10 posts tagged “clothing”
Quick, check out Woot's shirt of the day today. It's only available today and is steampunky in nature! (Their summary -- "Wear this shirt: when you’re feeling a little steampunk, but not in the sort of way that would result in you dressing all goofy.")
The countdown for the Raygun Gothic Rocketship is at two days. If anyone is at Burning Man, take many photos and videos and report on what happens!
In other news, the eighth issue of Gatehouse Gazette is now out for perusal and appreciation!
We are pretty good about keeping on top of publications here at Steampunk Librarian HQ, but we are a dismal failure at keeping au courant with steampunk music. Fortunately, Sepiachord has that aspect of the culture covered, and we happily direct you there!
The x planes tumblr site features all sorts of aircraft, often historical, always interesting.
And finally, the New York Times has an article on the ultimate steampunk loft. Located in DUMBO (Brooklyn), it is part of a working clocktower. It's gorgeous and mechanical and vintage and modern all in one.
You know what needs updating? X-rays, that's what.
I do believe that "Being a role-playing game on the topic of the High-Flying adventures of Beatrice Henrietta Bristol-Smythe, DBE" is the longest game title I've ever seen. On the other hand, another steampunky game now out is simply entitled "Mechanism."
Other new steampunkish stuff: artwork and information on the book Affinity Bridge and a t-shirt design which reimagines the ride of Paul Revere with GIANT ROBOTS.
The Swimming Cities of Serenissima sounds like another book or game, but instead is a very tangible art/performance project which took place this summer. Glorious photos are available to show what happened.
And finally, do you know an Anachrolush? Whether you do or not, you should read the weblog belonging to one.
Due to various real-life issues and a large amount of links to share, today's entry will be in bulleted, fragmented sentence format. Enjoy!
- Datamancer now has a blog!
- Warehouse 13, a new show on the sci-fi channel now called SyFy, is heavy on the steampunk.
- a 40-minute bio on H.G. Wells is online.
- Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre!
- Beats Antique, a band for the 21st century.
- How to make your own spats.
- Ice: A Victorian Romance. (Ice usually wins.)
- NYPL looks at Victorian fashion.
- Everyone was on opium and cocaine back in the good old days!
- The New York Tribune pages from 1909 onward.
- Mark your calendars now for the PanKinetic Exposition in April 2010!
This week's assortment of steampunk-inspired links ended up on the more pragmatic, DIY side of life for some reason. To wit:
- Tactical corsets, perfect for the modern era!
- Make your own spats!
- Learn about how steam is making a comeback in the modern technological world!
- Consider the sea-based cities of the future, as imagined by various designers. I like the fourth one the best, personally.
- More computer modding, this time with an Egyptian bent. (I suggest including mummified hard drives, motherboards, etc., that have failed in the past.)
And finally, for the impractical and imaginative: huge leviathan battleships in the skies! Aieee!
Also, a note: the Steampunk Librarian will now also be mirrored on the Steampunk Empire for the forseeable future. Oooh, ahhh.
Catching up with steampunk around the web...the winners of CG Society's Steampunk Myths & Legends contest have been announced! You can see more details on their site, including this detailed look at Steamnocchio.
EgoPHobia's guest steampunk issue has hit the web. There's all sorts of stuff to explore there (and probably even more if you can read Romanian).
Elizabeth F. sent in the link for Clockwork Couture, which is, of course, all kinds of awesome.
The wondrous brains at SteamGear Lab have created an EyePod. With an eye! Get it? It's totally functional, too.
Finally, Gawker reports (via the Wall Street Journal) that smoking an actual old-fashioned pipe is a cool thing to do amongst the young and hip these days. Who knew?
Thanks to this wonderful post at Metafilter, I found out that you can watch "real life" footage taken in London in 1904, as well as Calcutta in 1899. It's pretty amazing stuff. If you like this sort of thing, you may also like Oddee's post in which photographs of Paris in 1900 are compared to those taken in 2008.
Because I am all about Jules Verne, I think this demonstration of making a pop-up book of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is just awesome. Make your own giant kraken!
Also, the always-fantastic Instructables shows you how to make your own raygun, so you can properly fend off your giant kraken.
For attire, B. and I have been having a wonderful time sending each other links from Uniformalwearhouse. Some offerings are just goofy, but they have some great gems there if you search long enough!
Other weblogs to check out: Steampunk Pix, which provides just what it says, and Alrededor del Mundo's steampunk-themed site (written in Castillan Spanish).
Today has been the sort of day where I could really use a raygun.
Alternatively, I could use a time travel machine. This t-shirt is the next best thing. In related happy fun items, these blocks for a budding mad scientist are perfect holiday gifts, I think! (Friends with urchins, consider this your warning. Mwahaha.)
Yet another Steampunks for Obama button has surfaced. It's not too late to get your own!
You may not have a beautifully antiqued laptop, but now you can add a small dash of steampunk to a regular computer with these neato USB drives.
Since my interest in steampunk overlaps with futurism and transhumanism, the concept of body mods and extended life intrigues me. So the story of a 123-year-old cornea which still functions has all sorts of possibilties!
Did you know there's a Visual Steampunk show going on at the American Primitive Gallery in New York City? You do now.
Not steampunk, but just silly fun: Laura Ingalls Wilder, twittering away.
If I don't vaporise anyone, I will be back with more links next week. Also, the Cincinnati steampunk meetup was wonderful fun, and I highly encourage anyone within traveling range to come to the next event!
I think that these Retropolis shirts should appeal to anyone, steampunk fan or not. There's even a shirt for the environmentalists (aka the Civilian Conservation Corps) and the the feminists (aka the Ladies World Domination Society).
