At first I did have culture shock, because I came from a naturally-lit, open loft-style work environment with music playing all day surrounded by the funniest, coolest women I knew (at BUST), to a silent, fluorescent-lit cubicle environment surrounded by porno-makin’ guys (they produce numerous hardcore porn magazine titles in the same office), most of whom I hadn’t been introduced to. Kind of like now, with my plan to move down to the Deep South later this month. How did working in the Playgirl office compare to what you imagined it would be like?Īs with a lot of things in life, I had no idea what I was in for, and that was probably for the best. When life gives you nude hunks… make jokes about their bad sun tattoos. I certainly appreciated the weirdness and much prefer that to a boring job. But overall the job has been more like a series of bizarre experiences rather than feeling like I’ve accomplished much. I put together two comedy issues featuring many of New York’s super-talented comedy personalities, which was quite fun.
I really enjoyed working with and befriending the classic-rock-era groupies Cynthia Plaster Caster and Pamela Des Barres. What are some of your proudest accomplishments? Now after spending most of the ought years working in both of those locker-room-style corporate cultures, I have a savant talent/curse for making filthy puns on demand, and I no longer know what topics are inappropriate to discuss among general audiences. I don’t think I’ve ever heard my mom laugh as hard as when I called to tell her what my new job was-after a few minutes I was like, “…You’re not crying, right?” This is exactly the kind of ridiculous thing that would happen in my life.” And it did. When I applied for the Playgirl job, I thought, “Heh. And then I worked at BUST magazine and from there went to Playgirl. The short version is, I started out an innocent Irish Catholic bookworm from the charming suburb of Stirling, New Jersey with lots of guilt about everything. How did you end up as Senior Editor of Playgirl magazine? Gothamist caught up with Colleen as she prepared for move to find out about what it's like to work at a porn office, the sleaze, awesomeness, and ridiculousness she's encountered, and how Playgirl played a part in her meeting Kurt Vonnegut. "Truly, this has been the most unusual job I’ve ever had, and I don’t know if I could ever have another 9-5 job, because what do I do for an encore? What would top this?" After years of serving as senior editor of Playgirl magazine, Coleen Kane is leaving her post and the big city for Baton Rouge.
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