1. WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT ARTHUR?
“Arthur combines the good/old countculch with the good/new same more smoothly than any periodical I know about.” —Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders)

“Arthur re-awakens the vigilante in me.”— Miranda July

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

“Arthur is really something singular and much-needed.” —Dave Eggers

“Arthur bears the blazing light of the psychedelic sun through the nightlands of the early 21st century. Great regular columns by Dave Reeves and Doug Rushkoff, new music, old dissent and cold, clear sanity. Although I don’t get to see them often enough, these people are among my dearest friends and they make life worth living on the Planet of the Damned.” — Grant Morrison

“[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 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 [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 (Creation Records, etc.)

“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

“(F)orceful and singular in its vision…” —SFWeekly, 2007

“The American counterculture’s answer to the New Yorker” — The Guardian

“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…. 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

2. WHEN IS THE NEXT ISSUE OF ARTHUR MAGAZINE COMING OUT?
Arthur Magazine has been on hiatus since December, 2008. We expect to resume print publication in an exciting new upgraded format in Autumn, 2009. All existing subscriptions will be honored. In the meantime, we are here for you in the digital realm, posting regularly on this here website’s blog, tweeting away on Twitter, and um facing on Facebook.

3. WHEN IS THE NEXT ARTHURFEST?
We did three music festivals in Los Angeles in a 14-month period: ArthurFest (September, 2005), ArthurBall (February, 2006) and ArthurNights (October, 2006). We’ll do another one when the time is right, and when we have a suitable partner.

4. IS IT TRUE THAT ARTHUR EDITOR JAY BABCOCK USED TO WORK FOR CONGRESSMAN HENRY A. WAXMAN?
Yes, Jay Babcock, who earned a degree in political theory from UCLA, worked on staff in Rep. Henry Waxman’s district office in Los Angeles from mid-1992 through to January, 1994. He worked in constituent affairs and was District Office Chief of Staff Howard Elinson’s aide. His biggest achievement was authoring a position paper on the North American Free Trade Agreement (”NAFTA”) for Rep. Waxman, recommending a “No” vote. (The Congressman voted against NAFTA, but it passed anyway.)