Mike Bennett

Show schedule

Saturday 9am–12pm

Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of the CHIRP board, and he now is a board member emeritus.

About Mike Bennett

Mike was an original member of the CHIRP board of directors, a former vice-president of the CHIRP board, 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 as he detoured into retail music and then took a U-turn to law school. Even while working as an attorney at the Illinois 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, Judee Sill, The Fall, Dolly Parton, Didjits, Jamila Woods, Buck Owens, CHAI, Ted Leo, Neko Case, XTC, The Zombies, Silvana Estrada, Bo Diddley and many, many others.

Recent Playlists

Sat 09/12 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:54 AM	To Know You is to Love You - Eric Kupper The Power Remix	Martha Reeves	Searching
11:49 AM	Crawling Oct. 2 at Cobra Lounge	Hot Flash Heat Wave	Butterfly in a Landslide
11:46 AM	On the Rebound	Russ Ballard & The Barnet Dogs	Into the Fire
11:43 AM	Rock 'n' Roll Was Never This Fun	The Smugglers	In the Hall of Fame...
11:41 AM	Spilled Berkley CA band	swell foop	single
11:36 AM	You Could Have Died There On The Dancefloor	Westside Cowboy	It Goes On
11:33 AM	On Top of the World LOCAL	Cheap Trick	Heaven Tonight
11:29 AM	Futuretripping LOCAL Supporting Bikini Kill at Salt Shed Sept. 14	Ganser	single
11:24 AM	Shooting Shadows Oct. 30 at Empty Bottle w/Clickbait and Uniflora	Sweeping Promises	You Say I Romanticize
11:21 AM	My Drummer's Girlfriend	Alt Blk Era	Rave Immortal
11:18 AM	Joker James Soundtrack	The Who	Quadrophenia
11:14 AM	If You Don't Love Me Oct. 21 at The Empty Bottle	The Tubs	Hard Life
11:08 AM	Not Cool	Disgusting Sisters	Skin & Blisters
11:04 AM	The Six Teens	Sweet	Desolation Boulevard
11:00 AM	Dancing With the Dandies LOCAL At Pravda Fest today	The Handcuffs	Burn the Rails

Sat 09/12 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Hipster Runoff	Lex Walton	ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER
10:53 AM	Gronk	Let Your Hair Down	single
10:49 AM	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 1973	Gladys Knight & The Pips	All I Need Is Time
10:47 AM	Ponce De Leon	Splitsville	Ultrasound
10:44 AM	Spat (feat. Left at London) LOCAL Altamira Fulton, one half of Vocal Team	Altamira	How to Get Off the Ground
10:37 AM	Turn It Up	André Cymone	The Resurrection of Funk
10:33 AM	Yesterday, When I Was Mad	Pet Shop Boys	Very
10:30 AM	Chopping Mountain 6th LP	Ibibio Sound Machine	Chopping Mountain
10:24 AM	Now You Know	Ebbb	Shallow Hits
10:21 AM	Pink Noise	Laura Mvula	Pink Noise
10:18 AM	C.R.E.E.P.	The Fall	The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
10:14 AM	And I Haven't Seen My Love in a While Sept. 20 at Riot Fest Nate Amos of Water from Your Eyes	This Is Lorelei	The Singer in My Band
10:07 AM	Straight Line to Love Madison, WI	Graham Hunt	American Pyramid
10:04 AM	Marcella	The Beach Boys	Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
10:00 AM	Venom LOCAL	Ravyn Lenae	Hypnos

