ARTHUR - the magazine

I'd always meant to subscribe but it was free at the record store, so, uh. But now, problem solved, money sent.

I just wanted to let jay know that the essay about the AK-47 has stuck with me all these years.

awesome AWESOME news

Thanks ladies. Raymond, you can touch base with me. Alpine Static - I dunno. Sarahell - I know, right?

And Mike Dixn: Thx for the dough. Glad you had a store that carried Arthur in the old days — which one was it?

I admit I should say something more having posted that link and all. Got a couple of ideas kicking around...

fwiw fyi there is this: New York Times - Media Decoder

Also, something that wasn't mentioned in that initial announcement and didn't get picked up in the Times piece was this, and I can't emphasize it enough really: In this new incarnation of Arthur, everyone who contributes to the magazine actually gets paid. In the old days it was labor love and credit cards for everybody but the art directors (who worked way way way below market rate) and ad salespeople (who worked strictly commission — a hard way to be). This is made possible by the readers. And of course, it is made possible by the fact that Arthur existed previously... so the new reality of Arthur, like most new realities, is built on a combination of new sitch plus past blood, sweat and tears.

all the best with this, jay. fantastic news and the business model seems sound - ideal, in fact. i hope to see (and buy) it in the UK at some point.

jed - thank you, it took four years in the wilderness (3 of those kinda literally! haha) to get back to this place. I was able to avoid bankruptcy, that was one of the main things. Oy. So many people have been so generous.
As for getting the mag in the UK: I would advise pre-ordering it direct from us.

I sent you a message on FB, Jay

<i>Glad you had a store that carried Arthur in the old days — which one was it?<i>
Reckless Records and Laurie's Planet of Sound in Chicago. I'm pretty sure I picked up almost every issue - maybe not the first few, looking at your cover gallery, #3 might have been my first - at one of those places and passed them off along with the latest Roctobers to a trucker friend whenever he was in town.

Information for people who wish to contribute to Arthur's editorial content

Thanks

Mike Dixn: That's right, making mags for needy truckers since '02. Thanks for passing it along...

My new-Arthur wishlist:

As much Erik Davis as possible

Original comics content (by which I just mean comics done for the mag as opposed to coverage/reviews of comics)

Jon Lewis: You will like Arthur No. 33 very much on the second count—I think. First count, not so much... but Erik will be back later.

Cool x 2.

Actually, are you reviewing comics/graphic novels as well? I wanna make sure my publisher (who does Gabrielle Bell, James Romberger, me and others) has you on his comp list...

Hey there Jay, I subscribed right before you stopped printing and only ever received the Sparks and Galas issues. Any chance my subscription will be re-started?

Jon - Byron & Thurston review comics/graphic novels all the time.

Moodies - Check it out: http://arthurmag.com/info-for-old-subscribers/

cool, we'll use the submission-for-review info for Bull Tongue on that link you posted earlier.

xpost

has arthur the magazine ever written about arthur the russell?
just a thought...

t**t - no. not sure there's a need at this point, given all the coverage elsewhere. tell me if there is...

Heya Jay, dropped a line via the submissions link the other day, dunno if you got it...

Ned - Nope... Weird! Hmm.

Ned - Thx for pointing this out. Some email was not being forwarded. Now it is. AWLLLLRITE!

man, this Arthur thing has been lacking

glad you're back

"Jay,

I wasn't an Arthur subscriber for a long period of time (issue 27 with Celebration was when I began), but it had a profound affect on my while it was in my life. Just wanted to say thanks upon thanks."

lol gmail search

Andrew - Too much!

Byron Coley & Thurston Moore just handed in their columnage for first new Arthur in 4 years. Psyched to get to publish these old dudes again.

Ha! Cool

Jay I will have a second pitch for you soon, the wheels are grinding

Jay, will the 'no ads except on back cover' thing be an ongoing standard? Is that one big ad or several smaller ones? Curious for my publisher.

Jon - Probably, yeah. Back coverS, actually, as there are two sections — in this issue, at least. Maybe in the next issue, there will be 3 sections, who knows. Ads are a real bitch to handle for a ton of reasons, and we protect ourselves by limiting them in this way. It's worked out really well for us. Your publisher can get in touch with us thru normal channels.

fwiw - http://arthurmagdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/arthur33cover.jpg?w=450&h=682

Dig it

lookin' good. psyched for the jack rose feature. three years since he passed away!

3 years to the day. Very spooky.

looks AMAZING

Oops - meant to add - here's some more details on contents and how to get a copy and so on, if you're interested - Arthur website

love that

rip jack rose

My copy came in the mail today. I haven't cracked it open yet, but the cover looks fantastic.

resurrected arthur is a thing of beauty!

Just got my copy yesterday

New issue is at the printer. 8 more color pages, more music coverage in this issue than last one.

http://arthurmagdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/a34coversml.jpg

After 20-plus years navigating strange, inspiring trips across myriad underground psychedelic terrains with a host of fellow free folk, righteous musician/head MATT VALENTINE (MV&EE, Tower Recordings, etc) finally spills all possible beans in an unprecedented, career-summarizing, ridiculously footnoted epic interview by BYRON COLEY. Plus: Deep archival photo finds from the MV vaults, a sidebar wander through some important MV listening experiences with your guide Dan Ireton, and a gorgeous cover painting by ARIK ROPER of MV & EE at peace in the cosmic wild. Delicious!

Also in this issue:

Psychedelic scholars Christian Ratsch and Claudia Muller-Ebeling lay down a rap about this planet’s AROMATIC APHRODISIACS, with art by Kira Mardikes…

Gabe Soria chats with author AUSTIN GROSSMAN (Soon I Will Be Invincible) about the basic weirdness of playing (and making) VIDEO GAMES, with art by Ron Rege, Jr….

LA Record’s Chris Ziegler encounters young Southern California psych-rock band FEEDING PEOPLE, with photography by Ward Robinson…

All-new full-color comics by Lale Westvind, Will Sweeney, Vanessa Davis and Jonny Negron…

A lengthy interview with the remarkable ecstatic cartographer DAVID CHAIM SMITH by Jay Babcock, with massive reproductions of his out-of-time artwork…

Stewart Voegtlin on what (or: who) made MELVINS’ 1992 beercrusher “Lysol” the most unlikely religious record ever built, with art by Stewart’s Chips N Beer mag compatriot Beaver…

Columns by the ever-provocative “Weedeater” Nance Klehm and The Center for Tactical Magic…

Byron Coley and Thurston Moore’s essential underground review column, Bull Tongue, now expanded to two giant pages…

http://adhoc.fm/post/arthur-magazine-calling-it-quits-again/

online mail-order Arthur Store will be open until March 2, 2014. At that point, all unsold backstock will be chucked on the compost heap or into the recycle bin.

Shakey Mo's decided not to store this junk any longer basically.