Ummm...elephant in the room alert:

How about the Stranger doing one of these? Y'all sponsor lots of great music events but how about something ala Siren put on by Village Voice?

I agree and love Arthur too and have been a fan of Laris Keslins' Sound Collector for ages and hope they bring a curated show up here someday too. But, in the meantime...

:)
Josh

I'm in complete agreement with Jennifer. I didn't attend Arthurfest, but the lineup was one of the most inspiring I'd seen years (Comets On Fire & Lavendar Diamond?!?! Viking Moses & Sonic Youth?!?!)
It put shame to the indie-heavy half-fests that've popped up in the last couple years (Sasquatch, etc)
I'm envisioning an Arthurfest National Tour, perhaps?
And while I don't know about The Stranger doing a fest of this size, I agree it would be nice if someone could pull enough resources together to stage a gathering for our region's music/counterculture enthusiasts, something outside of family-friendly Bumbershoot (which I love, don't get me wrong)

Not to nitpick, but the same weekend of said ArthurFest was the Wooden Octopus Skull Fest in Seattle, though it lacked AF's more high profile headliners: Yoko, Sonic Youth, S-K, etc. it did have some heavy underground action beyond just straight up noise music. While some were critical of ArthurFests's more "festival" like elements (expensive water, long lines, poor scheduling), WOSPF went of with some serious aclaim for a first year festival. That said, I wouldn't mind seing Ms. Ono, 'Youth, or any number of AF participants either.

But yeah, Josh is right I'd be great to somehow get the paper behind an ArthurBall-Fest like event. Hell, I'd help. Or better yet get the big festivals to pay attention to acts that push the limit as much as the ones that played AF did. Not asking for an experimental rock music Bumbershoot, but would some parity kill anybody?