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1 week ago | 
pastemagazine.com | Sam Rosenberg
At a time when so many pop artists are creating concept albums, it can be refreshing to listen to one that speaks directly to the current moment through an incredibly clear-cut and deeply resonant theme: breakups.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Sam Rosenberg
4 hours ago"The phone appears to be a reskinned version of a Chinese phone." Donald Trump's newly announced Trump Mobile network and T1 smartphone have been roundly mocked by Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert, and in the video above Jimmy Kimmel joins in. "Their website was a mess from the get-go. When they …
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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
“If you’re going to lead, then lead. If you’re going to follow, get the hell out of my way.” -HunterI only had 50 pages left in Fear and Loathing in America and was able to finish it halfway through the 3-hour 30-minute ride, so for the remainder, I sat, drifting off, occasionally peeking in my little boxes. Caroline was right, it was nice to have perfect little boxes stashed away. And, I had a bunch, now that I thought about it.
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4 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
“Gun store, liquor store, gun store… Where the fuck you taking me!?!” -Dave Chappelle (Killing Em’ Softly)April 12, 2006My 3 cabinmates were far lamer than the ones from my other long train trip, so I drank in the bar car by myself and bit my nails until I was drunk enough to pass out. My dad bit his nails too, and I’ve always been extremely embarrassed of the habit as a result. It’s just so hard to quit a drug you grow yourself.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
“Be a fool. For love. For yourself.” -BourdainI was done with buses after my previous experience, Caroline knew that. So, even though it was a short trip, we opted for the train. We sat in the bar car, drinking Guinness and smoking cigs for the entirety of the 60-minute ride. Caroline smoked Marlboro Lights; I smoked Parliament Regulars. They didn’t sell lights anywhere in Europe, which drove me mad. You’d think the two would taste and smoke similarly, but they don’t, not even close.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” -BourdainMarch 23, 2006It was pitch black out when the cab dropped me off at Newark. I still had 2 hours before my flight, so I stayed outside pacing, chain-smoking Parliament Lights. This has always been my pre-flight ritual. I get anxious thinking about plane crashes. I’ve seen the movie, Flight, some pilots are not upstanding, law-abiding citizens like me.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
“Sometimes all you need to get by is a girly” -Guru (Gangstar, “The Planet”)A few weeks later, I was rescued by a friend from college, Dave, who told me he had an available room for sublet in his Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment. The only catch was I had to move immediately if I wanted it, because he badly needed rent money. So, I packed my bag that day and found the earliest flight I could. I moved on May 2, 2005.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
ME“I used to do drugs. I still do, I just used to too”-Mitch HedbergI spent my first year of college at Indiana University in Bloomington, in a bad depression, getting as fucked up as possible on booze, weed, and the occasional pill, trying not to think about my dad slowly decaying in Northbrook. Blacking out became my norm. I can’t even recall my major, because I hardly went to class. Business, maybe? Journalism? Not sure.
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2 months ago | 
medium.com | Sam Rosenberg
DAD“My dad was rich, not financially, more like how butter is.”-Me (Stand-up joke)Howard Rosenberg was born on January 16th, 1943, to Lillian and Sam Rosenberg (my namesake). They treated him like shit and openly told everyone he was a mistake. His older brothers, Shelwin and Robert, were spoiled with love, while Howard was castigated. Due to his lack of self-esteem, Howard found comfort in food from a young age.
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2 months ago | 
substackfwd.xyz | Sam Rosenberg
“Do I look old to you?” “No. Yes.” “How old?” “Older than I am.” “Older than 27?” “No. 27 is old, though.”According to astrology, 27 is supposed to be one of the hardest years of your life. It typically marks the beginning of your first Saturn return, an intense cosmic phase where Saturn returns to the degree and sign it was at the time of your birth. It essentially represents the first real step into adulthood, where you’re faced with major life challenges and responsibilities.
