I'm a former author and journalist (bylines at Grantland, Wired, Slate, Deadspin and 538) turned documentary filmmaker.
About Michael B.
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.
Recent Playlists
Wed 11/11 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:56 AM
Better Off Without A Wife
Tom Waits
Nighthawks At The Diner
11:49 AM
One Long Pair of Eyes
Robyn Hitchcock
Queen Elvis
11:46 AM
Gaslight
Bill Janovitz
Lonesome Billy
11:43 AM
The Cuban Line
LOCAL
Jason Moody
Dear Deaf Angels
11:39 AM
Underwater Dance Club
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Are You Ready For An Organ Solo?
11:33 AM
Going South
LOCAL
A.M. Slingers
To the Nines
11:30 AM
Help Me Make Up My Mind
Joyce Jones
Funk Drops 3 (Breaks, Nuggets And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic, ATCO, Reprise And Warner Bros Records 1968-1977)
11:27 AM
Pink Sabbath
Dananananaykroyd
Pink Sabbath
11:22 AM
White Album Girls
2nd Grade
Girls and Boys
11:19 AM
Omen Globe
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
11:18 AM
Heaven's Got a Dog
Dumb Crush
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
11:15 AM
Soon
Slough
Slough
11:08 AM
All I Want
Amy Rigby
Middlescence
11:04 AM
Falter
Kevin Salem
Soma City
11:00 AM
If You Loved Me at All
Julian Cope
Peggy Suicide
Wed 11/11 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:55 AM
Dressed For Pleasure
Swedish Magazine
Laughing Problem
10:50 AM
In Michoacan
Cool Ghouls
At George's Zoo
10:47 AM
Kindly Be Cruel
You Citizen
In This State
10:39 AM
Dull Knife
LOCAL
V.V. Lightbody
Period Piece
10:33 AM
Veterans of Psychic Wars
By request!
Blue Oyster Cult
Fire of Unknown Origin
10:29 AM
If Only When
LOCAL
Pink Frost
single
10:26 AM
Advice From the Oceans
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
10:20 AM
In Every Dream Home a Heartache
By request!
Roxy Music
For Your Pleasure
10:16 AM
Spilt
Lambrini Girls
No Refunds
10:14 AM
My Arms Don't Bend That Way, Damn It!
Let's Wrestle
In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
10:06 AM
New Sensations
Lou Reed
New Sensations
10:00 AM
Ohm (Loud Quiet Version)
Yo La Tengo
Ohm EP
Wed 11/11 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:56 AM
Drive Me Down
Velvet Crush
In The Presence of Greatness
9:51 AM
Hot Weather
Florry
The Holey Bible
9:47 AM
Junior's Farm
LOCAL
The Lee Harvey Oswald Band
A Taste of Prison
9:45 AM
Act Naturally
Buck Owens
The Very Best of Buck Owens, Volume 1
9:42 AM
Coolidge
By request for Adam!
Descendents
All
9:40 AM
Rotting Age
LOCAL
Djunah
Giallo
9:37 AM
Toss My Coin
Party Dozen
21 Bum Salute
9:32 AM
Die Happy
LOCAL
Pinksqueeze
We Can Have It
9:29 AM
The Sound That Made My Year
Grand Champeen
Battle Cry For Help
9:26 AM
Another Girl, Another Planet
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
9:19 AM
someone like that
Oso Oso
an exchange of information
9:17 AM
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
The Mad Lads
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971
9:14 AM
I Spend My Time Crying
Twisted Teens
The Holy Cross Tigers
9:11 AM
down on me
good flying birds
Talulah's Tape
9:10 AM
V. Thirteen
Big Audio Dynamite
Planet BAD: Greatest Hits
Wed 11/04 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:57 AM
Perfect Blue
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Easy Pieces
11:51 AM
Dublin Blues
Steve Earle - Townes Van Zandt - Guy Clark
Together At The Bluebird Cafe
11:46 AM
Leather Blues
By request for Ric
Wild Blue
No More Jinx
11:43 AM
Turning Blue
Jay Reatard
Blood Visions
11:40 AM
Blueprint
Fugazi
Repeater + 3 Songs
11:37 AM
Reaching for my Revolver
Interlay
snow covers your insides
11:33 AM
Turn My Blue Sky Black
The Mooney Suzuki
The Maximum Black EP
11:29 AM
The Same Old Place
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
11:28 AM
Bluejean V. Debs
The Capstan Shafts
Her Versus The Sad Cold Eventually
11:25 AM
Hands All Up
Imperial Teen
All Over You
11:19 AM
Blue Blue Ocean
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & The Bunnymen
11:17 AM
Heaven's Got a Dog
Dumb Crush
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
11:14 AM
Demolition
Fontaines D.C.
