In last week's intern dispatch, we presented a short vignette detailing our bread and butter here at Rolling Stone: transcribing. But much like the dead air that can come between any interviewer and his subject, there's the dead time we suffer through in between assignments.

Let me make this clear: Sure, we procrastinate, but sometimes — especially during closing weeks, when editors are glued to their computers like a weave to Beyoncé's head — there's genuinely nothing to do. I recall one particular afternoon in which our inbox was so barren that not one, not two, but five of us opened the mail. That was a dark day.

When work becomes rarer than the sight of a fully-clothed Iggy Pop, there's only one thing left to do: Rickroll.

By now, you've probably heard about that red-headed god of love, Rick Astley. In 1987, Astley — then a 21-year-old R&B singer — soared to the top of the charts with "Never Gonna Give You Up," a pop song pledging his unwavering love (for repetitive choruses and rhyming couplets). Not only is he never gonna give you up, he's never gonna let you down, either. Or run around and desert you, for that matter.

But he did desert us, and after a decade of being MIA, Astley (unwittingly) made a massive comeback this year thanks to the viral art of Rickrolling — i.e., sneakily linking an unsuspecting victim to the music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up." In the clip, Astley, a vision in his Ray-Bans and sexy denim-on-denim ensemble, busts a move with two gyrating blondes on backup. A bartender awkwardly watches the spectacle, but ultimately flashes a grin of approval. Even more entertaining are the scenes in which Astley dons a long trench coat as if he were some sort of preteen flasher. Such a tease!

Sure, it's curious that the video has amassed a million page views on YouTube, especially in this day and age of Miss Teen USA South Carolina and "Chocolate Rain." Even Astley himself called the phenomenon "a bit spooky," if not slightly embarrassing. But really, why should anyone be so surprised? We saw what happened with Journey and the resurgence of "Don't Stop Believin'." Irony can only take something so far. After that, you just have to face the fact that maybe these are just some well-crafted songs.

So those of you who thought Rickrolling nothing but a passing fad, it turns out the joke's on you, 'cause Rick Astley's timeless. The man's never gonna say goodbye. He told us so himself.