Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of CHIRP, and he now is a board member emeritus. He got his start in radio in high school at Hinsdale Central's WHSD, and then moved on to WIDB at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His radio dreams were deferred by a detour into retail music and then a U-turn to law school. Even while working as an attorney at the State Appellate Defender, Mike stayed in touch with the music scene, writing reviews on the web for Pop Palace, Fufkin.com and his own blog, Hablo Ennui. His favorites include Sparks, Sweet, Cheap Trick, The Fall, Didjits, Buck Owens, Ted Leo, The Zombies, Bo Diddley and many, many others. You can follow Mike on Twitter (and who wouldn't want to?) at @mrhonorama.
You can listen to Mike's most recent shows below.
5/27 - 11am hour
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11:51am
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Lael Neale
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In Verona
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Star Eaters Delight (Sub Pop)
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11:46am
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The Courettes
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Want You! (Like a Cigarette)
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Boom! Dynamite: An Introduction to The Courettes (Damaged Goods)
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11:43am
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Kitchens of Distinction
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Quick as Rainbows
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Strange Free World (A & M)
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11:40am
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Panic Pocket
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Out of the Woodwork
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MAD HALF HOUR (Skep Wax)
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11:35am
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The Bellwether Syndicate Local
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Wetworks
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Vestige & Vigil (Sett/Nexilis)
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11:32am
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Uncle Tupelo
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Movin' On
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20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions! (Pravda)
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11:28am
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Water From Your Eyes
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Out There
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Everyone's Crushed (Matador)
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11:24am
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The Out-Sect
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No More Lies
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The Out-Sect Meets The Wind Ups (self-released)
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11:22am
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Them
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Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough
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The Story of Them featuring Van Morrison (Deram)
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11:18am
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Tchotchke
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Wish You Were A Girl
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Tchotchke (Org Music/Tchotchke)
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11:14am
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Sparks
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You Were Meant for Me
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The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte (Island)
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Track Notes: July 5, Copernicus Center
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11:07am
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Lifeguard Local
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17-18 Lovesong
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Dressed in Trenches (Matador)
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Track Notes: Out July 7. Playing Aug. 13 w/Horsegirl at Thalia Hall.
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11:04am
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Material Issue Local
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Color TV
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MaterialIssue (Big Block)
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Track Notes: 1987
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11:01am
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Tina Turner
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Acid Queen
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Acid Queen (United Artists)
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Track Notes: R.I.P. Queen
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5/27 - 10am hour
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10:57am
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Rahill
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Futbol
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Flowers At Your Feet (Big Dada)
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Track Notes: Frontwoman for Habibi
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10:51am
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Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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A New Spring
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Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 (Jazz is Dead)
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10:49am
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The Supremes
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L'Amore Verra (You Can't Hurry Love)
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Motown Around the World (Hip-O Select/Motown)
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10:45am
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American Music Club
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Hello Amsterdam
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San Francisco (Reprise)
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10:42am
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Hannah Hu
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Broken
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single (self-released)
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10:36am
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Alison Goldfrapp
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Digging Deeper Now
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The Love Invention (Skint)
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10:33am
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Roy Wood
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Look Through the Eyes of a Fool
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Mustard (Jet)
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10:30am
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Rhoda Dakar
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Peace, Love and Understanding
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Version Girl (Sunday Best)
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Track Notes: Former singer of 2-Tone band Bodysnatchers
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10:24am
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Greenlights Music Local
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Gold Bars
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Solid Gold Gravy (self-released)
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Track Notes: Appearing at Reggie's tonight.
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10:21am
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The Like
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Narcissus in a Red Dress
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Release Me (Downtown/Geffen)
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10:17am
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Julian Cope
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5 O'Clock World
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My Nation Underground (Island)
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10:14am
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Arlo Parks
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Dog Rose
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My Soft Machine (Transgressive)
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10:07am
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Baby Teeth Local
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Acceptable Use of the Border
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Carry On Regardless (self-released)
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10:05am
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Madness
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My Girl 2
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Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (Cooking Vinyl)
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10:01am
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Ike & Tina Turner
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Living for the City (Version 2)
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The Bolic Sound Sessions (Sunset Blvd. Records)
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Track Notes: R.I.P. Tina Turner
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5/27 - 9am hour
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9:58am
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Brittain Ashford
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The Sway
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Trotter (Misra)
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