“COMMAND PERFORMANCE” -THE ARTHUR MAILING LIST BULLETIN

NUMBER 22

AUGUST 11, 2005

A. YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT THE POWER. LITERALLY.

http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/

America Supports You ‘Freedom Walk’ to Commemorate 9/11, Celebrate Freedom

By Steven Donald Smith / American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2005  The Defense Department today announced the first “America Supports You Freedom Walk” to honor the victims of 9/11 and America’s military personnel, as well as to celebrate freedom….

   Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made the announcement today at the Pentagon….

   “Every year since the Sept. 11 attacks, Americans have commemorated that anniversary. This year the Department of Defense will initiate an American Supports You Freedom Walk. The walk will begin at the Pentagon and end at the National Mall. It will include many of the major monuments in Washington, D.C., reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms,” Rumsfeld said.

  The Freedom Walk will begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 11 in the Pentagon South parking lot, near the site where the airliner crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. The walk route will consist of a two-mile trek through Arlington National Cemetery, over the Potomac River, and will end by the reflecting pool on the National Mall, where a free concert featuring country music star Clint Black will take place.

  “I am proud and honored to be part of the America Supports You Freedom Walk to honor the victims of 9/11 and to support our men and women in uniform,” Black said.

ARTHUR HQ SEZ: This is our chance to directly confront the military at their own parade, on their own turf. This chance may never happen again. So: don’t protest. JOIN the parade. Sign up as an event volunteer. Register to walk (and get a free t-shirt? Seriously, check out the form.) Get every anti-war/anti-neo-con person you know to do the same thing. When militaries start throwing parades for themselves, it’s a sign that the public is in danger, and is being reminded of who really has the power. Remember the Nuremberg rallies of 1936 in Germany; remember the Soviets in the Red Square. We have to stop this now before it’s Krew Kut Klan time again. Celebrate your freedom to live without fear of militarism.

Sign up at

https://www.penfed.org/freedomwalk/register.asp

B. BEHIND A RED DOOR, DOWN A BLACK STAIRCASE

Inventing an Anti-War Culture event #2

hosted by the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest

Friday August 12, 2005

8:30 pm at beta-level in Chinatown area of Los Angeles

Does culture shape politics, or is it the other way around? How do you build, sustain, or incubate a culture? 

Jay Babcock, the editor/co-owner of the free national counterculture bimonthly Arthur magazine, will address these topics, sideways. This means talking about: why Arthur does what it does; what Jay’s found in our past and present for inspiration; why he has (some) hope for the future.

Free copies of certain back issues of Arthur will be available to all in attendance.

Directions to beta-level (formerly c-level):

1. Find yourself in front of “FULL HOUSE RESTAURANT” located at 963 N. Hill

   Street in Chinatown.

2. Locate the alley on the left hand side of Full House.

3. Walk about 20 feet down the alley (away from the street).

4. Stop.

5. Notice dumpster on your right hand side.

6. Take a right and continue down the alley.

7. Exercise caution so as not trip on the wobbly cement blocks underfoot

8. The entrance to Betalevel is located 10 yards down on left side, behind

a red door, down a black staircase.

9. You are here. (But then, you always are, aren’t you?)

C. ARTHURFEST ON THE RADIO….

L.A.”s “Indie 103” station will broadcast an hour of music and discussion about ArthurFest and Arthur Magazine this Sunday, August 14, from 8-10pm on the “Dead Air” show. Arthur editor Jay Babcock will guest. 

D. ARTHURFEST GROWS.

We’ve added some more artists to the bill. They are:

Day One: Sept. 4

* THE NIGHT PORTER (ex-Geraldine Fibbers/Ethyl Meatplow singer Carla Bozulich’s new rock band)

* DOS (L.A. punk legends Kira & Mike Watt in bass duet action)

Day Two: Sept 5

* POLE (German godfather of minimalist dub)

* YOUNG JAZZ GIANTS (jazz quartet from South-Central L.A.)

* plus a TOP-SECRET & PRESENTLY UNANNOUNCEABLE guest

One-day and two-day tickets are still available from ticketweb.com and stores around Southern California. More info at arthurmag.com

Ta,

Arthur Love Squad

Los Angeles, California