“COMMAND PERFORMANCE”
The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0060
December 6, 02006
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1. FINALLY AVAILABLE AFTER A DIFFICULT BIRTH… ARTHUR NO. 25.
Geez Louise, sorry dudes for the delay, but it’s here now. This issue features:
* An epic-length profile of California harper JOANNA NEWSOM by author Erik Davis, with exclusive photos of her geniushood by Eden Batki. When we started ARTHUR back in 2002, this was EXACTLY the kind of article we were hoping to run regularly: a feature about an exciting contemporary or historical artist, written by a fantastic writer, photographed by a on-it photographer, at a length, depth, tone and approach appropriate to the subject. We are beyond pleased to have the privilege of publishing this 11,000-word-plus piece. Dig it.
* “Bog Venus vs. Nazi Cock-Ring: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography” by author ALAN MOORE (Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, Lost Girls). This is a brand-new, eight-page, 12,000-word essay/manifesto from Mr. Moore (cover star of Arthur No. 4 back in 2003!), profusely illustrated with appropriately bawdy imagery, surveying TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF PORNOGRAPHY in the Western world — a hairy-palmed story of the sexual imagination that ranges from the Venus of Willendorf to “Anal Virgins IV,” with appearances by Greek sculptors, Roman muralists, Dark Age Christians, Chaucer, Shakespeare, de Sade, William Blake, Victorian pornographic playlets and periodicals, Swinburne, J.K. Huysmans, Annie Besant, Ernest Dowson, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, early 20th-century German devices to keep pubescent boys from having wet dreams, “Tijuana Bibles,” Maurice Girodias’s Olympia Press, D.H. Lawrence, W.S. Burroughs, Harvey Kurtzman, City Light Books, Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Lenore Kandel, David Meltzer, Charles Bukowski, Barney Rossett’s Grove Press, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Sharon Rudahl (aka Mary Sativa), Spain, Traci Lords, “Deep Throat,” “Off Our Backs,” Britneyh Spears, Simone de Beauvoir, Andrea Dworkin, Russ Meyer and Kitten Natividad, Kathy Acker, Angela Carter and Felicien Rops. Amongst others. We think this is a landmark piece, and are, again, grateful to be able to publish it in this time of relentless lame sexvertising and galloping militarism. We come in peace — over and over again.
* Kyp Malone of the courageous NYC rock band TV ON THE RADIO talks candidly with Arthur editor Jay Babcock about directly confronting USA malign negligence (Katrina) and rampant militarism — on record, on a recent tour with Nine Inch Nails and Bauhaus (military recruiting booths!?!), and most notoriously, onstage in public this past August in front of 12,000 people at Boston’s City Hall. If you were there, you know what we’re talking about. If you weren’t, please read this account of speaking truth to power.
* Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski Sextet) on the deeper, civilizational issues surrounding all-ages shows, illustrated by Geoff McFetridge. This is part 2 of our continuing series on ALL-AGES SHOWS.
* “New Herbalist” columnist MOLLY FRANCES on the pagan roots (and herbs) of Christmas…
* “Do the Math” columnist DAVE REEVES on why AK-47s beat M-16s.
* DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF on visionary thinker Robert Anton Wilson.
* LISA ANNE AUERBACHi’s Abbie Hoffman-inspired knitted sweaters photographed by Justine Kurland on the occasion of her show at White Columns…
* Nabob Shineywater (of Brightblack Morning Light) on musicians SANDY BULL and Hamza al-Din…
* Chris Ziegler on brand new albums by WHITE MAGIC and SUNN O))) & BORIS…
* “Bull Tongue” columnists BYRON COLEY & THURSTON MOORE on oodles of underground culture forms from Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Bar, Silvester Anfang, R.O.T., Sammy Harkham’s Kramers Ergot, Private Stash, Comic Art, Arf Museum, Drawing Hand, Alex Nielson, Alastair Gabraith & Richard Youngs, Oren Ambarchi, Scott Horscroft, Hado Ho, Henry Kaiser, Noxagt, Ultralyd, S. Clay Wilson, Crown Now, Bone Rattle, Dreamhouse, the Halflings, M.O.A.C., Coco & Fiend Friend Mononoke, Hello Trudi, Dave Newman, Shuffleboil edited by David Meltzer and Steve Dickinson, Ong Ong, Macronympha, C. Spencer Yeh, Jim O’Rourke, Two Dead Sluts One Good Fuck, Helios Creed, Outtakes, Sub City Girls, Trockeneis, Harrius, WZT Hearts, Michael Layne Heath, Wesley Eisold & Charles Rowland, Carol Lewis & Regine Polenz, Haunted George, Demon’s Claws, The Golden Boys, Evil, Enema Syringe, Commando Laarz, Drap En Hund, Ports Bishop, Hurray, Timo van Luyk & Kris Vanderstraeten, Sarah Becan, Jerusalem and the Starbaskets, Skarekraouradio, Child Pornography, Quem Quaeritis, Copper/Yellow, Mudsuckers, and Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano/C. Spencer Yeh.
