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The Arthur Magazine Email Bulletin
No. 0075
May 16, 02007
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1. NICE WAR, CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER?
With yesterday’s appointment of an official “War Czar” by President Bush and a USA-Iran war apparently imminent, efforts to reduce US militarism have become even more urgent.
Arthur still has a couple hundred copies in stock of Josephine Foster’s 18-track, multi-artist compilation SO MUCH FIRE TO ROAST HUMAN FLESH, and would love for demand to rise to the level where we could go back to press on this. You can place an order using PayPal direct from Arthur at
http://www.arthurmag.com/news/index.php
At Josephine’s direction, we’ve distributed the initial proceeds from this benefit album to
* The American Friends Service Committee’s National Youth & Militarism Program
* Iraq Veterans Against War
* Veterans for Peace
* Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools
This comp features new or never-before-released songs. Office favorites, fwiw, include Michael Hurley’s “A Little Bit of Love For You,” Charlie Nothing’s “Fuck You and Your Stupid Wars,” Feathers’ gorgeous “Dust” and MVEE’s cover of Neil Young’s “Powderfinger.” But the whole thing is good. If you’re in doubt, preview it at:
http://www.apolloaudio.com/lt.asp?name=ART86
2. MAKER FAIRE IN SAN MATEO, CA THIS WEEKEND
The absolutely wonderful MAKE magazine is holding a big confab this weekend (May 19-20) at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Expect a zillion action-nerd engineers (term of endearment) in DIY frenzy. Don’t just get off the grid — make your own. More info at
3. WHEN TOMORROW HITS…TONIGHT
These guys have been talking a pretty good talk about their new club… something involving low-down gospel, roots psych and black lights…
WHEN TOMORROW HITS at La Cita
(3rd and Hill in downtown Los Angeles)
10PM – FREE – Devon Williams performs
“Nothing is sadder than a glass of wine alone.
And loneliness is just a waist of your time!”
4. SCENES FROM AN EXHIBITION
Photos and vid from the Psychobotany show at Machine Project are up now at the ever-refreshed/ever-refreshing Arthur blog at
http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/
See! Molly Frances — Arthur’s “New Herbalist” columnist in tea table action! Witness! Aaron Gach of the Center for Tactical Magic in astonishing human-plant interface! And so on.
The show is still on at Machine… more info at
5. COME RAISE A GLASS WITH US ON ASCENSION DAY
Arthur Magazine and L.A. Record present
The Echo Park Social(ist) and Pleasure Club
at Little Joy
1477 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles
Thursday, May 17
AND EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
9:30pm-2am
this week’s deejays:
930-1100: TBA!
11-1230: Zach Cowie & Co.!
1230-last call: Jason Moore!
6. THANK YOU, LESBIAN DEATH ANGELS
from http://www.bilerico.com/2007/05/003107.php
The Lesbian Death Angels, concerned that Rev. Falwell’s followers will misattribute the cause of their leader’s demise to their antigod or to some weenie group like Soulforce, have announced that, in a mass worldwide action, they hexed at 10:30 am today and that the subject of their hex was the Rev. Jerry Falwell. In other words, they are claiming to be responsible for Jerry’s death and wish the world to know that they are proud of it to boot.
“Falwell earned being hexed well into his next life with his post-9/11 comments on that event’s cause made in a conversation with fellow telehatemonger Pat Robertson on Robertson’s 700 Club broadcast”, noted collective member Connie L. Ingus. “Too often when tyrants die — particularly spiritual ones — their past is glossed over into sweetness and light that doesn’t begin to resemble the truth of what they did. Frankly, a heart attack hex was too nice. We should’ve added an addendum to make him come back as an innocent Muslim imam who gets ratted out by a rival faction and ends up in the U.S. rendition program, never to see the light of day again — either that or as an out gay youth in Iran.”
The LDA is the international body of pro-choice radical lesbians who meet in secret and not-so-secret cells, covens, and as individual practitioners each Tuesday morning to try to set the world back on its axis one hex at a time. Previous targets have included rapists who found themselves strangely compelled to walk into police stations and turn themselves in and others. This is one of the few successful hexes they have publicly taken credit for.
“Proselytizing is usually so rude”, said Ms. Ingus. “Under normal circumstances, we’re content just with the effects of our work. Lesbians who are meant to find us simply will. The Goddess is powerful enough to get that job done without our help.”
The LDA feels no compunctions about the pain this announcement might cause the Reverend’s family, as the Falwells have benefited from and participated in their patriarch’s long campaign of hate without so much as a public hint of guilt for all the pain and death they have contributed to.
The LDA is still contemplating their next target for early karmic justice. The list of potentials is long. They wish to thank the Goddess for her swift response today.
We grew our own,
Arthur Mushroom Fiends
Los Angeles, California
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