Michael B.

Show schedule

Wednesday 9am–12pm

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 06/03 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:55 AM	Sci-Flyer	Swervedriver	Raise
11:50 AM	A Passage to Bangkok	Rush	2112
11:47 AM	Don't Fence Me In	Amyl and The Sniffers	Comfort to Me
11:44 AM	Route 66 Tom In Lockport (kinda)	The Cramps	Flamejob
11:39 AM	Jumpers	Sleater-Kinney	The Woods
11:37 AM	I've Been Everywhere By request for Reverend Roland J	Hank Snow	RCA Country Legends: Hank Snow
11:31 AM	Much of a Muchness	Cola	Cost of Living Adjustment
11:29 AM	Miracles LOCAL	Kate Upton	single
11:26 AM	Headcase	Kneecap	Fenian
11:21 AM	Formal Introduction	J Mascis	Single
11:17 AM	Lay My Love	Brian Eno & John Cale	Wrong Way Up
11:14 AM	Lemon Car LOCAL	Neptune's Core	single
11:07 AM	Brass Bell	Screaming Females	Desire Pathway
11:05 AM	I Can't Turn You Loose	Otis Redding	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
11:01 AM	Very Unofficial Scotland World Cup Song	JJ Bull	NA

Wed 06/03 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Freaky	The Men	New Moon
10:52 AM	The Toys Go Winding Down By request	Primus	Frizzle Fry
10:47 AM	Zoom 97	Kurt Vile	Philadelphia's been good to me
10:43 AM	Redeemer	Yard Act	You’re Gonna Need A Little Music
10:39 AM	Fire Dreams LOCAL	Meat Wave	Volcano Park
10:34 AM	Drag Me Through It	Seasaw	single
10:32 AM	Crystal Ball LOCAL	Sports Boyfriend	Slice of Life
10:28 AM	Acid Tongue	Swampdog	Single
10:23 AM	Couldnt Get It Right For Noah & Jude	Climax Blues Band	Gold Plated
10:19 AM	Somebody to Shove For noah and jude	Soul Asylum	Grave Dancers Union
10:15 AM	Adamiz Miskindir Dezim	Mazhar De Fuat	1973
10:11 AM	C'mon Baby LOCAL	Didjits	Hey Judester / Fizzjob
10:06 AM	Back to Oz	Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine	A Beginner's Mind
10:03 AM	Prove It All Night Darkness released 48 years ago yesterday (June 2, 1978)	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the Edge of Town
10:00 AM	Set Out Running LOCAL	Neko Case	Furnace Room Lullaby

Wed 06/03 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:56 AM	Exit Door	Deer Tick	Coin-O-Matic
9:51 AM	Zephyr	The Laughing Chimes	Behind Your Blue Fields
9:45 AM	Indian Summer	Luna	Slide EP
9:43 AM	The Springtime Reminds Me Of...	Touch Girl Apple Blossom	Graceful
9:37 AM	Cue Fanfare	Prefab Sprout	Swoon
9:33 AM	Freeway Jam	Jeff Beck	Blow by Blow
9:29 AM	Electric Love	Brother Wallace	Electric Love
9:23 AM	Couch to 5K LOCAL	Pinksqueeze	Be Gay Have Fun
9:18 AM	Born for Me	The I Don't Cares	Wild Stab
9:14 AM	Wild Stab LOCAL	Trash Kickers	Way Out, Somehow
9:10 AM	Pink Flag	Wire	Pink Flag
9:07 AM	On the Way Down	Alex Lahey	The Answer Is Always Yes

