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12/13/06, 8:28 am EST
Meet Peter Maiden
AGE 22
HOMETOWN Sydney, Australia
COLLEGE UC Berkeley
FAVORITE BOOKS Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram; William Boyd, Any Human Heart
FAVORITE MOVIES Scent of a Woman
FAVORITE MUSIC The Libertines, Xavier Rudd
What were you like as a kid?
I was always pretty responsible. In high school I was captain of the rowing team. I went to nationals for skiing when I was eleven. I was on the rowing team at Berkeley. It was such an intense lifestyle – the weight off my shoulders is huge.
What would you say was the most significant event in your life?
I’d say the chance to work at Rolling Stone. It was like I’d been preparing for this, and the opportunity arose.
How much journalism experience did you have before the show?
Basically none. I was a sociology major at Berkeley – I had researched and written papers, which is a similar process to writing an article. My writing skills weren’t particularly good. I was more interested in the ideas and how important it was to try and convey my ideas and get the specifics down. Studying sociology, I had this set of tools to dissect culture. When I got to Rolling Stone, I tried to apply them to a different medium.
What shaped your taste in music?
Growing up, my dad played the Traveling Wilburys and Springsteen and Jerry Lee Lewis. But then going to school in America, especially in California, I mean, we’d listen to Tupac and Biggie and it was always more hip-hop. Then there was the Australian surf-culture element — a lot of Jack Johnson, Ben Harper.
Any special musical memories?
My second night at Berkeley there was at a Dylan concert at the Greek Theater. I went out there with friends and we actually rushed the fence, and half of us got tackled by the security guards, half didn’t, and I made it through. So I broke into a Dylan concert and had a video camera on me and I taped it. It was pretty nuts.
Personal motto?
How about “Interested in everything, committed to nothing”?
How did you first hear about the Rolling Stone contest?
I was rowing at the time. We’d been in San Diego for a race, and I hurt my knee. I tore the cartilage in my knee, and I was rowing on it — it was really painful. I’d had a bad race, and I was in a newsstand, picked up a Rolling Stone, with American Idol on the front. There was a story in there about Pete Doherty and I’d always been interested in the Libertines and why he was so nuts. So I read the article, and after the last page of the article was the ad: “Are you interested in writing about culture?” I was like, we’ll that’s something I could try and do. It was a Wednesday, and the applications were due on Friday. So I filled it out and they called and said we want to interview you, we’ll see you in San Francisco.
How random. Do you feel like it was fate that got you here?
Someone once told me that there’s no such thing as luck. Your life is all about preparing yourself, and when preparation meets opportunity, that’s what everyone calls luck. And sure, it’s lucky that I found that ad. But it was almost like I had been preparing for this, and then the opportunity arose.
Comments
Kysvofms | 7/15/2009, 9:51 am EST
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petros | 9/30/2008, 9:22 am EST
you are funny
tawanda | 5/4/2008, 10:08 am EST
Pete is hot!hosted him in Zimbabwe.
brother (married in) | 3/5/2008, 8:59 am EST
Dude maybe we should just both retire now and start sinking piss at the Angaston Pub all year round!!!
Man i feel less important now that i’m no longer wearing tails!
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isabel | 8/24/2007, 9:09 pm EST
que tal, este programa es de un nivel muy alto, siento que nosotros los jovenes podemos aprender mucho en cuanto a la experiencia como escritores de una revista tan prestigiosa, donde muestran la vida de los artistas de un punto de vista humano y mas alla del simple artista. quiero felicitarlos y deseo poder ver muy pronto este reallity completo.
JESS | 8/4/2007, 10:16 pm EST
GOOD JOB! AS A MATTER FACT, YOU ALREADY WON,BECAUSE YOU WERE THE BEST SO…KEEP GOING ON YOUR PROJECTS AND YOU’RE CUTE, AS A MAN THAT I NEW BEFORE, JUST LIKE YOU(2002).
JESS | 8/4/2007, 10:16 pm EST
GOOD JOB! AS A MATTER FACT, YOU ALREADY WON,BECAUSE YOU WERE THE BEST SO…KEEP GOING ON YOUR PROJECTS AND YOU’RE CUTE, AS A MAN THAT I NEW BEFORE, JUST LIKE YOU(2002).
aminah | 7/25/2007, 8:17 am EST
pete is hot like hell i only watched the show just to see him. he also seemed a little shy, always touching his face… but he is so hot i could marry him right now.
Aunt Sally (not Sal) | 6/19/2007, 6:22 am EST
Godd interview, but I don’t believe for a minute you believe the motto quote! Maybe I’m confusing commitment and responsibility? xxoo
Goog called before I hit the “post” button. I think she enjoyed the comments.
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Daniel Deng | 2/18/2007, 3:39 am EST
Hi, I met this guy in NYC last November through a good friend of mine. It didn’t take long before we became from. RollingStone, Pete is your guy and he will be good for your business. He has the looks, personality and brains. What else do you want in a human being?
Brother (younger) | 2/6/2007, 3:50 am EST
hey pete u look like a little baby on the picture obove this….haha…. hows the comp going and wats ur new email??..p.s. u better win this thing cos im wanna find out!!!
