compass rose | June 3, 2010
For some time now, Your Observer has been seeing some of the most stunning kinetic jewelry ever beheld by her sadly jaded orbs gracing the necks, ears, and wrists of local gadabouts here in the glorious Queen City. And being – let’s be charitable, and call it inquisitive – she decided to seek out the [...]
compass rose | May 4, 2010
The Great Steampunk Debate 2010 . quoth Captain Van De Kamp, o minervals: Wanting an intellectual discussion on what makes steampunk what it is, and how it deals with many of today’s issues? Join the Great Steampunk Debate, a two month long online event hosted by many of the brightest minds of the steampunk subculture. [...]
compass rose | May 4, 2010
MindFood: Can Hollywood Do Retrofuturism?. When Jonah Hex was first announced, I got pretty excited for the project. I’m not much of a comics guy — and I know zilch about the character of Jonah Hex — but the idea of a badass, revenge-craving gunslinger in the 1800s sounded pretty promising to me. When Josh Brolin became quite vocal [...]
compass rose | May 2, 2010
MAY Deathwish’s Dark Carnival. Friday, May 14 a mostly-industrio-pop-lite dance party for 1990′s holdovers, held monthly at one of Denver’s premiere gay bars, this night features a different theme each time- which is rarely reflected by its patrons or the musical selection, but hey, it’s 18+ and the drinks are strong. just don’t run afoul [...]
compass rose | March 17, 2010
Being a concise and salient scholarly discourse upon the depredations of the Airborne Menace over the span of Anno 2009, and a brief history. By Professor Tristan Eldritch, Edwardian sleuth, occultist, and amateur draftman in the school of Beardsley. 2012 Diaries: The Coming of the Air Kraken. (A Short Story.). A precise history of the [...]
compass rose | March 17, 2010
Please, intrepid readers, stay not on the order of your going, but go at once and read this important safety bulletin from the prudence-minded folks at Wings of Steam. it cannot be overstated that these creatures, while beautiful and fascinating, are an undoubted danger to large and small aerocraft alike. this mating season is naturally [...]
compass rose | March 16, 2010
Your Correspondent, in the course of her many duties, runs into many anomalies in and fascinating flotsam of the time-stream vagaries. For example, on a jaunt with a certain group of autovelocipede enthusiasts this past week-end, she ran into this group of dislocated chrononauts: but being, clearly, a dauntless bunch, they seem unfazed at being [...]
compass rose | March 16, 2010
Colorado artist Aaron Ristau crafts the most splendid dieselpunk, pulp-inspired, and steampunk-inspired sculptures: do visit his gallery today for droolworthy contraptulations. Defying Obsolescence | Aaron Ristau.
compass rose | March 16, 2010
Steampunk Tales. a Colorado-based publishing company. quoth the founder: available on iPhone, Kindle, all mobile platforms and as a .pdf digital download. Original steampunk fiction each month by award winning authors for only $1.99 per issue! do enjoy a little local diversion, if you crave literature lately.
compass rose | March 16, 2010
How very diverting! Perhaps we should invite our tame relations back East to visit us. Old West Festival.
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