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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
  
* '''TV a-Go-Go: Rock on TV, from American Bandstand to Americna Idol''', Chicago Review Press, 2005  
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* ''TV a-Go-Go: Rock on TV, from American Bandstand to American Idol'', Chicago Review Press, 2005  
* '''A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game''', Chicago Review Press, 2003
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* ''A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game'', Chicago Review Press, 2003
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 22:03, 30 July 2007

Jake Austen is a Chicago zinester and musician. He is the publisher of the long-running music zine Roctober.

Austen is co-producer (and chief puppeteer) for the cable variety show CHIC-A-GO-GO.

CHIC-A-GO-GO is an all-ages dance party modeled after Sixties television programs such as American Bandstand and Kiddie-A-Go-Go. The program is hosted by Miss Mia (a human) and Ratso (a Straight Edge rat puppet). "Ratso" also appears as a regular character in Austen's Punk'n Head comics.

Jake Austen sings for The Goblins, a masked rock 'n' roll band.

Zines

Publications

  • TV a-Go-Go: Rock on TV, from American Bandstand to American Idol, Chicago Review Press, 2005
  • A Friendly Game of Poker: 52 Takes on the Neighborhood Game, Chicago Review Press, 2003

External Links