My suggestion would be not to get so experimental that I can't figure out what you're about and decide to leave the site altogether.
I'm not in the target demographic, but here are my first thoughts:
- I think the idea will work and sells itself. - I'm a little confused mystified by the navigation: are these feature stories? Columns? Other blogs? Is this an "issue style" publication or is it constantly published?
I won't comment on the content (I browsed an article) because I'm not the intended audience, and wouldn't want to add worthless information.
Good luck to you, you may have a bit of a winner.
I will will post an update when the new nav is online.
Thanks for your comments so far!