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Mike Nikolich DJ Profile

I host The Friday Spin from noon to 3 pm CST every Friday afternoon. My show is an eclectic mix of new and old indie, world, alternative, punk, rock, jazz, prog, ambient, blues, soul, artist interviews, and anything else that tickles my fancy. If you enjoy Chicago blues, listen to the "Pre-Happy Hour Blues" at 1:55 pm, plus "Cover 3" at 2:25 pm, featuring one obscure original and three cool covers of songs you may or may not recognize. My show also features concert news, Rock & Roll birthdays, and plenty of music trivia. Oh yeah, and I love to play your requests, so submit them to via any of CHIRP's social media channels, my Facebook page ("@mikenikolich") or dj@chirpradio.org. If I can't work your request into today's show, I will do my best to get it on the air the following week.

Check out Mike's two most recent shows below:

Mike Nikolich's Playlists

3/22 - 1pm hour
	1:33pm	The Children's Hour	Dance With Me	Going Home (Drag City)
				Buy The Children's Hour Going Home at Reckless Records Buy The Children's Hour at iTunes Buy The Children's Hour Going Home at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:30pm	Desert Sharks	Deeper	Single (Substitute Scene)
	Track Notes: www.chirpradio.org/donatenow			Buy Desert Sharks Single at Reckless Records Buy Desert Sharks at iTunes Buy Desert Sharks Single at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:19pm	Mdou Moctar	Funeral For Justice	Funeral For Justice (Matador)
	Track Notes: New LP is out May 3... Go to chirpradio.org/donatenow and make your donation right now!			Buy Mdou Moctar Funeral For Justice at Reckless Records Buy Mdou Moctar at iTunes Buy Mdou Moctar Funeral For Justice at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:18pm	Robert Poss	Out Of The Fairy Dust	Drones, Songs, and Fairy Dust (Trace Elements)
				Buy Robert Poss Drones, Songs, and Fairy Dust at Reckless Records Buy Robert Poss at iTunes Buy Robert Poss Drones, Songs, and Fairy Dust at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:09pm	Tomato Flower	Lost Lunar One	No (Ramo Local)
				Buy Tomato Flower No at Reckless Records Buy Tomato Flower at iTunes Buy Tomato Flower No at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:05pm	Custard Flux	Right Now Here In Time	Einsteinium Delirium (Self-releaed)
				Buy Custard Flux Einsteinium Delirium at Reckless Records Buy Custard Flux at iTunes Buy Custard Flux Einsteinium Delirium at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:02pm	Left & Right	Coin Collector	The Yips (WarHen)
				Buy Left & Right The Yips at Reckless Records Buy Left & Right at iTunes Buy Left & Right The Yips at eMusic Add to Collection
	1:00pm	Doleful Lions Local	He Hate Me	Single (Self-released)
				Buy Doleful Lions Single at Reckless Records Buy Doleful Lions at iTunes Buy Doleful Lions Single at eMusic Add to Collection
3/22 - 12pm hour
	12:53pm	Dolph Chaney Local	Mr. Eli	Mug (Courtesy Version) (Big Stir)
	Track Notes: Did you know CHIRP DJs played more than 1,800 Chicago area artists during the last 12 months? Support local radio and Chicago's vibrant entertainment community by making your donation at chirpradio.org/donatenow			Buy Dolph Chaney Mug (Courtesy Version) at Reckless Records Buy Dolph Chaney at iTunes Buy Dolph Chaney Mug (Courtesy Version) at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:52pm	Badfinger	Just a Chance	Wish You Were Here (Real Gone Music)
				Buy Badfinger Wish You Were Here at Reckless Records Buy Badfinger at iTunes Buy Badfinger Wish You Were Here at eMusic Add to Collection

