If this issue is a little late, or maybe it looks like a bunch of other people got to write this time, here's the story. In a strange twist of fate I ended up putting together a studio with someone I had just interviewed (Elliott Smith, see issue #4). We started in mid January and by the end of the month had a lease on a building and equipment was being shipped in from all over the country. Besides combining our piles of recording gear, we got an old 2" 16 track machine, a used Mackie 32 x 8 board and a few more goodies. So what's happened? I've learned more about repairing old MCI tape decks than I would have ever imagined, we had to build a "soundproof" wall, window and door, days of painting, and we set up security, insurance and things I'd never even considered before.