No. 20 – July 17, 2005

Hey kind folks,

1. YOKO ONO (!!!!) TO PLAY ARTHURFEST, SEPT 4-5 IN LOS ANGELES

Since we first announced ArthurFest last month in this email bulletin and in the pages of Arthur magazine, we’ve had some additions to the line-up. 

This week’s addition of YOKO ONO as Monday Sept. 5 night headliner (and thus, ArthurFest closer) has drawn attention from major media outlets like the Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Reporter. (Both articles are available at arthurmag.com.)  Tickets — both two-day passes and one-day passes — are really starting to “move,” as they say in the business. And there are more co-headliners we’ve yet to announce (Soon, soon!) as well as details on the various non-musical events that will be going on at ArthurFest, including the NEW ENERGY WORKSHOP and the KARL ROVE APPRECIATION TENT.  Plus, did you see that poster ARIK MOONHAWK ROPER made? (Yes we’ll have them on sale soon.)

So, a word to the wise: This event *is* going to sell out, and it may sell out sooner than you might think. Barnsdall isn’t that big. Two-day passes are still $70 from ticketweb.com and various L.A.-area stores. One-day passes are now available for $40/each from ticketweb.com. 

Go to arthurmag.com‘s News page for more details about the Festival lineup, info about how to purchase tickets and info on two site-local hotels who are offering ArthurFest attendees specially discounted room rates. 

Please do not hesitate to email us if you have any questions. We’ll be adding more info to the arthurmag.com site regularly, so stay tuned. 

2.  MISSION VERY POSSIBLE

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http://www.arthurmag.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=131

3. OF “BREAD, BEER AND BEAR’S PRAYERS”

The finishing touches have finally been put on the long-awaited new Bastet music CD curated by Ethan Miller of the Comets On Fire band. It’s a hairy beast of a rock-noize-skree-drone beauty spew that spans genres and continents. The first 500 copies are numbered and feature screen-printed sleeves with knit-in booklets. If you wanna know more, check it out at

http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_cds.php

4. WHAT WOULD COUNT AS THE NORTH AMERICAN STONEHENGE?

Bez of The Happy Mondays says: “When I was still a teenager in 1982, I turned up to my first Glastonbury with some mates to find we were two weeks early! It was the year that the Travellers were trying to reclaim Stonehenge. I ended up spending two weeks travelling with the hippies and going to lots of smaller free festivals.”

Turning it up,

The Arthur Early Warning System 

Los Angeles, California