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On Aug 25, 8:16*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill"



wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:

I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. *I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. *WWW was one of my favorites. *Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. *Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon,
Peter Falk. *Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though.
"Van Helsing" might qualify. *Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie
Wonka.

--Vic

"Dune"

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On Aug 24, 6:44*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 24, 7:21*pm, Guzzistimo wrote:

What the *hell* is 'steampunk'. I couldn't find that kind of music on
youtube.
--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous

Steampunk is not a music genre but is an aesthetic genre that posits
that 1890s type technology based on steam continued and that the
styles of decorative machinery such as elaborate wrought iron legs on
machinery and gleaming oversized brass knobs and dials were still
used. *It is the mad scientist/lone inventor mythology applied to
modern implements.
This guy does it very well:http://steampunkworkshop.com/
In Steampunk, one never calls an object by a common name but by a name
that the supposed crazed inventor calls it, thus a radio would be an
"Aetheric Wave Modulator" or similar. *Steampunk crazies always wear
cobalt blue goggles to protect their eyes from the radiation their
devices produce.
Clearly the result of reading too much Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.



excellent!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...g?t=1243927087

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When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want
something like these:

http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...s_uBYnd_54.jpg

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On Aug 25, 9:58*pm, Tim wrote:
When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want
something like these:

http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...punk-five-lens...

I WANT, I want.

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On Aug 25, 9:58*pm, Tim wrote:
When it gets to the point where I absolutely need eye glasses, I want
something like these:

http://www.instablogsimages.com/imag...punk-five-lens...

I'd say Frankenstein was the prototype steampunk novel.
Why dont my employees see how cool they'd all look with glasses like
that next to our steampunked trade show display. It;s be like a
Victorean parlor with gas lights and the Electrical Corpuscle
Magnascope (electron microscope) with the Roentgen Ray Divisor (x-ray
Spectrometer) all done in brass and huge dials with a Jacobs ladder
atop buzzing. It'd be AWESOME, Nobody would forget it.
A couple years ago, the microscopy conference was in Fort Lauderdale
so I got my people to dress in Columbia shirts and khakis with deck
shoes to hand out packets of sunscreen with our logo while we had
fishing stuff all over the booth. People still mention it when they
call.

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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 25, 8:16 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill"



wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:

I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon,
Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though.
"Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie
Wonka.

--Vic

"Dune" That movie sucked to much to be steampunk.

Hey Froggie!
 

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:



I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.

Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

Also reminds me of a movie called "The Great Race" with Jack Lemon,
Peter Falk. Not sure if that qualifies as "steampunk" though.
"Van Helsing" might qualify. Heck, maybe even Frankenstein and Willie
Wonka.

--Vic


Steampunk may be the stuff the EEngineering guy built on a far distant
planet in the books published years ago by the ARRL American Radio Relay
League.

Hey Froggie!
 

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:34:42 -0700, Calif Bill wrote:


David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great
show.

I'm not sure it holds up. I liked the show when it was originally on,
but I saw an episode several years ago. I can only say, it sucked.

Hey Froggie!
 

Calif Bill wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:


I did not see that one. However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.
Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. WWW was one of my favorites. Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.


Man, when I was a kid I lived for UNCLE. Trouble is, we lived in a
valley that pointed toward Syracuse NY, so we couldn't get the closer
Rochester stations. Our TV consisted of very snowy black and white. I
remember my uncle would watch the evening news every night, and some
nights you could barely make out a silhouette (damn I love spell check)
of a person!

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On Aug 26, 10:21*am, NotNow wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:34 -0700 (PDT), Katie Ohara
wrote:

I did not see that one. *However, the recent movie about Atlantis (a
cartoon) with the submarine was an excellent example. *Wild Wild West
was another (the crazed Confederate General was good). *The Golden
Compass was another.
Here is a compendium of Steampunk art:
http://photobucket.com/images/steampunk/?page=10
Not being an artsy person (ok, I'm aesthetically challenged) I just
dont "get" most art genres but Steampunk I do, along with Romantic
Realism and whatever genre Maxfield Parrish was in.
Thanks for reminding me of Wild Wild West. *I knew this steampunk
wasn't new. *WWW was one of my favorites. *Think WWW and that spy
thing with Robert Vaughn and Ilya Kuryakin ran back to back in the mid
sixties.

--Vic

David McCallum was Illya and the show was Man from U.N.C.L.E. *Great show.
And the original WWW was much better than the remake movie.

Man, when I was a kid I lived for UNCLE. Trouble is, we lived in a
valley that pointed toward Syracuse NY, so we couldn't get the closer
Rochester stations. Our TV consisted of very snowy black and white. I
remember my uncle would watch the evening news every night, and some
nights you could barely make out a silhouette (damn I love spell check)
of a person!

One could get old fashioned welders glasses and replace the earpieces
with adjustable leather straps. I already have the clip on magnifying
lenses.