[stu666]

http://www.arthurmag.com/index.php

Arthur Magazine needs $20,000 by July 1 or it will die.
No donation is too small.
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[stu666]

Yesterday we made a plea for help. Some folks wanted to know more details about what's going on with us, why we're in danger of shutting down, and why we need help. I apologize for not making that information available in our initial appeal. Here's why Arthur needs help right now:
One year ago I ran up my credit cards and borrowed money from friends and family in order to buy out my ex-partner in Arthur. Since then I have maxed out my personal and business credit cards to service that debt and to start up publication of Arthur again. We have worked very hard with very little resources: some of us could afford to work pro bono, others could afford to work at well below market, still others couldn’t afford to work for Arthur but did it anyway.
Still, we have bills to pay, and debt to service. Starting up again costs money. And my credit cards are now maxed out.
On the heels of lower than expected ad sales (although they are trending up), increased production and distribution costs (higher quality printing and paper, higher fuel costs, increased printrun), and an “under-performing non-magazine product” (the Living Theatre dvd, for which we’ve sold less than 25% of the printrun since launch, received zero reviews or notices, etc), spiraling debt service payments (now $2k a month) on startup costs, and most importantly, zero new financial backers... we’ve finally reached the point where
WE HAVE NO MORE MONEY.
If we don’t obtain at least $20k by July 1, ARTHUR is done. Our long-term prospects are good if we are fortunate enough to make it through this rough patch.
Since our initial appeal yesterday afternoon, we've received over $12,000 in donations and pledges. We will keep the arthurmag.com website updated as regularly as we can with our progress. All of us involved with Arthur are extremely grateful for the generosity we've been showered with so far, and very moved by the many notes (sometimes letters!) of support we've already received. Thank you so much.
All best, Jay Babcock
Arthur Magazine

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by stu666

http://www.arthurmag.com/index.php

Arthur Magazine needs $20,000 by July 1 or it will die.
No donation is too small.
Our preferred method of payment is Paypal. It is a free service to buyers, and enables you to pay directly By VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX, DISCOVER or from your checking account or debit card. You can also convert foreign currency to U.S. dollars. Signing up only takes a few minutes.
Please use PayPal to make a donation to editor at arthurmag dot com Thank you.

they made $12K in one day.

they'll be fine.

i'm sure jay has more money than i do.

edit: actually he doesn't

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oh yeah. there. you posted that 2nd email too.

feels a bit like giving money to pay hillary's debts, i'm afraid...

i'd buy shares if he issued shares-- but not this shit. this is hippy dippy shit.

next month: "we need another $20,000!" -- ???????

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edit: i found out: no

[Toilet & Bowels]

i can't believe they were fool enough to finance a project like that using credit cards

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i can't believe they were fool enough to finance a project like that using credit cards

sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

i've done that shit. crazy? yes-- but if you win, you win. if you lose-- well, fuckit!

robert rodriguez maxed out his credit cards for el mariachi and now he does whatever he wants.

of course this doesn't work for everyone, but you gotta admire people with balls and the determination to make things happen.

[This Is Not Here]

What is Arthur Magazine and why should I care about it?

[floatingslowly]

although I have no money to give, I will be donating ALL proceeds from my new song to yr cause.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

here goes:

Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns yr heart around
And next thing you know yr closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yrself, "Hey, what've I found?"

When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in loooooove

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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

What is Arthur Magazine and why should I care about it?

it's a great little counterculture magazine with great music reviews and some hippy dippy ideas and a little record label and they are just awesome, even when i thik they are crazed.

[✌➬]

They should just go online.

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Originally Posted by ✌➬

They should just go online.

they have downloadable pdfs of every issue, but advertising for the web is not very profitable yet-- the shrinking pool of money is still in print.

[✌➬]

Yeah, but they already have accumulated a following, that they could pull it off online.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by ✌➬

Yeah, but they already have accumulated a following, that they could pull it off online.

advertisers dont trust online. advertisers is who fund your publication.

that's the current plight of newspapers.

[✌➬]

Yes I know that advertisers fund publication. What I mean is for them to scrap the print media, but I see your point.

[!@#$%!]

yeah. it's a bit of a crunch.

[✌➬]

Blame the internet boom bust of the 90's

[Everyneurotic]

tell them fucking hippies to get a job.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

i've done that shit. crazy? yes-- but if you win, you win. if you lose-- well, fuckit!

robert rodriguez maxed out his credit cards for el mariachi and now he does whatever he wants.

of course this doesn't work for everyone, but you gotta admire people with balls and the determination to make things happen.

well robert rodriguez had a better chance of making his money back with el mariachi than the publishers of a free magazine about stuff that is of interest to barely anyone do with that particular endeavor.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

well robert rodriguez had a better chance of making his money back with el mariachi than the publishers of a free magazine about stuff that is of interest to barely anyone do with that particular endeavor.

chances schmances.

