Chris Douridas

Chris Douridas (born Christopher Douridas September 20, 1962) is a popular DJ and musical tastemaker at Santa Monica, California, radio station KCRW, where he hosts a two hour program showcasing progressive new music. He is also a filmmaker, actor, television presenter, and a three-time Grammy-nominated producer of soundtracks and music videos.

Douridas was born in Columbus, Ohio. After attending North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) where he was involved in campus radio station KNTU-FM, Douridas went on in the 1980s to work in Dallas, Texas at public radio station KERA where he produced an innovative radio show called "90.1 at Night". While there, he created a series called "Sound Sessions", live radio sessions featuring Dallas area bands. This show gave a platform, recording resources and eventually compilation CD exposure to bands such as the Dixie Chicks. At the time the only other broadcasts that featured local bands were on KDGE.

In the 1990s, Chris Douridas became known as the host of KCRW's daily three-hour new music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, bringing a personal character to the show. He was also the station's music director at the time. When he went independent of KCRW in 1998, he maintained a link to the station by presenting a two-hour program called "Ground Zero", which was renamed "New Ground" after the 9/11 attacks. Later, the show was extended to three hours.

Douridas, Chris Filmography

Play in Full Screen Heaven Adores You

2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Leopard

2011, role: composer
Play in Full Screen Dinosaur

2011, role: composer
Play in Full Screen The Wondering Kind

2007, role: writer
Play in Full Screen The Wondering Kind

2007, role: producer
Play in Full Screen The Wondering Kind

2007, role: director
Play in Full Screen The Music of Shrek 2

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Shelter Island

2003, role: actor , character name: Joel Shapiro
Play in Full Screen AOL Sessions

2002, role: actor , character name: Interviewer
Play in Full Screen AOL Sessions

2002, role: producer
Play in Full Screen AOL Sessions

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen American Beauty

1999, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen The End of Violence

1997, role: actor , character name: Technician
Play in Full Screen Sexual Intent

1997, role: actor , character name: Jealous Christian
Play in Full Screen Waterworld

1995, role: actor , character name: Atoller
Play in Full Screen Strange Days

1995, role: actor , character name: Talk Radio Host
Play in Full Screen Pancho Barnes

1988, role: actor , character name: Pilot
Play in Full Screen No Safe Haven

1987, role: actor , character name: J.J. Harris
Play in Full Screen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986, role: actor , character name: Gunner
Play in Full Screen True Stories

1986, role: actor , character name: Ventriloquist
Play in Full Screen The Jesse Owens Story

1984, role: actor , character name: Jerome

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Police officers guard the entrance as a car arrives at the federal court building in Brussels on Thursday, June 9, 2016. A Belgian judge will decide Thursday whether to satisfy a French request to extradite Mohamed Abrini, a suspect in the Brussels Airport bombing.

Belgian police arrest 12 in huge anti-terror operation

Edit The Irish Times 18 Jun 2016

Twelve people suspected of planning new terror attacks were arrested in Brussels on Friday and Saturday after police carried out about 40 house searches across Belgium, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It said a total of 40 people had been questioned after the raids. “In connection with a criminal investigation concerning terrorism... ....

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Video: Godzilla-sized lizard tries to enter home in Thailand

Edit Deccan Chronicle 17 Jun 2016

How often do you see a Godzilla-sized lizard knocking your door? On Wednesday a Thai resident captured a video of his encounter with a giant reptile, who was knocking on his door trying to get into his house. Attanai Thaiyuanwong found this huge lizard trying to make his way into his place and within no time shared the photos of it on Facebook ...   . ....

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File - Ice on the Ellsworth Range in Antarctica as seen from NASA's DC-8 flying science laboratory during an Operation IceBridge mission over Antarctica on Oct. 22, 2012.

'We’re Officially Living in a New World': Antarctica Hits Highest CO2 Level in 4 Million Years

Edit Alternet 17 Jun 2016

Earth's most remote continent has officially caught up to the rest of the planet. That spells disaster for us all. We’re officially living in a new world. Carbon dioxide has been steadily rising since the start of the Industrial Revolution, setting a new high year after year. There’s a notable new entry to the record books. The last station on Earth without a 400 parts per million (ppm) reading has reached it. A little 400 ppm history....

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GOP Wants to Declare War On Islamic Ideology In Wake Of Orlando Shooting

Edit WorldNews.com 17 Jun 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingRepublicans are giving a whole new meaning to Carl Von Clausewitz’s famous military theory “war is the continuation of Politik by other means.” ... “Groups like ISIS want to claim that they are the true leaders of over a billion Muslims…who reject their crazy notions” said the president ... Indeed, some view it as either a conservative or liberal movement dependent on their notion of Islam....

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IAAF Refuses To Lift Ban, Russian Olympic Team To Miss Rio Olympics

Edit WorldNews.com 17 Jun 2016

A decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) governing body Friday will force Russian track and field athletes to miss the Rio Olympics after the sport's governing body decided unanimously to keep a ban in place ahead of the Games, SkyNews reported.In November, the IAAF provisionally suspended the country’s athletes from competition....

