in his 20s and early 30s rodman was a typist, a legal proofreader, a mail-room clerk, a union organizer (for the committee of interns and residents) and the guitarist for various lower-manhattan post-punk bands (made in usa; arsenal; soul sharks). starting as editor-in-chief of "the cornell daily sun", rodman has published scores of articles in venues including "the new york times", "the los angeles times", "los angeles magazine", and the "village voice" (for which he was a monthly columnist).