Kohina is playing Matt Gray's Vendetta.

Time sure flies. We go to sleep at night only to dream us away, waking up ten years later. An echo from a past reminds us, and we are left unsure if it is from a past dream. My old buddy Matt, with the obscure for the uninformed handle "The Vengeance", has chosen a good time to return to editing this magazine with the, again obscure, title "Vandalism News". From what I have gathered such odd patterns are not part of real life. Perhaps it all really is a lucid dream?

It is now a year ago I stayed a month at David's place in Launceston, Tasmania. His lovely family made sure I felt at home, and me and Dave had the possibility to cram quite a lot of data activities inbetween his work hours and my clinic duties. We made sure to end 2007 with dignity, arranging the Jazzmacx Tas Takeover. However that this issue would be delayed with a full year was not according to the plan. I am afraid that part of the blame has to be put on myself.

It is four years ago, at x04, that Matt handed me torch over to me in a hotel in the citycentre of Amsterdam. He told me he needed a break from editing Vandalism News and it all. He told me he would be back to issue 50, the Gold Edition. And when would be a better time to return but to the aftermath of x08 showing off a prosperous c64 demo scene? Now Matt's vacation is over, as we agreed upon, and the moment could not have been more opportune for me. Longer and longer days awaits me at the hospital. Medical studies are approaching their final years and on top of that I often work night shifts at ICU in order to get the rent paid. Lack of spare time kills motivation, and as I also want to be able to spend time with my loved ones it all becomes a vicious circle. Does this mean I will no longer edit Vandalism News? No, it will not. I enjoy being part of the staff and I plan on putting effort into it together with my Tasmanian partners in crime. However, with Matt back in the boat things will ease down. With more brains set on editing and delegating, this ship might even prove to come ashore more often. 

It is soon thirteen years ago I first wrote for Vandalism News. The disk magazine that would prove to last. Serving quality c64 journalism for the global community. With 2009 around the corner, the three tribal leaders and the rest of the staff will continue this quest. Beyond this Anniversary Edition more land is left to explore. The scene will prove it and we will follow.

As already stated, time sure flies. Nevertheless, against all odds this scene keeps on rocking. Vandalism News Gold is here, to cover, to entertain and to motivate.

/Jonatan "Macx".