Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

Music History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Music

4.7 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Lost Notes details the darkly hilarious schemes of record-label magnate Ruth Christie, who instigated one of the most absurd court cases in music history.

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0:00.0	Hey, Nevena.
0:01.5	Yes, Michael.
0:02.8	May I ask you a legal question?
0:04.8	Are you sure you're on the right podcast?
0:07.2	Because this is actually lost notes from KCRW.
0:10.9	I know, I know, but there's a reason.
0:13.5	Trust me.
0:14.2	Okay, I'm not sure I can actually answer your legal question, but you know it'll help.
0:19.4	Can you throw on some music first?
0:21.6	But of course, here you go.
0:27.5	I feel like I've heard this one before.
0:37.7	What is this?
0:38.7	It's a song called Mojo Workout by a guy named Larry Bright.
0:42.5	And this song kicked off one of the most ridiculous court cases in all of music history.
0:47.8	Which is why you have a legal question.
0:50.8	Exactly.
0:51.8	Exactly.
0:52.9	So what I want to know is this. How do you define Mojo in a court of law?
0:58.7	Wait, I know what this is. We're going to talk about the Ruth Christie story, aren't we?
1:04.2	Nothing gets past you.
1:07.0	Oh, Lord Ruth. She was a wild one.
1:10.3	Oh, yeah.
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