Steampunk Chicago

The Clockwork Cabaret Proves That I’ve Listened to Steampunk Music All Along

Nov

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

This is something I should have posted quite a bit ago.

When I am doing aether-devise modifications, or concocting culinary inventions or just want some degree of background noise that is a good 30/70 split between some-what witty banter and …

STEAM-CON – Report from a Midwest Steampunker

Nov

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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I had just worked 20 hours (literally) and had not eaten a single meal. I was wearing my “traveling” jeans, a vest, my pocket watch and compass, my great jacket and holding a walking stick. People were looking at me …

Steam-Con is Totally Steampunk!

Oct

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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So I’m here at Steam-Con as it winds down on this mellow Sunday. The full post – with pictures and music and jellies for the kids, will be coming soon. This is a teaser… and by teaser I mean a …

The New Tuesday Weld Adopts Steampunk Aesthetic, But Promises a Wide Musical Range

Oct

Mr Autotechnical

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I opened the London Book of the Dead from the New Tuesday Weld and expected to find maybe some orchestral music, or perhaps some dark cabaret music. What I found was more of a whimsical tribute to jazz and cabaret …

Hellblinki – Pirates Meet Steampunk With New Concept Album

Oct

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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Thanks to Mr. Auto-Technical (whom SHOULD be writing this post instead of I!)

Definitely check out the Neo-Vaudville-Americana-Pirate-Industrial-MusiqueConcrete group Hellblinki. I downloaded their album “Oratory” and I’m loving it, attached are two songs I’m particularly fond of, the first …

The Phonovault – The place for your post-apocalypse music collection

Oct

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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Thank you to Sepiachord on the Brass Goggles forum, the PhonoVault is now open.

The website specializes in music of the dark and strange including such things as “Death Country”, “Dark Cabaret”, “Gothic Americana” and, of course, Psychobilly (and Steampunk …

The Steampunk Ghost Hunting Kit invades STEAM-CON

Oct

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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Ladies & Gentlemen behold the RL&GEMS presents…

“The Steampunk Ghost Hunting Kit”

All of these plates were created with photographs of the actual inventions and finds. Two of these inventions, the Aether Thermo-Aura-Meter and the Electro-Magnetic Frequency Detector, will be …

The Compass Points to M : A (slightly) New Direction

Apr

Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV

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Though the Compass Points to M will certainly still be a venue for the sharing of ideas and discoveries. This Compass’s main focus will now be to chronicle the explorations, creations and mis-adventures of the Royal Ladies’ & Gentlemans’ Experimental …

Camouflage-The Great Commandment

Feb

Mr Autotechnical

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Who doesn’t like Weimar Period German Cinema, Communist undertones, androgynous 80’s all-male synthpop acts, and countless references to blade runner and Fritz Lang? I’m not sure, but I am 100 percent sure they are not people worth knowing. So it …