* A full-color full-page of “Strings” comics by PSHAW…
* And so much more, etc etc.
More info on where to get Arthur for free, how to buy Arthur for cheap (individula issues or subscriptions), etc at
2. SOLD OUT
We are sold out of the Ira Cohen-“Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda” DVD and the Devendra Banhart-curated 2004 “Golden Apples of the Sun” anthology CD. You *may* be able to find copies of either at retailers. We will get them back into print if we are able.
3. HEY BIG SPENDER.
ARTHUR COLLECTION — All 25 Issues, A Very Special Limited Edition.
50 Sets of the Complete Arthur Magazine (issues 1-25) Collection are now available. Each order comes with Arthur Fest (by Arik Roper, full color) and Arthur Nights (by Maya Hayuk, full color) posters and includes special out-of-print back issues not available until now. These limited sets will not be made available again once they’re sold. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Makes a great holiday gift!
USA: $200.00
Canada: $250.00
Europe: $300.00
Asia & Australia: $350.00
http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_other.php
4. HEY MODEST SPENDER.
ARTHUR EVENTS POSTER SET — 3 posters at an unbelievable price.
Includes the legendary Arthurfest 2005 poster designed by Arik Roper, a hand-silkscreened South By Southwest Arthur party poster, and the previously unavailable Arthur Nights 2006 poster designed by Maya Hayuk. This set is close to a steal. You save over 50 percent and the recipient of this gift will love you 100 percent more. You do the math. Or don’t.
USA: $20.00
Canada: $25.00
Elsewhere: $30.00
http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_other.php
5. ERIK DAVIS SPEAKS TO YOU THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY.
Erik Davis, author of the Joanna Newsom story on the cover of the new Arthur, is in NYC this week for two speaking engagements:
a.
Visionary Art and Architecture: A Conversation between Alex Grey and Erik Davis
An evening event: Thursday, December 7th, 7pm, $20
Location: Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, 540 West 27th Street, 4th floor
“This evening, one of the world’s greatest contemporary visionary artists, NYC’s own renowned Alex Grey, and the San Francisco cultural critic Erik Davis will engage in a spirited dialogue about the role of visionary art and architecture. Grey will discuss the history of sacred art and the aspirations embedded in his own work, ranging from his extraordinary paintings and sculptures to his design of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Davis will draw from his brand new book, The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape, which weaves deeply informed text and stunning images into a compelling narrative of religion, architecture and consciousness in California. Don’t miss this meeting of two dazzling minds.”
b..
The Visionary State: The Legacy of California Consciousness
Erik Davis
An evening lecture and slide presentation: Friday, December 8th, 8pm, $20
Location: NY Open Center, 83 Spring Street
“California has served as ground zero for an emerging spirituality based on ecology, the body and the technology of human transformation. The state’s ebullient spiritual landscape has spawned the likes of neopaganism, televangelism, UFO cults, austere Zen Buddhism, Esalen, mavericks such as Alan Watts and Aldous Huxley, popular visionaries such as Starhawk and Carlos Castaneda, and the nightmarish Charles Manson and Jim Jones. In this slideshow and talk, based on his fascinating new book, The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape, Erik Davis will take us on a wild ride, exploring the history and legacy of ‘California consciousness.’”
6. IT’S BEATNIK BEACH FILM NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
7:30 p.m. ’til 11 p.m.
Roxie Cinema
3117 16th Street at Valencia, San Francisco
(415) 431-3611
“Authors Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester (Beatsville, Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson’s Lost Masterpiece, Dumb Angel #4: All Summer Long) will present a unique one-hour slide show documenting the Beat Generation’s long stretch over the Greater Los Angeles area between 1956 and 1966, via visuals of coffeehouses and Jazz joints from the Sunset Strip to Malibu, Venice and Newport Beach. Legendary locations only heard about in books or in liner notes, from the Gas House and nearby Venice West, to the Unicorn and Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, the Lighthouse and Insomniac Cafe in Hermosa Beach, then all the way down to Cafe Frankenstein (owned, operated and painted by Burt Shonberg) in Laguna Beach. Artists from John Altoon to Eric “Big Daddy” Nord gave these places a colourful splash, as did the wide variety of Folk singers and poets who performed on their stages. Accompanying the slideshow will be a rare screening of Dirty Feet (1965), shot primarily at the Prison of Socrates coffeehouse in Balboa. Special guests TBA and, there will be another short Beat film or two (including The Beat, a color one shot inside Venice West), plus a few new routines by San Francisco’s own Devil-Ettes to jazz the room.”
