DJ Name: bacpac Show name: Rockabilly Wordwide Mashup Location: USA ‘bacpac’ has had a long career in radio that started with guitar lessons at 4 years old. bacpac credits being a musician as the most significant reason she produces radio today. Originally from New York City, some people knew her as an aerosol artist, painting on music videos. Jeremie Franko had always felt a connection to the United Kingdom through her grandmother who was born in Liverpool. Many of bacpac’s relatives lived in the East End of London after WW2. She moved to London where she was going to school in London for architectural design and became the guitarist for early punk feminist band, The Raincoats. She lived in London for several years where she took Sound Recording classes at a London studio. Back in the States, bacpac pursued her architectural career simultaneously as an aerosol artist and eventually worked as a scenic artist on hundreds of movies and music videos. In New York City, bacpac took her recording skills and worked as an audio engineer for WBAI/FM for almost 10 years. A move to Arizona introduced bacpac to swing dance and rockabilly. Radio Phoenix was looking for an audio engineer and she signed on, eventually producing Rockabilly Worldwide Mashup for Radio Phoenix. She was listening to Rockabilly Radio and met Crazy Kat Daddy (R.I.P. former Rockabilly Radio DJ Neil Breaks) who introduced her to Rockabilly Radio. bacpac says it is because of her musical background that her show explores the roots of rockabilly through vintage swing and blues. bacpac is still an active musician in a swing band as well as a punk rock band. She is a full-time mural artist.