Chicago House Music Oral History Project
 
Interview with Jacob Meehan

Authors

Micah Salkind

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As a Chicagoan, Meehan sent signals behind the broadcasting desk of WLUW 88.7FM, behind the counter at Gramaphone Records, behind the decks at Smart Bar, and behind the scenes as a co-founder of the Men's Room parties. Berlin-based since 2016, he's a resident deejay & the program director of Buttons & an organizing member of WHOLE - United Queer Festival.

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Columbia College Chicago

City

Chicago

Keywords

House Music, Chicago, Illinois, disc jockey, WLUW, radio, Men's Room, Buttons, WHOLE

Disciplines

African American Studies | Gender and Sexuality | History | Latina/o Studies | Music | Regional Sociology

Comments

This interview is part of the Chicago House Music Oral History Project held at Columbia College Chicago and was captured for Do You Remember House? Chicago's Queer of Color Undergrounds authored by Micah Salkind and published in 2019. The work integrates histories of music, production, DJing, dance, fashion, and slang and addresses movements that led to the development of Chicago's house music.

Interview with Jacob Meehan

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