Comments on: Survival Research Laboratories in Los Angeles, 10/1 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 09:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1209611 Mitch_M Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1209611 I grew up during the oil embargo and I can't figure out what happened to the 70 MPG cars people were going to be driving by the year 2000. I was fine with this idea until I got to the phrase "art dust". I grew up during the oil embargo and I can’t figure out what happened to the 70 MPG cars people were going to be driving by the year 2000.

I was fine with this idea until I got to the phrase “art dust”.

]]> By: wilbur twinhorse http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1208608 wilbur twinhorse Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1208608 don''t remember the oil crisis of '79, but driving across the country during the arab oil embargo was a memorable trip!  that would be several years earlier i think.  mark pauline has definitely paid for his art in terms of a mangled arm and psyche.  he's getting lots of respect from people who weren't there at the time and live in a completely different society. don”t remember the oil crisis of ’79, but driving across the country during the arab oil embargo was a memorable trip!  that would be several years earlier i think.  mark pauline has definitely paid for his art in terms of a mangled arm and psyche.  he’s getting lots of respect from people who weren’t there at the time and live in a completely different society.

]]> By: James B http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1208402 James B Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/survival-research-laboratories-in-los-angeles-october-2.html#comment-1208402 Mark Pauline has always been something of an inspiration to me, and a reminder of how dangerous DIY machinery can be.  I tend towards making more practical and controlled equipment (sawmills, propane forges, kilns, trailers), but still try to  give things a little menacing artistic flare when I can work it in.  Mark Pauline has always been something of an inspiration to me, and a reminder of how dangerous DIY machinery can be.  I tend towards making more practical and controlled equipment (sawmills, propane forges, kilns, trailers), but still try to  give things a little menacing artistic flare when I can work it in. 

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