NEWS: Want to Write for Rolling Stone?

CULTURE: Want to Write for Rolling Stone?

Rolling Stone has an open casting call for aspiring journalists interested in being on a reality TV show in which contestants vie to write for the magazine. The solicitation suggests those selected for the show will work with Rolling Stone staffers and interview people of note as MTV cameras follow along. The winner of the competition scores a year-long position working at the legendary music magazine.

I'm not old and irrelevant enough.

I'm sort of tempted by this, aside from the possibility of everyone seeing my fat ass on TV.

APRIL 7TH?!?!!

*scrambles*

I was just about pm you this link, little lady.

APRIL SEVENTH, DUDE. I'm hyperventilating so hard right now. Oh my god.

Oh man, and it has to actually be in their offices by April 7th. Anyone know how long it takes for something mailed from California to get to New York?

*runs around in circles*

[Edited on Mar 26, 2006 by _DictionaryGirl_]

does a reality show about people writing sound like the most boring thing evar to anyone else?

Depends how much change you use. Anything can be overnighted with delivery confirmation for a price...damn residency applications?!?! grrr
But I digress...that is plenty of time (before April 7) because you are brilliant!

other prizes include being "that guy" for the rest of your life.

oops forgot to make that gender neutral!

If _DictionaryGirl_ and Keith were to write for Rolling Stone, I might actually read it from time to time.


/asskiss.

I don't care that Rolling Stone is "lame," if I thought I had anywhere close to the musical knowledge needed to do this I'd apply in half a heartbeat.

[Edited on Mar 26, 2006 by mamet]

Mmhmm

There are worse things than being "that girl." She was pretty damn spunky!

true that. good luck!!!

this would really tempt me, except for the reality television part...

Ever since I graduated college, I've always said outside of working as a screenwriter, working for a music magazine would be my dream job in life...and Rolling Stone, for all that it has lost in overall quality in the last 10 years or so, would still be the top of the pile. But...I would have less than a chance of making it onto a reality show. I'd bet lots of money that the people on the show will be a max age of 23 and look like the latest crop of rejected Real World pretty people without a writing, interviewing or musically charged bone in their body. Watch and see.

What happened to just...interviewing people? And, you know, lookin at an application? Do they still do that?

This is the easy way way IN. When I started telling people at the ripe young age of adolesence that i wanted to be a music journalist for the rest of my life, they always assumed Rolling Stone was my big dream. Nah.....fuck that.....I'ma shootin' for Spin. Or maybe Alternative press. Now when THOSE guys come 'a' knockin, I shall open the oppertunity door.....

"Don't let those swill merchants rewrite you."

oh ya

This worked better when Cameron Crowe did it.

If those are the main requirements, then apparently I should've been working for Rolling Stone for YEARS.

Hmmm. I just might try this. After, of course, going through every post I've ever made on the internet and temporarily removing the many bashings of Rolling Stone...