“COMMAND PERFORMANCE”
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0052
September 14, 2006
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Events, presentations, gatherings, performances, happenings and shindigs across the continent….
1. ARTHUR PRESENTS TONIGHT’S FREE GETDOWN AT LITTLE JOY IN ECHO PARK
Arthur Magazine presents
THE ECHO PARK SOCIAL(IST) & PLEASURE CLUB
tonight (Sept. 14, 2006) and every Thursday night
9:55pm-close
at
Little Joy
1477 Sunset Blvd in Echo Park
tonight’s topic (held over from last week!):
“Idiocracy”
tonight’s bartender:
Arthur “Do the Math” columnist Dave Reeves
SPECIAL TIP OF THE GOBLET TO LAST WEEK’S ROYAL DJs…
Allen ‘Charmin’ Larman, Arthur contributors Richard A. Pleuger, Daniel Chamberlin and Peter Alberts
2. ARTHUR PRESENTS FREE COMIC POETRY THIS FRIDAY IN LOS FELIZ
Join us at Skylight Books this Friday, September 15, 2006 at 7:30 PM as
Arthur Magazine and the Nightjar Review Present…
“They’re Coming To Take You Away: The Poetry of Alex Mitchell, John Tottenham, and Peter Relic”
Three Los Angeles poets bring their work to Skylight for a evening of laughter, languor and imagistic transgressions.
* ALEX MITCHELL has been called both “a rock’n’roll addicted sweetly emotional fellow traveler” and “a bruiser with a bruised heart” in the pages of Arthur Magazine. Mitchell is the author of Life Is A Phantom K-Mart Horse Starting Up In The Middle Of The Night (Yahara Design Press), a book of prose-poems about both his misspent Florida boyhood and his hard-knock years in Hollywood. He is not afraid to show off his Miami Dolphins tattoo.
* JOHN TOTTENHAM is the author of The Inertia Variations (Kerosene Bomb Publishing), a masterful poetic tome on the art of getting nothing done. In his eight-line poems, Tottenham succeeds in “discharging himself of will, while subtly sublimating his own state of stagnation” (Arthur Magazine). The Inertia Variations are currently being adapted into song form by Matt Johnson of The The.
* PETER RELIC is the recipient of the 2006 Da Capo Best American Music Writing Award. He he has written for publications including Rolling Stone, MOJO, and the Los Angeles Times. His poems (as published in the Nightjar Review) prompted betablog to write: “Utilizing the Malaysian stanza form known as the pantoum (Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, and John Ashberry all used it), Relic toggles between being trenchant and ludicrous, all rendered with a definite sense of craft.”
THE EVENT IS FREE AND ALL AGES ARE WELCOME.
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tel: (323) 660-1175
More info:
http://www.skylightbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=329504
3. BACKYARD THEATER IN BROOKLYN, THIS THURS-SAT…
“SADDLE UP! The Ballad of the Red Hill Mine”
an original musical play about cowboys
from the creators of BLOW ME DOWN!
starring
Lauren Allison
Steve Burns
Jeremy Carr
Bill Coelius
Henry Darst
Francis Kerrigan
Michael Ringled
Gabe Soria
Ben Schneider
written by St. John Frizell
directed by David Teague
with original music and songs
by Nick Delgado and the Westward Ho’s
Thursday, September 14 — 8pm – SOLD OUT
Friday, September 15 – 8pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday, September 16 – 8pm – SOLD OUT
Saturday, September 16 – 1030pm – JUST ADDED
The Coffey Street Playhouse (in the backyard)
132 Coffey Street (Van Brunt/Conover)
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
$10
Seating is limited.
Tickets are available for sale at Red Hook Bait & Tackle, 320 Van Brunt Street.
To reserve seats or for more information, e-mail
F/A/C to Jay St./Borough Hall
B61 bus to Van Brunt and Coffey
***a RADIO FREE RED HOOK production***
4. SEPT 23 IN LOS ANGLES: DUBLAB PARTY
SATURDAY, September 23rd
dublab.com & ArtDontSleep present…
THE DUBLAB 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & JOHN COLTRANE TRIBUTE
CONCERT
On the Autumnal Equinox we celebrate John Coltrane’s birth and
dublab’s creative light through an elevated evening of music and art
featuring…
+ THE DUBLAB SOUNDSYSTEM & VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
Hoseh
Kutmah
Morpho
Derelict
Nobody
Daedelus
Ale (Languis)
Devendra Banhart
Allen (Plug Research)
frosty (Adventure Time)
Carlos Niño (Ammoncontact/Life Force Trio)
Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel/Postal Service/Figurine)
megAfarmer D (All Night Radio/Beachwood Sparks)
+ JOHN COLTRANE TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES:
the John Coltrane Tribute Cooperative: Dwight Trible, Derf Reklaw,
Phil Ranelin,Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Ralph “Buzzy” Jones,Nick Rosen,
Dexter Story and more
Mia Doi Todd featuring Andres Renteria
djs: J.Rocc, Mark Maxwell, Carlos Nino
+ THE DEBUT OF “THE DREAM SCENE” ART EXHIBITION
Images from imaginary happenings. Fantasy concert posters by a
posse of awesome artists.
