“COMMAND PERFORMANCE” -THE ARTHUR MAILING LIST BULLETIN
No. 0014
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2005
title: In Depth Do We Part
DID YOU KNOW?: “[The Kills] were on the trail of a semi-mythic mixing desk that reputedly drove Sly Stone mad and bankrupted the electronics company. Its owner, Dan Flickinger, never worked again, and the designer had a breakdown, [the Kills’] Hince explains. ‘They delivered this desk to Sly’s house and he held them hostage for a week at gunpoint, demanding that they make it levitate.’ The Kills found the desk in Benton Harbour, Michigan, a settlement 90 miles from Chicago that became a ghost town after riots following the troubles in Detroit in the Sixties….” — from The Guardian online
Do you find that the less you and those around you are near a computer, the happier you are? Seriously.
Arik “Moonhawk” Roper designed a new Arthur t-shirt. Check it out at the arthurmag.com website and prepare to shed a dark crystal tear into your silver goblet of beer…
…Okay, now dry your third eye and read this way: Arthur No. 15 (March 2005) is out now. A quick once-cover of its contents–>> a yap with acid-folk musician/thinker Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance. An interview with o.g. future shock novelist J.G. Ballard. Douglas Rushkoff’s debut column for Arthur on new collectivism. An in-depth convo with Jessica Yu (director of the Henry Darger doc). A piece on meditation as a subversive activity by Michael Brownstein, James Parker on what monsters Sleep has wrought and Byron Coley & Thurston Moore reviewing 2004. Perfect popper Brendan Benson taking tea. T-Model Ford on being arrested by a female cop. Two tons of new comics. Becky Stark and Ron Rege and
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Is that a new format? …Why yes, it is. And also there’s more Arthurs–we’ve increased the printrun 25% to 50,000 copies, starting with this issue. Which also includes a CD featuring three new White Magic songs. If you can’t find a copy, you can order one direct from us…or, for this issue only…download the whole thing as a 10mb PDF for free at
but we wouldn’t recommend it — Arthur is designed to be read on paper not pixels.
Speaking of free and the intended medium of transmission: there is a special FREE SCREENING of filmmaker MAYA DEREN’s seminal 1948 16mm movement study “Meditation on Violence” will be held THIS SUNDAY FEB 20, 2005, 18.00 – 18.30pm, in LOS ANGELES as part of a program called “Films with music from China Haiti Jamaica North America” at Directors Guild of America / Theater 2, 7920 West Sunset Boulevard 90046. RSVP, information and directions.
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Meanwhile in Bastetland… We hear tell of a new compact disk compilation on its way for springtime… selected by sheet acid rocker Ethan Miller of Comets on Fire… Be prepared–be very prepared.
Over and out there,
Informed Sources at Arthur Editorial Offices
Los Angeles, California
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