Dopamine Chamber
11:12 AM
Pink Turns To Blue
Hüsker Dü
Zen Arcade
11:01 AM
Barstool Blues
Neil Young
Year of the Horse
Wed 11/04 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:59 AM
Black And Blue
The Hi-Fives
...And A Whole Lotta You
10:54 AM
Ventilator Blues
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street
10:50 AM
The Rolling Stones
Cameron Winter
Live at Carnegie Hall
10:46 AM
Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
By request for Dan!
Billy Bragg
Workers Playtime
10:43 AM
All You Fascists
Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II
10:40 AM
Red-Eyed And Blue
Wilco
Being There
10:35 AM
My Heart's Tonight In Texas
By request for Ana!
Carter Family
The Carter Family: 1927-1934
10:32 AM
Baby Blue
By request for Kimi!
Badfinger
Straight Up
10:30 AM
You're Not Serious
Wishy
Nature's Pill
10:26 AM
Last Call
Vacations
Pursuit of Anything
10:23 AM
Fool's Gold
Time Thieves
If You Survive
10:19 AM
Just One Victory
By request for Cindy
Todd Rundgren
A Wizard, A True Star
10:15 AM
Stars
By request for Matthew in Berwyn!
DEHD
Blue Skies
10:07 AM
Round Eye Blues
Marah
Drew's Place - May 7, 2005
10:04 AM
Blue Texas Waltz
Billie Joe Shaver
The Complete Columbia Recordings
10:00 AM
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
By request for Greg!
Willie Nelson
The Essential Willie Nelson
Wed 11/04 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:54 AM
London Homesick Blues
Gary P. Nunn
Viva Terlingua
9:49 AM
I'm Blue
The Ikettes
single
9:47 AM
Blue Orchid
By request for Scott in Portage Park
The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan
9:44 AM
Lifted Truck
Hard Femme
Lo-Fem
9:41 AM
Pants Fall Down
The English Softhearts
Blue Oyster Quilt
9:39 AM
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Bryan Ferry
Belfast - Just 4, 2002
9:38 AM
Green Flowers, Blue Fish
Superchunk
Here's Where the Strings Come In
9:29 AM
Omen Globe
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
9:25 AM
Blues from a Gun
By request for Scott
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Automatic
9:19 AM
Cool Blue
By request for Tony!
Eurythmics
Touch
9:15 AM
Where the Colors Bleed (featuring Carly Paige)
BLEU
Sargeant Pepper Grinder
9:12 AM
How Losing Everything in the Fire Taught Me to Love Myself
Death Valley Girls
Welcome to Earth
9:08 AM
Blue Jean
David Bowie
Tonight
9:05 AM
Dream in Blue
Los Lobos
Kiko
Wed 10/21 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:53 AM
Pictures Of You
By request!
The Cure
Disintegration
11:49 AM
You Gotta Go
LOCAL
Modern Shag
Modern Shag
11:46 AM
All The Nation's Airports
Archers Of Loaf
All The Nation's Airports
11:42 AM
Sway
The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers
11:39 AM
You Can Hide Your Lover Forever
Comet Gain
Broken Record Prayers
11:36 AM
Books About UFOs
Hüsker Dü
New Day Rising
11:32 AM
Heaven's Got a Dog
Dumb Crush
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
11:29 AM
Daddy Lollipop
LOCAL
wht.rbbt.obj
Oscar Bravo Juliett
11:27 AM
Come Undone
LOCAL
Trash Kickers
Way Out, Somehow
11:25 AM
I Burned My Hand (I Wanna Die)
LOCAL
Tuff Sudz
Tough Suds
11:18 AM
Fear not the Fear
BODEGA
All Inside Aquarium
11:15 AM
Call It What You Want
Fat Dog
Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
11:13 AM
All The Time In The World (featuring Rivers Cuomo, Vegyn & Baby Marlboro)
By request for Tom!
