I Represent Queens, She Was Raised Out in Brooklyn.
Over the past two months and a week, I’ve moved around a lot. I went from a college dorm on Long Island, to Connecticut, to Seattle, to Europe, and back to Connecticut. Today I moved (temporarily) to the lovely Borough of Queens, which Wikipedia says is on pace to take over Brooklyn’s title of most...
Peace Out, U.S.A.
Well, friends, family & readers, today I’m leaving to roam around the Mediterranean for about a month. There was a lot more I wanted to write about before I left — Harvey Danger, the albums that got me through finals — but it’s just not going to happen before my flight leaves in 2-3 hours....
The Blondes are Back
A lot of people tend to think that I immediately hate anything that’s mainstream/Top 40. While this may be true more often than not, just like with anything else, there are exceptions. I’ve never had any problem giving credit to pop performers who are legitimately talented. I’ve never had a problem with Christina Aguilera, though...
Like A (Retrospective On) Rolling Stone
I know it’s old news at this point, but I am going to write a brief description of the Rolling Stone 1000th issue party, because there were a few points of interest. They were: 1. I saw Marilyn Manson, Moby & Andre 3000. Apparently Ethan Hawke (who, once upon a time met me and said...
April Music, Part 2.
This past Monday night, I went to see personal favorites Two Gallants (official, myspace) at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. They put on what was probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen – including a segue from “Steady Rollin'” into “Two Days Short Tomorrow” (my favorite song from What The Toll Tells and my...
Internship: Days Fifteen + Sixteen
As I’ve told most of you, the big news this week is that casting just began for the MTV/Rolling Stone reality show I’ve been writing about. I had figured that, since it begins taping in June, casting had already been completed – but apparently I was wrong. The lucky contestants will be staff writers for...
Not remotely guilty pleasures.
I don’t particularly believe in “guilty pleasures” when it comes to music. If you like something, you like it. Sure, maybe it’s a little embarassing that you listened to that T.A.T.U., Kelly Clarkson, Lovage, Head Automatica record as much as you did, but should you feel guilt? Not at all. You like what you like,...
Internship: Days Thirteen + Fourteen
Fridays are usually my day off from RS. This week was a closing week (for those of you not in the biz, this means the magazine was getting ready to go to print / all the pages & articles were on deadline / that kind of thing), it was Spring Break for one of the...
Internship: Days Nine – Twelve
As you Gawker.com readers know, the big news around Wenner Media / RS is that Jann & his partner, Matt, will be fathers. It’s kind of sad that I get most of the good Wenner gossip from Gawker… Still, I did hear an interesting item while transcribing the other day – someone brought up a...
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