“COMMAND PERFORMANCE”
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0055
October 13, 2006
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Hello darlings,
1. ARTHUR NIGHTS IS TRULY UPON US.
We are consumed in preparations for next week’s four-day Arthur Nights festival in downtown Los Angeles at the old Palace Theatre. There will be music in the main hall and on the 5th floor, and the sets will be slightly staggered so that you should be able to see a part of every band’s set should you so desire. There are 1100 seats in the main auditorium so you don’t have to stand the whole night, and, because this is an old vaudeville theater, no seat is more than 80 feet from the stage. Mmm, old school production values.
There will be ins-and-outs throughout the festival which will allow everybody to check out the food in the area. May we recommend that you vist Clifton’s Cafeteria, which is just a few doors down and features affordable American comfort food and a decor that’s may remind you of Disney’s Bear Country Jamboree on uncut acid. They’re staying open later than normal — til 9pm each night — to serve Arthur Nights folks.
Tickets are $24 per night plus some charges that brings it up to $27 or so.You can buy tickets online via ticketweb.com, or ar the four area stores (Amoeba of Hollywood, Benway of Venice, Fingerprints of Long Beach, Sea Level of Echo Park), or at the venue on the day of the show. Of course we recommend that you buy tickets in advance, for obvious ‘better safe than sorry’ reasons; also, you won’t get stuck waiting in line on the day of the show while everyone else is going inside. $80/four-day passes are available ONLY via ticketweb.com
We’ve added a bunch of artists, a couple artists cancelled, and a few artists have had to change dates, so be sure to check out the updated night-by-night lineup below. We are proud to announce that guitarist-singer KYP MALONE of TV ON THE RADIO, owner of the greatest beard in current rock, will be flying in from the end of the current TVOTR tour to give a rare solo performance on the closing Arthur Night, Sunday, October 22. Get ready.
Getting to and from Arthur Nights is really easy. You can drive and park on the street or at Pershing Square Garage for 5 bucks. (Obviously street parking on Saturday and Sunday afternoons is going to be hard to get, but at night you can do pretty well.) There are these security dudes called the Purple People who patrol this area of downtown at night, so you should feel safe leaving your car there and walking to and from the venue at 630 South Broadway, between 6th and 7th. Another way to get there is to take the subway to the Pershing Square stop. Trains stop running at 12:17am, though, so be aware of that. Or, of course, you can take the buses, which run 24/7. All of this info — with maps, schedules and links — is available at ….
2. THE OFFICIAL ARTHUR NIGHTS WEBSITE/COMMUNITY SITE
Arthur Magazine invites YOU to join the Official Arthur Nights community
Arthur Nights is on the web at
Extend your experience online:
· Check out MP3s, pictures, and videos from the bands that will be playing
· Share your own photos and experiences from the show by uploading content to the site
· Check out imeem exclusive photos and video after the show
· See who else is in the community and hook up with friends for the show
· Link to buy tickets
3. AND HERE IS THE ARTHUR NIGHTS NIGHT-BY-NIGHT LINE-UP….
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Thurs. Oct. 19, 6pm
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DEVENDRA BANHART
a special performance to close the current cycle
BERT JANSCH
first US visit in 8 years from the ex-Pentangle musician–a guitar hero to Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Johnny Marr and countless others–his new album just got 5 stars from Mojo magazine
ESPERS
gorgeous psychedelic folk-rock from Philly co-ed ensemble
JACKIE BEAT
singing spirit guide to Silver Lake scene queens
BELONG
ambient post-My Bloody Valentine fog-throb duo from New Orleans, spotlit in Arthur 23
BUFFALO KILLERS
lumbering, melodic rock ‘n’ roll from Cincinnati bros featuring former members of Thee Shams
YELLOW SWANS
psychedelic Bay Area agitnoise peacegrunt duo
GROUPER
Bay Area neo-ambient noiselady — ‘some of the most ethereal and powerfully heavy-lidden sounds this side of Brian Eno and Arvo Part’ says Mojo
AXOLOTL
San Francisco drone/noisefella
PLUS:
DJ sets by Dublab rats, Brian Turner (WFMU) and The Numero Group
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Friday, October 20, 6pm – presented by Imeem.com
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TAV FALCO & THE UNAPPROACHABLE PANTHER BURNS
The ‘Dorian Gray of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ from Memphis in his first L.A. appearance in a decade! Tav promises “A white shellacked candelabra-lit, deep-shadow pagent of languorous trance-figurations & psychotropic skulk fugues.” More info here…
BORIS
