Newsletter 2008-06

Joseph Arthur will be embarking on a tour of the U.S., Canada, France and the U.K. Check the dates to the right orjosepharthur.com where new dates are posted as they are confirmed. AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT JOSEPHARTHUR.COM! This Special includes: -   Limited Art Poster of an original water color by Joseph Arthur -   2 copies of the EP 'Vagabond Skies,' one for you and one for a friend, to be released June 10th. Shipping now! Click here to order! JOSEPH ARTHUR REVEALS REVOLUTIONARY NEW ALBUM 'BAG IS HOT,' A FREE, ONGOING, LIVING RECORD THAT WILL LAST FOREVER ‘Bag Is Hot’ is a new creation by songwriter and visual artist, Joseph Arthur.  A new way of releasing music, ‘Bag Is Hot’ is liquid an ongoing – a form onto itself.   Brand new music is composed and recorded strictly for this album – really beautiful, unearthly, fully realized music – that interacts with images and artwork to form a living, breathing record.   ‘Bag is Hot’ is free, open-ended, has no rules and is being modernized by Joseph at a rapid pace. “’Bag Is Hot’…like fresh popcorn for all the kids to grab,” says Joseph.  “Digital hands eating the digital popcorn.  This project is fun and doesn’t have to be precious, but it’s hard not to take it seriously and really work on it.   It’s not, ‘Bag is getting a little lukewarm - Bag is hot!  It’s gonna be like slang soon!” Lonely Astronaut Records could be releasing the first installment of ‘Bag Is Hot’ sometime before 2009. ‘Bag Is Hot,’ in all its glory: http://josepharthur.tumblr.com/ Track listing, as of today: “All The Old Heroes ” (6/3/08) “Reborn” (5/24/08) “Call” (5/24/08) “Lonely Astronaut” (5/24/08) “Sideways” (5/13/08) “Straw Dogs” (5/11/08) “One By One ” (5/9/08) “Fading” (5/5/08) “Still Life Honey Rose” (5/4/08) “Burning Wheel” (5/1/08) “Father’s Eyes” (4/29/08) “So Far Away” (4/27/08) “If Yer Afraid” (4/24/08) “My Eyes Follow You” (4/23/08) “Blast Off” (4/22/08) “Dark Forces” (4/21/08) “Lovely Cost” (4/21/08) Additional upcoming releases this year include: ‘Foreign Girls’ EP (July 8) ‘Temporary People’ (Sept 16), full-length by Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts Paste loves Bag Is Hot! Joseph Arthur Hand Silk Screened Limited Edition T-shirts –Featured in Rolling Stone! Each t-shirt is unique and hand silk screened by Joseph Arthur. Please note that the t-shirt you purchase will not look like the one pictured as they are all different. Quantities are limited! Check it out! Are you: Living in the U.S.? Loving Joseph’s music? Generally awesome? Then you should join the street team!  (if you’ve signed up before, no need to sign up again)  Please send an e-mail to: groundcontrol@lonelyastronautrecords.com with "Street Team" in the subject line. Joseph Arthur Hijacks A Billboard, Paints All Night, Reminds Us Why He's "Pretty Good Company"  "In the Gabriel Judet-Weinshel-directed "Second Sight," we get JA projected against a billboard at Lafayette and Grand, decked in his ubiquitous shades, because that's how you achieve this second sight thing. The second video, "She Paints Me Gold," finds Arthur in a leather jacket, shirtless, doing some sort of Jackson Pollock live painting. Because I evoked downtown NYC, let's say Basquiat or Keith Haring. I don't mean the style of the work, but the style in which we watch the work get made. This work: chalk, spray paint, other paints, a broom." STEREOGUM Both of these tracks are from the Vagabond Skies EP out now!Check out the videos. To unsubscribe click here email created by Fast Atmosphere (unless otherwise specified) Wednesday, June 11, 2008 The Cluny Newcastle, UK Thursday, June 12, 2008 The Maze Nottingham, UK Friday, June 13, 2008 Glee Club Birmingham, UK Sunday, June 15, 2008 Night and Day Manchester, UK Monday, June 16, 2008 King Tuts Glasgow, UK Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Union Chapel London, UK Friday, June 20, 2008 L'Emporium Galorium Rouen, FRANCE Monday, June 23, 2008 Café de la Danse Paris, FRANCE Friday, July 4, 2008 Club Soda Montreal, QC Saturday, July 5, 2008 Imperial de Quebec Quebec City, QC Sunday, July 6 , 2008 Auberge Île-du-Repos Péribonka, QC Wednesday, July 9 , 2008 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA Thursday, July 10, 2008 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA Friday, July 11, 2008 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY w/ The Lonely Astronauts Saturday, July 12, 2008 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Anthology San Diego, CA Friday, July 18, 2008 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA Monday, July 20, 2008 WOW Hall Eugene, OR Monday, July 21, 2008 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Triple Door Seattle, WA Thursday, July 24, 2008 The Media Club Vancouver, BC Saturday, July 26, 2008 Hillside Festival Guelph, ON To purchase tickets & for more information please visit JosephArthur.com Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts 2007 European Tour Live shows now available! 2007 European Tour 12.01.07 Murcia, SPAIN 12 y Medio Club 12.05.07 San Sebastian, SPAIN Gazteszena 12.06.07 Santander, SPAIN Palacio de Festivales 12.07.07 Bilbao, SPAIN Kafe Antzokia 12.08.07 Barcelona, SPAIN Primavera Club 12.10.07 Paris, FRANCE La Maroquinerie 2008 Solo Show 04.26.08 Brooklyn, NY MOMAR: Museum of Modern Arthur  Vist Joseph Arthur's Download Store for more downloads-> 25 Jay Street - Brooklyn, New York inquiries@museumofmodernarthur.com www.museumofmodernarthur.com www.josepharthur.com Visit Joseph's MySpace site