Sunday, March 30, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #64 (NEW FRIEND: GREGORY BENTON)

Today on our minipodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) we celebrate OPENING DAY by kicking off a week of baseball jokes, and we hit a home run with our guest, cartoonist extraordinaire GREGORY BENTON (check out his new book B+F!) then we strike out with THE RAMONES!

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Friday, March 28, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #63: FUNNY FRIDAY (NEW FRIEND: HANNIBAL BURESS)

Today on our MiniPodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) it's FUNNY FRIDAY and we are re-visiting a classic interview where Ratso net Chicago's own HANNIBAL BURESS. And because it's DIVA WEEK Hannibal gets us moving' to JANELLE MONAE! For all you grown up listeners (and kids whose parents have questionable judgment) don't miss Hannibal's big special tomorrow on Comedy Central!

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #62 (NEW FRIENDS: GROOVES 'N JAMS)

Today on our MiniPodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) DIVA WEEK continues as our friends MG and DV from the Grooves 'N Jams blog salute PAT BENATAR!
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #61 (NEW FRIEND: ERIC LAB RAT)

Today on our MiniPodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) we meet ERIC LAB RAT who you may know from Glitterguts, his awesome human photo booth dealio. Since it's DIVA WEEK we learn how to take the best pictures (diva's need great photos!) and since it's Diana Ross's birthday we inexplicably pay homage to Gladys Knight, with jokes, laughs and a cover song by The Slits!
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #60 (NEW FRIEND: OSA FROM SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS)

Today on our miniPodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) we hang out with OSA from Ratso's favorite zine SHOTGUN SEAMSTRESS, and DIVA WEEK rolls on with the great Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex!
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Monday, March 24, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #59 (NEW FRIEND: RICO MICHAEL JACKSON)

It's DIVAS WEEK on our miniPodcast to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed, and what greater diva was there (and what better way to celebrate Diana Ross' birthday) than Michael Jackson! Or in this case RICO MICHAEL JACKSON, Chicago's fave MJ tribute artiste!


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Friday, March 21, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #58: FUNNY FRIDAY (NEW FRIEND: ART PAUL SCHLOSSER)

It's Zine Week and FUNNY FRIDAY so we have novelty recording artist/Dr. Demento face AND zine comix artist ART PAUL SCHLOSSER giving sage advice and suggesting sticky sustenance!


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Thursday, March 20, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #57 (NEW FRIEND: SARAH THRIFTY TIMES)

Zine week peaks as we meet Sarah who tells us all about her zesty zine Thrifty Times, and suggests a killer tune.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #56 (NEW FRIEND: JONAS)

Zine Week marches on with some great advice, and an educational song, from Jonas, whose zine name is technically not too inappropriate to mention, but it's close enough that we'll just say this Chicago zine vet makes a zine, OK!
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #55 (NEW FRIENDS MJ & MATT)

ZINE WEEK continues on our miniPodcast to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed...this morning we get the skinny on making comix and books and prints and art and stories and ideas from MATT & MJ from the OBERLIN ZINE COLLECTIVE (Matt lives in Chicago now - whoo!)
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Monday, March 17, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #54 (NEW FRIEND: EDIE FAKE)

Top o' the morning' to you! It's St. Patrick's day and the Luck o' the Irish was with us as we got to meet one of favorite people ever, cartoonist/artist/cool cat EDIE FAKE! Plus, he picks the best song ever! Apologies to Irish listeners if this St. Pat's stuff is offensive, and also for this next joke: We don't have a St. Pat's guest because it's ZINE WEEK, 'cause this week we met our guests at a convention called Zine Fest...too bad we missed that other convention: Lepra Con!
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Friday, March 14, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #53: FUNNY FRIDAY (NEW FRIEND: ALDERMAN ED BUS)

Thank God it's Funny Friday! And thank god for our guest, 53rd Ward Alderman Ed Bus, who gets us ready for election day, lets us know what to look for in every candidate's vehicle, and lets us dance to Ides of March's "Vehicle"! (Special thanks to Commiteeman Justin Kaufman and the lobbyist/special interest/comedy group Schaedenfreude )

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #52 (NEW FRIEND: ZACH GOLDHAMMER)

Today's guest is music journalist ZACH GOLDHAMMER to tell us why his newspaper SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY digs the South Side and to get us dancin' to  a lost South Side classic, "Uncle Soul Wants You," by Harrison.



