| Literature for the discerning Steampunker |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|04:11 pm] |
The Dark Volume, sequel to The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, will be available in the US on March 24, 2009.
It is, I believe, already available in the UK.
If you wish to reserve yourself a copy, please visit Amazon.
If you're as much a fan of Mr. Dahlquist's work as I am, I'm the mod of a tiny little community called ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) books_of_glass. Nothing much goes on over there, but a girl can dream. |
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| OK so lets start to do something with this list.. |
[Jul. 25th, 2008|11:17 pm] |
People this list has sat here for a bit..
I say we actually do something with it!
BTW who is going to these things in the next few months?
Time Travel Picnic
in NY , August 2nd, this year every one who comes will get skeleton keys, compasses, books, and more military pins.
Come to the one in NY or plan your own via this link.
http://artdonovan.vox.com/
Pi-Con
August 22-24
Pi-Con is a weekend-long convention where fans and creators of science fiction gather to interact. There will be three days of panels, games, readings, debates, events, interviews, conversation, parties, and socializing. at the Clarion hotel in West Springfield, MA. There Guest of Honor is the one and only Cory Doctorow
Dances of Vice
August 22nd to August 24th
Sunday, August 24th: at REBEL NYC 251 West 30th Street
New York, NY 10001 The Münchausen Time Travellers Ball takes place at Rebel NYC, featuring live music by Voltaire (exclusive full band show), The Deadfly Ensemble, Fern Knight & the Stumblebum Brass Band, as well as a theatrical fashion show of Steampunk, New Romantic, Fantasy, & 18th to early 20th century inspired costumes from Azrael Accomplice Designs, La Metamorphose, Miz Candyman, & To Die For Designs.
Dragon*Con
Aug 29th -Sept 1, steampunk meet ups can be arranged and spoken of here
Comic-Con San Diego is July 24-27.
Burning man
Aug 25- Sep 1
If you do not know what Burning man in the USA is you must find out click here .
Salon Convention
A Neo-Victorian convention on September 13th in NJ, USA, featuring a Steampunk Salon by G. D. Falksen, friday night meetup, Abney Park, To Die for Designs, Chrono'nauts Parade, Burlesque. |
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| New to steampunk |
[Jun. 3rd, 2008|02:56 am] |
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Hello, names Jonathon, and I'm new to the world of Steampunk. I've been trying to find a fashion that I liked, something elegant, yet something different then what is considered 'elegant' by today's standards. I have always had a love for Victorian fashion, yet I always felt that something was missing in what I saw. I was about to give up and go back to the more Victorian and Gothic styles that I was already looking at getting into, when my gf (a lolita) saw some neat stuff on one of the communities that she belongs to online. All in all, i was hooked the first moment that I saw some of the stuff they had posted there. It was that perfect clash of old world fashion and technology that I wanted (but didn't really know i wanted till i saw it) that i thought was missing in so many other things.
The problem is, I'm having troubles finding good stores and websites that have the more elegant/atistocratic steampunk/neo victorian styles that I'm looking for. I would really love it if I could get some pointers from those of you who have been at this for a little while.
Thanks in advance, friends
Jonathon W. Dell |
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| I'm curious... |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|05:40 pm] |
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Why is it that not many posts are made to this community? Well, stay tuned, because a new audio-video experience will infect this good community by summer's end. Who are these charlatans, you ask? None other than The Reverend Heywood Jablomi Fiasco, my friends. Until then, good day, and please continue with spreading the steam aesthetic.
Sean C.
PS...
You all should really check out this excellent steam-generation video series online. The series is called Wormtooth, and it is excellent! |
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| Steam Punk Microphonic Amplification Device |
[Feb. 7th, 2007|09:15 am] |
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Not to be outdone by Kristina’s brilliant Keyboard, and Nathan’s brass guitar (see my LJ for these), I decided to erect a microphone for myself. And what a fine erection I now have! Feast your eyes on my erection!
...and thanks to today’s mad-scientist tinkering, it now sounds as good as it looks!
For those of you who are gear heads, and will understand this, I will tell you the details:
Its started life as a Blue Ball microphone, in a "Ringer" shock mount These are made in Latvia - phantom powered 48v DYNAMIC (not condenser, so no onstage feedback!). Now, its idea for recording my voice, since it excels in low tones...except for one problem: plosives.
Lets just say my plosives were explosive (sorry about that, I had to).
So, I built that little brass mouthpiece. Its actually a tiny little pop-filter, and since its about 2 inches from the mic element, there is no "POOM!" in "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". |
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[Dec. 23rd, 2006|08:56 am] |
Some one had asked about our Keyboard and Laptop rig that we use onstage. I have some time this morning, so I thought I go into detail. Here she is:
Back of Laptop at top, back of keyboard at bottom.
Here is some of the detail.
Next up: I'm going to be doing Nathans Guitar. Sweet.
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