Jake Austen profiled Weatherspoon for the Reader in the 2012 feature story “Spoon’s last dance.”
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Artist on Artist: Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins
Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins and Chic-a-Go-Go.
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Gossip Wolf: The Thalia Hall team launches the Promontory in Hyde Park
The Thalia Hall team’s new Hyde Park venue, the Mopery’s new identity, and more
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 4/19: Chicago Zines, 20×2 Chicago, and Record Store Day
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, April 19
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In Rotation: Jake Austen of Roctober on a sitar cover of the Banana Splits
Current musical obsessions of Roctober‘s Jake Austen and WHPK’s Mario Smith
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Mr. Lee & the Rearrangers Band
Mr. Lee & the Rearrangers Band are credited on what Roctober‘s Jake Austen calls “perhaps the most bizarre 45 in Chicago history.”
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Gossip Wolf: Ratso and Rufus make a mystery movie
Gossip Wolf: Ratso and Rufus make a mystery movie, and more.
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Gossip Wolf: Ratso & the Rabbits arrive!
The live debut of furry supergroup Ratso & the Rabbits, plus new albums from Shiloh and Dark Fog
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Blacks and blackface
A new book on blackface parses the queasy appeal of minstrelsy
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Black social clubs, MC Legit, Volcano!, and more on the B Side
Old school DIY, a power-ambient band’s “country” record, and more
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Mr. Lee on Chic-a-Go-Go and a Spotify playlist for “Spoon’s Last Dance”
A Spotify playlist and video of Mr. Lee lip-synching to “Love and Happiness” on Chic-a-Go-Go to accompany Jake Austen’s story “Spoon’s Last Dance”
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Jake Austen, unsurprisingly, has more on Dancin’ Man
Jake Austen shares Tito Jackson’s Dancin’ Man testimonial and a pic with George Clinton and crew.
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This week on the B Side
Psychedelic dance music, a tip on uncynical music writing, local news and gossip, and more
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Roctober’s stubborn eccentricity
The new book Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll anthologizes the under-the-radar zine and its underappreciated subjects.