Jeannie Hopper | Clocktower Gallery & Radio

DJ and AIR host Jeannie Hopper. Photo by James Porto.

Jeannie Hopper

Host , Producer , Staff

Jeannie Hopper is the Station Manager for Art International Radio. She brings to AIR over 18 years of 'hands on' radio experience, including acting as an on-air personality, engineer, producer & reporter for WBAI. Her weekly radio program "Liquid Sound Lounge," on WBAI, features artist interviews, live performances, live improvisational sound collages/music with spoken word performers. She's produced extensive free-form radio productions including live radio shows, self-contained documentaries, sound design for radio theatre and has been the voice for radio theatre, electronic news gathering, live remote music events and PSA's.

Shows and Series by Jeannie Hopper

In the Hopper

Occupy This Album

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, May 7th, 2012

Occupy This Album: a compilation of music by, for and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and the 99% to be released May 15, 1012. With tracks by Ani DiFranco, UNKLE, David Amram, Joan Baez, Tom Chapin, Willie Nelson, Yoko Ono, Yo La Tengo...

In the Hopper

Dazzling Dance Mix

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, March 12th, 2012

Kick yourself into high gear with the latest Jeannie Hopper dance set! With Allessandro Diga, Santi Touch, Mink, LoMi, Kaskade Room for Happiness, Julius Papp, Lisa Shaw/Miracle, Crazibiza, Tommy Bones, Dazzle Drums, LeoTone, Chuck Love, Dave Shaw...

ARTonAIR Interviews

Anthony Papa, 15 Years to Life

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

Artist, author and activist Anthony Papa sits down with Jeannie Hopper to discuss the transformative power of art, when it is good to tell a lie, and how Mike Kelley (R.I.P.) saved his life. The artist also discusses creativity as a tool for change.

In the Hopper

Love, Peace and Soul

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

In the Hopper this time around the sweet, soulful sounds of Sons and Daughters of the Light, Eddie Jefferson, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Captain Planet and many others massage your ears and make you move with the music of Love, Peace and Soul.

DJ Culture

DJ Shakey, The Illustrated Interview

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

Jeannie Hopper sits down with Julie Covello aka DJ Shakey to talk Hobo-tech, Electro-Swing, snowboarding, living life at Rubalad, alternative audio controllers, Ableton Live, Moldover, the Warper Party, and working in the Clocktower Gallery.

DJ Culture

Kraak & Smaak

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, January 16th, 2012

Jeannie Hopper interviews and plays music with Mark Kneppers of Kraak & Smaak, one of the group's three core studio members. After bonding over a slavish devotion to vinyl and a love for classic funk they created their debut album, Boogie Angst.

In the Hopper

Annual Kick Ass Dance Set 2012

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, January 9th, 2012

Time to dance off those holiday treats with some super DJ Jeannie Hopper beats! Enjoy some old school to groovy beats to start you out: J-Boogie's Dubtronic
Science, Gil Scott Heron and other remixes by Q-Burns Abstract Message, Clubfeet, and more.

ARTonAIR Interviews

Phil Kline, Unsilent Night

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, December 12th, 2011

On Dec. 17, 2011 at 7pm, Phil Kline will lead a massive chorus of boomboxes from the West Village to the East Village in the 20th annual holiday presentation of Unsilent Night. Jeannie Hopper sat down with the composer and organizer to learn more.

ARTonAIR Interviews

Michelle Bogre, Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, December 12th, 2011

Jeannie Hopper discusses photojournalism, activism, and a new book by photo educator, documentary photographer, writer, and copyright lawyer Michelle Bogre, Associate Professor in the School of Art, Media and Society at Parsons The New School.

DJ Culture

Bonobo & Nickodemus

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, December 5th, 2011

Jeannie Hopper caught up with Bonobo and DJ Nickodemus to discuss 2011 musical and social projects, new albums, and where they're at in the ever changing technical landscape of tools for DJ'ing and performing. Black Sands and Moon People.

ARTonAIR Interviews

Aaron Friedman, Make Music Winter

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired Monday, December 5th, 2011

Learn about a dozen musical parades on the first night of winter, Dec. 21, 2011, open to all. Projects using bells, beatboxes, hubcaps, iPhones, traditional instruments, singers and more will convene at various parks and public buildings around town.