Wed 05/27 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:50 AM	Grand Canyon	Drive-By Truckers	English Oceans
11:44 AM	Patron Saint of Pale LOCAL	American Football	American Football (LP4)
11:40 AM	On The Highway By request.	Trampled By Turtles	Alpenglow
11:37 AM	Hot Seat Can't Sit Down	Brainiac	Hissing Prigs In Static Couture
11:32 AM	Sentimental Talk	Suitor	Saw You Out with the Weeds
11:29 AM	Elephants Happy Birthday Neil Finn (b. 27 May 1958). Also by request for Mimi	Crowded House	Intriguer
11:26 AM	Back ‘N' Forth	Touch Girl Apple Blossom	Graceful
11:19 AM	Don't Stop the Carnival RIP Sonny Rollins(d. May 25, 2026)	Sonny Rollins	New Orleans, April 20, 1977
11:16 AM	Grief LOCAL	Strapped	Highway Sex Shop
11:13 AM	See Thru	youbet	youbet
11:08 AM	Christine Happy Birthday Siouxsie Sioux (b. May 27, 1957)	Siouxsie & The Banshees	Once Upon A Time: The Singles
11:05 AM	White Crosses	Against Me!	White Crosses
11:02 AM	Relative Ways	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	Source Tags & Codes

Wed 05/27 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:58 AM	Lover Man	Lee Fields & The Expressions	Special Night
10:52 AM	Reality Cheque	TV Star	Music For Heads
10:50 AM	Let There Be Rock	Steven Drodz	single
10:45 AM	Bolje Kada Odes LOCAL	Rent Party	Burn it Down
10:40 AM	Queen Jane Approximately	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited
10:37 AM	Let's Get Together	Brother Wallace	Electric Love
10:30 AM	Here's Where the Strings Come In	Superchunk	Here's Where the Strings Come In
10:28 AM	Carnival	Kneecap	Fenian
10:22 AM	Bad 'N' Ruin	Faces	Long Player
10:19 AM	This Head LOCAL	Edging	Unload You Shame
10:16 AM	No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)	Chinese American Bear	Dim Sum & Then Some
10:14 AM	Water LOCAL	Ohmme	Parts
10:07 AM	Anonymous Club	Courtney Barnett	The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas
10:04 AM	Happy Together (Turtles Cover Song)	Tahiti 80	Fosbury

Wed 05/27 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:59 AM	Gold Star For Robot Boy*	Guided by Voices	Bee Thousand
9:54 AM	Juvenile	Cass McCombs	Interior Live Oak
9:50 AM	Much of a Muchness	Cola	Cost of Living Adjustment
9:46 AM	Missed Your God	The Coral Sea	The Beautiful Disappearing
9:43 AM	Quarter note rock	cootie catcher	Something We All Got
9:37 AM	Since You're Gone	The Cars	Shake It Up
9:32 AM	Signage LOCAL	Trash Kickers	Way Out, Somehow
9:30 AM	The Wahs	Westside Cowboy	So Much Country ‘Till We Get There
9:22 AM	Nothing's On The Radio	Mikaela Davis	Graceland Way
9:22 AM	He Needed	King Missile	They
9:18 AM	She Divines Water	Camper Van Beethoven	Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
9:12 AM	Seven Degrees LOCAL	Friko	Something Worth Waiting For
9:10 AM	The Electric Version	The New Pornographers	Electric Version

Wed 05/20 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:56 AM	It's Good To Be Hot in the Summer	Annie DiRusso	Super Pedestrian
11:50 AM	Let It Come Down	Jerry Harrison	Casual Gods
11:46 AM	Regional Hit LOCAL	David Safran	A Few Lines Later
11:43 AM	Ringing LOCAL	Sports Boyfriend	Slice of Life
11:37 AM	Lil Wallet Picture	Richard Buckner	Devotion + Doubt
11:35 AM	I Feel Alright Arsenal fan. But also a song about surviving the bottom... which, if you need help doing, find it.	Steve Earle	I Feel Alright
11:31 AM	Achin' To Be Miss you, Leah.	The Replacements	Don't Tell A Soul
11:24 AM	If You Believe	Pleasure Pill	Alive
11:21 AM	Memory	Bread And Butter	Tokyo Pulse
11:19 AM	Bypass	Choncy	Trademark
11:13 AM	Public Image Lydon, Arsenal fan. Famous for complaining about the increase in ticket prices during late Wenger when they weren't winning. Which... dude?	Public Image Ltd.	Public Image
11:08 AM	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I Like It) Probably should note all the Arsenal fans I'm playing. Ray Davies before this. But Mick, also huge Gunner.	The Rolling Stones	It's Only Rock 'n Roll
11:03 AM	Juke Box Music	The Kinks	Sleepwalker
11:00 AM	Advice to the Graduate	Silver Jews	Starlite Walker

