I wonder how many people in the world are playing radiohead right now... I bet the # is in the thousands.
I just saw the new issue. I always have the printer overnight me about 15 copies so I can see it hot off the press. This one is amazing! Visually, it's the best issue ever. Textually (is that a word?) it is the best since Sep/Oct 2002. Awesome. Love it. It's always a great feeling to see a new one. I get 3 "tearsheets" delivered with the 15 copies, too. I use these to send tearsheets or samples of the DVD reviews to the publicists who service the review copies; as well as sending one or more to an advertising client that wants to see it. Most magazines send tearsheets to a lot of their clients, who want to have proof that an ad ran, rather than just someone's word. They pass this along with the invoicing that goes through an advertising agency all the way through to the client.
The Rock Stars on God book should come out soon. I am looking forward to picking up some magazines and seeing ads for it and some reviews. April 27 is the street date, I'm told. I spent a couple hours today in that Hutto Coffee shop -- Front Street Cafe -- writing some more of my novel (Desert High). It's fun to get that cranking. A friend of mine from the Northwest wants to write a book called The Heaven's Metal Story, which he will "ghost write" with my name as the author. He's in the military and we keep promising each other that we'll schedule some time to interview, etc for this thing. He can hop on a military plane with some advance notice and visit, which is what I want him to do, so he can hold HM memorabilia in his hands and get an upclose feel for the magazine's history, etc. Lord willing, that'll happen some day.
I got a haircut today. I hate short hair. I just don't think I look too good with closely cropped hair. I dunno. Just vanity, but I always feel this way right after a haircut.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at April 15, 2004 02:29 PM