The "Funny how that works" Edition :: Rusty's Electric Dreams, Issue #151

“I think itâ€™s pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think itâ€™s very important to have a unique name within any group youâ€™re likely to be in.” –Penn Jillette

Rusty’s Electric Dreams, an inbox zine from the curious mind of Rusty Blazenhoff
Issue #151 :: The “Funny how that works” Edition :: 09:27:2017

Funny how that works…

Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes! So many of you also have late September birthdays. I won’t make the obvious joke here.

Instead, I will tell you that 47 feels an awful like 46 so far.

–Rusty Blazenhoff

P.S. In a couple days, I’m hauling out to Santa Fe to experience Meow Wolf. I can’t wait to tell you about it.

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As seen on the Internets

Short Trip by Alexander Perrin

Short Trip: Use your left and right arrows to maneuver Alexander Perrin’s adorable hand-drawn animation of a train. Swoon. via

:: An exercise in trying to draw iconic logos from memory
:: http://www.adweek.com/how-hard-is-it-to-draw-a-brand-logo-from-memory-much-much-harder-than-you-thought

:: We need this in the U.S.: “German artists stage a quirky performance for passing trains”
:: https://boingboing.net/german-artists-stage-a-quirky.html

:: How they made globes in 1955 Thanks, Allison!
:: https://youtu.be/4RWcWSN4HhI

:: I met Aaron a few years ago, before he lost weight. I dig his writing.
:: https://medium.com/@AaronBleyaert/see-you-later-62e50473b0c7

:: What Siskel and Ebert thought of “Pulp Fiction” when it came out in 1994
:: https://youtu.be/2m44Mvblctk via

:: Runway Spirits: a new semi-secret cocktail lounge opened in Alameda
:: http://www.alamedamagazine.com/Hangar-1-Stealth-Opens-New-Runway-Spirits-Bar-in-Alameda

:: From a few years ago, but such a good read: “A Pickpocket’s Tale”
:: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/a-pickpockets-tale

:: Stop making stupid people famous: “â€˜Cash Me Outsideâ€™ Girl Signing Marks The Official Split of the Music Industry”
:: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/09/18/bhad-bhabie-cash-me-outside-split-industry

:: YIKES: “I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets”
:: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dating-app-messages-hacked-sold

:: Turning run-down basketball courts into art
:: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artists-turning-neglected-basketball-courts-giant-works-art

Real thing you can actually buy: Yay!

Well, Aloha…: I won’t lie, I do love a really-sharp vintage Hawaiian shirt. This blue Shriner’s one is a particular gem. It’s covered with tikis wearing red fezzes. I mean, c’mon! It ain’t cheap though: $225

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Featured events

Journey to the end of the night

San Francisco, California

[10/28] Journey to the End of the Night, Japantown Peace Plaza, 5 PM to 11 PM, Free+

[11/28] A John Waters Christmas at Great American Music Hall, 7 PM, 21+, Tickets are $55+

[11/30-12/23] The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes, a live drag show at the Victoria Theatre

Oakland, California
[10/1] A Witches Walking Tour of Lake Merritt, meet at the Amphitheater, 11 AM to 2 PM

Something cool

In Recomendo, Claudia Dawson shares something cool:

“I can’t believe I didn’t know these Youtube shortcuts before! To pause a video press K. To fast forward press L. To rewind press J. To watch frame by frame forward or backward, press the period or comma key.”

I can’t believe I didn’t know those shortcuts either.