The Avalanches
No Bad Memories
11:09 AM
Burning Barrel In My Heart
Sparkle Blood
ZIP ZAP
11:07 AM
Hate Everyone But You
Habibi
Anywhere But Here
11:03 AM
The Way the Lazy Do
Dr. Dog
We All Belong
11:00 AM
Next Time Round
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Blood & Chocolate
Wed 10/21 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:57 AM
You Could Have Died There On The Dancefloor
Westside Cowboy
It Goes On
10:51 AM
Sunday Candy (Jamilla Woods)
LOCAL
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
Surf
10:49 AM
Portal To Miami
RETAIL SIMPS
Real Simple
10:47 AM
Jean Arthur
LOCAL
Robbie Fulks
The Very Best Of Robbie Fulks
10:43 AM
We Captured a Frame
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
10:40 AM
Jenny & The Ess-Dog
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
10:32 AM
San Ber'dino
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
One Size Fits All
10:27 AM
Feels Alright
Spoon
Lucifer On The Sofa
10:27 AM
Lucy (Lucifer)
Scout Niblett
The Calcination Of Scout Niblett
10:22 AM
Hurricane Touchdown
LOCAL
Animal Panic
single
10:19 AM
Bang Bang Bang
Lambrini Girls
Enter No Refunds
10:18 AM
Something I Learned Today
Sweeping Promises
Maximum MN
10:11 AM
Sound to No One
Die Spitz
Something to Consume
10:08 AM
Entrance Song
The Black Angels
Phosphene Dream
10:04 AM
Lord of the Highway
Joe Ely
Lord of the Highway
10:01 AM
Hoodwink
Prescott Curlywolf
Dang
Wed 10/21 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:57 AM
Care Of Cell 44
The Zombies
Odessey & Oracle (The Stereo Album)
9:52 AM
Bindlestiff
Lily Seabird
Lightspheres on Their Way
9:47 AM
The Ocean
By request for Greg!
Bonerama
Bringing It Home
9:44 AM
Time And Time Again
The Smithereens
Especially for You
9:40 AM
People Like Us
Talking Heads
True Stories
9:34 AM
Probably So
Imperial Teen
All Over You
9:31 AM
Stare At The Sun
LOCAL
Time Thieves
If You Survive
9:28 AM
Plant Magic
Death Valley Girls
Welcome to Earth
9:26 AM
New Wave Nite in Sheboygan
LOCAL
Tension Pets
Expresso Plaza EP
9:21 AM
Not Alone
LOCAL
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
Howl
9:18 AM
Understand At All
Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings
9:13 AM
Feed the Sewer
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
9:08 AM
Digging For Something
Superchunk
Majesty Shredding
Wed 10/14 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:54 AM
30 Days
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
11:48 AM
Lay My Love
Brian Eno & John Cale
Wrong Way Up
11:47 AM
Another Genius Idea from Our Government
Erase Errata
Nightlife
11:42 AM
Future Women
LOCAL
The M'S
Future Women
11:37 AM
Everyday Sunshine
Fishbone
The Reality Of My Surroundings
11:32 AM
Yell at the Moon
LOCAL
Meat Wave
Volcano Park
11:28 AM
Baby, All Those Girls Meant Nothing To Me
David Lowery
The Palace Guards
11:24 AM
The Afterglow
Lily Seabird
Lightspheres on Their Way
11:19 AM
Overdrive
Imperial Teen
All Over You
11:17 AM
You're Not Serious
Wishy
Nature's Pill
11:15 AM
Begin Now!