The genius behind the steampunked Justice League turned his attention to Star Wars. The stormtroopers look amazing, and I covet Princess Leia's outfit.
Thanks to Nathan Myhrvold, Charles Babbage's second (yes, second!) Difference Engine has finally become a real, tangible object 150 years after its conception. Very cool.
Soon, the UK will have new coins, and they look very nifty and neo-victorian! I absolutely love that they can be configured to form a composite image.
And finally, those of you who remember me babbling about a steampunk anthology arriving on my doorstep last week will be interested in the discount offer the editors are making - here's the full announcement!
STEAMPUNK ANTHOLOGY OFFER:
Publishing house Tachyon Publications and editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have agreed to make their new fiction anthology, Steampunk, available for pre-order at a discounted price. This volume, priced at $14.95, is being offered at $12.00, including free shipping within the United States. Shipping outside the United States will be by Global Priority Mail: $9.50 to Canada and $11.00 to our friends in Europe.
In addition, books ordered through this offer will arrive signed by the editors. Signed and personalized…they will even draw little zeppelins!
What might one expect to find within the covers of this anthology? Metal men, clattering clogs, hydraulic horrors, dashing daredevils, corseted courtesans, and, of course, many and various airships—along with all the thrills and rarified pleasures that you could ever hope to enjoy.
Steampunk features work from Michael Chabon, Neal Stephenson, James P. Blaylock, Joe R. Lansdale, Mary Gentle, Ted Chiang, Michael Moorcock, Jay Lake, Molly Brown, Stepan Chapman, Ian R. MacLeod, Rachel Pollack, Paul Di Filippo, Rick Klaw, Jess Nevins and Bill Baker. In addition, a recommended reading list and other resources are included for your further reading enjoyment.
Be sure to reserve your copy before May 15, the expiration date for this kind offer.
Payment can be made by PayPal to vanderworld@hotmail.com or via check to:
Jeff VanderMeer
P.O. Box 4248
Tallahassee, FL 32315
When ordering, be sure to include where you read about this offer.
More about Jeff VanderMeer: www.jeffvandermeer.com
More about Tachyon Publications: www.tachyonpublications.com
Publishing house Tachyon Publications and editors Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have agreed to make their new fiction anthology, Steampunk, available for pre-order at a discounted price. This volume, priced at $14.95, is being offered at $12.00, including free shipping within the United States. Shipping outside the United States will be by Global Priority Mail: $9.50 to Canada and $11.00 to our friends in Europe.
In addition, books ordered through this offer will arrive signed by the editors. Signed and personalized…they will even draw little zeppelins!
What might one expect to find within the covers of this anthology? Metal men, clattering clogs, hydraulic horrors, dashing daredevils, corseted courtesans, and, of course, many and various airships—along with all the thrills and rarified pleasures that you could ever hope to enjoy.
Steampunk features work from Michael Chabon, Neal Stephenson, James P. Blaylock, Joe R. Lansdale, Mary Gentle, Ted Chiang, Michael Moorcock, Jay Lake, Molly Brown, Stepan Chapman, Ian R. MacLeod, Rachel Pollack, Paul Di Filippo, Rick Klaw, Jess Nevins and Bill Baker. In addition, a recommended reading list and other resources are included for your further reading enjoyment.
Be sure to reserve your copy before May 15, the expiration date for this kind offer.
Payment can be made by PayPal to vanderworld@hotmail.com or via check to:
Jeff VanderMeer
P.O. Box 4248
Tallahassee, FL 32315
When ordering, be sure to include where you read about this offer.
More about Jeff VanderMeer: www.jeffvandermeer.com
More about Tachyon Publications: www.tachyonpublications.com
We may get up to five inches of rain before tomorrow night. Where's Captain Nemo when you need him?
If you're tired of scouring eBay looking for steampunky bits, worry no more - Buy Steampunk will come to your aid! (I continue to be amazed at just how much stuff you can buy these days. Back in ye olden times before steampunk got so popular, we made things ourselves. Hey! You urchins! Get off my lawn!)
Via the always fantastic Brass Goggles: the unconventional Orbital 2008, aka Eastercon, will include the Beyond Cyberdome event, and the tinkerers are prepared for the 2008 competition. Here is just one example of what spectators might see. Gorgeous, isn't it? I don't believe it says "exterminate!" but then again, who knows what might happen...
The people who put together Steampunk Magazine have also put out an ebook titled The Steampunk Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse. Huzzah! The book is a hefty 7 MB PDF file, but a short excerpt and a little more info is available for perusing.
A tangential place to explore is MOMA's Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit, which is not only original and informative but also vast and amazingly full of ideas, ranging from the ancient to the futuristic.
And finally, if you can't dress like it's 1880 every day, perhaps you can wear a t-shirt evoking those days. Well, sort of. What's the Victorian equivalent of "In Your Eyes," anyway? (Threadless is having a clearance sale this week, and nearly all of their shirts are awesome.)
Lots of happenings on the steampunk front of late: the craze has made it to NPR
, a new Livejournal community dedicated to finding and/or making neovictorian clothes has sprung up, and the Earthenwood Bead Studio is celebrating a "week of steam." Huzzah!
Paleofuture shows us a vision of how people in 1939 thought the men of the 21st century would dress. I rather like the Ottoman influence.
The LEGO steampunk contest may be over, but that doesn't mean the creations have stopped - for example, Admiral Merryweather's Amazing Flying Machine is ready for takeoff (and probable imminent disaster)!
Scientists have created a device
which fits on your knee and uses your own kinetic energy to charge
items like cell phones. I'm thinking these would look quite dashing
with some brass and gear emphasis.
