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.
8/24 - 10am hour
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10:41am
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Sofie Royer
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I Forget (I'm So Young)
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single (Stones Throw)
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10:36am
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Futurebirds
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Bloom
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Easy Company (Duotone)
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10:33am
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Dolph Chaney Local
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Mr. Eli
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Mug (Courtesy Version) (Big Stir)
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Track Notes: Request from Matthew in Berwyn
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10:30am
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Geneva Jacuzzi
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Heart Full of Poison
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Triple Fire (Dais)
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10:24am
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Altgeld Local
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Hallowed Ground
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single (self-released)
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10:21am
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The Monkees
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Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
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More of The Monkees (Colgems)
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10:18am
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Priscilla Renea
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Mr. Workabee
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Jukebox (Capitol)
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Track Notes: Now known as Muni Long
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10:14am
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Magdalena Bay
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Vampire in the Corner
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Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)
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Track Notes: Sept. 14 at Thalia Hall
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10:07am
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Google Earth
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Deep Sea Leaks
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Street View (DIMPLEZ / Tiny Telephone)
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Track Notes: John Vanderslice and producer James Riotto
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10:04am
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Franz Ferdinand
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Live Alone
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Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
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10:00am
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Rufus Local
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I Got the Right Street (But the Wrong Direction)
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Rags to Rufus (ABC)
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8/24 - 9am hour
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9:58am
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Jayda G
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If Only We Knew
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single (Ninja Tune)
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9:52am
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Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding
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A Day in the Life
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Milton & esperanza (Concord)
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9:49am
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The Magnetic Fields
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I Think I Need A New Heart
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69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (Merge)
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9:45am
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Smokey Robinson
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You Are Forever
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Being With You (Tamla)
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Track Notes: 1980 #1 R & B single
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9:42am
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That Woman
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Free to Be
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Find Joy (Highwater)
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9:38am
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Toe
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キアロスクーロ
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NOW I SEE THE LIGHT (Topshelf)
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9:33am
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Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Local
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When Love Has Grown
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Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: 1973
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9:30am
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Luna Li
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Minnie Says (Would You Be My)
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When a Thought Grows Wings (In Real Life)
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9:24am
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Parlor Greens
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Irish Goodbye
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In Green We Dream (Colemine)
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9:21am
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Tasha Local
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Bed Song 2
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Tell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter)
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9:17am
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Sparks
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Pacific Standard Time
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A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (BMG)
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9:15am
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The Softies
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Go Back in Time
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The Bed I Made (Father/Daughter)
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Track Notes: First album in 24 years, 4th overall.
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9:07am
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Skylar Gudasz
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Mother's Daughter
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COUNTRY (Redeye Worldwide)
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9:03am
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Blood Orange
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Augustine
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Freetown Sound (Domino)
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9:01am
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Dusty Springfield
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Welcome Home
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The Look of Love (Philips)
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8/17 - 11am hour
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11:52am
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Nathan Bowles Trio
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The Ternions
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Are Possible (Drag City)
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11:47am
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Sakkaris
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Quiet Light
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Quiet Light (Birthdiy)
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11:44am
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Masters of Reality
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Tilt-a-Whirl
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Sunrise on the Sufferbus (Chrysalis)
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11:40am
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Lesibu Grand
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Ordinary Girl
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Triggered (Kill Rock Stars)
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