‘COMMAND PERFORMANCE’
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0027
Hello friends,
Well met.
Here’s some things we thought might ease your burden and lessen your load:
FITZGERALD DON’T FAIL US NOW
Help get your Indictment Anxiety Disorder under control by joining some Arthur staff for music and self-medication tonight in Los Angeles. Peter Alberts and Peter Relic will start throwing tunes by 10pm and go til Joe cuts the power cuts or indictments get handed down, whichever comes first.
Little Joy Coctails 1477 W Sunset Blvd, 90026. (213) 250-3417. Coverless.
IT’S EASY IF YOU TRY… (AND EASIER IF YOU HAVE DSL.)
Imagine a world with animals, plants and no humans. Now watch and hear it live, 24/7, for free via the webcam at
www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/home.html
IF YOU HAVE THE NEED TO READ
Perhaps a new issue of our publication will satisfy your eyeballs? Arthur’s November issue will be out this weekend in most of America and early next week on the West Coast. On the cover are your friends Animal Collective, profiled by author Trinie Dalton and photographed by Susanna Howe. Inside is a bunch of other good stuff including Parts 1 and 2 of Dan Chamberlin’s epic-length Streets of the Middle East travelogue, a short story by Ms. Dalton, a complete short story comic strip by James Kochalka, oodles of reviews by Byron Coley & Thurston Moore and C & D, Gabe Soria on the bleakly majestic video game “Shadow of the Colossus,” Dave Reeves on the special wonder that is the ginseng root, Douglas Rushkoff on memetics and suicide bombings, Eddie Dean remembers the late R.L. Burnside and the Arthur editor rather haughtily denounces genuinely idiotic recent statements by Ray Manzarek about the relationship between artists and corporations. Joy!
Info at
2 MILLION TONGUES FESTIVAL IN CHICAGO
Plastic Crimewave is putting on the second annual Million Tongues festival Nov. 3-6 at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. The lineup is a true continuous melter of the face: Whitehouse, Tony Conrad, No Neck Blues Band, Michael Chapman, Gary Higgins, Josephine Foster, Pears and Brass, Jackie O Motherfucker, Miminokoto, Jack Rose, Andrew Ortmann, Mountains, Charlie Nothing, Haptic, Ed Askew, Hototogisu, Elisa Magik Marker, The Singleman Affair, Tim Kinsella & Amy Cargill, Traveling Bell, Number None, Chris Connelly, Bird Show, Tar Pet, Harscrabble and Lux will be performing. Remember: two million tongues can’t be wrong. Tickets and info NOW NOW NOW at
Arthur is proud to co-present this shindig for the second year running. So proud that our label Bastet will be releasing a compilation CD featuring almost all of the above artists, curated, designed and notated by Mr. Crimewave himself. 1,000 copies, already going fast, now available for pre-order from
http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_cds.php
SPEAKING OF NO NECK BLUES BAND
Arthur is presenting this fall’s No Neck Blues Band trek across America. To better familiarize yourself with No Neck, check out this short documentary film by Adam Mortimer, available from
www.adammortimer.com/theblackpope.htm
6. LET US EAT ROCK
Save the date and powder your wig: This Nov. 11 in Los Angeles, the lords and ladies of Arthur magazine will present distinguished peers Upper Crust at Spaceland for an evening of noblese oblige rocque and roll in celebration of the birthday of Miss Jennifer Tefft. More info on the mighty Crust available from:
http://www.theuppercrust.org/history.html
7. SPECIAL HOLIDAY ISSUE OF ARTHUR OUT DEC. 6.
The Arthur ad department is available at
Good tidings,
Arthur Social & Pleasure Club
Los Angeles, California
Arthur Magazine 