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Mike Bennett DJ Profile

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.

Mike Bennett's Playlists

11/9 - 10am hour
M - New York · London · Paris · Munich  album artwork 10:47am M That's the Way the Money Goes New York · London · Paris · Munich (Sire)
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Swamp Dogg - Rat On! album artwork 10:44am Swamp Dogg Do You Believe Rat On! (Alive Natural Sound)
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10:41am Lazy Day Strangest Relief Open the Door (Brace Yourself)
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10:35am Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa I Would Die 4 U TRA​И​Ƨ​A (Red Hot)
Track Notes: Out 11/24 Buy Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa TRA​И​Ƨ​A at Reckless Records Buy Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa at iTunes Buy Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa TRA​И​Ƨ​A at eMusic Add to Collection
10:32am The Accents Local Enchanted Garden Birth of Soul Special Chicago Edition (Kent Soul)
Track Notes: 1962 Buy The Accents Birth of Soul Special Chicago Edition at Reckless Records Buy The Accents at iTunes Buy The Accents Birth of Soul Special Chicago Edition at eMusic Add to Collection
Julian Cope - Friar Tuck album artwork 10:29am Julian Cope Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die Friar Tuck (Head Heritage)
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10:23am Desert Liminal Local Sweet William Black Ocean (Fantastique)
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10:21am Anna Calvi First We Kiss Anna Calvi (Domino)
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P.M. Dawn - Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience album artwork 10:16am P.M. Dawn Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (Gee Street/Island)
Track Notes: 1991 Buy P.M. Dawn Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience at Reckless Records Buy P.M. Dawn at iTunes Buy P.M. Dawn Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience at eMusic Add to Collection
mxmtoon - Liminal Space album artwork 10:13am mxmtoon vhs Liminal Space (AWAL)
Track Notes: House of Blues, March 26 Buy mxmtoon Liminal Space at Reckless Records Buy mxmtoon at iTunes Buy mxmtoon Liminal Space at eMusic Add to Collection
E L U C I D - REVELATOR album artwork 10:07am E L U C I D THE WORLD IS DOG REVELATOR (Fat Possum)
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Sunshine Boys - Blue Music album artwork 10:04am Sunshine Boys Local Schoolyard Bully Blue Music (Pravda)
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Resistance Revival Chorus - This Joy album artwork 10:00am Resistance Revival Chorus Everybody Deserves to Be Free (featuring Deva Mahal) This Joy (Righteous Babe)
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11/9 - 9am hour
Little Moon - Dear Divine album artwork 9:57am Little Moon blue Dear Divine (Joyful Noise)
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9:51am Marques Martin Explosions Are Romantic single (self released)
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9:49am Ben & Ellen Harper Heavyhearted World Childhood Home (Concord Music Group)
Track Notes: 2014 Buy Ben & Ellen Harper Childhood Home at Reckless Records Buy Ben & Ellen Harper at iTunes Buy Ben & Ellen Harper Childhood Home at eMusic Add to Collection
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One album artwork 9:44am The Kinks Powerman Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One (Reprise)
Track Notes: Request from Nate in Philadelphia Buy The Kinks Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One at Reckless Records Buy The Kinks at iTunes Buy The Kinks Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One at eMusic Add to Collection
Our Girl - The Good Kind album artwork 9:41am Our Girl It'll Be Fine The Good Kind (Bella Union)
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Breymer - When I Get Through album artwork 9:36am Breymer Darkness When I Get Through (One Little Independent)
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James Brown - 50th Anniversary Collection album artwork 9:33am James Brown Bewildered 50th Anniversary Collection (Polydor)
Track Notes: 1961 #8 R & B #40 Pop Buy James Brown 50th Anniversary Collection at Reckless Records Buy James Brown at iTunes Buy James Brown 50th Anniversary Collection at eMusic Add to Collection
Wendy James - The Shape of History album artwork 9:30am Wendy James A Happy Life The Shape of History (self released)
Track Notes: 5th solo LP Buy Wendy James The Shape of History at Reckless Records Buy Wendy James at iTunes Buy Wendy James The Shape of History at eMusic Add to Collection
Mustafa - Dunya album artwork 9:23am Mustafa What Good is a Heart? Dunya (Jagjaguwar)
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R.E.M. - Reckoning album artwork 9:20am R.E.M. Time After Time (Annelise) Reckoning (IRS)
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Mannequin Men - Mannequin Men album artwork 9:18am Mannequin Men Local Why Do I Get? Mannequin Men (Addenda)
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9:15am Clairo Love Songs Like Someone I Know A Celebration of Margo Guryan (Sub Pop)
Track Notes: Proceeds go to abortion rights funds Buy Clairo Like Someone I Know A Celebration of Margo Guryan at Reckless Records Buy Clairo at iTunes Buy Clairo Like Someone I Know A Celebration of Margo Guryan at eMusic Add to Collection
9:07am sponj Local New Eyes The Best EP (self-released)
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Stevie Wonder - Songs In the Key of Life album artwork 9:04am Stevie Wonder Pastime Paradise Songs In the Key of Life (Tamla)
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9:01am Indigo Girls Clampdown Burning London (Epic)
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11/2 - 11am hour
The Smiths - Rank album artwork 11:56am The Smiths Still Ill Rank (Rough Trade)
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Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues In My DNA album artwork 11:55am Ronnie Baker Brooks Local I Found a Dollar Looking for a Dime Blues In My DNA (Alligator)
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