What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:
What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:44:36 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:
What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

Thank you! And what an appropriate topic for the home page.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

On Aug 24, 7:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:

What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

I take my company to a trade show for electron microscope accessories
once a year and I told my guys that I wanted to "steampunk" one of our
old electron microscopes to take to a show and we could all go looking
the part. They were all baffled and basically vetoed it by looking at
me like I was nuts. I wanted to call the electron microscope an
"Electrical Corpuscle Magnascope" and the x-ray spectrometers would be
"Elemental Roentgen Ray Divisors". They just didn't see the fun in it.

On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:

What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey
Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea"

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/

On Aug 24, 11:53*pm, Tim wrote:
On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:



On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:

What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey
Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea"

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/

I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

On Aug 24, 11:15*pm, Katie Ohara wrote:
On Aug 24, 11:53*pm, Tim wrote:



On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:

On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:

What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey
Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea"

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/

I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Now THAT is cool!

http://media.photobucket.com/image/s...mel..jpg?o=218

This is, unless you're the camel, or trying to ride the camel and
shoot the thing!

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:



I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:



I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:



I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon,
Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though.
"Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie
Wonka.

--Vic