April came and went, but this spring won't quit: we've put cherry blossoms on our cover for the May issue. Had we been just a notch more talented, we'd have written you a haiku about how noise bands from Japan give us electric chills. Instead we took the long way around and made a Japan-themed issue. C h e c k i t o u t.
We also fancied this photo snapped by miss Martha Hirsch, what's there not to love!














