I had a great idea yesterday while driving home. It was an editorial idea for the back page of our next issue. I thought about calling the office and leaving myself a voicemail (which I'd transfer over to David the following morning), just so I wouldn't forget. But this thinking was while approaching that s-curve, and I didn't want to end up in the ditch and have people think I was on drugs...plus the digital reception in this area stinks and often cuts off calls, so I put it off.
When I walked in the office today I remembered, 'I had an idea! I was going to leave it in a voicemail. Oh no! What was it?' For a few minutes I could not remember what it was. This reinforced my belief that I should follow my gut instincts and ideas. When I thought about leaving a voicemail reminder, I should have done it! Fortunately, praise God, the idea came back. I think it'll be the perfect text for the back page considering the special "So & So Says" issue we are putting together.
I finished transcribing the Throwdown interview last night. I can't believe it, but yesterday was a 14-hour day for me. That's crazy. But it helped to have another interview transcribed and "out of the way." This interview went really well. I'm very excited about how this next issue is shaping up. We plan on having four bands on the cover, 8 "so & so says" feature stories, and 10 additional features of our normal coverage (Sinai Beach, Denison Marrs, Mute Math, Day of Fire, Jesus Wept, Chase Pagan, The Chariot, Symphony in Peril, and a couple surprises...).
As usual, we've asked God to bless this work; and I get the sense that it's really going to be a "special" issue.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at September 9, 2004 08:28 AM