RUMORS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED

posted by James Reel

Well, Cue Sheet has finally been revived! Back in January, the KUAT/Arizona Public Media Web site underwent a complete redesign, and launched with a few elements missing, like my blog. There was a notice on the KUAT-FM home page that Cue Sheet would be back soon, but as the months passed it seemed that “soon” was being measured in geologic time. My thanks to those of you who wrote or approached me at plays and concerts to ask when the blog would return to service.

Our tech folks were working on a number of projects during the first part of this year, and they were pretty picky about finding a new blog engine that would suit their demands. They frequently assured me that bringing back the blog was a high priority; they also mentioned several times how proud they were of the Web site’s new back end. It’s not many organizations that will admit that they’re run by the back end.

Anyway, Joey, our Web programmer, got things up and running to his satisfaction a couple of weeks ago, at the same time that I was starting a two-week break to help my wife adjust to home life after her back surgery. Now that I’ve returned, Joey is on vacation. So there are some behind-the-scenes things about this new blog system I haven’t figured out yet, and won’t until Joey gets back. (For one thing, that description on the right needs, shall we say, refinement. “This is a pretty awesome blog about all sorts of stuff” is nice, but not very specific.)

So please be patient as I ease back into the blogging routine. Newsman Robert Rappaport’s blog is running at full tilt, so spend some time with him via the link at the right in the meantime, and thereafter.