WHAT HAPPENED? Alicia Rose and Jim Brunberg on Rose's Exit from Mississippi Studios

By Casey Jarman
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Alicia Rose
Mississippi Studios' primary booker
was fired on Friday.
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"I worked my ass off. It's not an easy task to try to turn something like Mississippi Studios into a nationally regarded venue."
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"I'm pretty sure this is going to work out nicely for her and for us and for Portland music.
Rose's specific claims—that the venue now held the attitude that "everyone is replaceable"
In a way, Portland is too small for Alicia—for her aspirations."

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