Sat 09/12 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:56 AM	He Don't Know a Thing LOCAL Out Feb. 1	Jules Klee	Roses on My Table
9:52 AM	Marathonia	Lorg	I Fell For Fantasy
9:47 AM	Easter Theatre	XTC	Apple Venus
9:44 AM	Carta	Silvana Estrada	Marchita
9:41 AM	Burst (feat. Baby Rose) May 27 Salt Shed	FKJ	Tyber
9:36 AM	Family Ties	Cleo Sol	Gentlewoman
9:33 AM	I Can Never Go Home Anymore	The Shangri-Las	Myrmidons of Melodrama
9:29 AM	Youth's Fountain (feat. Nilüfer Yanya) Nov. 25 at Radius	Bonobo	Distance in Static
9:23 AM	Again, My Love Nov 1 at Tack Room	Elanor Moss	The Knife, The Needle
9:21 AM	Are You Still My Baby	Charlie Rich	Big Boss Man
9:17 AM	Brain LOCAL	Kara Jackson	Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
9:15 AM	Any Way You Want Me To Nov. 1 Rialto Square Joliet	Micky Dolenz	Timeless
9:09 AM	Unfinished Concrete Initials (featuring Hemlock Ernst) LOCAL October 1o at Thalia Hall supporting Armand Hammer	Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal	DOOMED!
9:05 AM	The Book of Love	Olivia Rodrigo	HELP(2)
9:01 AM	All That	Sparks	A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

Sat 09/05 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:53 AM	You and Your Dog feat Laurie Anderson	Shearwater	The New World
11:46 AM	The Deepest Part of the Darkest Shadow	The Afghan Whigs	Soft Control
11:44 AM	Wings	Golden Earrings	Winter-Harvest
11:40 AM	Suffer Like Me	Dark Chisme	single
11:35 AM	The Dark sept. 28 at the Riv	Chelsea Wolfe	The Dark
11:33 AM	When the Chips Are Down	Happy Hate Me Nots	The Good That's Been Done
11:30 AM	Without	Soft Science	Sand
11:24 AM	The Hope I Dread LOCAL	Molly Carberry	The Year I Went Blind
11:21 AM	Plenty Tough Union Made LOCAL Happy Labor Day!!!	The Waco Brothers	...To the Last Dead Cowboy
11:17 AM	What's So Wrong	Sacred Paws	Run Around the Sun
11:14 AM	Let Go	Ty Segall	Chrome
11:07 AM	Canyons	Man/Woman/Chainsaw	Cannonball
11:04 AM	ABC 123	tUnE-yArDs	I can feel you creep into my private life
11:00 AM	Hungry	The Cramps	Gravest Gravy

Sat 09/05 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:56 AM	The Right Kind LOCAL	goodkitty	single
10:51 AM	This Song May or May Not Be About an Alt-Right Influencer	Portraits of Tracy	Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate? A: MTV!
10:47 AM	We Are Underused 1997	Pavement	Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.
10:45 AM	Try Too Hard	The Dave Clark Five	The History of The Dave Clark Five
10:42 AM	Keep on Keeping on	Sofie Royer	before/after
10:38 AM	Tenga pa' los Dulces	Empanadas Ilegales	Laboratorio Tropical
10:35 AM	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 1990	The Thompson Twins	Red Hot + Blue
10:31 AM	Good Boy	Paris Paloma	The Fatal Flaw
10:25 AM	Hold On To	MESH	No Fun At All
10:21 AM	Giving it All to You LOCAL	Liz Phair	Somebody's Miracle
10:18 AM	I've Got a Secret	Richard Barone James Mastro	Nuts and Bolts
10:15 AM	Psychedelia in White	Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo	Psychedelia in White
10:08 AM	Cha Cha Slide	Getdown Services	Massive Champion
10:04 AM	Give the People What They Want 1975	The O'Jays	Survival
10:00 AM	It's All True 2007	Tracey Thorn	Out of the Woods

