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.
6/15 - 9am hour
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9:20am
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Shelby Lynne
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The Look of Love
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Just a Little Lovin' (Lost Highway)
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9:18am
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Peter & Gordon
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To Know You Is to Love You
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True Love Ways (Capitol)
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9:12am
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John Grant
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Zeitgeist
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The Art of the Lie (Bella Union)
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Track Notes: Sixth studio LP.
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9:06am
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Carlile Local
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Illusion
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Human Human (Sooper)
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Track Notes: Out August 30
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9:04am
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Stevie Wonder
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Take Up a Course in Happiness
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Where I'm Coming From (Motown)
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Track Notes: 1971
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6/15 - 8am hour
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8:59am
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Cate Le Bon
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Shoeing The Bones
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Me Oh My (The Control Group)
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6/8 - 11am hour
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11:52am
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King Hannah
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Somewhere Near El Paso
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Big Swimmer (City Slang)
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Track Notes: At the Empty Bottle June 29
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11:46am
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Mrs. Smith and the Present Local
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Last Remaining
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She's Right Here (Self-Released)
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11:43am
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LMNOP
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Constant Change
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LMNO3 Deluxe (Baby Sue)
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11:41am
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The Well Wishers
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Good Side
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Just So You Know (self-released)
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11:36am
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Tei Shi
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GRIP
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Valerie (Self-Released)
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11:33am
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This 'n' That
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Get Down With It/I Can't Get No Satisfaction
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Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin' Black Music in Britain in the Sixties (Strawberry)
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11:30am
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Good Looks
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Vaughn
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Lived Here for a While (Keeled Scales)
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11:24am
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Shellac Local
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Wednesday
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To All Trains (Touch and Go)
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11:20am
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The Boomtown Rats
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Kicks
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The Boomtown Rats (Mercury)
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11:17am
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Fluffy
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I Wanna Be Your Lush
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Black Eye (The Enclave)
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Track Notes: 1996
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11:14am
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Charli XCX
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Girl, So Confusing
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brat (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: Sixth studio LP UC Sept. 30
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11:10am
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Carry Ripple
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Velma
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Carry Ripple (Self-Released)
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Track Notes: Out of Knoxville
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11:06am
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Lucy Dacus
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Next of Kin
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Historian (Matador)
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11:00am
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Midnight Oil
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Power and the Passion
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Columbia)
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Track Notes: 1982
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Buy Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 at Reckless Records
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6/8 - 10am hour
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10:56am
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musclecars
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Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) (feat. Natalie Greffel) (Radio Edit)
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Sugar Honey Iced Tea! (BBE Music)
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Track Notes: Brooklyn natives Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield are the DJ / producer duo behind musclecars
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10:51am
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Bodies Of Water
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Tear This Building Down
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The Journey Is Our Home (Thousand Tongues)
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Track Notes: Sixth LP
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10:48am
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Choo Choo Train Local
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Big Blue Buzz
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Briar High (Singles 1988) (The Subway Organization)
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10:46am
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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
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Shake a Tail Feather
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Take a Ride (New Voice)
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Track Notes: 1966
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10:42am
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Elkka
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Air Tight
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Prism of Pleasure (Ninja Tune)
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10:38am
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Whitworth
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Purple Cotton Haze
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Earth To Dreamer (self-released)
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10:35am
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Michael Nesmith & The First National Band Redux
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Nevada Fighter
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Live at the Troubadour (7a Records)
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Track Notes: Request from David in Lake County
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10:31am
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The Zawose Queens
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Kuseka
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Maisha (Real World)
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10:25am
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Ibibio Sound Machine
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Got to Be Who U Are
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Pull the Rope (Merge)
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10:22am
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The Dip
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Advertising
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The Dip Delivers (self-released)
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Track Notes: Request from Matthew in Berwyn
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