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Portlandia Does Steampunk

Feb
12
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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Do you live in Portland? Are you a steampunk? Then its your lucky break! Meet us down at the Portland Double Tree, and we’ll all board my airship. We have to rescue the queen!

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Poetry Bordello Lundi Gras

Feb
04
Joe Mason
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Mardi Gras? Been there, done that. How about spending a Monday with whores?

The Chicago Poetry Bordello kicks off the Carnival season with a Lundi Gras “historic night of mischief and disguise.”

The Bordello’s Madam Black-eyed Susan (Susan Yount) responded …

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Steampunks can relive the past this weekend at Military History Fest!

Feb
01
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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Steampunks! You may only be slightly out of time this weekend at Military History Fest 9 in St. Charles. Nonetheless, we love history, dressing up, and acquiring new gear! No better place to acquire period gear than at a history …

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Vagabond Opera Free* Show

Jan
28
Joe Mason
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As part of their World Music Wednesday series, the Old Town School of Folk Music present Vagabond Opera. The show is free, with a * suggested $10 donation.

The six-piece bohemian ensemble is no stranger to Steampunk Chicago, having …

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Steampunks well aware of IBM predicted trend

Jan
21
The Reverend Captain Samuel Flint
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So the eggheads at International Business Machines have spun the cogs of their infernal contabulation machine, and declared that steampunk is an up and coming trend, and will reach new heights this year.

Well, yes. Of course.

Analysts have gone …

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Tribune Does Not Declare Steampunk Dead!

Jan
15
Joe Mason
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In the January 13 Chicago Tribune Magazine article “Punked,” Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz makes a tongue in cheek point about the mainstreaming of steampunk style. ModVic provides salvaged home-restoration. Sherwin-Williams has announced a line of steampunk-inspired colors. Justin Bieber’s Christmas video is …

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Spears & Gears Looking for Musicians

Jan
02
Joe Mason
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Spears & Gears: the steampunk Britney Spears Tribute is looking for musicians to flesh out the band’s sound.

We’re a new band. We’ve just begun (having our fun) and would like additional people to join us. Currently the band consists …

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My Field Trip to Borri Audio Laboratories

Dec
24
Joe Mason
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Princeton, IL, is a two hour drive from Chicago. Down the street from the antique shops, upstairs from the dance studio and down the cramped hallway, you can find Borri Audio Laboratories. It’s the home of Shawn Borri, who …

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The White City Rippers Release Old-Timey Mad Scientist Music EP

Dec
17
Joe Mason
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Releasing music is not magical.  You don’t need some record label A&R rep discovering your band and signing you over to the label’s indentured servitude. It’s all business. If you want to record, you book time in a …

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Let Me Take You Down to Candy Town

Dec
10
Joe Mason
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I was hooked on Candy Town the first time I saw them. They put on a review. There were costumes and make up and ragtime and a hint of malice. Ringleader Sean Guinan conducted an e-mail interview for Steampunk Chicago.…

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