LULU | 1/27/2007, 6:59 pm EST
It’s funny I run into this name Pete-Remember the night of Lollapalooza,Manu CHAO concert,a french girl named Ludivine?
Ah this Pete what creation…
Ghatan | 1/23/2007, 12:08 am EST
Who knew you could write….nice bro.
vacie the czech | 1/16/2007, 1:39 pm EST
Pete, you already won!!!
Some people might think that you are not responsible enough, but we all know that the race will be decided in the last 500m:)
And, you better get your a$$ to Cal for Hovs bday:)
hannie | 1/12/2007, 10:21 pm EST
pete is so HOT i hope u funkin win brahh!
triplets | 1/12/2007, 8:37 pm EST
you’ve nearly had a trifecta. nearly….. hope you lose
mana | 1/10/2007, 2:56 am EST
i hope you win!
Wallin | 1/9/2007, 3:27 pm EST
thats sweet pete
Padraic | 1/9/2007, 3:20 pm EST
paraphrasing bond to the world… nice one. Any idea if MTV UK is going to air the show? Can’t even see the trailers over here.
putty | 1/8/2007, 12:12 pm EST
in answering a question you said you were majoring in sociology and ” My writing skills weren’t particularly good. I was more interested in the ideas and how important it was to try and convey my ideas and get the specifics down.” do you think conveying your ideas can help you win? Rather than obtaining “good writing skills”?
Peter | 1/5/2007, 6:26 pm EST
Once again, Australia shares its talent with the rest of the world !
Pete rocks !!!!
brandnewbiefandango | 12/31/2006, 3:45 am EST
ps: the photos do him a gross injustice…he’s absolutely adorable..like a big gangly puppy dog.
brandnewbiefandango | 12/31/2006, 3:43 am EST
I’ve had a chance to meet him on one occasion. He’s charming, intelligent and earnest. He’d be a fresh take on a waning music scene.
Freddie | 12/28/2006, 6:42 pm EST
HE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS. I MEAN HE’S INTELLEGENT, BRILLANT, AND WITTY. KID IS STUPID!!!
Godfather from AUS | 12/28/2006, 5:46 pm EST
You have a way to get to the winning post - you have always been a winner.
Good luck - you are already successful!!!
Freddie | 12/28/2006, 2:57 pm EST
Celebrity, oh you celebrity
Benny | 12/28/2006, 2:56 pm EST
he is a legend in his own lunch box
Freddie | 12/28/2006, 2:55 pm EST
This kid is on his way he. Is like a celebrity or something already
Aislinn | 12/20/2006, 3:45 pm EST
I know I speak for Pete’s wild and fun-loving Berkeley reputation and personality when I say that he will have a very large female fan base here at Cal! lol
Elise | 12/20/2006, 12:33 am EST
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! You’re going to win this time around, mate and next time around it’ll be me.
Hyundai | 12/19/2006, 6:05 pm EST
DEFINITELY gonna lose
dissy | 12/19/2006, 8:24 am EST
You deserve it ALL! But you know I’m biased.
amanda | 12/18/2006, 4:25 am EST
of all the writers, pete is my favorite!!! I hope he wins.
Poppa bear | 12/17/2006, 4:27 pm EST
Amber gave you the music - I just tageed along
Huffman | 12/14/2006, 9:03 pm EST
I wonder what he looks like naked?
Rod-AKA-AK | 12/14/2006, 6:37 pm EST
U love it… and with words that one lumboss used to say…
giddy up!!
godfatherbob | 12/14/2006, 3:44 pm EST
i cant believe you were wearing a tie!
amber | 12/14/2006, 3:15 pm EST
pete! i can’t believe its finally up…soo cool! cant wait to see you on tv, hopefully you don’t make too much of a fool of yourself?
vacie | 12/14/2006, 2:39 pm EST
Pete, you rock. Although you are super ugly:)
boo | 12/14/2006, 2:26 am EST
talk about ignoramus; the band Spectrum stole the classified add i placed in RS magazine 1982, 2nd coming stuff, +$500,000 HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE. Lead singer was MIKE RUDD, they waited 15-20 years to do a song about it; now another Rudd is LABOR LEADER and in London Rudd Street, is this correct? is opposite the bomb site at Kings Cross Station, and has Hotel California on it; and while there they had Don hendley drive by with george that greek guy; bad day as prince william and kate bush drove by some other place and time +serbia military officers hung around Rudd street.
Talk about ignorance! BUY these books linked here they are much better to read. Lousy topics though. Am now living in area where scientology hendley, gordon and son etc, were campaign managers for labor 1975. the legalise dope party started there as did the gurdjieff people and they aren’t peace love and happiness hippies; thugs.
ljs with love... | 12/13/2006, 6:38 pm EST
i gotta admit, i like the guy strictly for the libertines factor
Kev | 12/13/2006, 1:12 pm EST
Good! An Aussie. We need someone from the common wealth in RS. He might be able to help break some of the condescending attitudes towards the U.K. music scene or maybe-GASP-the pathetic bandwagon bashing of Oasis.
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