- Music, Gossip Wolf, Nov 20, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Ratso & the Rabbits arrive!
The furry supergroup finally plays its first show. Plus: New albums from Shiloh and Dark Fog
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Sep 5, 2012
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Blacks and blackface
Darkest America parses the queasy appeal of minstrelsy
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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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
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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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"
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2012
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Train leaving the station
Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, is dead at 75
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 11, 2011
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 20, 2011
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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
- Music, Music Review, Oct 20, 2011
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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
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 30, 2011
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This week on the B Side
A new organist for the Sox, new local releases, new local news, and tons more
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 23, 2010
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This Week in Reader Music
The big news in this week's music coverage: the Reader has an exclusive clip of a long-lost Jackson Five track that also happens to be Michael's first professional recording.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2010
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"Big Boy": Michael Jackson's First Recording, Found After 42 Years
The Jackson Five's Steeltown and One-derful versions of "Big Boy": a showdown.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 19, 2010
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The Goblins Return to Play Caveman-a-Go-Go Tonight
The Goblins play Caveman-a-Go-Go tonight at Bottom Lounge, performing a set of their own material for the first time in nearly ten years.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 11, 2010
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The Woman on the Right and the Godfather of King Drive
Two great Reader stories inspired by Numero Group releases
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 14, 2009
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Jake Austen discusses "The Jackson Find" on 848
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 11, 2009
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Jackson Five story led to more than one discovery
In the process of shooting photos for the Reader's Jackson Five cover story, he discovered something else.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 10, 2009
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Earliest Known Jackson Five Studio Recording Found
Jake Austen set out to tell the story of the Jackson Five's first single, cut in Chicago in 1967, and picked up a trail that led to the discovery of their earliest known studio recording.
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 10, 2009
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The Jackson Find
This was supposed to be the story of the Jackson Five’s first single, cut in Chicago in 1967. But while writing it, Jake Austen picked up the trail of a tape nobody knew existed: the earliest known studio recording of Michael Jackson and his brothers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 3, 2008
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Jake Austen talks about Chicago "Soul Train" on WGN radio
Jake Austen discusses Chicago's version of "Soul Train" with WGN Radio's Nick Digilio on Friday at midnight.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 19, 2006
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Conflicting interests?
Jake Austen blurs a line between fandom and journalism
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