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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

10/26 - 11am hour
11:04am St. Vincent Marrow Actor (4AD)
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Billy Squier - Tale of the Tape album artwork 11:00am Billy Squier The Big Beat Tale of the Tape (Capitol)
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10/26 - 10am hour
Tara Lily - Speak In The Dark album artwork 10:57am Tara Lily 6 Feet Down (featuring Theo Croker) Speak In The Dark (Tru Thoughts)
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Bartees Strange - Horror album artwork 10:51am Bartees Strange Sober Horror (4AD)
Track Notes: Out Feb. 14, 2025 Buy Bartees Strange Horror at Reckless Records Buy Bartees Strange at iTunes Buy Bartees Strange Horror at eMusic Add to Collection
The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out album artwork 10:49am The Mountain Goats Mark on You Bleed Out (Merge)
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Van Hunt - Popular album artwork 10:45am Van Hunt Turn My TV On Popular (Blue Note)
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Confidence Man - 3AM (La La La) album artwork 10:41am Confidence Man Control 3AM (La La La) (Polydor)
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10:35am BassKase Local Coming Up for Air Coming Up for Air (Soundpoint)
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Mary Wells - Love Songs to The Beatles album artwork 10:33am Mary Wells Please Please Me Love Songs to The Beatles (20th Century Fox)
Track Notes: 1965 Buy Mary Wells Love Songs to The Beatles at Reckless Records Buy Mary Wells at iTunes Buy Mary Wells Love Songs to The Beatles at eMusic Add to Collection
Lone Justice - Viva Lone Justice album artwork 10:31am Lone Justice Rattlesnake Mama Viva Lone Justice (Fire/Afar)
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Cassie Ramone - Sweetheart album artwork 10:25am Cassie Ramone Dilly Dally Sweetheart (CD-R)
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Melanie Fiona - The Bridge album artwork 10:21am Melanie Fiona Give It to Me Right The Bridge (UniversalMotown)
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Richard & Linda Thompson - Sunnyvista album artwork 10:18am Richard & Linda Thompson Saturday Rolling Around Sunnyvista (Chrysalis)
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Soccer Mommy - Evergreen album artwork 10:14am Soccer Mommy Salt in Wound Evergreen (Loma Vista)
Track Notes: 4th LP. Feb. 6 Thalia Hall Buy Soccer Mommy Evergreen at Reckless Records Buy Soccer Mommy at iTunes Buy Soccer Mommy Evergreen at eMusic Add to Collection
10:08am Berlin Taxi Break the Chain Milestones (self-released)
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Prince - Sign o 10:03am Prince Eggplant Sign o' the Times (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
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Ratboys - Happy Birthday, Ratboy album artwork 10:01am Ratboys Local Down the River Happy Birthday, Ratboy (Topshelf)
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10/26 - 9am hour
9:57am Ben Böhmer Hiding (Featuring: Lykke Li) Bloom (Ninja Tune)
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9:52am Otterlymusic Local WiFi Corinthians 13 (self-released)
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Le Ren - Leftovers album artwork 9:48am Le Ren Was I Not Enough? Leftovers (Secretly Canadian)
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9:47am Bryan Ferry In the Mood For Love As Time Goes By (Virgin)
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Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes album artwork 9:41am Fievel Is Glauque Transparent Rong Weicknes (Fat Possum)
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Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise album artwork 9:37am Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn The Dancer Quiet in a World Full of Noise (Merge)
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Joni Mitchell - Clouds album artwork 9:33am Joni Mitchell That Song About the Midway Clouds (Reprise)
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9:30am Chuck Prophet with ¿Qiensave? It's a Good Day to Be Alive Wake the Dead (Yep Roc)
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Dua Saleh - I SHOULD CALL THEM album artwork 9:24am Dua Saleh chi girl I SHOULD CALL THEM (Ghostly International)
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9:22am Alayne May Local Waveforms Strange Beings (self-released)
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Todd Rundgren - Faithful album artwork 9:18am Todd Rundgren Love of the Common Man Faithful (Bearsville)
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Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat album artwork 9:15am Laura Marling Caroline Patterns in Repeat (Partisan)
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Vitesse X - This Infinite album artwork 9:08am Vitesse X Bliss Beat This Infinite (Music-Website)
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