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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:
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5/7 - 9am hour
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9:02am
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James
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Sit Down
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James (Mercury)
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5/7 - 8am hour
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8:51am
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The Men
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Open Your Heart
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Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)
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8:50am
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Portastatic
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Through with people
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Bright Ideas (Merge)
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8:42am
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The God Awful Small Affairs Local
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Nicest
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333 (self-released)
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8:37am
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My Morning Jacket
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Off The Record
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Z (ATO)
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Track Notes: By request for Ann!
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8:32am
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English Teacher
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The World's Biggest Paving Slab
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This Could Be Texas (Island)
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8:28am
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Fleetwood Mac
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Prove Your Love
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Heroes Are Hard To Find (Reprise)
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8:27am
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Art Brut
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My Little Brother
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Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Mute)
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Track Notes: By request for Jason (and continuing the records/relationships leitmotif).
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8:26am
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Gouge Away
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Spaced Out
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Deep Sage (Deathwish Inc)
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8:19am
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Non La
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Hold Me Down
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Like Before (Mint)
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8:16am
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Brian Eno
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I'll Come Running
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Another Green World (EG)
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8:14am
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Bnny Local
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Screaming, Dreaming
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One Million Love Songs (Fire Talk)
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8:09am
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Grand Champeen
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Broken Records
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Battle Cry For Help (Glurp)
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8:05am
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The Nude Party
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Records
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The Nude Party (New West)
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8:03am
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Let's Wrestle
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I Won't Lie To You
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In Loving Memory Of... (Stolen Records)
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8:00am
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Todd Snider
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Vinyl Reccords
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Georgia Theater, Athens, GA. - October 7, 2003 (self)
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5/7 - 7am hour
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7:58am
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The Rolling Stones
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Let it Bleed
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Let It Bleed (Decca)
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7:57am
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Elvis Costello
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45
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When I Was Cruel (Island/Mercury)
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7:46am
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Flying Burrito Brothers
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Hot Burrito #1
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The Gilded Palace Of Sin (A&M Records)
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7:42am
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Cheap Trick Local
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Auf Wiedersehen
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Heaven Tonight (Epic)
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7:40am
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Cusp Local
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Your Freedom
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Thanks So Much (Self-Released)
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7:34am
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George Harrison
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Crackerbox Palace
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Thirty Three & 1/3 (Dark Horse)
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Track Notes: By request for Lou!
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7:31am
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Flamango Bay
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Boyz
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Mascara EP (Mishi Mishi)
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7:27am
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METZ
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Glass Eye
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Up On Gravity Hill (Subpop)
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7:23am
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Ghost Days Local
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Moons in Heaven
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single (self-released)
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7:18am
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The Velvet Underground
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What Goes On
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The Velvet Underground (MGM Records)
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Track Notes: By request for Cooper in Logan Square
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7:14am
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Camp Cope
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Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams
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Camp Cope ( Poison City Records)
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7:11am
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Serengeti Local
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Ain't Touched the G
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KDIV (self-released)
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7:07am
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Mary's Danish
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DVB
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There Goes The Wondertruck (Chameleon)
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7:03am
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Fat White Family
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Polygamy Is Only for the Chief
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Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino)
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