	12:47pm	XTC	Burning With Optimism's Flames	Black Sea (Virgin)
	Track Notes: Thanks for your donation, Dolph! www.chirpradio.org/donatenow			Buy XTC Black Sea at Reckless Records Buy XTC at iTunes Buy XTC Black Sea at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:36pm	Yard Act	Petroleum	Where's My Utopia? (Republic)
				Buy Yard Act Where's My Utopia? at Reckless Records Buy Yard Act at iTunes Buy Yard Act Where's My Utopia? at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:35pm	The Mons Local	Numb	Axes: Bold As Fuck (Triple Eye)
				Buy The Mons Axes: Bold As Fuck at Reckless Records Buy The Mons at iTunes Buy The Mons Axes: Bold As Fuck at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:32pm	MonaLisa Twins	Can't Buy Me Love	MonaLisa Twins Play Beatles & More (Independent Project Records)
	Track Notes: chirpradio.org/donatenow			Buy MonaLisa Twins MonaLisa Twins Play Beatles & More at Reckless Records Buy MonaLisa Twins at iTunes Buy MonaLisa Twins MonaLisa Twins Play Beatles & More at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:31pm	The Bevis Frond	Wrong Way Round	Focus on Nature (Fire)
				Buy The Bevis Frond Focus on Nature at Reckless Records Buy The Bevis Frond at iTunes Buy The Bevis Frond Focus on Nature at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:20pm	Boeckner	Dead Tourists	Boeckner! (Sub Pop)
				Buy Boeckner Boeckner! at Reckless Records Buy Boeckner at iTunes Buy Boeckner Boeckner! at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:19pm	The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis	That Thang	The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!)
				Buy The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis at Reckless Records Buy The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis at iTunes Buy The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:16pm	Patti Smith	Free Money	Horses (Arista)
				Buy Patti Smith Horses at Reckless Records Buy Patti Smith at iTunes Buy Patti Smith Horses at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:10pm	Average White Band	Work to Do	AWB (Atlantic)
	Track Notes: Send those donations to chirpradio.org/donatenow			Buy Average White Band AWB at Reckless Records Buy Average White Band at iTunes Buy Average White Band AWB at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:06pm	Garland Jeffreys	Reggae on Broadway	14 Steps to Harlem (Luna Park Records/Rough Trade)
				Buy Garland Jeffreys 14 Steps to Harlem at Reckless Records Buy Garland Jeffreys at iTunes Buy Garland Jeffreys 14 Steps to Harlem at eMusic Add to Collection
	12:04pm	Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Distant Mode	Gary Bartz JID006 (Jazz is Dead)
				Buy Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Gary Bartz JID006 at Reckless Records Buy Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad at iTunes Buy Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Gary Bartz JID006 at eMusic Add to Collection
3/15 - 2pm hour
	2:55pm	Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure	Bonde	Talking Timbuktu (World Circuit)
				Buy Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure Talking Timbuktu at Reckless Records Buy Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure at iTunes Buy Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure Talking Timbuktu at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:48pm	The Soft Moon	Become The Lies	Exister (Sacred Bones)
				Buy The Soft Moon Exister at Reckless Records Buy The Soft Moon at iTunes Buy The Soft Moon Exister at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:46pm	Warpaint	Common Blue	Single (Rough Trade)
				Buy Warpaint Single at Reckless Records Buy Warpaint at iTunes Buy Warpaint Single at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:40pm	The Bangles	Manic Monday	Manic Monday: The Best of the Bangles (Music Club Deluxe)
	Track Notes: The Bangles topped the charts on this date in 1986 with Manic Monday, a song written by Prince under the pseudonym "Christopher."			Buy The Bangles Manic Monday: The Best of the Bangles at Reckless Records Buy The Bangles at iTunes Buy The Bangles Manic Monday: The Best of the Bangles at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:36pm	Lori Lieberman	Killing Me Softly	Gun Metal Sky (Drive On Records)
	Track Notes: "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. The song has been covered by many other artists.			Buy Lori Lieberman Gun Metal Sky at Reckless Records Buy Lori Lieberman at iTunes Buy Lori Lieberman Gun Metal Sky at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:34pm	Nouvelle Vague	You Spin Me Round	Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (PIAS)
	Track Notes: #1 UK hit in 1985 - Dead or Alive's lead vocalist Pete Burns stated in his biography that the inspiration for this hit was Luther Vandross's I Wanted Yourt Love and Little Neal's See You 'Round Like a Record. How did you like this torchy cover?			Buy Nouvelle Vague Should I Stay Or Should I Go? at Reckless Records Buy Nouvelle Vague at iTunes Buy Nouvelle Vague Should I Stay Or Should I Go? at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:31pm	The Stranglers	96 Tears	Single (EPIC)
	Track Notes: Note for note version of the ? & The Mysterians classic. Hugo Longo of that band has a birthday today. He was born in 1947.			Buy The Stranglers Single at Reckless Records Buy The Stranglers at iTunes Buy The Stranglers Single at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:23pm	Sam Evian	Wild Days	Plunge (Flying Cloud)
				Buy Sam Evian Plunge at Reckless Records Buy Sam Evian at iTunes Buy Sam Evian Plunge at eMusic Add to Collection
	2:20pm	Mean Jeans	Blasted to the Moon	Blasted (Fat Wreck Chords)
				Buy Mean Jeans Blasted at Reckless Records Buy Mean Jeans at iTunes Buy Mean Jeans Blasted at eMusic Add to Collection

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