They ran the piece the next day. I was 20 years old, and all of a sudden, I was a pro. Oddly enough, the editor seemed to want me to do rock reviewing as well, but I wasn't interested just yet. But I could be wrong. You know, the scary thing is, I probably CAN remember.
Newspapers are simple.
Between the News American and Sun gigs, I freelanced for the Sun and for the Washington Post . I also had one story in the Washington Times , but felt too creeped out by the Moonie connection to write any more for them. I also wrote various short pieces for The Village Voice in the late '70s and early '80s. The first rock magazine to publish me was New York Rocker , in '79. Also that year, I wrote my first review for Rolling Stone , of an album by Trillion.