On Aug 24, 11:15*pm, Katie Ohara wrote:
On Aug 24, 11:53*pm, Tim wrote:



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.

you might say it'[s ssomething like a Cyborg gets trapped in Davey
Jones's locker and writes 20,000 leagues under the sea"

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a good example

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/

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.

Now THAT is cool!

http://media.photobucket.com/image/s...mel..jpg?o=218

This is, unless you're the camel, or trying to ride the camel and
shoot the thing!

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

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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.

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

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

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.

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.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

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

Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them.
--
John H

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

U-joint Buster wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

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

Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them.
--
John H

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

Remember in the late 70's and early 80's when ladies wore those giant
eyeglasses? Forward to 2009, my wife gets all of these old 8 and super
8mm movies from her mom and dad's attic and has them made into a very
cool dvd. Anyway, one of her first comments was something about how
silly those things look now! BTW, if you ever want to do that, go to
your local Wolf or Ritz Camera. They did a fantastic job.

On Aug 26, 12:31*pm, U-joint Buster wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT), 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...

Yes. Those are cool. Wonder if they can put a prism in them.
--
John H

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

I figured they were already built in.