Arthurmag is no more...

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Chris

fractured oscillations
Not sure if anyone else on here was familiar with the free underground music/counterculture publication Arthur Magazine, but they just recently anounced that they're ceasing operations. :( :( :(

This is sad news for the psych/stoner/doom/noise/folk/experimental scenes, as Arthur has been a huge support, and have helped focalize these scenes into kind of a new counterculture. The LA underground these days IS psych, thanks in part to Arthur's influence. Just at the Om show in Echo Park last friday, my friend and I were noticing (to our amusement, as we've been huge psych fans for years) how all the hipsters in those parts seemed to have turned into hippies lately... talk about irony in the indie scene...

I'm going to miss the Arthur-run festivals in particular... where I got a chance to see artists ranging from Six Organs of Admittance to Yoko Ono to Fiery Furnaces to Joanna Newsom to Merzbow to Growing and Sun O))). Much thanks to Jay Babcock and Laris Kreslins for a great magazine and some spectacular shows. Long live Arthur Magazine!
 
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daren

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Such a sad fate, but according to an LA Times article, they may be on a hiatus, but the future of the mag seems very unclear still.

The last issue had a really nice and lengthy article by Alan Moore that I really enjoyed. I couldn't really make my self real Bull Tongue, though.
 
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Chris

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Yeah, that Alan Moore article was fascinating...

I just got this bulletin about what happened... Arthur's future doesn't look too hopefull after all.

From Jay Babcock, editor/co-owner/co-founder, Arthur Magazine:

Laris Kreslins wanted me to buy him out of his 50% share in
Arthur [I own the other 50%] if I wanted to continue the mag since he
didn't want to do it anymore, and I couldn't raise the cash and get
someone to sign the deal that Laris wanted signed. Straight-up
greed/idiocy. Anyways Laris has now barred me from the Arthur
website/blog/mailing lists that I've maintained for the last four
years, so please help me spread the word of this party [below] to appropriate
parties ... so we can party! Please come on down if you're around! Thanks --


AWAKE, A WAKE!

Come celebrate the happy, all-too-brief life of Arthur Magazine with
free giveaways and a reading featuring Molly Frances, Oliver Hall, and
Peter Relic.

Thursday, March 1, 7:30pm

Family Bookstore, 436 N. Fairfax Avenue (across the street from
Canter's Deli), Los Angeles, 90036.


Arthur's "New Herbalist" columnist Molly Frances incited a revolution
nationwide by informing readers of the true powers of almonds, sprigs
of mint, and Lord Byron's secret potion (a.k.a. apple cider vinegar).
Molly's eerily prescient horoscopes have been known to strike the
melodic funny-bone of even the most determined non-believer. Tonight
Molly will be giving astrological readings as well as tripling any
double entendre at hand.

Oliver Hall penned Arthur's cover story on Kim Gordon and memorably
profiled folk radicals Faun Fables. He is the statuesque guitarist with
L.A.'s newest psych-rock sensation E.S.P.S., and is seldom seen without
his trusty Patsy Cline t-shirt. Tonight Hall will be dispensing
priceless aphorisms as well as deconstructing the pungent,
multi-faceted phrase "no money, no honey."

Peter Relic eulogized Jam Master Jay and went on the road with the
Black Keys and Sleater-Kinney for Arthur. Relic's profile of the Geto
Boys, reprinted in Da Capo's Best American Music Writing 2006, was
deemed by Seattle's The Stranger to be "easily one of the most surreal,
violent, and ludicrous artists encounters ever documented." Tonight
Relic will be reading from his storehouse of pantoums, an unjustly
obscure Malaysian poetic form.

We look forward to seeing you there -- dressing in black not a
requirement!
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Oh well. That event should be nice though, I'll probably hit it up...
 
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Chris

fractured oscillations
...and it's back!

Sweethearts of the rodeo,


Arthur has been recalled to life.

I bought Laris's 50 percent interest in the magazine thanks to the efforts of family and friends.

Now I own 100% and am moving forward with all Arthur activities as quickly as possible.

Sorry for the interruption in service.

To celebrate the occasion, we've posted the whole ALAN MOORE ON PORNOGRAPHY piece from Arthur Magazine V1 N25 online on our Magpie blog.

http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/


in gratitude,


Jay Babcock
Editor/Owner, Arthur Magazine
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Guybrush

Guybrush

Dittohead
mms said:
arthur back in july
look this attractive girl like it too, some things never change
http://www.arthurmag.com/news/index.php
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Is it a spoof? It looks very much like this picture:

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Chris

fractured oscillations
Naah, it's just a cosmic coincidence, maaaan... ;)

So excited it's coming back. I believe I read recently that they're actually looking for investors right now... Hope that everyone that get's involved has the same er, idealogical priorities and countercultural sympathies that Arthur's been about so far...
 
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mms

sometimes
Chris said:
Naah, it's just a cosmic coincidence, maaaan... ;)

So excited it's coming back. I believe I read recently that they're actually looking for investors right now... Hope that everyone that get's involved has the same er, idealogical priorities and countercultural sympathies that Arthur's been about so far...
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yes the ad for vice on the subscription page is slightly worrying.
 
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