Here's something you don't see every day: musical artist Ryan Adams interning at the BlackBook office. Part of a feature for our forthcoming December/January issue, Adams helped with sorting mail, filing TPS reports, and composing extemporaneous ballads about retouching cover photos. Oh by the way, his new album with The Cardinals drops today. Adams may well be the most famous BlackBook intern since Camille Hayton; one can only hope he has better luck finding love on the subway.

Photography: Mary Ellen Matthews