful things that I’ve seen are rapid response teams going directly to the sites where ICE is showing up.”
thetriibe.com/2025/09/what...
What tactics are being used to fight back against increased ICE activity in the Chicagoland area? • The TRiiBE
Organizers speak on the way communities are showing up to protect one another.
thetriibe.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The shift from protesting in downtown Chicago to taking their voice directly to the federal agents is something organizers had to do.
“Some of the most impactful things that I’ve seen are rapid response teams going directly to the sites where ICE is showing up.”
thetriibe.com/2025/09/what...
“Some of the most impactful things that I’ve seen are rapid response teams going directly to the sites where ICE is showing up.”
thetriibe.com/2025/09/what...
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The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
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U.S. Acts as “Judge, Jury & Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14 https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/16/venezuela_miguel_tinker_salas
U.S. Acts as “Judge, Jury & Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14
On Monday, President Trump announced the U.S. bombed a boat in international waters, killing three people. The attack was the second to target what the Trump administration claims are drug smugglers f...
www.democracynow.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
U.S. Acts as “Judge, Jury & Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14 https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/16/venezuela_miguel_tinker_salas
Carlos and I rockin after the big boss GP on Thursday ..
TUNE IN: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs
TUNE IN: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs
September 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Carlos and I rockin after the big boss GP on Thursday ..
TUNE IN: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs
TUNE IN: tinyurl.com/4c9kfkhs