Wed 05/20 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:57 AM	Pigpen LOCAL	Mannequin Men	Fresh Rot
10:54 AM	Matches	Spoils	Mile Wide Inch Deep
10:46 AM	Tony Adams	Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros	Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
10:39 AM	Still Around LOCAL	Friko	Something Worth Waiting For
10:33 AM	Cherry Chapstick	Yo La Tengo	And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
10:26 AM	Reality Cheque	TV Star	Music For Heads
10:23 AM	Peace Bomb	Status/Non-Status	Big Changes
10:21 AM	Might See You There	Weird Nightmare	Hoopla
10:12 AM	Boys LOCAL	BLØØDH¥PE	Trendoids
10:09 AM	High Heels	Catherine Wheel	Like Cats and Dogs
10:05 AM	Spark	The Church	Starfish (Deluxe Edition)
10:01 AM	Low	Cracker	Kerosene Hat

Wed 05/20 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:51 AM	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Traffic	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
9:45 AM	I'll Keep It With Mine	Nico	Chelsea Girl
9:42 AM	The Springtime Reminds Me Of...	Touch Girl Apple Blossom	Graceful
9:39 AM	2 or 3	The Lemon Twigs	Look For Your Mind!
9:36 AM	This Head LOCAL	Edging	Unload Your Shame
9:33 AM	Grief LOCAL	Strapped	Highway Sex Shop
9:25 AM	The Procrastinator	Lee Morgan	The Procrastinator
9:21 AM	Safeword	Rhye	Home
9:18 AM	Safeword LOCAL	Accessory	Dust
9:14 AM	Hammering The Cramps	Sparklehorse	Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
9:10 AM	Sun Hits the Sky	Supergrass	In It for the Money

Wed 05/13 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:55 AM	Death Valley '69 feat. Lydia Lunch*	Sonic Youth	Bad Moon Rising
11:49 AM	WDIA	The Long Ryders	State of Our Union
11:47 AM	Candy / Squeeze	Teen Suicide	Nude descending staircase headless
11:44 AM	Model Actress	Suitor	Saw You Out with the Weeds
11:41 AM	24 Frames	Jason Isbell	Something More Than Free
11:39 AM	Carl Perkins' Cadillac	Drive-By Truckers	The Dirty South
11:30 AM	I'll Never Turn My Back on You (Father's Words)	Terence Trent D'Arby	Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
11:27 AM	Carnival	Kneecap	Fenian
11:26 AM	Whatcha Wanna Do LOCAL	Dead Drugs	Hate Bomb
11:21 AM	Throwing Glasses LOCAL	Brandon Good	Restless
11:19 AM	True Love Will Find You In The End	Daniel Johnston	Welcome To My World
11:17 AM	Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)	Tom Waits	Closing Time
11:10 AM	Book Of Love	Book of Love	Book Of Love
11:07 AM	Fun City	Tuff Darts	Tuff Darts!
11:04 AM	Tomorrow Never Knows	The Beatles	Revolver
11:01 AM	Divide And Conquer	Hüsker Dü	Flip Your Wig

Wed 05/13 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:55 AM	Clever Hans LOCAL	Ratboys	Printer's Devil
10:51 AM	This Head LOCAL	Edging	Unload Your Shame
10:48 AM	Cooler Healthy Heads LOCAL	A.M. Slingers	To the Nines
10:46 AM	Do You Remember Being a Roller?	Hunx	Hairdresser Blues
10:42 AM	Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?	Ramones	End of the Century
10:41 AM	Do You Remember Walter?	The Kinks	The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
10:36 AM	Do You Remember the Times We Had?	Ural Thomas & The Pain	Dancing Dimensions
10:31 AM	Dopamine	Pastel Blank	Unmade In Minutes
10:27 AM	Summer Here Kids	Grandaddy	Under the Western Freeway
10:24 AM	Losey Boulevard	Seesaw	single
10:18 AM	Speed Racer	Devo	Oh No It's Devo
10:15 AM	The Radiator	Getdown Services	single
10:12 AM	I'll Come Crashing	A Giant Dog	Pile
10:01 AM	New Threats From The Soul	Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band	New Threats From The Soul

