Looks fantastic, great work Grutch! The artwork on the front page is excellent, and the page as a whole appears stylistically stream-lined and less busy, which is good for the eyes and quickly orients the user.
When I typed in the address this evening, I was scared at first that something happened to the site or that I typed in the wrong address when I did not see the familiar red, but with the stream-lining my attention was immediately diverted to the name of the site. This is excellent visual focusing.