Co-ed Japanese doom/rock/blissout superpower trio in performance ahead of the Halloween release of Altar , their new album-length collaboration with Southern Lord labelmates/dronekings Sunn0)))
BE YOUR OWN PET
Nashville teenage action-punk quartet led by firecracker vocalist Jemina Pearl
HEARTLESS BASTARDS
walloping Ohio rock trio led by wailer/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom–new album just out on Fat Possum
THE HOWLING HEX
featuring ex-Royal Trux guitarist/genius Neil Hagerty in free prog-jazz-rock-whatsit flight
CHARALAMBIDES
beyond-rare L.A. perf by co-ed twin-guitar psych/dream duo on the Kranky label
AWESOME COLOR
awesome garage-mantra rock in a Stooges/Spacemen 3 ancestor worship mode
TALL FIRS
mellowside Ecstatic Peace recording artists
FORTUNE’S FLESH
features ex-Starvations members; “Cockroach’s larvae stage of death doo-wop”
And, from the “Imaginational Anthem Vol. 2 Tour”:
CHRISTINA CARTER
Texan matriarch of the current avant-folk scene/member of Charlambides in solo set
SHAWN DAVID MCMILLEN
“Soporific, glazed” (sez ‘The Wire’) Texas psych
SEAN SMITH
Berkeley-based acoustic guitarist in the Fahey-Basho tradition
PLUS:
DJ sets by Dublab rats, Brian Turner (WFMU) and The Numero Group
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Sat., October 21, 3pm – presented by Urge.com and DubLab.com
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SUN RA ARKESTRA
11-piece Arkestra still going deep, now led by the great Marshall Allen
OM
return of Bay Area metal trance/mind expander duo–see Arthur 22–who laid peacewaste at this spring’s ArthurBall
WHITE MAGIC
long-awaited return of Mira Bilotte’s NYC-based syncretic-folk band, on the eve of the release of their spectacular new album
MONEY MARK
always imaginative keyboardist/music man–best known for co-writing work with Beastie Boys
WATTS PROPHETS
righteous word jazz elders
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE
apocalyptic free-mind guitar & voice from Ben Chasny
MICHAEL HURLEY
legendary mellow bard with a hint of wry
JOSEPHINE FOSTER
“She’s a genius” – Joanna Newsom
FUTURE PIGEON
galactic dance-dub heroism from local ensemble
RUTHANN FRIEDMAN
She wrote “Windy” and so much more–now returning to live performance at age 62!–she lived the ’60s and she remembers it
LIVING SISTERS
joyous acoustic trio featuring Inara George, Eleni Mandell & Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond)
MIA DOI TODD
dreamy Pacific Rim singer/instrumentalist
RESIDUAL ECHOES
Stomping West Coast rock attack unit
NVH
Comets on Fire echoplexist/drummer Noel Von Harmonson’s noize proj, with special guest Ben Chasny
WOODEN WAND
mercurial, provocative, prolific folk-rock dude in a solo turn
Plus: “Misplaced soul/funk hits” dance party DJed by the 20th-cnetury archaelogists of THE NUMERO GROUP label from Chicago… They’ll be spinning throughout the day, with special sets before and following the Sun Ra Arkestra….
PLUS:
DJ sets by Dublab rats and Brian Turner (WFMU)
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Sun., Oct. 22, 3pm
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COMETS ON FIRE
Quite possibly Earth’s greatest living rock ‘n’ roll band — see present issue of Arthur for more details
THE FIERY FURNACES
justly acclaimed thrill-a-minute brother-and-sister-led clever combo, gifted with pop sense, improvisational chops and conceptual ambition
KYP MALONE
extremely rare solo set from the TV on the Radio singer-guitarist — he’s flying in especially to do this show — get ready for something special
THE SHARP EASE
Paloma Parfrey-led liberation rockers featured in current Arthur
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT
sharp minded rock music from England
THE NICE BOYS
grade-AAA glam rock from Birdman recording artists, featuring former member of Exploding Hearts
OCRILIM
solo electric guitar hotwork from prog-metal-avant maestro Mick Barr
SSM
rawk n roll from Deeetroit on the Alive label, debut record features guest turn from Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach
THE COLOSSAL YES
Comets on Fire’s Utrillo’s brilliant piano pop proj
CHUCK DUKOWSKI SEXTET
feat. Lora Norton – Vocals, Chuck Dukowski – Bass (ex-Black Flag, etc.), Lynn Johnston- Horns, Milo Gonzalez – Guitar, Tony Tornay – Drums (Fatso Jetson, etc.)
EFFI BRIEST
all-female experimental/noise combo
C.B. BRAND
local cosmic California country rock
PLUS:
DJ sets by Dublab rats, Brian Turner (WFMU) and The Numero Group
4. ARTHUR NIGHTS ON THE RADIO.
Arthur editor Jay Babcock will be appearing on DeadAir at 8pm on Sunday night October 15 on Indie 103.1; on Eric J Lawrence’s KCRW 89.9 show on very late Monday night October 16 (I guess technically it’s the 17th?) and on Daisy’s morning show at 7:30am on KXLU 88.9 on Wed October 18.
5. OTHER NON-MUSIC DOINGS AT ARTHUR NIGHTS…
..are in the works and will be announced in coming days. It’s going to be awesome.
Thank you for reading.
Arthur Dream Team
Philly – Atwater – Bushwick
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