Archive for February, 2010
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint

Chicago is becoming a very good destination and playground for Midwestern Steampunks. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that this weekend there is a Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Show, and we’re having our monthly get-together at a French Restaurant …
The Tie Bar is a well-kept gentleman's secret. They carry a wide range of ascots and cravats at affordable prices.
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint

Dating, love, lust, sex and personal relationships for the Neo-Victorian must be handled delicately. Aged, proper old-timey sex cries, woos, euphemisms and proper colorful words should be sprinkled liberally in your daily (and nightly) vocabulary.
A proper starting point is …



It has taken me a while to write an article on The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus for a very simple reason. It is so complex and is so visually overwhelming that it takes a good week or two to really …
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

In case you did not know, Mr. Auto-Technical and I, the Lord Baron are resident DJs at the esteemed Chicago whiskey & “rock & roll” bar – Delilah’s. And we have been for a while…
Under our stage monikers …
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

First off, thank you to my good compatriot Keith Kaye for bringing this lovely item to light. He is a wealth information for such things.
Formalities aside, if you are, and I am vaguely afraid you may be, anything like …
Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

My lovely partner in crime, the Lady KL Kenzie had a novel idea last Tuesday, we were to go see a “live band” play “music” before a “crowd”. Now regardless of how arcane the idea sounded, I am a novel …
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint

Steampunk fashion and culture can be DIY, modded, recreated, adapted, changed or created from the ground up. As a fashion and device aesthetic, it can come from or be any time period. Military clothing, badges, devices and gadgets are perfect …