My logic was, Let’s just do it in one go. One big show, nothing to be recorded for posterity, nobody’s work compromised, and it will be over. So the idea for Rivington Showcase, I’m ashamed to confess, was actually mine. When I mentioned to Howie that a splashy showcase like this would probably attract the attention of the big boys, the Columbias and the RCAs, and that Rivington could even be acquired, he was sold. To be honest, I wanted something like an acquisition to happen, because even owning that small stake—some responsibility but not a lot of deciding power—was turning out to be a
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