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…
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Today’s RNRHS comes from indie rock music biz legend, Lori Blumenthal. Yes, Lori, I’m going to call you a legend and you can’t get out of it, even though you no longer work in music. Sorry. When I got my first music business job at Twin/Tone Records, Lori worked at I.R.S. Records and was one of the women that I really looked up to because she was so incredibly well-respected by everybody. I mean, everybody. Lori also happened to be really good friends with a guy named Steve…
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