BlackBook Intern Talk!

2008

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You're a Mean One, Mr. Hince...

Dear J”Hotel”H, I effing love your band. I know you’re a big fancy rock star with...
Jul 31st
Update—I’m (re)scheduled to interview Jamie Hince at 3:30 our time. Meaning in...
Jul 31st

Rock star schmock star

I’m in the process of being stood up by Jamie “Hotel” Hince. He won’t pick...
Jul 31st

Fader time?

I don’t know what fader time is. I don’t really care, either. All I know is it just...
Jul 31st
Interns Bridgette Bek and Katie Parker… Mail Duty. ...
Jul 30th

In case you are poor in NYC...

What could be more exciting than a 4 hour trip to IKEA in Brooklyn with 3 other interns to pick up...
Jul 30th

presents!!

I just got my fanfriggintastic intern-of-the-week gifts: NARS Super orgasm blush Sephora electro...
Jul 30th

Sound Advice

Because it’s my last week with BlackBook, I sat down with editors B and N to discuss my...
Jul 30th

The 7th Thing I Hate the Most about the...

The Itunes Music Store’s Top Songs list, has started to become, to me, similar in nature to...
Jul 30th

Lesson Learned

I’m just an intern. I do mass mailings. I unpack boxes. I offer to get lattes in the hopes that...
Jul 30th

MGMT pool party in the rain

It started off like any other free summer concert in the city. I showed up two hours before the...
Jul 29th

tres tres

Other than the free food, free booze, and free entry to places I wouldn’t bother trying to go...
Jul 29th

My First Errand

This afternoon, Abby, Katie, Chris and I went on nice summer stroll to the Madison Square post...
Jul 29th

BlackBook perks, cont.

Cool things via BBook this week: Bubbly Q tonight. That would be a champagne-cum-bbq party at...
Jul 28th

The endless cycle

Cyclists in this city piss me off in a way I’ve not encountered elsewhere. They assume all the...
Jul 28th
Last week for a lot of us. Weird. —AG
Jul 28th

BlackBook Intern Fest 2008

Hello Interns, I’ve finally nailed down our intern appreciation, end of summer extravaganza....
Jul 25th

Cram for this exam

One of the expectations of being an “entertainment writer” is everyone expects you to...
Jul 24th

Hi, I like to write like GossipGirl.

update: L and I tried the Flash Power. N told us it had been sent to the office for free and is...
Jul 24th
What is Flash Power energy drink? It looks like the office won a life-time supply. Is it good? Are...
Jul 24th
http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8-sequined-goat-sandals-with-functioning-bulb-heel—2,2,9,9#8-sequ...
Jul 24th
Don’t worry, OG Res—we couldn’t remember last semester’s frat parties if you...
Jul 23rd

What it means to be a grad-school...

One: Chronologically, it means that I’m older than dirt. It means that I have to strain to...
Jul 23rd
Hey, Mid-East Siders— Forget Saul Williams — Mary-Kate Olsen is Niggy Tardust! you...
Jul 23rd
Did you guys know Trojan has come out with a line of office supplies? Oh, yes. I went to talk to a...
Jul 22nd

Gypsy Death and You

“The sky is grey, the sand is grey, and the ocean is grey. And I feel right at home in this...
Jul 22nd

Celebrity Sightings

Last Friday, mere steps from the beloved Blackbook office on 19th and Broadway, I saw Adrian Grenier...
Jul 22nd

I concur...

As a dark-haired girl who eats, I can’t agree with Abby more on this one. Furthermore,...
Jul 22nd
People think OUR vision of America is photoshopped or distorted? Hello, she plays Ugly friggin Betty...
Jul 22nd
Great Weekend For Music The best thing about living in New...
Jul 22nd
Despite the heat Santogold played a sold-out (Well, it was...
Jul 21st

I would like to thank...

Apparently I’m BlackBook’s “Intern of the Week,” which I’m pretty...
Jul 21st
Look who’s on Perez! And if for some reason the pic...
Jul 21st
Res says: “I was fifteen minutes late which is a good chunk of time wasted.” ...
Jul 21st

Young, Fabulous, and Broke

i feel like edie sedgwick. “poor little rich girl”. there may be something chic in...
Jul 21st

Office Space

Perhaps it was 1982 when Dilbert, clad in a short-sleeved button-up and tie, climbed to the top of...
Jul 21st

My Life as an Intern

The word “intern” to me has always seemed to imply someone who is responsible for going on...
Jul 18th

Say wha?

Q: What do editorial interns do? A: Well, besides the menial tasks of fact checking and researching...
Jul 18th

I

For those of you who don’t know me, my existence can be summed up as such: Yes, I am a...
Jul 18th

For the Unconventional Intern

It was always my dream to move to New York City. The first time I took a vacation here 3 years ago,...
Jul 18th
So, you come to New York City and everyone asks “Have...
Jul 18th

Get that foot in the door

http://www.summerinternships.com/ University of Dreams. Sounds hokey, right? Well, that’s...
Jul 18th
Q: What’s the best part of being an intern at...
Jul 17th

"How is New York?"

“How is New York?” It’s a question I’ve received several times in a phone calls, text messages and...
Jul 17th

How to Get an Internship

I guess I should start off this brief blog series (I’m only here for two more weeks, but I’ll try to...
Jul 17th

I want to show you the stars

Sat down with Saul one-on-one today to get any last words on the show last night. Talking to that...
Jul 17th

The Perks of Being a BlackBooker

Tuesday@6: Video unveiling of Saul Williams’ Convict Colony. He performed a few spoken word...
Jul 17th
Maggie Gyllenhaal at The Dark Knight premier. A little...
Jul 16th