Sat 09/05 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Such A Thrill Nov. 4 The Hideout	Dent May	The Big One
9:51 AM	soulless cycle CHIRP welcomes L'Rain to Constellation on Sept. 18	L'Rain	fata morgana
9:48 AM	The Country Code '80s LP not released until 2014	Tracie Young	No Smoke Without Fire
9:45 AM	We Are Walking in a Forest LOCAL	Steve Dawson	At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree
9:42 AM	Wrong About You LOCAL	Spaces of Disappearance	Villain
9:38 AM	Miles Away	PORTIA	single
9:35 AM	Jesus Was a Crossmaker	Judee Sill	Live in London: The BBC Recordings 1972-1973
9:32 AM	White Castle sad	Asher White	Love Aggregates
9:25 AM	Wrung	Leila Henley	How to Let Go
9:23 AM	Don't Believe All City Kids Are Bad	Clayton Ford	Heartache in Your Hand
9:18 AM	Last Train to Clarksville R.I.P.	Casandra Wilson	New Moon Daughter
9:14 AM	I'll Always Love You	Dexys Midnight Runners	LOVE
9:07 AM	IF I LOCAL	Cowboy Jane	Infinite Chest
9:03 AM	Soft Sounds from Another Planet	Japanese Breakfast	Soft Sounds from Another Planet
9:00 AM	Saturday's Father	The Four Seasons	The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette

Sat 08/29 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:52 AM	Mirrors	Cornelius	REFRACTIONS
11:48 AM	Pretty Little Fantasy	Brennan Wedl	Brennan Wedl
11:45 AM	Funky Thing - PART 1	The Unemployed	What It Is!
11:41 AM	Who Sent You? Out Sept. 11	Shudder To Think	Who Sent You?
11:35 AM	Cocoon Oct. 30 at Empty Bottle	Sweeping Promises	You Say I Romanticize
11:33 AM	Night of Fear	The Move	Movements: 30th Anniversary Anthology
11:30 AM	I Could Be Wrong Sept. 30 at House of Blues	The Linda Lindas	Gotta Get Out
11:24 AM	Teen (Cult) Song LOCAL	Cel Ray	Cel Rayzer
11:22 AM	Way Down Below 1987	The Gruesomes	Gruesomania
11:18 AM	Amma	Bab L'Bluz	Swaken
11:15 AM	Take Me With You March 5 at The Vic	Dinosaur Jr.	There Near
11:09 AM	Upside Down LOCAL Sept. 12 at Mantis Manor in Lockport	Caitlin Edwards	Skeletons and Flamingos
11:04 AM	SUMMER RENAISSANCE	Beyoncé	RENAISSANCE
11:01 AM	Bygones (feat. Rob Halford and special guests Nikki Sixx and John 5) R.I.P.	Dolly Parton	Rockstar

Sat 08/29 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:57 AM	Sonny Boy Sept. 5 at Thalia Hall	Black Marble	Life in Small Spaces
10:51 AM	Sugar and Spice	Anour	Anour
10:49 AM	Don't Stop Loving Me Baby	The Flying Machine	Flight Recorder From Pinkerton's Assorted Colours to The Flying Machine
10:45 AM	Aloha Steve and Danno Request from Bryan	Radio Birdman	Radios Appear
10:41 AM	Jubilee Feeling	Ezra Collective	single
10:37 AM	Flash Fantasy LOCAL	Temp Wishes	single
10:34 AM	Bad Behaviour	Mabel	High Expectations
10:30 AM	Brain Dry LOCAL Sept. 26 at Empty Bottle w/Max Subar opening	Liam Kazar	single
10:24 AM	Marea	Lido Pimienta	Caribenya
10:22 AM	Housewife's Choice	Derrick & Patsy	The Trojan Story
10:19 AM	Bottled In Cork 8:30 tonight at Edgewater Music Festival. Request from Kim.	Ted Leo & the Pharmacists	The Brutalist Bricks
10:15 AM	It'll Be Alright Tonight Nov. 19 at the Riv. 12th studio LP and first in 6 years.	The Jayhawks	Sanctuary Park
10:07 AM	Shake Down 9/26 - The Vic w/Cortex and J Rocc	Adrian Younge	Afro-Disco Makossa
10:03 AM	I Do the Rock R.I.P.	Tim Curry	Fearless
10:00 AM	Time for Me to Fly 1989 R.I.P.	Dolly Parton	White Limozeen

