If Peter Jesperson ever found himself filling out paperwork for unemployment benefits, he might need a few extra pages to fully document “previous positions.” He’s been a record store clerk and manager, a club and radio DJ, club booker, Twin/Tone record label co-founder, A&R man, VP for New West Records,...
If Peter Jesperson ever found himself filling out paperwork for unemployment benefits, he might need a few extra pages to fully document “previous positions.”
“I don’t know how many times I’ve been to Cactus, but it’s such a great store. And of course, I come from record store culture,” Jesperson says via Zoom from his home, with hundreds of vinyl records, CDs and books stacked behind him. And when one Paul Westerberg handed Jesperson a beat-up demo cassette with four songs, both of their lives changed forever. The music blew Jesperson away, and he immediately began figuring out how to record the group on Twin/Tone.
“I know lots of people who loved the records but said ‘I’ve seen the Replacements 30 times and they’veput on a good show!’” he says. “The Replacements could not just play the game or take the business part seriously, even though they took their music seriously. And as manager, I was often caught holding the bag for their shenanigans.”
After one too many stories he shared in group therapy that seemed to cast his drug and alcohol experiences as not so bad, the angry counselor grabbed him and exclaimed “You exhibited euphoric recall!” Or, in recovery jargon, that’s remembering past negative experiences in a positive light. But despite that, Jesperson just this month celebrated 33 years since taking his last drink of alcohol.
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