Monthly Archives for April 2009

Shawn Mortensen

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Above: “Shawn Mortensen visiting Ethiopia, feeding Hyenas, and living life.” (http://blog.fuct.com/?p=2241)

From Chris Mortensen:

“We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for our brother Shawn. We always knew he was a special human being and we loved him dearly. We now know the full impact he had on everyone he met. We are working hard to preserve his legacy and we his siblings, myself, Melissa, and Joe will be dedicated to continuing his humanitarian work. He loved you all, and you all loved him. Please check his website shawnmortensen.org on announcements regarding his celebration of life and other details of his funeral. There will be an open viewing Wednesday 4/22 at 1-8 PM at the McNearney Mortuary, 540 Fifth Street in San Pedro, California. Thank you all again for your love, warm wishes and prayers.”

M.I.A. shout-out to Shawn at close of “Paper Tigers” (around the 3:58 mark) at Coachella last wknd:

More on Shawn:

http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/04/17/rip-shawn-mortensen-1966-2009/

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD


April 21 — Jean-François Lyotard
French philosopher, critic of the postmodern condition.

APRIL 21 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Festival of Sacred Groves
*Baha’i Ridvan

ALSO ON APRIL 21 IN HISTORY…
1816 — British novelist Charlotte Bronte born, Thornton, Yorkshire
1828 — Noah Webster publishes two-volume dictionary of “American” English.
1879 — Javanese feminist Raden Adjeng Kartini born.
1910 — American writer Mark Twain dies, Redding, Connecticut
1914 — U.S. invades Veracruz, Mexico, try to halt German weapon imports.
1998 — Socialism au Barbarie editor, postmodern critic Jean-Francois Lyotard dies, Paris.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

Rushkoff defends the Dark Ages tonight on WFMU, 7pm EDT

Provocative thinker/Arthur columnist Douglas Rushkoff will be doing his weekly radio show, “The Media Squat” live tonight at 7pm EDT on WFMU. Streams at wfmu.org.

Doug tweets:

StreetsBlog Aaron Naparstek joins me on MediaSquat: WFMU.org, 7pm, and itunes WFMU. I plan to defend the so-called Dark Ages.

Should be interesting listening, especially for folks who were intrigued by Doug’s recent essays on the economy (“Let It Die,” “Hack Money, Hack Banking”) when he touched on current scholarship regarding life and commerce in the late Middle Ages.

DREAMTIME: Brightblack Morning Light opening for My Bloody Valentine!

ZOUNDS!

Here’s the BBML dates off the Matador Records site:

Friday, April 24: Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium w/My Bloody Valentine

Monday, April 27: Seattle, WA Wamu Theatre w/My Bloody Valentine

Thursday, May 21Flagstaff, AZ Mia’s Lounge w/Rio En Medio

Friday, May 22: Phoenix, AZ Modified w/Rio En Medio

Sunday, May 24: Tucson, AZ Solar Culture w/Rio En Medio

Wednesday, May 27: Santa Ana, CA Yost Theatre w/Rio En Medio

Wed June 10: New York, NY Webster Hall w/My Bloody Valentine

Thu June 11: Brooklyn, NY Studio B

Now taking requests…

We’re gradually putting text, photos and art from older issues of Arthur Magazine online.

There’s a lot in the archives for us to choose from, and we’re not doing it in any systematic order. If there’s something you’d like to see online sooner than later, let us know in the “Comments” section below. Requested items will then be brought online, archived and highlighted in the blog.

Yeah!

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – JOAN MIRO


April 20 — Joan Miro
Great Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, bon-vivant.

APRIL 20, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
* Thailand: Rice Planting Day
* Jewish Passover

ALSO ON APRIL 20 IN HISTORY…
1494 — Antinomian religious protestant Johannes Agricola born.
1893 — Surrealist painter Joan Miro born, Montroing, Spain.
1914 — Ludlow massacre of striking miners and families by National Guard.
1953 — U.S. Justice Department makes Communists register as foreign agents.
1969 — People’s Park planted, Berkeley, California.
1998 — German terrorist Red Army Faction announces dissolution after 28 years.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective