The "Outsiders" Edition :: Issue #36 | Rusty's Electric Dreams

Rusty’s Electric Dreams :: Issue #036 :: The “Outsiders” Edition :: 06:03:2015

Rusty’s Electric Dreams, an inbox zine by pop culture activist Rusty BlazenhoffIssue #036 :: The “Outsiders” Edition :: 06:03:2015

Outsiders…Hi friends! It’s June! WUHT.

I’m pleased to introduce Erika Jane Amerika as June’s Artist-in-Residence. She’s got style in spades…look at this photo of her:

— Rusty Blazenhoff

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As seen on the Internets

:: “Daniel Clowes reflects on his Eightball’ comics’ evolution”

:: http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/daniel-clowes.html

:: How much would you pay to have someone take your trash bins in/out every week?

:: http://blog.sfgate.com//this-startup-is-so-basic-people-think-its-fake/

:: 1 bdr box truck “apartment” in SF, $800

:: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/apa/5053611549.html

:: A photo of ZZ Top in 1971 (“Zee Zee Top”?)

:: https://i.imgur.com/BkTDCKL.jpg

:: The Real Truth About Disney’s “Recycled Animation”

:: http://geekdad.com/2015/06/disneys-recycled-animation

:: Oakland sideshow (about 1/2 mile from my house!)

:: https://youtu.be/oZDBT6fNkqA

:: Marijuana-infused coffee pods

:: http://www.forbes.com/starbucks-of-marijuana-infused-coffee/

:: Desktop drum set

:: http://mcphee.com/shop/desktop-drum-set.html

:: “Tesla charging stations at Harris Ranch on Hwy 5, the halfway point between SF & LA.”
:: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php

Artist-in-residence: June 2015

“I’m a self taught artist from Lubbock, Texas currently living in Austin. My artwork is described as imaginative, surrealistic, low brow, gothic, with references of humor, pop culture, cinema, and literature, and a heavy dash of country and Texas references…. I like to call it Amerikan!

This piece was commissioned for Sean of Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn by his lovely lady Mandy. I think he had a great birthday. They love Rick Moranis….and pizza, can’t say that I blame them!

I do originals and also love to do commissions…. so remember this gun’s for hire! but there is a growing waiting list so get on it! erikajaneart@gmail.com

yeehaw!”

—Erika Jane Amerika

“The world is my bunk.” —Gareth Branwyn

“These days, everybody wants to be an outsider, politically correct to a fault. That’s good. I hope you are working to end racism, sexism, ageism, fatism. But is that enough? Isn’t being an outsider sooo 2014? I mean, maybe it’s time to throw caution to the wind, really shake things up, and reinvent yourself as a new version of your most dreaded enemy — the INSIDER. Like I am.” —John Waters

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Events of note

Arlington, Virginia
[6/4] CAFE GAGA: Chronos Vs. Kairos, a salon by Gareth Branwyn at ArtisphereAstoria, Oregon
[6/4-6/7] 30th Anniversary celebration of the cult film The Goonies

Berkeley
[7/23] Willie Nelson & Family plays the Greek Theatre with Alison Krauss [Tickets]

Huntington Beach, California
[6/27] Charles Phoenix: ALOHALAND at Don the Beachcomber [Tickets]

Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150]
HIGHLY recommended!

Los Angeles

[Dates in June] Uncle Impossible’s Funtime Variety & Ice Cream Social, 18+

[6/5] Meltdown Comics Presents: Boing Boing hosts a conversation with Daniel Clowes (FREE w/purch) at NerdMelt Showroom, 7-8:30 PM

[6/5] UnCabaret: Iâ€™m with the Band with Allee Willis, 8 PM [Tickets]

[6/5] Tig (Notaro) Has Friends at the Largo [Tickets]

[6/11] John Hodgman “Secret Society” at the Largo [Tickets]

[6/16] 826LA‘s 10th Anniversary Celebration

[6/28] Charles Phoenix “Disneyland” Tour of Downtown L.A., a 6-hour field trip! [Tickets]

[7/12] UnCabaret with Allee Willis at Au Lac, 8 PM [Tickets]

New York City

[6/3] Beans on Toast at Grand Victory, Brooklyn, 7 PM, $10 Thx, Tyler H.!

