Arthur readers and alike, I spoke with Jay this morning and the sad news is circulating that guitarist Jack Rose has passed on to the next realm. ���It’s with a heavy heart that I say this, but thoughts and prayers are with family and loved ones. ���He had fans around the world and everyone should [...]

Stream: “These Flowers Never Die” (mp3) Titular psych-stormer off The Phantom Family Halo’s new double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, now available from the good people at Karate Body Records of Louisville, Kentucky. The Phantom Family Halo are currently on tour. Remaining dates: DEC...

Originally published in Arthur No. 2 (Jan 2003)… Our Dead Bodies are Like Honey to the Flies Gabe Soria meets 21-year-old Devendra Banhart It’s a cold and gray afternoon in Brooklyn. I’m sitting in Devendra Banhart’s fourth floor walk-up apartment and we’re both slightly hungover. The furniture in...

DECEMBER 5 —CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA Spanish nuevo flamenco cantaor, countercultural rebel. DECEMBER 5, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS Ancient Rome: FESTIVAL OF FAUNUS. Feasting and merrymaking. Belgium: ST. NICHOLAS’ EVE. Black Peter, Nick’s Moorish servant, drops down the chimney with gifts for children...

� Hey kids, have a great weekend! Don’t do anything we wouldn’t do! Also, enjoy these fine examples of 1980’s dance music by Shalamar, Nu Shooz and Five Star. � � http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Yx0X-eHn8 � http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVAm_obRPQ8 � http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVeXzMBvQk

From Machine Project: Echo Park Medicinal Forage with Nance Klehm Wednesday, Dec 9th, 2009 7-8:30pm Cost: $15/person An after dark exploration of the sidewalk cracks around Machine Project for local medicinal plants, led by Nance Klehm. Get ready for the long winter dry, cold haul with simple...

Fleet Foxes have holed themselves away in Seattle to drum up material for a second album, which the band promises to release sometime next year. “I listened to the first record again, and I was kind of nonplussed,” says frontman Robin Peckfold. “There are definitely super-upbeat songs that are...

“I’m staying because it’s the right thing to do,” she said hoarsely. “Because Jules and I made a commitment and because I want to wake up to something isn’t a fucking horror show of constant defeat.” She blew into her hands and squinted at me. “I don’t know what to do,” I said. [...]

from : http://spectregroup.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/dubai-skips/ http://gizmodo.com/5413109/the-burj-dubai-just-cant-stop-getting-struck-by-lightning Dubai Requests Jubilee http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703499404574557453620655942.html Dubai World Seeks Debt Standstill “This...