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Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.
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Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
recorded July 9, 2024
As the forebearer of Steampunk, what place does Cyberpunk play in out collection of stories, styles, and themes? What do we think of a future without 'retro? Lets Talk about it.
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092402/
Johnny Mnemonic https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/
Rita's link: YMYW https://yourmindyourworld.com/
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
recorded June 25, 2024
It started out so innocent, learning about a Victorian confection, the Penny Lick. Which apparently was a disease vector, which lead to epidemics and death due to terrible sanitation, not just despite, but because of the invention of indoor plumbing. What a wild disgusting ride.
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
recorded June 11, 2024
We've covered a lot of aspects of steampunk on this show. This week Jack asked what do we wish was included that we've not seen. What would you like to see in 'the scene' that you haven't? What could make steampunk more compelling, more interesting? Let's have a bit of a brainstorm, for fun.
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
recorded May 28, 2024
Summer is a great time to build your Steampunk kit but budgets are very tight. Between Shein, Temu, and Alibaba, what are the risks ordering from China? Tonight you can learn from our mistakes, and get some advice on finding the quality stuff from overseas.
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
recorded May 14, 2024
Diverging from our punk series, tonight we discuss post-apocalyptic stories that we call steampunk, why are they SP, how are they different from more historical SP? And is there a sub genre 'punk for this?
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
recorded April 30, 2024
Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore the wild west of Steampunk. What makes Steampunk in America different than in Britain? Dust Punk and Weird West have a lot to offer the Steampunk genre. Lets talk about it.
Burke’s Peerage lists U.K. nobles and titles
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
We're home from the the big spring event for Texas Steampunks, and it's time for a debrief. Let's chat with producer, Johnny "Starship" Steverson about the successes and challenges and secrets for what's to come.
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
recorded April 2, 2024
Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore how literary horror has crept and scuttled its way into the Steampunk scene.
Weird Fiction- late 19th, early 20th cent. Supernatural fiction blending sci-fi, gothic fiction, folk tales, romanticism, ghost stories, and fantasy while avoiding genre tropes, and making them... weird. Edgar Allen Poe
Cosmic Horror- Themes of Detachment and Isolation, the Unknown, the Fragility of Sanity, pointlessness of human existence, and Visceral Textures (like tentacles). HP Lovecraft
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
-HPL
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
recorded March 19, 2024
Tonight we begin a series on punk genres by diving into the Dieselpunk, or Petrolpunk, theme. How is it distinguished from Steampunk? What are some examples? Where lies the 'punk'?
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
recorded March 5, 2024
"What's with those goggles?"
Have you been in a "Steampunk 101" lecture at any convention with a steampunk track? Near all of us have. But how would you boil down the length and breadth of our hobby(s) to a succinct message to curious normies? Tonight we will struggle over this topic while we share a drink and idle banter.