We just sent a new one of those off today. It has a bunch of stuff in it, and to be honest, it’s a bit of a hard hitter since we did something on Mikey and Stephen…and not what most people would expect, either. The issue also has a Darin Read interview and I happened to find this photo that was saved on my desktop for a good month or two that correlates with it. I’m not sure why I shot a photo of it, or why I drew a really bad photo of the infamous GJ naked and looking like Sargeant Slaughter, but it’s there and I figured it was worth a blog post (what is a post worth, anyway?)… After doing the typical interview with Darin over the course of two nights, I found the tape completely inaudible. Try as hard as I may, after sitting there for an hour or so trying to make out each static-covered word several times, I gave up. The whole interview was trashed. Fortunately, Darin’s interview got pushed back an issue, so I came up with the idea to send this little care package his way to let him control his own interview-fate. I can’t decide if it was a cop out, a fresh idea, or an act of faith, but I had never gone about doing an “interview” this way and didn’t know how it’d pan out. Something like this won’t work for everyone, and although I was prepared to go back to the typical style, I’m glad to say I didn’t have to. Darin came through better than I hoped. If you get the chance, check the May Issue for the awesome Stephen/Mikey story, then give the Darin story a read.