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This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD

Edit Coming Soon 19 Apr 2016

April 19 brings home The Revenant, Norm of the North, Veep, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and more!. Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD ... The Revenant. - "A World Unseen" – A Documentary of The Revenant ... - Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Stillman and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols ... - New Yuppie Meat – An Interview With Actors Chris Douridas And Barry Kinyon ... ....

KCRW’s Summer of Soul series continues with Sam Sparro and The Rebirth

Edit The Examiner 15 Jul 2015

... DJs Aaron Bryd and Chris Douridas on Thursday July 16, at 6.30 p.m....

'The Sea of Trees': Cannes Review

Edit The Hollywood Reporter 15 May 2015

0. 0. 0. 0. 0. Email Print Comments. Courtesy of DDA PR. The Bottom Line. An ocean of banality. Venue. Cannes Film Festival (in competition) Opens. 2015 (Roadside Attractions) Director. Gus Van Sant ... 'Irrational Man'. Cannes Review. ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’. Cannes Review. ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ (‘El abrazo de la serpiente’). Cannes Review. 'Panama' ... Venue ... Cast ... Chris Sparling ... Gary Gray, Brian Dobbins, Allen Fischer, Chris Sparling ... Chris Douridas....

Elliott Smith's Influence: Exclusive Clip

Edit The Hollywood Reporter 09 May 2015

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‘Under the Skin’ Event in Downtown L.A. Reps a New Kind of Happening

Edit IMDb 08 Jan 2015

The two sold-out screenings of Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” at the Regent Theater in downtown L.A ... Chris Douridas, songwriter-producer Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange), filmmaker ». - Steve Chagollan. ....

New Year's Eve in Los Angeles: Where to go, what to hear

Edit The Los Angeles Times 31 Dec 2014

From EDM nightclubs to wide-open park lawns, New Year's Eve in Los Angeles is only getting bigger. That's especially good news for last-minute planners ... 14 ... 5 ... 22 ... 6 ... 9 ... It features multiple stages with live and DJ sets from Ceci Bastida, Mr Little Jeans, Dorothy and KCRW's Chris Douridas, but make no mistake, the projection-mapped countdown on City Hall (a fun L.A.-centric update of New York's ball-drop standby) is the main attraction ... 8 ... 0....

2014 music in the L.A. area featured festivals, revamped venues and rising stars

Edit LA Daily News 29 Dec 2014

The Los Angeles area’s year in music was filled with record-setting festivals, the rebirth of vintage venues and some new local talent bubbling up to the mainstream ... “There’s so many of them now. There’s some new ones this year and some ones that have gotten even bigger.” ... “That was definitely a success story for sure,” said Chris Douridas, the KCRW DJ and curator of FYF ... Advertisement ....

2014 year in music in the L.A. area featured festivals, shows and stars

Edit LA Daily News 29 Dec 2014

4 Great Things to Do in L.A. During New Year's Week for $15 or Less

Edit LA Weekly 29 Dec 2014

See amazing horses. Whether you love animals or just hate people, the 26th annual Tournament of Roses Equestfest will fill you with joy when you preview the equestrian units scheduled to march in the Rose Parade ... 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; $15-$40 ... 31, 7.30 p.m.; $8 ... There’s no alcohol at the event, but the musical lineup, with Breakestra, Garth Trinidad, Chris Douridas and others, will keep you dancing even without the liquid courage ... ....

TV on the Radio find words do come easier

Edit South China Morning Post 29 Nov 2014

The main attraction at a sold-out gig, TV on the Radio aren't scheduled to perform until after 10pm. But at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown, California, a dusty little roadhouse off Route 62 near Joshua Tree National Park, sound check is far from a private affair ... A surprising bit of repertoire for these brainy critical darlings? Maybe ... Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Bowie," says Chris Douridas, a DJ at Santa Monica's KCRW-FM....

Regrouped TV on the Radio hits the road with new songs

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Nov 2014

The main attraction at a sold-out gig, TV on the Radio wasn't scheduled to perform until after 10 p.m. But at Pappy & Harriet's, the dusty little roadhouse off Route 62 near Joshua Tree, sound check is far from a private affair ... 18 from Harvest Records ... Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Bowie," said Chris Douridas, a DJ at Santa Monica's taste-making KCRW-FM (89.9), which will air a live performance by the group on Nov. 20 ... and Las Vegas....

Dorothy Overcame Stage Fright to Become a Rock and Roll Badass

Edit LA Weekly 28 Oct 2014

At a recent performance for KCRW DJ Chris Douridas' weekly School Night series at Bardot in Hollywood, a packed house moved increasingly closer to the stage while Dorothy, whiskey in one hand and microphone in the other, mesmerized the crowd with her powerhouse vocals. "She's such a badass...like a revved up Adele teetering on the brink of chaos," says Douridas ... “I'm kind of shy ... This is what I was meant to do. It’s about fucking time ... ....

Every Monday Night in LA: School Nights (SoundExchange)

Edit noodls 18 Sep 2014

(Source. SoundExchange) Every Monday Night in LA. School Nights. September 18, 2014 ... The program was created by Chris Douridas (KCRW) and Matt Goldman (MFG Productions), and continues to grow ... Details .. Bardot in Hollywood. Every Monday night ... (noodl....