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.
11/25 - 10am hour
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10:57am
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DRAMA Local
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Dollar $hort (featuring Flight Facilities)
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Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
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Track Notes: At Salt Shed on January 20
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10:53am
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Mope City
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Burning Little Amp Circles
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Population: 4 (Tenth Court)
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10:49am
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Captain Wilberforce
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The Girl Who Broke Her Own Heart
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Everybody Loves a Villain (Blue Tuxedo)
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10:45am
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Sly & The Family Stone
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Spaced Cowboy
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There's A Riot Goin' On (Epic)
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10:41am
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Baby Queen
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kid genius
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Quarter Life Crisis (Polydor)
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Track Notes: Arabella Latham
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10:37am
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Liza Anne
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Treat Me
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Utopian (Anti-Fragile)
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10:34am
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Alejandro Escovedo
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Always a Friend
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Real Animal (Back Porch/Manhattan)
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Track Notes: 2008
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10:31am
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Rhoda Dakar
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I Don't Mind
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single (Sunday Best)
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10:25am
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BassKase Local
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Liquid Lunch
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Rabbit Holes (Soundpoint)
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10:21am
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New Radicals
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Someday We'll Know
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Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (MCA)
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10:17am
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Gizelle Smith
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Three Tiny Seeds
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Revealing (Jalapeño)
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10:13am
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Sleaford Mods
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West End Girls
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West End Girls (Rough Trade)
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Track Notes: Proceeds to Shelter, which provides for the unhoused.
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10:06am
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Aesop Rock
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Bermuda (featuring Lealani Teano)
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Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
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10:04am
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Mel & Tim Local
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Backfield in Motion
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Beg, Scream, and Shout! (Rhino)
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10:00am
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The Waitresses
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No Guilt
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Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (Polydor)
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11/25 - 9am hour
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9:56am
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BJ The Chicago Kid Local
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Forgot Your Name
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Gravy (RCA)
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9:51am
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Little Mazarn
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Lake Texoma
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Honey Island General Store (Double Yolk Record House)
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Track Notes: Lindsey Verill
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9:48am
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Richard Hawley
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Born Under a Bad Sign
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Coles Corner (Mute)
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9:45am
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Barbara Lewis
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Don't Forget About Me
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Hello Stranger The Best of Barbara Lewis (Rhino)
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9:41am
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Soft and Dumb Local
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venus (acoustic)
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Heaven (self-released)
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9:35am
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Anna Hillburg
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Tired Girls
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Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF)
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9:32am
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The Mysteries of Life Local
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My Summer Mind
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blue jay (self-released)
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9:29am
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María José Llergo
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Tanto Tiempo
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Ultrabelleza (Sony Music Entertainment Espana)
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9:23am
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Catherine Campbell
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Too Late
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single (self-released)
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9:19am
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Flock of Dimes
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No Question
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Head of Roses (Sub Pop)
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Track Notes: Jenn Wassner of Wye Oak
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9:15am
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Todd Rundgren
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Parallel Lines
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Nearly Human (Warner Bros.)
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9:13am
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Yaya Bey
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The Evidence
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The Evidence (Big Dada)
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9:07am
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Resavoir Local
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Sunset
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Resavoir (International Anthem)
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Track Notes: At Constellation Dec. 9
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9:03am
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David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
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Solano Avenue (feat. Nicole Atkins)
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Here Lies Love (Nonesuch)
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9:00am
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Labi Siffre
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Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
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Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying (Pye)
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