I don’t know when I’ve had as much fun reporting an article as I did hanging out with the Lonely Island for this Rolling Stone feature. When I asked where they wanted to meet, the answer was at the Universal Studios theme park, so they could go on the Transformers ride. Plus, we took in […]
Nancy Davis Kho, the woman behind the excellent blog Midlife Mixtape, wrote a very cool review of VJ: Having a one-sided conversation with these guys was a major component of my teen years, so reading about what happened on the other side of the television screen feels a bit like reminiscing with a long-lost high […]
posted 5 June 2013 in Links. no comments yet
This post about Game of Thrones is spoiler-free, except for the way this sentence alludes to the fact that HBO aired an episode about the “Red Wedding” last night. It seemed like an opportune time for me to pull out an excerpt from a conversation I had in 2012 with showrunners David Benioff and D.B. […]
posted 3 June 2013 in Tasty Bits, Unpublished. 1 comment
No, not information on the whereabouts of Adam Curry, Kevin Seal, and Downtown Julie Brown–that would be VJ II Roundup. This is a collection of some more press coverage of the New York Times bestseller VJ and my fabulous coauthors Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn. (You can check out the previous […]
posted 3 June 2013 in Buy My Stuff, Links. no comments yet
That sign is a reflection of the fact that Banksy has sometimes hit buildings in my neighborhood–and, I would think, a surefire way to get him not to do it anymore.
posted 31 May 2013 in Photos. no comments yet
Last week, I had what I believe was the highest-traffic day ever here on Rule Forty Two, from people checking out this page in the “Secret Rock Knowledge” section, about how Eminem and Dr. Dre originally met. Somebody linked to it on Reddit, and over 40,000 people swung by to take a look. And that […]
posted 31 May 2013 in Archives, Tasty Bits. no comments yet
Ah, fun with Dutch names. I couldn’t help thinking about Eddie and Alex retiring from rock and opening up a shoe store together.
posted 24 May 2013 in Photos. no comments yet
I am somewhere between ecstatic and doing backflips: VJ has officially hit The New York Times best seller list. It’s #25 on the extended hardcover nonfiction list, #15 on the ebook nonfiction list, and #25 on the extended combined print and ebook nonfiction list. The point being: this is awesome news, and since I’ve been […]
posted 22 May 2013 in News, Tasty Bits. no comments yet
Henry Bromell died on March 18, at the age of 65. About six months earlier, I had a long conversation with him; most of it never saw print, due to the exigencies of magazine journalism, but he was a fascinating man. Bromell wrote for many TV shows, including Homicide, Northern Exposure, Rubicon, and most recently, […]
posted 21 May 2013 in Tasty Bits, Unpublished. no comments yet
Another photo from Amsterdam in January.
posted 17 May 2013 in Photos. no comments yet
