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The Great Steampunk Debate 2010

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. [...]

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2012 Diaries: The Coming of the Air Kraken. (A Short Story.)

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 [...]

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International Air Kraken Awareness Day

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 [...]

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Defying Obsolescence | Aaron Ristau

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.

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lost and found/NYE

compass rose | January 6, 2010

attn messrs Scarper and Pratt; per one mr. cornelius troutman, photographic antiquarian: I found a pair of sunglasses I think belong to Beverly of Scarper and Pratt. That is their business card but it has no contact information on it at all. If you have anyway of getting a message to them that would be [...]

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Steampunk Workshop: A Visit to a Steampunked Home

compass rose | December 8, 2009

Happy belated Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day to all and sundry! since the weather outside is frightful, here’s some succulent nesting material in the form of a photoessay from the incomparable Von Slatt: A Visit to a Steampunked Home | The Steampunk Workshop. a tip of my hat to our esteemed Mr. Wilkes. [...]

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pictures! Steampunk Free Day at Railroad Museum Colorado

compass rose | November 29, 2009

Greetings, gentles, attached please find one(1) elyctryo-aetherial link towards a gallery of images culled from our very recent jaunt to the Colorado Railroad museum. Insupportable quantities of sartorial splendor were displayed, and a good time was had by all! Gallery – Steampunk Free Day at Railroad Museum Colorado. If by some chance you haven’t joined [...]

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Things to Do in October

compass rose | October 6, 2009

Molly Brown House Museum 1340 Pennsylvania Street The wicked writings of long-dead authors come to life in the dim, flickering candlelight as Edgar Allan Poe, HG Wells and others haunt you with tales of the macabre. ok, kind of uber, but it’s Halloween. Molly Brown Historic House  | Victorian Horrors. There’s also MileHiCon, replete with [...]

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diverting places to hang out on the aethertubes.

compass rose | October 2, 2009

here is a charming social network just for those of our Ilk: Steampunk Empire. friendly folks and lots of eyecandy, if i may be frank. be sure to check out the local community, thoughtfully facilitated by our very own Captain Maximilian Brannan: A mile-high aerial port of call for airships, aviators and inventors along the [...]

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local shops (for local people)?

compass rose | September 25, 2009

new member Tenshin (hello!) wants to know: Are there any local shops that specialize in stemapunk gear, cogs or the like? I’ve been trolling the surplus shops mainly. other than antiques row (in denver), the various antique and junquetique shops in manitou, and all the little shops in the mountains, i don’t do much shopping [...]

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