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Steamvalve Nation

Mar
31
Joe Mason
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Blast

Steamvalve Nation has invaded Chicago. Their objective: to rock! Guitarist and vocalist Terry “The Punisher” Tuccori was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.

Steampunks find inspiration in the past. Steamvalve Nation finds inspiration in classic hard rock. …

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The Day There Were No Cops

Mar
24
Joe Mason
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On March 22, 1861, Mayor “Long John” Wentworth fired the whole Chicago police force.

To see how this occurred, it’s necessary to review a little history of the Chicago Police Department and the relationship that Wentworth shared with it.

Before …

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Chi-Fi 2015

Mar
17
Joe Mason
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Palmer_House,_Chicago_interior

Chi-Fi presents its sophomore celebration of geekdom March 19-22 at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chiacago at 17 E Monroe Street.

The inaugural Chi-Fi 0 was a one-day affair on March 29, 2014. It expanded to a full-weekend affair.…

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Do You Want a Taste of the Whip?

Mar
10
Joe Mason
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In these times of fifty shades of media saturation, credit is due to the author whose name inspired the term masochism, Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch. His name and proclivities were used as examples in the early psychiatric community, but his …

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Chicago Incorporated

Mar
03
Joe Mason
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Happy birthday to Chicago! Congratulations on being incorporated by the State of Illinois on March 4, 1837.

We could count your years in a few different ways. After all, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable became known as the first permanent, …

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Welcome to The Jungle

Feb
24
Joe Mason
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Jungle

Not every novel leads to legislation. Upton Sinclair took an undercover job in the Chicago Stockyards to research his expose of the meatpacking industry, The Jungle. The first installment was published in the newspaper Appeal to Reason on February …

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Steampunk Manifested

Feb
17
Joe Mason
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Karl Shirt

A spectre is haunting steampunk—the spectre of Marxism! On February 21, 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto. By no means is steampunk a Marxist movement, but as this treatise influenced revolutions and built nations, its …

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Janet Berres: Mistress of the Tarot

Feb
10
Joe Mason
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Berres

Professional tarot reader Janet Berres can often be found at the gatherings of the steampunk mystics The Owen Society for Hermetic & Spiritual Enlightenment. She opened her home to their Yule gathering this past December, where she keeps her …

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Kickstarting Vourteque’s Iron and Jazz Age

Feb
03
Joe Mason
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Iron and JazzAfter two years of labor, Chicago-based electro-swing producer Vourteque is poised to release The Iron and Jazz Age. His Kickstarter campaign aims to cover mastering and production costs for a March 2015 release.

Vourteque and Dead 2 Me Records…

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African Steam Safari via Luxury Train

Jan
26
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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141106161010-rovos-rail-steam-safari-horizontal-galleryThere’s hardly anything more old-timey than booking a cabin and enjoying the journey of an old steam train. All aboard to Africa for Rovos Rail’s luxury steam excursions! Traverse throughout the continent on your own personal safari, but leave your …

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