Small Town Music Nerd Hits the Big Time
After years of reading each and every issue of Rolling Stone with great ceremony, then studying journalism in college, where I acted as the school paper’s music editor and hosted a weekly radio show, I got the offer of a lifetime: an internship at Rolling Stone Magazine. My creative application was a success: a guitar, called the “Goodman Intern-o-Matic 5000,” that described my skills via the lingo of a guitar manual. I leapt at the opportunity and moved to NYC.
I started in summer 2005 as an editorial intern, and was soon picked up as a contract worker in the books department, where I worked on a collection of RS writing on Bob Dylan and worked alongside Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant on a collection to celebrate the Gonzo genius. I continue to contribute articles to Rollingstone.com.
Visit my writer’s page on RollingStone.com.
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