Sat 08/29 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Afterburner 9/29 Old Town School	Lambchop	Punching the Clown
9:51 AM	Liberty Tree Sept. 18 and 19 at United Center	Phoebe Bridgers	Lost Weekend
9:47 AM	Grass Is Greener	Sampa The Great	The Return
9:44 AM	Nature Boy 1969	Gandalf	Gandalf
9:42 AM	Going Through the Motions Lauren Spear	Le Ren	Don't Be Funny Without Me
9:36 AM	P Stands for Paddy	Absolute Lilt	Criostal
9:34 AM	Lost My Head	The Explorers Club	Freedom Wind
9:30 AM	Easy 3rd LP, first in 11 years.	Alabama Shakes	I Must Be Dreaming
9:23 AM	She Swear I'm Colorblind (featuring billy woods) LOCAL	Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal	DOOMED!
9:20 AM	Now That You're Gone LOCAL	Kathy Greenholdt	The Pilgrim
9:17 AM	We Have the Technology 1988	Pere Ubu	The Tenement Year
9:14 AM	Next 2 U Ravinia Sept. 10	Erykah Badu & The Alchemist	Before The World Blows
9:05 AM	Big World LOCAL Frontman of Dream Version	Alec Harryhausen	Noon Island
9:01 AM	Running Out of Fools & If Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody 1971	Labelle	Labelle

Sat 08/29 · 8AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:59 AM	The Bargain Store R.I.P.	Dolly Parton	The Bargain Store

Sat 08/22 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:54 AM	Unanswered For Eternity LOCAL	Black Sites	For Eternity
11:48 AM	Dog in the House of Plenty	LOCKSTEP	I Know What I Saw
11:47 AM	Trail of Tears	Guadalcanal Diary	Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man
11:42 AM	Coyote	Westside Cowboy	It Goes On
11:37 AM	Justify Sept. 12 at Metro. 7th studio LP	Ceremony	Tell Me Your Dream
11:33 AM	(I Never Loved) Eva Braun	The Boomtown Rats	Tonic for the Troops
11:31 AM	Kiss Me Better	The Deep	single
11:23 AM	Bad Thoughts LOCAL Out 10/23	Savannah Ruth	The Baseball Diaries
11:21 AM	You Mistreat Me	The Outsiders	Strange Things Are Happening
11:18 AM	mother/HOLDS (feat. Alice Bag)	Le Butcherettes	BI/MENTAL
11:15 AM	Déjà Vu LOCAL	Plum	Bodies in Motion
11:09 AM	Acting	The Heavenly Bodes	Green Hills
11:04 AM	Donna Sumeria	Mission of Burma	The Obliterati
11:00 AM	Rockin' and Rollin'	Tina Turner	Acid Queen

Sat 08/22 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:56 AM	We Outlast Them All 44th LP?	Guided by Voices	Crawlspace Of The Pantheon
10:50 AM	Peanut Butter Cigarettes	Quentin	TOMGIRL
10:47 AM	He Gives Me Love (La La La)	Lesley Gore	Magic Colors
10:44 AM	Tangerine	Teleman	Brilliant Sanity
10:41 AM	Memory on the Run	TOKiMONSTA	single
10:36 AM	Sign	MESH	No Fun At All
10:33 AM	Imperial Hotel 1985	Stevie Nicks	Rock a Little
10:31 AM	Dancing Nov. 23 Riv	Jorja Smith	What Are the Odds.
10:24 AM	Acelera (featuring Maria José Llergo) Naples, Italy duo	Nu Genea	People of the Moon
10:21 AM	Do Something To Me #38 hit	Tommy James & The Shondells	Crimson & Clover
10:18 AM	Turning Wheel	SPELLLING	The Turning Wheel
10:15 AM	Let Me Cry	Cleo Sol	Gentlewoman
10:08 AM	Sometimes, Maybe LOCAL Out Sept. 19	Vinito Van Go	Charms and Trips
10:05 AM	The Dean and I	10CC	10CC
10:00 AM	Black Gold City Winery tonight and tomorrow	Esperanza Spalding	Radio Music Society