BALLS is what it takes.

without them, your chances are ZERO.

i've never heard of any pencil pushers making anything happen.

just for that, im gonna go give another 20 bucks to arthur.

ah, also, i kinda raided the store yesterday-- i hope that'll help them too.

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"There is no other periodical I look more forward to arriving than the new Arthur."
Rick Rubin

"Arthur re-awakens the vigilante in me."
Miranda July

"Arthur is really something singular and much-needed."
Dave Eggers

"[Arthur has] its finger on America's eccentric and softly anarchic countercultural pulse."
The Sunday Times, 2007

"The central voice of the new scene"
The New York Times, 2006

"Arthur is oversized, free, colorful, patchouli-scented but whip-smart, unapologetically political, sometimes silly, often anarchist and always willing to listen to voices way, way outside the mainstream. Above all, it is prophetic, usually about two years ahead of the rest of the country in its loves and obsessions."
The Village Voice, 2007

"[Arthur has] an allure unlike any other magazine I have seen in my lifetime. [L]ike picking up a true document of a time and place in American culture, yet also removed from the present, harkening back to the utopian visions championed by the hippie free press... In any given issue, you can read about music, drugs, protest, meditation, metaphysics, sex, herbs, nature, communes, art, socialism, siphoning gasoline from SUVs, and hypnotizing cops by eating doughnuts in front of them... Arthur seems to attract a readership numbed by the glut of too-slick music and culture mags, just waiting for something truly unique to emerge."
Brian J. Barr, Seattle Weekly, 2007

"Arthur [is] the most eclectic, thoughtfully designed periodical I have encountered. Arthur [is] clearly drawn to psychedelic music and [is] always a good place to look for fresh acts but to say it [is] a music magazine would be a misnomer. This free publication presents contemporary artwork, photography, political essays and literary reviews with admirable disregard for categorisation. I [have] never picked up a copy of Arthur without finding something intriguing and informative and I believe that magazines of which this can be said are all too few and far between.... In drawing attention to what is being produced under the radar and discussing its merits, magazines like Arthur have a nurturing effect on great music and art. They connect artists with audiences and provide an outlet for intelligent discussion and detailed criticism. It would be great to see the example taken up [in Britain]."
Alan McGee

"One of the best music magazines on the terrasphere is back... Now in full-color, Arthur remains all about...saving the parts of the planet worth saving. And: free. Life is short, art is long, Arthur isn't done."
RJ Smith, Los Angeles Magazine, 2007

"Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could" by Kevin McCarthy at The Nation's website (2007)
"(F)orceful and singular in its vision..."
SFWeekly, 2007

"The American counterculture's answer to the New Yorker"
The Guardian

"Back from the dead, this latest issue [No. 26] of the newly-resurrected American counter-cultural zine has gotta be their most solid read to date, with a real stand-out feature/interview/poetic appreciation of Yoko Ono by Byron Coley and Thurston Moore that focuses on the more obscure avant-garde activities normally eclipsed by endless Beatles wackery. Excellent. Great to have em back.
David Keenan / Volcanic Tongue, 2007

"[Arthur] has been busy streaming the revelations and imperatives of the New New Age into pop culture, where the kids can get at it... Arthur has become the place where the ideas meet the music; where Derek Jensen's freefall apocalyptics can sit with total aptness beside a piece on nouveau hippie swooners Brightblack Morning Light. The same issue begins with a column about mint tea and ends with a list of 'sensitive weapons' (e.g., shotgun shells taped to the end of a BB-gun barrel) for use when the grid collapses and Devendra Banhart fans are called upon to defend their homes and woolly hats.... Arthur has saturated itself in the '60s, via features on the Weather Underground, the MC5, the 1967 March on the Pentagon, and also in the post-psychedelic slant of the music coverage. But there's nothing regressive here. From the freaky folkers to the acid rockers, Arthur bands have their eyes on the advancing historical horizon..."
James Parker, The Boston Phoenix, 2006

"[Arthur's first 25 issues featured] an admirable chunk of visionary muckraking and alternative journalism... This was not Spin or Blender's flashy, tastemaking colleague. More like its anarchist brother."
Audra Schroeder, Austin Chronicle, 02007

Print Fetish interviews Arthur editor/owner Jay Babcock. (June 2007)

Arthur was featured in the 29 June 02007 edition of Spanish daily El Pais. (No link yet, sorry!)

"Tracks," a French-German TV program, is featuring a segment on Arthur in its 12 July 02007 broadcast. Arik Roper, Vashti Bunyan, Brightblack Morning Light and Priestbird are also featured.

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CRYPTO

make it rain!!!