From the Archives: Alan Light

THIS SITE TIPS its hat all over the place to people who write about pop music, but perhaps not enough has been said about the editors who help shape those words, and (for better or worse) define the territory itself. Alan Light has spent a fair amount of time on both sides of the fence: as a writer for Rolling Stone from 1990 to 1993, followed by editorships (with occasional forays into writing) at Vibe ('93-'97) and Spin ('97-the present). (Not a bad resumé for a Cincinnati kid with "no other marketable skills".)