Fishwick Papers: The "Lava Lamps and Magic Patu" Edition

Oh hi!Greetings to you from a pleasant, balmy, and pollen-ridden Melbourne evening. Work at ACMI continues apace on a ridiculously exciting project. I've at times been literally bouncing up and down with enthusiasm for the potential of it, and I've been fortunate enough to encounter some real cool things along the way. Here are seventeen of them.

Articles for Reading

• Welcome to Airspace: How Silicon Valley spread café aesthetic around the world

• Something is wrong on the internet: Kids' Youtube exemplifies a disturbing trend

• Thor and his magic patu - celebrating indigenous ideologies in Thor: Ragnarok

Youtube Party

• Link, in Park

• Bach's Cantata 147 in A Forest

• The Role of Lava Lamps in Cybersecurity

• This week's biggest thing is a giant screaming Jimmy Barnes

Interactivities

• Meet an Australian teenager using video games to explain his autism

• Replacements: an episodic hypertext adventure I've signed up for

• Think of the Children: a 'frantic co-op parenting simulator'

Oooh Pretty Pictures!

• Every New York Times cover since 1852

• Picturing America's weirdest laws by breaking them

• One of The Boys: Repurposed Raptor Jerseys and various materials

Music Listen

• Holy Gasp - A Daily Affirmation is a gorgeous, upbeat song for your mornings

• Boyfriend by The Goon Sax: your twee lovesick song for the day

• Aimee Mann's Patient Zero is heartbreaking and beautiful

R.I.P. Vine of the Week

• Smooth Criminal

Thanks again for signing up; that's really cool of you. I love hearing feedback, so please get in touch to let me know what you think! Suggestions of nifty things to include are very welcome as well.If you missed last week's edition you can find it here, and if you know someone who would like the Fishwick Papers, you can send them here to sign up!Much love,Jim xoxoPS. Don't freak out, but the company behind Pokémon Go is working on a Potter-Themed sequel. Accio that!PPS. If you're in Melbourne, I'm performing in Triple Double on Saturday night. Come say hi!