The “Bat Wings and Bad Guys” Edition :: Issue #053

 

Rusty’s Electric Dreams :: Issue #053 :: The “Bat Wings and Bad Guys” Edition :: 10:07:2015

Rusty’s Electric Dreams, an inbox zine by pop culture activist Rusty Blazenhoff
Issue #053 :: The “Bat Wings and Bad Guys” Edition :: 10:07:2015

Bat Wings and Bad Guys…

Happy October, everyone!

Answer me this…What could I wear for Halloween that works in an awesome pair of HOT PINK go-go boots?

Rusty Blazenhoff

p.s. Tomorrow is National Fluffernutter Day!

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As seen on the Internets

 

Sexy Pizza Rat Halloween Costume by Yandy

:: Sexy Pizza Rat Halloween Costume

:: http://www.yandy.com/Pizza-Rat-Costume.php

:: “What is the name of your least favorite child?”
:: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/nihilistic-password-security-questions

:: Bay Area: Old Bay Bridge Span To Be Detonated November 7th
:: http://sfist.com/2015/10/02/the_old_bay_bridge_span_will_implod.php

:: Rise of the Synthesizer: How an Electronics Whiz Kid Gave the 1980s Its Signature Sound
:: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/rise-of-the-synthesizer/

:: “The Cure announce North American tour for 2016”
:: http://consequenceofsound.net/the-cure-announce-north-american-tour

:: Upvoted, a no-comment news site by reddit
:: http://www.wired.com/no-comments-allowed-reddits-new-news-site-upvoted/

:: That time I served Fluffernutters to Archie McPhee’s customers
:: https://youtu.be/ZeT5YbQbnxc

:: Tommy Edison, a blind man, talks about his favorite things to touch
:: https://youtu.be/w7MZZBIV_C0

Real things you can actually buy: yes way!


Writing by Night Mug

Bat Clothespins

Bat Mask Funglasses by Foster Grant

Bat wings purse


Obvious Plant

Events of note

 

Chaos, Cacophony, “Bob†and Sublime Stupidity

[10/17] Litquake’s Chaos, Cacophony, “Bob†and Sublime Stupidity, 7:15 PM at The Chapel, 777 Valencia, San Francisco p.s. Look for Spy Emerson’s Hook-Up Truck.

U.S.A.
[10/8] National Fluffernutter Day (I KNOW!)

The Phenomenauts are on tour!

[12/18]  Star Wars: Episode VII opens


Alameda, California

[10/9] Black Light Art Show at Studio 23
[10/31] Halloween Black Light Art Show at Studio 23

[11/7] Phyllis Diller Day art show and vintage clothing sale at Alameda Museum, hosted by Dames aux Gateaux [Facebook event page]

Alcatraz
[10/27] Nerd Nite on Alcatraz: Escape to the Island

Anaheim, California
[10/12-10/13] MahaloWeen at Trad’r Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar, Disneyland, $150/pp

Austin, Texas
[3/11-3/15/2016] SXSW Interactive

[10/15] BedPost Confessions at The North Door

Berkeley, California
[10/11] 1st Annual 924 Gilman Reunion and Block Party, 12-4 PM

[Until 10/11] Avenue Q, a puppet show about adulthood

Boulder, Colorado
[10/16] Turning Ideas Into Reality:  The Public Library of the 21st Century with Mark Fraunfelder

Germany
[Until 12/16] The World of Tim Burton at Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR

Lake Iseo, Italy
[6/18 to 7/3/2016] Christo’s Floating Piers

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

Lisbon, Portugal
[11/7/2016-11/10/2016] Web Summit 2016

London
[July 2016] EVA London 2016

Los Angeles

[10/10] Festival Supreme


[10/10] Hanksy Presents Surplus Candy L.A.

[10/17-11/1] ALONE | Absorption [Tickets]

[10/7 and 10/14] How to Hate Yourself with Laura House at Acme Comedy [Tickets] DIscount code: FRIEND


[10/21-10/25] We’re Going Back 2015 – The 30th Anniversary Fan Celebration of Back to the Future [Tickets]

[10/24] Donnie Darko at the Palace Theatre [Tickets]

[10/31] Rocky Horror Picture Show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Tickets]

[11/28] THE KRAMPUS: Lecture with Costumes at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
[12/5] THE KRAMPUS BALL at Highland Park
[12/10] LA KRAMPUSLAUF: the Krampus LA troupe will be joined by over a dozen members of the Moorpass Maishofen from Austria!
[12/12] KRAMMPSTEIN at ALPINE VILLAGE
[12/13] KRAMPUS Mummers Play and Movie

Lowell, Massachusetts
[Until 10/16] E is for Elephants – The Etchings of Edward Gorey Thanks, junkculture!

