From Governor Ventura's refusal to support a new arts building for the U to the September shutdown of the Foxfire, to the closing of other alternative publications like Siren, O'Brien feels that thoughtful art and art critique has some very powerful enemies. And when we went deeper, a lot of people got irritated. But no, we're not about to tell you to go and see Arnold Schwarzenegger's new movie. We're going to cover stuff you've never heard of. And that bothers some people.
Many people do understand, however, what's at stake with the loss of the publication.
And we're all concerned. We've had letters pouring in from artists in the community who are ready to support us. With this amazing group of people, anything can get done.