Instant Nightmare Rescue Kit

Bryan Connor imagined a new 826 tutoring center in Baltimore called The Stuff of Dreams, and designed the facade and various items for sale in the theoretical shop, including an Instant Nightmare Rescue Kit. Via.

*Previously: Buy Neko Case's Mercury Cougar and support 826 National.

*Buy Essentially Odd: A Catalog of Products Created For and Sold at the 826 Stores at Amazon.

Nightmare illustrated by Patricio Oliver

Patricio Oliver illustrated a dream for the 200 Suenos Ilustrados project I've previously mentioned:

I dreamed that I had an adopted sister, she was a demon but I didn't know it. She made my life miserable. Until the day that she was turning into a demon in the room, and my parents saw her. And we lived happily ever after.

*Buy vinyl toys by Patricio Oliver at eBay.

Take your dream suppressants (video roundup)

Still and trailer for dystopia Pumzi. Via.




The opening moments of the season premier of Lost side by side with the opening moments of the series premier. Via.





Carlos Zarazua shows off. Don't miss the grind at 1:40. Via.





"Bad nudity" stars in this extended clothing drive commercial for Bud Light. Via.






"Hit the target" ad by Wieden + Kennedy for Nike. Via.

*Previously: Dream screensaver by Art.Lebedev.

*Buy dream dictionaries at Amazon.

The Shining poster (link roundup)

Poster for The Shining made as a commission by Tom Whalen.

And a few more links:

1. A theory that "dreams are tuning the mind for conscious awareness." Via.

2. It was too good to be true, JJ Abrams will not make a Dark Tower movie. Via.

3. "God Bless Amercia."

*Previously: The Shining, anime-style.

*Buy The Shining posters at eBay.

Book of Dreams Project

A few of my favorites from the 200 Suenos Ilustrados project:


Ringu by Allan Rabelo.



Tea Party by APAK.



Bed at sea by Renee French.



The Shadows by Alex Fito.

*Previously: Shark plane dream.

*Buy dream dictionaries at Amazon.

My family's brush with that scary dream guy

There's a good chance that you've already heard about the website dedicated to the reported phenomena of a creepy monobrowed man haunting people's dreams.

Upon seeing the site, my younger brother reminded me of the nightmares he used to have. He would report of having dreamed of Bert from Sesame Street:



But upon seeing the scary dream guy, he says that man looks like the person he dreamed about. (Which is particularly interesting since the site is just a hoax.)

*Previously: What I used to have nightmares about.

*Buy dream dictionaries at Amazon.

Fringe and Dreamscape

Reading Annalee Newitz's excellent description of this week's episode of Fringe (which you can watch below) reminded me of one of my favorite movies - - Dreamscape.



I was just trying to verify that the movie really was called "Dreamscape" when I stumbled upon the poster, which I'd never seen before:



It looks so much like the Indiana Jones posters, I thought someone had made a mistake. But no, that's the poster for Dreamscape. Was the plan to trick people into thinking they were seeing another Indiana Jones movie?

*Previously: If Indiana Jones had a podracer.

*Buy the Dreamscape poster at eBay.

Shark Plane

Shark plane by Craig Thompson. You can see various sketches of the plane and its interior here. The shark plane is part of Craig's contribution to Little Nemo: A Century of Dreams.

*Previously: Little Nemo comic strip by Marcus Thiele.

*Buy Little Nemo collections at Amazon.

A team of Batmen take on Darth Vader

Julian Callos had a dream about zombies, Darth Vader, and a team of Batmen. He illustrated it in a comic strip.

*Previously: Illustration of an even weirder dream about Batman.

*Buy Dark Knight toys at eBay.

DX Astro Mutan (and link roundup)

This expensive little fellow is called "DX Astro Mutan (Animation Ver)" and is on sale for $126 here.

Here's a few more random links:

1. Greg Packer, the man the media loves to cite as regular joe, has struck again. This time, he showed up at a temple on Long Island and commented on the Mumbai attacks:

"This is not just a Jewish thing," Packer said. "The terrorists didn't just kill Jews in Mumbai. Many people were targeted and killed. Yes, the Jews have always been targets. We have to continue to be vigilant and watch our backs. But when something like this happens, we are all one people."

2. News article applauds Criss Angel's PR stunt to give toys to needy kids, features three photos of Angel and his girlfriend, omits any photo of needy children.


3. Author describes the amusingly bizarre vision he had when his heart stopped beating for several minutes. Via.


4. What Jon Bon Jovi says in his preconcert prayer. An excerpt:

so I'm just sayin' I appreciate your making kick-ass lead guitar a priority in '83. You didn't have to do that, but you did. And you didn't stop there—you focused on filling out my lineup with a bassist, a drummer, and a keyboardist, and even went further by re-answering my prayers and sending another bassist to get us through the departure of our original bassist, and I appreciate that as well. As I've told you in prior preshow prayer circles, he was fired because his playing became unsatisfactory in live situations after we got famous. That's all I'm going to say about that, as I think you know what the real story is there and you have the power to guide him through it.

*Previously: Drive-thru prayer booth.

*Surprise your loved one with Bon Jovi and Sambora action figures.

Smuggle alcohol into an event using the "Beerbelly" and" Winerack"

In an article for The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, describes various ways he managed to defeat airport security in the US. At one point, he was subjected to "secondary inspection" while he was secretly wearing a neoprene "Beerbelly" filled with beer under his shirt. The "investigator" didn't notice it. In the photos above, you can see the Beerbelly and Winerack in action.

Here's a few other headlines:

1. Supposedly, studies indicate watching black and white television as a child causes people to dream in black and white. (I dream in color, but there's never sound in my dreams.) Via.


2. Yesterday was "anti-piracy day." Wouldn't that make it "ninja day?" Via.


3. Reusable diapers are worse for the environment than disposable diapers. Via.

*Previously: "The liver is evil. It must be punished."

*Buy "The Museum of Bad Art: Masterworks" at Amazon.

Dream screensaver by Art.Lebedev

Head over here to download a new, very relaxing screensaver depicting a dreaming...letter R?

A commenter explains: "It is cyrillic letter Ya (Я), which is the first in the name Yandex—the company that ordered the screensaver."

*See previously posted screensavers here.

Buy Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at Amazon.

Trippy Little Nemo comic strip by Marcus Thiele

Read the whole thing here. It's a pitch for a comic called "King Nemo"

Bruce Willis in the next edition of Pokemon

Part of a funny comic strip by Jamie Baldwin.

Online dream dictionary

Link. Via GoodyBlog.