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…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, author, banks forest, blondie, Bring Me Back, cheap trick, Chick Lit, high school, I.R.S. Records, karen balcom, lori blumenthal, music, R.E.M., the ramones, women's fiction
Hey y’all! Just had to say that since today’s installment of RNRHS (we’re calling it that now, btw) is from my amazing friend, Amy Barefoot, who can say things like y’all and make it sound perfectly natural. It sounds terrible when I say it (see sidebar). In fact, I apologized profusely the few times I tried to use it. Amy and I used to work at Mammoth Records together and although we were separated by two floors, that didn’t stop us from spending lots of time together. Now…
Category: News, Rock 'n' Roll High School Tags: 80s music, amy barefoot, author, banks forest, bon jovi, Bring Me Back, Chick Lit, duran duran, high school, john taylor, karen balcom, mammoth records, music, novel, women's fiction