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
11:08 AM
Good Morning Britain
Aztec Camera
Stray
11:04 AM
Carry My Picture
By request for Joe
The Connells
Ring
11:02 AM
I Zimbra
By request for Neal in West Town
Talking Heads
Fear of Music
Wed 10/14 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:57 AM
Thriving
Diet Cig
Do You Wonder About Me?
10:51 AM
Pilgrimage
R.E.M.
Murmur
10:46 AM
Drugstore
The Can't Tells
No Television
10:42 AM
Rebuilding Year (4 of Diamonds)
Hallelujah The Hills
DECK: DIAMONDS
10:39 AM
Superstar
Wilson Pickett
I Want You
10:36 AM
Bread
Barrence Whitfield and the Savages
Dig Thy Savage Soul
10:32 AM
Last Call
Vacations
Pursuit of Anything
10:29 AM
Sometimes, Maybe
LOCAL
Vinto Van Go
Charms and Trips
10:25 AM
I Just Want Someone To Fall In Love With
The Lovely Eggs
Wildlife
10:23 AM
It's a Wonderful Lie
Weird Nightmare
Maximum MN
10:18 AM
Better Man
LOCAL
Slow Pulp
Melodie
10:15 AM
Lucky Buzz
Richard Bucker
Since
10:12 AM
Moping
Personal Trainer
Human Assholes
10:02 AM
Marquee Moon
Television
Marquee Moon
Wed 10/14 · 9AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
9:56 AM
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
9:52 AM
Too Good To Be True
The Eyeliners
Sealed With A Kiss
9:49 AM
Time and Place
By request for Corbin
Lee Moses
Time and Place
9:45 AM
Quarry
Wednesday
Rat Saw God
9:43 AM
Oh Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
9:40 AM
Save Your City
Radio 4
Gotham
9:37 AM
Smile and Wave
Fat Dog
Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
9:32 AM
Straight Down
The Glands
The Glands
9:29 AM
Birdbrain
Buffalo Tom
Birdbrain
9:24 AM
Literary Mind
Sprints
Letter to Self
9:19 AM
Plant Magic
Death Valley Girls
Welcome to Earth
9:16 AM
Best Problem
LOCAL
V.V. Lightbody
Period Piece
9:12 AM
Euro Stomper
Party Dozen
21 Bum Salute
9:10 AM
Controversy
Prince
Controversy
Wed 10/07 · 11AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
11:55 AM
The Wizard
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
11:51 AM
Ridin' Thumb
King Curtis
Everybody's Talkin'
11:46 AM
I Let Love In
By request for Barrett!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Let Love In
11:43 AM
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
11:40 AM
It's Alright
Beabadoobee
Pylon
11:38 AM
Invitation
LOCAL
Kate Renegade
Could Do!
11:31 AM
Pack It Up
By request for Neal in West Town!
The Pretenders
Pretenders II
11:29 AM
Playpen of Dissent
LOCAL
Stuck
Content That Makes You Feel Good
11:25 AM
Day In The Sun
Teenage Fanclub
Do Not Dare To Dream
11:22 AM
Yr Op-Ed Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Lex Walton
ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER
11:16 AM
Paint It Black
By request with the note: Let's Go Sox!
The Rolling Stones
Aftermath
11:15 AM
Fresh Pope
PKEW PKEW PKEW
Open Bar
11:12 AM
It's a Wonderful Lie
Weird Nightmare
Maximum MN
11:01 AM
Sailing Shoes > Hey Julia > Sneakin' Sally Thru The Alley
Robert Palmer
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
Wed 10/07 · 10AM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
10:57 AM
Super-Connected
Belly
King
10:52 AM
A Lot of Petty Stuff
LOCAL
Axons
I Object to Everything
10:48 AM
Great No One
By request for Kimi!
The Beths
Future Me Hates Me
10:45 AM
Election Day
Lily Seabird
Lightspheres on Their Way
10:41 AM
You'll Never Get Your Money Back
Alex Lahey
The Answer Is Always Yes
10:38 AM
Get Away from Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)
Julia Jacklin
The Gem
10:35 AM
Coast to Coast
Waxahatchee
Cerulean Salt
10:30 AM
Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings