May 12
The NYT jumps on the Steampunk bandwagon.
(Via the Flea.)
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9 Responses to “Fads come and go, but brass goggles are forever”
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May 12th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Jeez, the freakin’ NYT. Well, it isn’t over yet, that will come the week Time and Newsweek have simultaneous steampunk cover stories.
I just discovered the term “steampunk” about a year ago, but then discovered that I’d been reading the literature for years and years. A steampunk search on eBay brings up five pages of clothing, brassware (including goggles), customized Nerf guns (because, um, well, because), pocket watches, and random gears and parts.
For years I have had, in the back of my mind, the idea of building aerial gunboat models for the old game Sky Galleons of Mars. Now’s the time, since steampunk is an Officially Recognized Cultural Movement ™. This is going to be my ticket to fame and riches!
I’ll be the Captain Nemo of tiny little flying ship models! Maybe the Robur the Conqueror as well!
May 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Oh goody! The Blogmistress can be even more ruthless than she was at Tim’s joint.
:^)
May 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Now that’s what I’m talking about!!!
Both Andrea’s pest control and those clothes!
They’re gorgeous. I have no idea who or what Steampunk are, but that fashion is to die for. We see styles recycled so quickly these days that the stuff we put in the back of our wardrobe three years ago is now lightly reinvented or classed as vintage.
The clothes in that article also had the look of quality about them. From what I can see, they don’t have that Halloween/Fancy Dress party look about them.
I’d kill for a pair of those boots.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Don’t some of you have part of this offering anyway???
“Gypsymoon.com has begun offering its cream and umber petticoats, an Air Pirate ruched tunic and Time Machine bloomers”
May 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Ar look, I must disclose that I have been given the arse from another one of these interweb things for general unsavoury behaviour, but I am keen to mend my ways.
Any of you sheilas up for a quick knee trembler in the dunny ?
May 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Bomb-Ronald-Clark/dp/0712694781
Good story.
Cheers
May 12th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Wow! This is GREAT!
I love the old parchment tone.
So soothing on the eyes.
Fantastic Andrea.
Going with the Steampunk theme?
Comments sections a bit tiny though. Sorry, I had to say it. Please don’t hit me.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:43 am
I like steam punk.
If you’re into computer rpg games at all, take a look at Arcanum.
It’s a stand alone rpg, not an mmo.
I know, I’m a dork. Cant help it though. I suspect it’s genetic.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Steampunk you say?
I always knew there’d be a use for that Vest, White, Marcella.
Now where are my patent leathers and the bum freezer jacket?