I got an email from a friend in Colorado on Friday. I was told that the new issue had arrived. Wow! Already? We usually plan on putting the new issue up a few days or a week before the issue date hits (so people seeing the issue on the site can go out and find a printed copy), and it just felt like it would still be awhile before that time would come... I look at the calendar now and realize, "Doh! It's that time now."
So, we'll try to get the new issue, and all the cover story companion articles ("The Ugly Facts & Figures Behind Christian Rock," "The Ugly Bruce Fitzhugh Interview," and "The Ugly Atticus Fault Interview" ... not to forget the Ken Tamplin file sharing "rebuttal" style article and the "So, You Want A Record Deal" article that Steve Baker wrote... We'll have all of those linked together.)
I'm typing this as I watch a really cool documentary on PBS about big wave riding and the January 1998 surf on the North Shore of Hawaii. Amazing stuff.