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #51 (NEW FRIEND: MIKE O'FLAHRETY)

On today's miniPodcast to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed we meet rock n roll historian and WHPK deejay MIKE O'FLAHRETY who gets us wakin' up with some sweet emotions!


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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #50 (NEW FRIENDS: PROTOMARTYR)

Whoa! 50 shows already! To celebrate we travel to Detroit to learn about good food, good garbage and good rock n roll from PROTOMARTYR!


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Monday, March 10, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #49 (NEW FRIEND: SERGIO MIMS)

Today we start a new week of our miniPodcast to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed with  a BANG! Film genius SERGIO MIMS schools us on Blaxploitation movies, then we wake up for school with JAMES BROWN!



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Friday, March 7, 2014

SAVE CAN-TV! KEEP CHIC-A-GO-GO DANCING!

For almost 20 year Chic-A-Go-Go has had a loving home on CAN-TV (Chicago’s cable access network), alongside some of the greatest public affairs, community, opinion, political, instructional, arts and religious programming in the country. Comcast is now negotiating a new contract with the city and this week they asked for an extension after over half a year of negotiations. As far as we can tell THE ONLY THING THEY ARE NEGOTIATING IS A WAY TO STOP FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THE PUBLIC BY CUTTING FUNDING FOR CAN-TV. If this happens public access television in Chicago will go the way of public access television in Los Angeles and many other places…it will disappear! Comcast is throwing hundreds of millions of dollars around to become a media monolith, and instead of partnering with the channels doing the most diverse, interesting programming, they want to get out of inexpensive obligations. PLEASE WRITE, CALL OR EMAIL YOUR ALDERMAN AND ASK THEM TO URGE COMCAST TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC AND CAN-TV AND KEEP CABLE ACCESS ALIVE IN CHICAGO! Telling them how important it is to you will go a long way towards helping us dance with you and your kids and your kids’ kids for the next 20 years. Find your Alderman’s contact info at:



GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #48: FUNNY FRIDAY (NEW FRIEND: DANCIN' MAN)

Today on our MiniPodcast (to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed) we get a comedy history lesson from Dancin' Man, who in the 60s performed as Dancin' Boy in a comedy dance act! He tries to explain what that means, then he schools us on his old friend James Brown, which should get you footworkin' off to school, and feelin' good!
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Thursday, March 6, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #47 (NEW FRIENDS: LEE & SEAN - BURGER RECORDS REVOLUTIONARIES)

This morning we get ready for Saturday's BURGER RECORDS REVOLUTION international dance party by hanging with LEE and SEAN from Burger!
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #46 (NEW FRIEND: GORDON QUINN)

Today on our miniPodcast to get kids of all ages dancin' outta bed we meet GORDON QUINN from Kartemquin Films, discussing Kartemquin's new documentaries about Muhammad Ali and Roger Ebert, then we float out of bed like we were stung by a bee to  a sweet soul salute to The Greatest by Liberated Brothers.



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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #45 (NEW FRIEND: BEN SANDMEL)

Happy Mardi Gras! It's out 45th miniPodcast and we will dance to one of our fave 45s by New Orleans' master of music ERNIE K-DOE! Our special guest, author and musician BEN SANDMEL, who wrote the book on Ernie, will tell us about the man who lived like every day was Mardi Gras, then we will d-a-n-c-e outta bed!
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Monday, March 3, 2014

GET UP AND CHIC-A-GO-GO #44 (NEW FRIENDS: APACHE)

Today we rock 'n' roll you into  anew week with a perfect song for boys (and girls) from APACHE!


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