Lucca, Italy
[10/29-11/1] Lucca Comics & Games 2015

Marble Falls, Texas
[10/9-10/12] Camp Grounded

Miami Beach, Florida
[12/3-12/6] Art Basel
Middletown, California
[10/9-10/11] Kinky Salon. DEEP HEDONISM


New York City

[10/8] Some Place Like Home, grand opening
[10/9-11/11] Some Place Like Home, an exhibit featuring Olek, Swoon, Olivia Steele, Boxhead, Moral Turgeman, Michelle P. Dodson

[10/12-10/18] HONK NYC!, 9th Annual Convergence of Street Bands & Spectacle Makers

[11/4] Screening of Art of the Prank, a film based on ‘media trickster’ Joey Skaggs’ work, 7 PM, SVA Theatre, 333 w.23rd Street [trailer], FREE

Oakland

[10/14] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]

[10/15] Beetlejuice at the New Parkway, 9:30 PM [Tickets]

[10/16-10/17] Oakland Autumn Lights Festival 2015 [Tickets]

[10/17] SOME WAGS – Screenprints by MICHAEL WERTZ – Artist Reception at Glama-Rama Salon
[10/14-11/29] SOME WAGS – Screenprints by MICHAEL WERTZ exhibit at Glama-Rama Salon

[10/17] Vermeulen Open House at American Steel Studios

[10/18] East Bay Mini Maker Faire 10 AM to 5 PM

[10/19] Nerd Nite East Bay #35: Dams, Tiki, and Weed Botany at Club 21 [Facebook RSVP]

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

[10/24] Bikes to Books Annual Autumn bicycle tour

[10/25] Letterpress 101 by Material Print Machine at Omni Commons, 6-9:30 PM

[10/29] George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at New Parish [Tickets]

[10/30 -10/31] Kinky Salon: THE NEW HAUNT at Mission Control Oakland [Tickets]

[10/30] Extra Action Marching Band at the Oakland Metro [Tickets]

[11/12] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]

[11/14] ODDVILLE! A Festival of the Awesomely Strange at American Steel Studios, 7 PM, $20 cash only at the door, 21+

[12/10] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]

Paris

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

Pasadena, California
[10/10-10/11] NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Annual Open House

[11/21-11/22] Designercon

Provincetown, Massachusetts
[8/13-8/19/2016] Carnival 2016: Back to the 80’s

Riverside, California
[5/20-5/22/2016] Beyond Brookledge at Mission Inn

Sacramento, California
[11/13-11/14] Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show, Parts 1 & 2 at Colonial Theatre

San Francisco
[10/7] Fireside Storytelling: Saved the Day, 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15

[10/7] Bawdy Storytelling: Heroes and Villains, Verdi Club, 8 PM [Tickets]

[10/9] RARE West Coast appearance! Bread and Puppet Theater: Fire, at Internet Archive [Tickets]

[10/9] The Devil’s Acre: Litquake’s Opening Night Celebration at Z Space [Tickets]

[10/11-10/12] 16th Annual Burning Man San Francisco DECOMPRESSION, 12 PM to 12 AM

[10/15] Robert Henke’s Lumiare II, Two shows at Gray Area Art & Technology Theater [Tickets at the door, $15-$35]

[10/17] Litquake’s Chaos, Cacophony, “Bob†and Sublime Stupidity, 7:15 PM at The Chapel, 777 Valencia p.s. Look for Spy Emerson’s Hook-Up Truck.

[10/17] The Lab’s 24 Hour Telethon [Tickets]

[10/24] Bikes to Books Annual Autumn bicycle tour

[10/24] 2015 Northern California Synth Meet at Robotspeak

[10/24]  Sassy Camp: An Epic Camp for Awesome Girls & Boys [Tickets]

[10/26] Whitechapel, a gin bar by Martin Cate opens [They’re hiring]

[10/29] TEDxSanFrancisco at Pier 70

[until 10/31] Camille Seaman: The Big Cloud at SFO Museum, Terminal 3

[10/31] Journey to the End of the Night, An “epic, moonlit chase through the dreamy streets of San Francisco” [Pre-register]

[11/4] Fireside Storytelling: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15

[11/4] Dancehall of Beautiful Radiant Things [Tickets]

[11/19] Flying Robot international Film Festival at the Roxie Theater [Tickets]

[11/21] Burning Man Arts Presents The Ninth Annual Artumnal Gathering at Bently Reserve [Tickets]

[11/25] Gogol Bordello, the Gypsy Punk Tour at the Warfield [Tickets] [Other dates/cities]

[11/28-11/29] SF Etsy Indie Holiday Emporium at Pier 35, Free admission

[12/3] Fireside Storytelling: Mind. Blown., 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15

[12/15 -12/16] X at The Independent

[12/31] PATTI SMITH & HER BAND perform Horses in its entirety this New Year’s Eve at The Fillmore! [Tickets]

[1/29] Dan Deacon at The Fillmore

[2/11/16] Monica Lewinsky at JCCSF

[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love

San Jose, California
[Oct/Nov] Winchester Mystery House Flashlight Tours

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

[10/8] The Big Fake Wedding Seattle

South Bay (California)
[10/16] Day 1: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015
[10/17] Day 2: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015
[10/18] Day 3: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015

Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/20-3/23/2016] DENT

Spain
[7/4-7/10/16] Nowhere

HEY YOU
If YOU would like to co-curate an issue of Rusty’s Electric Dreams, I’d love to hear your idea! Please email merusty@blazenhoff.com.Know about a cool event? Share it. I’ll do my best to include it in the next issue.

“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” –Frida Kahlo Thanks, Devil Doll!

Rusty’s Electric Dreams is a weekly inbox zine by Rusty Blazenhoff. These personally curated missives are beacons to signal and celebrate the global tribe of weird, wonderful, and “different” people (“the Others“).

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