I'm a former author and journalist (bylines at Grantland, Wired, Slate, Deadspin and 538) turned documentary filmmaker. As a native Texan I also spent about a decade as a music and entertinament writer at the Austin Chronicle. And as a Chicago transplant I still cannot acclimate to the cold.
Listen to Michael's two most recent shows via the player below:
3/26 - 8am hour
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8:56am
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The Olivia Tremor Control
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NYC-25
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Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle (Flydaddy)
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8:48am
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Wild Horses
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Flying Burrito Bros.
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Fillmore East - November 7, 1970 (N/A)
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Track Notes: From a 1970 bootleg soundboard. Check the date. The Burritos recorded it first (Sticky Fingers wouldn't come out until 1971).
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8:44am
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Beachwood Sparks
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Confusion Is Nothing New
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Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop)
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8:34am
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The Kinks
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The Moneygoround
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Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One (Reprise)
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8:30am
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The Clash
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(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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The Clash (CBS)
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8:27am
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Delroy Wilson
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Better Must Come
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The Trojan Story (Trojan)
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8:20am
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Yellow Pills Local
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If You Have Drugs Take Them Right Now (featuring Antionette Vandenbrouke)
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47 Cowgirls (Mint 400)
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8:16am
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The Beths
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Head in the Clouds
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Expert in a Dying Field (Carpark)
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Track Notes: Rory... took me up on my offer. And how could I not oblige.
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8:14am
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Neptune's Core Local
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Box
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Box / Anyway (Side Hustle)
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8:06am
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Friko Local
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Crashing Through
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Where we've been, Where we go from here (ATO)
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8:05am
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B.J. Thomas
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Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
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The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (Rhino)
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Track Notes: By request for Rory!
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8:04am
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Sheer Mag
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Playing Favorites
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Playing Favorites (Third Man)
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3/26 - 7am hour
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7:57am
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Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners Local
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On a Scale of One to Nine
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Where It Really Starts (Tiny Global)
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7:47am
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Triumph
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Magic Power
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Allied Forces (MCA)
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7:44am
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Rush
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Beneath, Between & Behind
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Fly By Night (Mercury)
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7:41am
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Reg King
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In My Dreams
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Reg Kink (United Artist)
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7:37am
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Laetitia Sadier
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Une Autre Attente
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Rooting for Love (Drag City)
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7:31am
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Laura Jane Grace Local
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Punk Rock in Basements
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Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl)
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7:29am
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Love
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The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
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Forever Changes (Elektra)
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7:20am
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IDLES
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Hall & Oats
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TANGK (Partisan)
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7:18am
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Mannequin Pussy
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Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok
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I Got Heaven (Epitaph)
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7:16am
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Spinal Tap
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Gimme Some Money
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This Is Spinal Tap (Polydor)
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7:08am
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The Replacements
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I Won't
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Don't Tell A Soul (Sire)
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7:07am
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Daniel Johnston
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I Will
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More Songs of Pain (Dual Tone)
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7:04am
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Brittany Howard
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I Don't
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What Now (Island)
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7:01am
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Lisa Loeb
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I Do
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Firecracker (Geffen)
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3/26 - 6am hour
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6:56am
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Wednesday
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Quarry
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Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans)
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6:49am
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Bob Mould
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Compositions for the Young and Old
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Workbook (Virgin)
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6:45am
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Olivia Newton-John
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Xanadu
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Xanadu (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Jet)
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6:40am
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Jeff Beck
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Cause We've Ended as Lovers
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Blow by Blow (Epic)
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