More info:
http://www.dumbangelmagazine.com/06-12_news.htm
7. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES VERSUS CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION.
“With many of the planet’s remaining natural resources on indigenous lands, traditional indigenous practices of biodiversity preservation have, ironically, made these lands targets for global corporations seeking the last forests, genetic and plant materials, oil, and minerals to feed their unsustainable growth. But native peoples refuse to be victims. Their stories of resistance and growing success are inspirational.
“In the new book _Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Globalization_, best-selling author Jerry Mander (_Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television_) partners with one of the world’s most celebrated indigenous leaders, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, to gather powerful firsthand reports on a momentous collision of worldviews that pits the forces of economic globalization against the Earth’s indigenous peoples.
See the authors live for FREE at:
* Dec. 10 Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle) 2pm
Jerry Mander, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, (Jeannette Armstrong)
* Dec. 12 Third Place Books (Seattle area) 7:00pm
Jerry Mander, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, (Jeannette Armstrong)
* Dec. 13 St Johns Booksellers (Portland, OR) 7:30pm
Jerry Mander, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, (Jeannette Armstrong)
More info at
International Forum on Globalization
8. ARTHUR MAGAZINE MAINTAINS AN EXTREMELY LIMITED PRESENCE IN MURDOCHSPACE STRICTLY FOR OUTREACH PURPOSES.
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9. MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC.
Won’t you join us for music and spirits at the Little Joy Public House in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles for
The Echo Park Social(ist) & Pleasure Club
Thursday, Dec. 7
and every Thursday night
9:55pm-close
at
Little Joy
1477 Sunset Blvd in Echo Park
FREE
21 & up
At recent EPSCs, this music was played for the enjoyment of all:
*Lady Eden Batki – DJ * Nov. 30, 2006
space ballerinas-strawberry child
althea and donna-uptown topranking
sybille baier-tonight
aretha franklin-so swell you well
brigitte fontaine
dorothy ashby-soul vibrations
young marble giants-the taxi
candy staton-lovin you lovin me
bonnie and wendy-walk alone
los juventud folklorico-el gato de la fiesta
celebration-holiday
bow wow wow-jungle boy
margo guryan-hold me dancin
electrelane-right steps
the go team-ladyflash
lizzy mercier descloux-hard boiled babe
neila-vertical trees
sheila e.-toy box
luv’d ones-stand tall
quixotic-lord of this world
yma sumac-hampi
space ballerinas-johnny spaceship
the organ
dolly parton-here you come again
hortense ellis-come closer to me
nina simone-to love somebody
* Sir Peter Relic – DJ * Nov. 30, 2006
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Co-Real Artists – What About You?
Djay & Shug – It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp
Lil Flip – Check (Let’s Ride)
Three 6 Mafia – Side2Side
G(irls) T(alkin) S(hit) – Skin Tight
Lily Allen – Knock Em Out
Kwest Tha Madd Lad- Disk&Dat
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Bad Mutha
The UN – Ain’t No Thang
Nas – Halftime
Ohmega Watts -That Sound
Mac Mall, Mac Dre & E-40 – Dredio
RZA, WC & E-40 – When The Guns Come Out
Mike Jones feat. Bun-B & Lil’ Keke – Know What I’m Sayin’
Ice Cube – Check Yo Self
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – Joy & Pain
Steel Pulse – Prodigal Son Dub
* Sir Richard Pleuger – DJ * Nov 23, 2006
XuXu Fang – These Days
Steve Morgen – Purple
Sub – Ma-Mari-Huana
Trash – Living In A Garden
Armageddon – Paths…
Mystic Tide – Psychedelic Journey p. 2
German Oak – Siegfried and Kriemhild
Tomorrow – Shotgun And The Duck
Simply Saucer – Nazi Apocalypse
Luzifer Was – In The Park
Egor – Street
Damnation Of Adam Blesing – In The Morning
Kahva’s Jute – Up There
The Deep – When Rain Is Black
The Fallen Angels – Look To The Sun
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds – Let Love In
Exmagma – It’s So Nice
Coloured Balls – G.O.D.
Brain Donor – Pretty Face (live)
Pentagram – Life’s Blood
Damnation Of Adam Blessing – Driver
Luzifer Was – Asterix
Coloured Balls – Human Being
Blue Cheer – ( I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Los Psychos – (Fugitivo De) Alcatraz
Fallen Angels – Didn’t
Kisses and best wishes,
Arthur Sweethearts
Atwater Village // Philadelphia
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