Already Famous

Not long ago, I received from a relative a gift subscription to Rolling Stone magazine. As it happens, I had a) been a dutiful reader of Rolling Stone as a kid throughout much of the 1990s; and b) basically forgotten it existed, finding myself a bit surprised to discover it was still a going concern. In many ways, it isn’t. The glossy, oversize publication replete with features, countless ads, complimentary minidiscs, and more that I recalled from three decades ago has shrunk to an industry standard 8×11 format.