I’ve known Glenn Boothe for a long time. He was music director at WXYC when I started my college radio promo job at Twin/Tone in Minneapolis and we all know that was a bajillion years ago. Glenn and I used to hang out at music conventions and were asked on many occasions if we were brother and sister. Never mind that his last name has an “e” and my maiden name does not. After a while, we got sick of it, and started telling people that we were…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, adam and the ants, author, banks forest, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, duran duran, glenn boothe, Grand Master Flash, high school, Joan Jett, karen balcom, Kenan Stadium, local 506, music, novel, U2
This week’s RNRHS is from Regina Joskow, one of my oldest (as in we’ve been friends for a long time) and dearest friends. Regina was one of the amazing women that I looked up to when I got my first music biz job and she was similarly in love with Soul Asylum, so we had much over which to bond. On top of that, her birthday is the day after mine, so we are astrologically in synch. I had to send Regina a note yesterday afternoon while I…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, author, banks forest, Boston, Bring Me Back, CBGB's, Chick Lit, Creem Magazine, high school, Kansas, karen balcom, music, the ramones, The Who, todd rundgren, Trouser Press