Wed 05/13 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:58 AM	Your Feets Too Big	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'
9:52 AM	Chance To Bleed	Kurt Vile	Philadelphia's Been Good To Me
9:49 AM	Accidents Will Happen	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Armed Forces
9:45 AM	Devil In The Details LOCAL	Heavy Sleeper	single
9:45 AM	Victim Of Luck	Metric	Romanticize The Dive
9:41 AM	Seven	Holy Fuck	Event Beat
9:37 AM	We've Been Had	Uncle Tupelo	Anodyne
9:31 AM	Dallas Major	Lily Allen	West End Girl
9:29 AM	I Wish It Would Rain	The Temptations	The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967
9:24 AM	Underneath the Sheets of White Noise	Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires	Youth Detention
9:21 AM	Naked & Broke LOCAL	Tuff Sudz	Tough Suds
9:16 AM	Seven Degrees LOCAL	Friko	Something Worth Waiting For
9:10 AM	That Summer Feeling	Jonathan Richman	I Jonathan

Wed 05/06 · 11AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
11:55 AM	Nobody Knows	Faces	First Step
11:51 AM	St. Paul Skyline	The Shackletons	Formerly The Albatross
11:45 AM	Lily And Parrots	Sun Kil Moon	Ghosts of the Great Highway
11:40 AM	Crash	A Place To Bury Strangers	Rare and Deadly
11:34 AM	Land of 1000 Dances	Tyme	Back from the Grave Volume Four
11:31 AM	1000	Spoils	Mile Wide Inch Deep
11:27 AM	Foam The Field LOCAL	National Photo Committee	Red Hot Photo Committee
11:21 AM	One, Two LOCAL	The Buddyrevelles	American Matador
11:17 AM	The Wait	The Pretenders	Pretenders
11:14 AM	A Dogs Best Man	Choncy	Trademark
11:06 AM	A More Perfect Union	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor
11:00 AM	Fabienk	Angine de Poitrine	Vol.II

Wed 05/06 · 10AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
10:54 AM	Strongest Man In The World	Menomena	I Am the Fun Blame Monster!
10:49 AM	Public Image	Public Image Ltd.	Public Image
10:45 AM	Flame	Sebadoh	The Sebadoh
10:43 AM	No Reason	Sunny War	Anarchist Gospel
10:40 AM	Sunny, I Was Wrong	Joe Pernice	Sunny, I Was Wrong
10:39 AM	This Head LOCAL	Edgin	Unload Your Shame
10:36 AM	Destination Unknown	Missing Persons	Spring Session M
10:33 AM	I Don't Have the Heart LOCAL	Sharp Pins	Balloon Balloon Balloon
10:28 AM	Keep On Telling Me Why	The Gold Needles	Mood Elevator
10:25 AM	No Time For Yes	The Evolution Control Committee	Plagiarythm Nation
10:22 AM	No Time For Love LOCAL	Tuff Sudz	Tough Suds
10:18 AM	Pay No Mind	Weird Nightmare	Hoopla
10:15 AM	Kindnesses	Teen Suicide	Nude descending staircase headless
10:12 AM	Oil Change	King Tuff	MOO
10:03 AM	Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind	Yo La Tengo	I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

Wed 05/06 · 9AM

Time	Track	Artist	Album
9:57 AM	Live Like Kings LOCAL	Dovetail Joint	The Rock and Roll Conservancy
9:53 AM	Loomer	Japancakes	Loveless
9:50 AM	Loveless	Lloyd Cole	Lloyd Cole
9:43 AM	Hard Feelings / Loveless	Lorde	Melodrama
9:35 AM	Friendly Advice	Luna	Bewitched
9:31 AM	Sex Body LOCAL	Body Shop	Sex Body
9:23 AM	Sects LOCAL	Sects	Sects
9:21 AM	Gold Flakes	Holy Fuck	Event Beat
9:15 AM	Growin' Up	Bruce Springsteen	Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
9:12 AM	Back Again	Jim Nothing	In the Marigolds
9:11 AM	The Radiator	Getdown Services	single