you know it's funny because purple used to never be about covers whatsoever. that was never ever their drawing point. and now we sit hear ruminating over a purple cover. i mean if you consider the history and it's former reputation,it's almost sacrilege. and i say it in every thread but i think it bears repeating,as soon as olivier took complete control after elein left the quality went down drastically. because you see,elein really helped balance out the irony(when it was actually clever,mind you)that zahm pushed,with a lot of intelligence,thoughtfulness,vision,substance and poetry(literally and figuratively). for me purple has evolved into a soulless celeb rag merely masquerading as it's former self. i don't buy it anymore.