Sat 08/22 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Post High	SuperKnova	single
9:50 AM	Here Comes The Sun 9/19 Old Town - Szold Hall (east side of Lincoln)	anaiis	Devotion & The Black Divine
9:48 AM	Young, Wild and Free 1971	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
9:44 AM	Relatives	Pop Art	Long Walk to Nowhere
9:41 AM	You Are Coming Home Tonight Nov. 1 Tack Room	Elanor Moss	The Knife, The Needle
9:37 AM	Red Blossom (5pm)	Cautious Clay	The Hours: High Noon
9:34 AM	Taken for Granted 2001	Astrid	Play Dead
9:31 AM	Surfing USA LOCAL Nov. 20 at Thalia Hall	Squirrel Flower	Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going
9:23 AM	with time	L'Rain	fata morgana
9:20 AM	Magic Hollow 1967	The Beau Brummels	Triangle
9:17 AM	For You	Laura Marling	Song for Our Daughter
9:13 AM	Materia 3	Julia Holter	Materia
9:06 AM	Downtown LOCAL	venturing	Nowhere EP
9:03 AM	Following the Sun	The Everly Brothers	EB 84

Sat 08/22 · 8AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
8:59 AM	While You Were Sleeping	Laufey	Bewitched

Sat 08/15 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:54 AM	mouthpiece Opening for Swervedriver at Thalia Hall August 23	Slow Fiction	dollhouse
11:48 AM	Barking at the Sun Out 8/21	No Joy	Big Life, Big Leaf
11:44 AM	Hold Your Breath	Denali	The Instinct
11:41 AM	Tulips LOCAL	Pezband	Just Look Inside the Cover - The Songs of Pete Ham
11:36 AM	Taconeando	Arca	XXXXX
11:33 AM	The Stealer	Free	Highway
11:30 AM	World Like Polly Sept. 19 Riot Fest	Kiwi Jr.	Blowin' Up
11:22 AM	Puzzle House LOCAL	Shredded Sun	Never Odd or Even
11:19 AM	London's Burning	Poppy Ajudha	The Power in Us
11:16 AM	Elvis and Marilyn 1981	Marty Balin	Balin
11:13 AM	My Anchoress Tomorrow - Bric A Brac Oct. 30 at the Empty Bottle	Sweeping Promises	You Say I Romanticize
11:06 AM	you can tell me what you want LOCAL	synecdoche new york	meanderings
11:03 AM	Lollipop (Ode to Jim)	Alvvays	Antisocialites
11:01 AM	Somebody Help Me 1967	The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'

Sat 08/15 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Black Site 9/26 bottom lounge	Cheekface	Podium
10:53 AM	Number One At the Vic 9/26 w/Cortex and J Rocc	Adrian Younge	Afro-Disco Makossa
10:49 AM	Stand For Your Own Rights 1971	Gary Wright	Footprint
10:46 AM	It's Love	The Young Rascals	Groovin'
10:43 AM	All Around Sept 26 at Salt Shed opening for Thee Sacred Souls	The Womack Sisters	The Womack Sisters
10:38 AM	Agua e' Coco Out 8/28	Empanadas Ilegales	LABORITORIO TROPICAL
10:35 AM	Slugger Request from Matthew in Berwyn	Tsunami	Loud Is As
10:32 AM	Sunshine Sept. 10 United Center	Jungle	Sunshine
10:26 AM	Hippies LOCAL	Sick Gazelle	Veld