13.3K
Downloads
182
Episodes
Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.
Episodes
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
recorded May 16, 2023
The month of May is flyin by, but Jack and Thax are here to gab. Thax explains the cheapest way to get into home brewing with the finer points of making ciders and bath tub hooch. Jack tells us about the Victorian arms dealer, the mysterious Basil Zaharoff. And the Time Travelers
Convention in Quincy, IL is cancelling their entertainment showrunners for lack of ticket sales. Digging their own hole, as we see it.
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
recorded May 2, 2023
Yesterday was May Day, being International Workers Day and/or Beltane! Summer is coming up on us fast! We discuss Peter Pan & Wendy and our favorite Peter Pan films. Guillermo Del Toro is putting together a new Frankenstein project so we hit on our fave Mary Shelly adaptions. Jack tells us about Lackadaisy, a web comic about 1920's cat bootleggers that has been made into an animated short.
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
recorded April 18, 2023
Today is tax day in the US, and we are quickly running out of springtime weather. Still have RenFests to visit, but its getting hot. Kitty joins us to talk this and that. Thax just returned from adventure in the Yucatán, dipping into Cenote Santa Rosa and having a ball. He then toured the Surreal Garden event in Austin's Zilker Botanical Gardens.
The Witches' Ball: Conclave of the Kraken
The Rabbit Hole bar in Leander, Tx
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
recorded April 4, 2023
We've just returned from the first Galveston Steampunk Festival at the railroad museum and it was a HUGE success! Event organizer Johnny Steverson joins us to talk about the struggles and triumphs and plans for next year.
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
recorded March 21, 2023
Happy St. Pats to all you Irish for a day! The Galveston Steampunk Festival is less than two weeks away and we are excited! We bring out our drinks and discuss dragon milking technique. Shadow and bone season two is blowing our minds. Jack wants to turn his plumbing into sculpture, and Thax wants to turn his bedframe into a tiny car!
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
recorded March 7, 2023
Springtime in Texas is always roulette. Don't know if we can feel safe from freezing, but warmer days begin festival season with Sherwood Forest Fair. We get our drink on and talk. There's smut in my steampunk show? Apple TV is putting out some interesting things. We slip into Russian military hacks, and collectable coins.
Time Bandits series
AETHER: The Rise of Specter - Official Trailer
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
recorded February 21, 2023
Happy Mardi Gras! We're full steam ahead without a map tonight, swinging from topic to topic. New show seasons coming up, such as Shadow and Bone, Carnival Row, and the last episodes of the Nevers. Mad science Dani Clode from the UK brings new digits with her prosthetic third thumb!
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
recorded February 7, 2023
Bluestocking's disertation trailer if finally out so we play it right away! A week passed the worst ice storm to hit Texas since... well... 2021. The weight of ice on trees caused them to break and fall on power lines cutting power all across the state. Some residents still wait for power to return after a week.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
recorded January 24, 2023
The year is starting off at a sprint! Natalie MacTavish joins us as a tease of winter weather is hitting today with snow in north Texas that gives Bluestocking anxiety. Natalie reviews Ikkicon and the steampunk larp hosted by Mad Raven Productions at the con. Thax tells about Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday at the Glass Coffin. Bluestocking teases about her upcoming podcast about secret and restricted libraries.
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
recorded January 10, 2023
Welcome to the new year! We've lost a lot of shows in the last month or so through cancellations and removed IPs. We revisit Pinocchio while we can, and hit on Vox Machina for some fantasy role playing raunch. Jack brings an exciting new weird western shooter game that looks gritty and glorious. Thax reports on a traveling circus that is moving through Texas.
Faire of Champions Steampunk weekend!