Throughout its history, These Incredible Times has never been anything but unique. The cover of our very first issue - which hit newsstands the month before "Black Tuesday" - featured a subject whose singularity somehow embodied the can-do spirit of the Roaring Twenties.
His name was Albert Penniman. Thirty-six-years-old and a resident of Manhasset, NY, he successfully conducted a symphony orchestra despite the disadvantage of a hook arm. As the man himself told us, revealingly (and pre-Sinatra), "I do things my way."
Mr. Penniman is, of course, long dead, and even longer forgotten. But his spirit - if one believes in such things - has lived on through the magazine his image once graced. Like good ol' AP, Teeth (as the fans call us) has always done things its way. In eight decades of publishing, we've forged a path all our own, steering clear of trends but always embracing innovation- determined to stay at least a block ahead of our peers.
Which is why - after some deliberation - we've decided to join the Internet.
Now, we are not turning to the Web because our print edition is failing. Quite the contrary; all three of the issues we published last year sold out in middle New England. We also have a subscriber base that's an advertiser's dream - affluent, educated, and STD-free. And print copies will remain available: just press Ctrl+P.
But we can't rest on our laurels. Now's the time for a new audience to discover what our old readers have known for years: These Incredible Times is indispensable. Soon, we'll offer evidence of this truth in the form of new stories written by our prize-anticipating staff; and archival pieces that have not been read in decades, if not longer.
Yes, These Incredible Times have come to your computer at last. If one insists on theism, let us hope that somewhere in the Great Beyond, the maestro of Manhasset is wiggling his mustache, tapping his baton, and preparing to usher us forth to even greater heights than before.
May miracles happen again.
The Editor
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