[6/13] NERDY SEXY MONEY: A Fundraiser for the 2nd International Nerdlesque Festival at Coney Island USA, 10 PM

[Until 6/15] RED reader Albert K. has been working on an Escape Room game in Brooklyn! [Tickets]

[7/7-8/16] Penn & Teller on Broadway [Tickets]

Oakland

[6/4] Fairyland’s 20th Annual Gala “A Cinderella Story” [Tickets]

[6/6] 5th Ave marina’s End Of The Road Block party and Sale!

[6/12 & 6/13] Calling All Choir season finale concert at Kehilla Community Synagogue, 8 PM [Tickets]

[6/13-6/15] HellaCon 2015 [Tickets]

[6/13] DISTRIKT REVEL STATION, 1 PM to 10 PM

[6/20] Burning Man PRECOMPRESSION at American Steel

[6/20] Oak Train, a sout train dance line, 9 AM to 5 PM

[6/21] Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes 2015, 5 PM [Tickets]

[7/4-7/5] The 6th annual Burger Boogaloo, hosted by John Waters [Tickets]

[10/24] FIGMENT Oakland, a free, inclusive, participatory art event

Paris
[6/6-8/8] VIk Muniz at Xippas Gallery, Paris

[10/10] Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Pleasanton, California
[6/18-7/6] Alameda County Fair

Riverside, California
[9/18-9/20] Boing Boing’s Weekend of Wonder at Mission Inn

San Francisco
SF’s POPOS (privately-owned public open spaces) :: guide

[6/4] MDMA and the Science of Psychedelic Psychotherapy: The Great Adventure with Phil Wolfson

[6/6] Calling All Choir season finale concert at Mission Dolores Basilica, 8 PM [Tickets]

[6/9] Neil Gaiman, “How Stories Last” at Castro Theatre [Tickets]

[6/9] Odd Salon: Intrepid at DNA Lounge, 21+

[6/10] ArtBites at Public Works: My friends at Caged Heat will be serving cocktails here! [Tickets]

[6/11] Peter Murphy Live at DNA Lounge [Tickets] Thx, Dawn!

[6/12] Pier 70 Happy Hour: Carzzzz, 4 PM

[6/12] Hubba Hubba Revue’s BURLESQUE NATION! at DNA Lounge, 9:30 PM [Tickets]

[6/12] Bawdy Storytelling: Slippery When Wet at Verdi Club, 7 PM

[6/12] Bawdy Storytelling: Power to the Peephole at Verdi Club, 10:30 PM

[6/20] City of Women, Sunrunners, and The Greening at Bottom of the Hill [Tickets]

[6/23] Odd Salon: Covert at DNA Lounge, 21+

[6/24] Dancehall of Beautiful Radiant Things at Verdi Club, 8 to 11 PM [Tickets]

[6/26-6/28] The Beatnik Shindig at Fort Mason Center [Volunteer]

[7/7] Odd Salon: Infamy at DNA Lounge, 21+

[7/9] Chuck Palahniuk and Lidia Yuknavitch: A Night of Mayhem at INFORUM, 6:30 PM [Tickets]

[8/4] Odd Salon: Myth(os) at DNA Lounge, 21+

[9/27] Folsom Street Fair

[10/29] TEDxSanFrancisco at Pier 70

[12/31] Just Announced: PATTI SMITH & HER BAND perform Horses in its entirety this New Year’s Eve at The Fillmore! Tickets on sale Friday at 10 AM

Seattle
[6/19-6/21] Fremont Solstice Fair

[6/20] Seattle Art Car Blowout

[7/9] Bawdy Storytelling: Dirty Little Secret at Re-Bar Seattle, 8 PM

ALSO: “The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”

Heads up!
~~ Tickets ($140) are now available for Camp Tipsy 2015 AND now there’s a Kickstarter campaign (with some cool and nutty perks)!~~ Burning Man tickets might still be available.~~ Yes and Yes Yes happens June 12-15, 2015 in Palm Springs

~~ Tiki Oasis (SPACE-THEMED!) happens August 13-16, 2015 in San Diego

~~ Secret Cinema: Star Wars, London [Tickets]

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Picasso’s napkin“There’s a great story about Pablo Picasso. Some guy told Picasso he’d pay him to draw a picture on a napkin. Picasso whipped out a pen and banged out a sketch, handed it to the guy, and said, ‘One million dollars, please.’

‘A million dollars?’ the guy exclaimed. ‘That only took you thirty seconds!’

‘Yes,’ said Picasso. ‘But it took me fifty years to learn how to draw that in thirty seconds.'” —via

“We Are All Outsiders” —EN MASSE

photo by Rusty Blazenhoff

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