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.