The "What's your pain?" Edition :: Issue #188, Rusty's Electric Dreams

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Issue #188 :: The “What’s your pain?” Edition :: 9:12:2018

What’s your pain?…

I’m trying, Austin… eesh.

— Rusty Blazenhoff

P.S.

As seen on the Internets

Busytown 2018 by Ruben Bolling

:: “How DayGlo Went From Utility Pigment to Design World Darling”
:: https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/how-dayglo-went-from-utility-pigment-to-design-world-darling Thanks, Kimberly!

:: My friend Rocky deejayed while the Temple burned
:: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/08/the-playlist-of-the-2018-burni.html

:: Tab-sundoku
:: https://slate.com/technology/2018/09/browser-tab-mangement-strategy-plugins.html

:: “Real artists have day jobs.” — Sara Benincasa
:: https://medium.com/s/story/there-is-no-shame-in-good-work

:: A glitched 1988 Plymouth Caravelle
:: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/09/a-glitched-vintage-plymouth-stands-on-end-in-a-canadian-parking-lot

:: The fascinating way cookie cutters get manufactured
:: https://theawesomer.com/making-cookie-cutters/493490

:: “Old school” fonts
:: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1038766063188692992

:: Podcast: Idea Factory Giveaway Thanks, Danielle!
:: https://ideafactorygiveaway.simplecast.fm

:: A cartoon that explains “The Last Mile,” a project that teaches (and then hires) prisoners to do computer programming
:: https://www.kqed.org/meet-the-programmers-of-san-quentin

:: John Denver and Cass Elliot in 1972: “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
:: https://youtu.be/NKdknYaSHgE

Real things you can actually buy: yay!

Tiny tent for cats

Just like the miniature display ones… tiny tents for cats! $59.95 each. (Small dog owners head here.)

Are you a werewolf or a SWEARWOLF? Thought so. $8 from Timid Cryptids. Thanks, Simon!

Walt Disney's Disneyland by Taschen

Walt Disney’s Disneyland is a brand new visual history book about the theme park by author Chris Nichols (it’s published by Taschen, so you know it’s going to be great!). It’s available for $39.98 starting today.

Articles on the book
Fast Company: The clever psychology of Disneyland’s design
CNN Travel: New Disneyland book reveals how California theme park changed the world
Los Angeles Magazine: This New Visual History Will Make You Fall in Love With Disneyland All Over Again

Featured Events

Hi-Fructose presents: The Art of the Mushroom

[OAKLAND 10/20 opening reception] Hi-Fructose presents: The Art of the Mushroom at the Compound Gallery, 7 PM to 10 PM (there will be a special interactive photo booth by Attaboy!) show runs until 12/9

Berkeley, CA
[10/4] That Really Happened? A night of true stories at The Monkey House, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Los Angeles, CA
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Nevada City, CA
[10/13-14] Haute Trash, 30 years of trash fashion

New York City
Oriana Leckert has picked out some events for you

Oakland, CA
[9/29] FIGMENT Oakland 2018, 10 AM to 6 PM

[10/21] East Bay Mini Maker Faire

[10/26] Extra Action 20th Anniversary Halloween Ball at The New Parish, 9 PM, Tickets

San Francisco, CA
[Now through Halloween] San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour: I went! It was cool!

[9/16-17] CatVideoFest 2018 at the Roxie

[9/21-9/27] Kusama: Infinity, a documentary on Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama [trailer] at the Roxie

[11/29] A John Waters Christmas at GAMH, 8 PM (other cities too!)

Scottsdale, AZ
[April 12-14 2019] Baby Doe and Otto are hosting a new tiki event called Arizona Tiki Oasis at the historic Hotel Valley Ho in Old Town Scottsdale!

Somerville, MA
[9/22] What the Fluff? Festival: Fluff the 13th! Union Square, 3 PM to 7 PM

Worldwide
[10/6] 24 Hour Comics Day

Know about a cool event? Send me the info and I’ll share it with the class!

What's your pain?

**What’s your pain?**: I thought this was really beautiful. This is an excerpt from a recent New York Times interview with Jim Carrey.

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What’s your pain?: I thought this was really beautiful. This is an excerpt from a recent New York Times interview with Jim Carrey.

**What’s your pain?**: I thought this was really beautiful. This is an excerpt from a recent New York Times interview with Jim Carrey.