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  • From: weasel walter <weaselw AT juno.com>
  • To: mike AT appelstein.com
  • Cc: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] Ruth Polsky
  • Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:49:39 -0700

i can't remember if she worked for danceteria or hurrah or whatever. I'm
not up on this stuff anymore!

ww

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:30:59 -0400 "Mike Appelstein"
<mike AT appelstein.com> writes:
> While spending my lunch hour doing some Googling, it occurred to me
> that the late Ruth Polsky was one of the unsung champions of
> post-punk
> in America. Apparently she was one of the few promoters (along with
>
> select others, like Jim Fouratt and our own Hilary Jaeger) who
> brought
> the early Rough Trade bands to NYC. Who was she, and how did she
> end
> up being one of the go-to people in NYC for young, challenging UK
> bands?




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