THE FUTURE In Which We Welcome You Back To This Recording
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 2:18AM 
DISCOVERING NEW WORLDS
By Molly Lambert
Imagine if you will, that This Recording is a spaceship, preferably a futuristic multi-cultural one, like in Sunshine, but with more jews. Since we are out in space (the internet) we can't really land, so most of the tinkering on the ship occurs while in-flight. You, dear readers, are the passengers.
chaotic terrains are very unpredictable
As with any outer space mission, no matter how well thought out, things do not always go exactly as planned. One of This Recording's editors, now moonlighting as our technical engineer, accidentally flipped the switch (unlocked the hatch, pushed the button, nuked the fridge) and the cat is out of the bucket. There's no going back now. We moved the island, people.
We hope you like the redesign. We're still tinkering with things, adding new features, and moving our archives to the new location. Hopefully you'll find the new This Recording much easier to read, use, and navigate. We appreciate your patronage thus far. Without you we'd just be a mostly unoccupied craft floating out into deep space.
feedback in comments welcome/encouraged/appreciated
THE EDITORS
Alex Carnevale
Molly Lambert
Will Hubbard
Reader Comments (15)
Wow. Very cool.
waaaaay better
AWESOME except for the serif body font.
agreed on the serif body font. change plz!
It's like a proverbial breath of fresh air compared to your previous incarnation: lovely, open, clean. A splendid revision!
what the fu--
oh. now i like it.
...and just when I was making a shellshocked lunge for the refuge of the familiar...
yes it's good like this.
congratulations! i can't decide which i like(d) better, but this is very refreshing.
iz ok.
I personally liked the old version for its retro underdesigned vibe. just like I sleep my most restful sleep in any Super 8 motel.
This design is much less funky, more flash and gloss and MUCH more commercial but you guys must pay the bills I suppose. FYI - the Amazon BUY buttons...?!
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fuck it. I bought the Kindle.
2.
i clicked on everything. cheers.
I don't wanna rain on your parade, but I liked the old design. I miss the darkness. Congratulations anyway, onward and upward!
i miss the hyperlinks and mp3s. other than that and the amazon ads, lookin good!
2¢
I think the redesign has a cleaner look.
I think it has less character this way.