Submission Guidelines:
We are looking for all types of submissions. Photography, art, books, music, writing, and high tech gear for the modern musician will be thoroughly pored over and potentially written about. Please note that your materials cannot be returned unless special arrangements are made.
Music Submissions: Send press kits to
JR Sage
P.O. Box 292442
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Non-music submissions and correspondence:
farwestalmanac@gmail.com or:
FarWest Almanac
P.O. Box 605
Topanga, CA 90290
For advertising rates and subscription info see under "About Me" or visit www.farwestalmanac.com and click on "Ad Rates." Email us for more details.
Circulation: 10,000 copies distributed free to over 600 locations in LA and Orange Counties. We are very specifically targeted to music lovers with a thing about the hip and twangy sounds bubbling up from the underground. Printed at SW Offset Printing.
We are a new, free roots music and culture bi-monthly. We also cover film, visual arts, current events and politics and provide a compendium of old time know-how for the weary city dweller.
Müzik
We are taking a broad, general view of Roots music, ie, we have our own peculiar definition of what that is. We like to think of the roots as a metaphor for that which is primal, underground, seminal work from which other things spring forth. We like often under-recognized artists who have nonetheless held sway over major movements in our musical heritage. We interpret roots culture to mean that which keeps humans in touch with the Earth and her products even though we live in the city.
Filmler
Anything by Luis Bunuel, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, and the comedic stylings of "Superbad"
Televizyon
Has ill effects on the mind, body and spirit
Kahramanları
FarWest Almanac is a free, bi-monthly roots music/arts magazine with an initial run of 10,000 copies. The concept is simple: today we live in a world where people from all countries are connected culturally in a more profound way then ever before. This changing world has given rise to music, arts and culture that could not have existed in previous eras. Looking behind this change, we can reconstruct the pathways that have lead us to this moment. Culture is the laboratory of art, and the raw materials used in our experiments are the roots that have been laid in the past. FarWest Almanac attempts, much like an investigator, to trace the evolution of popular culture through its diverse roots. Bringing together artists, musicians, critics and patrons our magazine offers a diverse collection of opinions about film, music, visual art, food, gardening, and anything that warrants investigation and analysis. Our first issue will be widely distributed throughout Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Anaheim, Long Beach and in limited numbers nationally. Traditional almanacs provided their readers with useful data including meteorological and agricultural facts. Our almanac is the cultural equivalent, and contains reviews of various mainstream and underground media, calendars of events, social/political critiques, helpful tips and everything else needed to effectively arm the modern person with the tools they will need to trace the evolution of an ever-changing beast, our world. To understand the current situation, look no further than the events that have brought us to this point in time. Look no further than the roots.
Richard Heller Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave. #B-5A
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310 453-9191 Fax 310 453-2791
www.richardhellergallery.com
Charlie Roberts' new show of paintings, "Short Stories" opens Sept. 12th and can be viewed until Oct. 10th at Richard Heller Gallery in Santa Monica. "Sea Wolf" (above) will be featured in the showing of this amazing artist's original work.
Urgent action needed to help save the Topanga Roadhouse!
Please sign our online petition to voice your support for the Roadhouse or it may be crushed by the forces of darkness! This is no joke.
If you need the url you can paste this into your browser, please forward to all the good people of LA County:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/TopangaR/petition.html
Subscriptions:
1 year (6 issues) $15 (US), $20 (Can/ Mex), $35 (All other countries)
Send a check with your order request to:
FarWest Almanac
PO Box 605
Topanga, CA 90290
Advertising:
Without any doubt, we are the best advertising value in town. See for yourself: please visit our website, www.farwestalmanac.com and click on "Ad Rates" for detailed information, or contact us (please use regular email instead of MySpace):
Email: farwestalmanac@gmail.com
Or call Eric: 310-455-2949
Interviews with Demon’s
Claws, Red Mass, The Black Lips, Dead Ghosts, artist TrUdE, The Sunday
Sinners, Bloodshot Bill, Manic Attracts, Nardwuar the Human Serviette,
Gerard Van Herk (Deja Voodoo), Teenage Hookers, Petroleum By-Product,
Simply Saucer plus other lubricants like a tribute to the late Sky
Saxon, Mike Sniper (Blank Dogs), reviews, and a 25-track CD Comp of
the best new garage, punk, and rocknroll!
Online!
LOS DUGGANS DO IT RIGHT!
