‘COMMAND PERFORMANCE’
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0028
November 22, 2005
Website:
Comments:
Hello again,
1. JUST FOUR PARAGRAPHS ON WHAT’S HAPPENED TODAY INSIDE AMERICA’S IRAQ
If you’re like us, you may have stopped following what’s going on in America’s Iraq because it makes you a) depressed b) powerless c) borderline suicidal d) unplesantly angry with no outlet (anger-> bitterness -> sullenness -> another lost weekend). We thought we’d bring ourselves up to date today, anyways, just for the heck of it. Here’s what we found:
“Insurgents fired a mortar shell at a U.S. ceremony transferring one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Tikrit to Iraqi control today. The shell failed to explode but sent the U.S. ambassador, the top American commander and robed tribal sheiks scurrying for cover as the round whistled overhead.
“A suicide bomber struck on a busy commercial street in Kirkuk, a mixed Arab, Kurdish and Turkoman city in an oil-producing region 180 miles north of Baghdad. About half the 21 dead were police who rushed to the scene after gunmen killed a fellow officer. In addition to the dead, another 24 people were wounded. The attack was the latest in a wave of spectacular suicide operations that have killed more than 160 Iraqis since Friday. Most of the victims were Shiites.
“American military casualty tolls, now over 2100, have also been on the rise. In the latest reports, the U.S. command said a soldier was killed Monday by a roadside bomb near Habaniyah, 50 miles west of Baghdad.
“Just three weeks before the Dec. 15 elections for a full, four-year government, officials are unable to travel anywhere unless accompanied by enough firepower to level a village. Even politicians are expressing distrust of the electoral system.”
Something meaningful AND instantly gratifying that you can do with your anger:
http://quakerhouse.org/counter-recruiting-02.htm
2. ARTHUR PRESENTS NO NECK BLUES BAND [NNCK] IN LIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.
Dec 01 – Los Angeles, CA at Spaceland with Lavender Diamond
Dec 02 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Dec 03 – San Francisco College of Contemporary Art
Dec 04 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Attic
Dec 05 – Sonoma, CA at TBA
Dec 06 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s w/ The Punks
Dec 07 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan w/ The Punks
Dec 08 – Olympia, WA @ Yes Yes w/ the Punks
Dec 09 – Seattle, WA @ Gallery 1412 w/ The Punks
Info on NNCK at
3. TWO MORE BASTET CDS ALMOST SOLD OUT.
Arthur’s “Bastet” label has fewer than 80 copies in stock of both Sunburned Hand of the Man’s “No Magic Man” (2005) album and the “Million Tongues Festival” (2004) compilation by Plastic Crimewave. We’re just saying. More info at
www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_cds.php
4. NEW ARTHUR ISH OUT IN EARLY DECEMBER.
Yes you’re right, the latest issue did just come out, we’ve managed to complete a special new issue of Arthur in record time. More info soon on the arthurmag.com website.
5. ARTHURPEOPLE TALKING ARTHUR SHOP TALK.
On Nov 2, 2005, the CalArts MFA Writing Program Visiting Artists Series invited Arthurpersons Trinie Dalton, Daniel Chamberlin and Jay Babcock to talk about Arthur stuff for an hour. Listen here if you please:
www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Arthur2005-11-02
6. DO YOU OWN & OPERATE AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS?
Please consider placing a mutually beneficial ad in independently owned and operated Arthur magazine in 2006. Without independence, we’re nothing.
Tally ho,
Arthur Life Actors
Los Angeles, California
Arthur Magazine 