Thom Jurek:
CLASS OF 1976
Riverside High SchoolClass of 1976
Dearborn heights, MI
Bishop Borgess High SchoolClass of 1976
Redford, MI
Thom's Story
Life is good. After my rather unceremonious high school career, I escaped the U.S. for Paris. My original visa was 90 days. I stayed for five years (legally). I made my living working in a funky used record shop above the Blue Note, ands wrote freelance as an "American correspondent" for the British music weeklies from 1977-81 (NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, etc.) I witnessed the punk and new wave explosions firsthand. After returning to the US in '82, I moved to Ann Arbor, and wrote for Rolling Stone, Spin, Musician, Village Voice, Creem, etc. and worked so...Expand for more
me funky jobs (from flipping eggs to delivering office furniture). I also worked as a music buyer at the late, great, Schoolkids Records in Ann Arbor. A first marriage (and eventual divorce) resulted in two amazing daughters who are grown and thriving.
I served as the Metro Times first arts editor from 1990-1992 and was then promoted to senior editor until 1997. In 1999 I joined the staff at the the All-Music Guide (allmusic.com) and have been here since. Remarried in 2009, I live in Metro Detroit.
I hope life is well with you. Thanks for looking me up.
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