Miscellaneous

Internship: Days Seven + Eight

I thought I was going to have more than this, but I didn’t go in today because I’m sick and I almost collapsed in Penn Station. But, still… Things were going on outside the office just as much as inside this past week. Jann Wenner + Wenner Media were all over Gawker in relation to...

Late Night Monday Madness.

SXSW South By Southwest. Large indie music festival blah blah blah. Wish I was going blah blah blah. Bitter that I’m not so I’m not going to say much more than this blah blah blah. Go download TONS OF FREE MP3s from the artists that are playing it here, blah blah blah. [Edit: I recommend...

Internship: Days Five + Six

This week was ridiculously slow, but here a few interesting tidbits: 1) just like everyone else, RS be lovin’ the Arctic Monkeys. Am I the only one who is not jumping on that bandwagon? I haven’t heard the album in its entirety, but what I have heard has utterly failed to blow me away. 2)...

Internship: Days Two – Four

Again, not ignoring you – just distracted/busy! The internship has been going pretty well – like most internships, there’s lots of busy work to be done, and most of it isn’t remotely glamorous. I’ve spent most of my time putting together packets of some sort – gossip packets (all the major gossip columns in newspapers)...

Internship: Day One

Yesterday was my first day of my internship with Rolling Stone. The day’s events and observations are as follows: I spent the first half of the day learning about media packets and meeting people, and the second half standing in the wall of covers – a hallway with the covers of every issue of Rolling...

Taylor: A Musical History

When you’re reading any sort of non-fiction memoirs, articles in newspapers & magazines, blogs, it’s good to know where the writer is coming from. Having an idea of the author’s general tastes, opinions and areas of expertise make it easier for us to know how to interpret what they write. This all sounds very serious...