+ LIVE SCREENPRINTING BY THE HIT + RUN:
in the moment t-shirt creation featuring original dublab inspired
designs by elevated artists.
+ MOTION GRAPHICS FROM INSPIRED VISIONARIES
Animal Charm
Dore Burry
Carolina Chavez and Ben Lois
MC This
the Labrat Matinee
+ MOCHILLA MAGIC PHOTO BOOTH
Have your photos snapped in front of a dublab graphic backdrop.
All proceeds from the evening to benefit dublab’s positive music
mission.
Advance tickets $7 (paypal to -> info@dublab.com), $12 at the door.
This happening will shake from 7pm-2am at a super secret location in
downtown LA. RSVP required for directions: rsvp@dublab.com
More info >
supported by: Arthur Magazine, Coke Zero, Flavorpill.net, Guitar
Center, Plug Research, RE:UP, Sealevel Records, 2K Shirts
5. SEPT. 28 IN NYC: ACTUAL JOURNALISM ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN U.S.-OCCUPIED IRAQ.
www.impactfestival.org<<<<<<<
Iraq: Speaking Of War
Created by Karen Malpede;
original music by Milos Raickovich; Iraqi Maqam & santur by Amir ElSaffar;
percussion: Johnny Farraj; harp: Nina Kellman;
featuring: George Bartenieff, Dalia Basiouny, Kathleen Chalfant,
Peter Francis James, Judith Malina, Hanon Reznikov,
Najla Said, Amneh Taye, Maysoon Zayid, Waleed Zuaiter,
Sep. 28th – 7:00 PM – Shinbone Alley @ 45 Below
The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker St., NY, NY
A cast of political theater pioneers and luminaries who have won
awards in landmark productions from “The Brig” (1963) to
“Stuff Happens” (2006) will perform the ritual
docu-drama with original and traditional Iraqi music “Iraq: Speaking
of War,” created and directed by Karen Malpede, at the Culture Project,
Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. as part of the IMPACT Festival.
“Litany,” with the voice of Dalia Basiouny, and “B-A-G-D-A-D,”
both composed by Milos Raickovich, will be played on harp by Nina
Kellman. The music of Amir ElSaffar, traditional Iraqi Maqam singer
and santur player, and percussionist Johnny Farraj will be featured
throughout the piece.
The cast, which includes founders of The Living Theater, Theater for
the New City, the Arab-American Comedy Festival, and Nibras
(Arab-American Theater Collective) has won dozens of OBIES
and other awards world-wide for their political theater work.
The actors will tell the untold story of the first two years of the
Iraq war in the words of Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and
independent journalists. Amneh Taye and Dalia Basiouny will speak
the names of Iraqi children murdered by the war.
Greek historian Thucydides provides commentary.
$20, tickets available at
http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1915/
6. OCT 5 IN MONTREAL: ARTHUR PRESENTS JOANNA NEWSOM
Thurs. Oct 5th
Pop Montreal, Arthur Magazine and BSTB Present:
JOANNA NEWSOM + Under Byen and Joe Grass
Ukrainian Federation
5213 Hutchison, Montréal, Québec
7. YES IT’S *THAT* TAV FALCO & THE UNAPPROACHABLE PANTHER BURNS PLAYING FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 AT ARTHUR NIGHTS IN L.A.
Here’s what Tav has to say in advance of his first USA performance in years:
“PANTHER BURNS Invocation for ArthurNIGHTS
Enter the realm of Luxus Lubricity
Come to the land of Shadows awhile
Where everlasting flowers in Beauty smile ~
Join our evening of Psychotropic splendor
and skulking Duplicity.”
More info on Tav Falco & Panther Burns:
http://www.myspace.com/pantherburns
Issue of Arthur featuring gigantic Tav Falco & Panther Burns feature by Richard A. Pleuger:
http://www.arthurmag.com/store/index.php?ID=27
More info on Arthur Nights four-night festival of amazingness:
http://www.arthurmag.com/news/index.php
8. OUR SPACE IS YOURS.
http://www.myspace.com/arthurmag
A little bit of grace never hurt,
Thee Arthurs
Brooklyn-Philadelphia-Los Angeles
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