Kaiti Kink Ensemble – Under The Iron Sky
Not officially by Iron Sky, but approved by Iron Sky: And so wonderfully noir!
View ArticleGatehouse Gazette #22 is out!
You thought the Gatehouse Gazette was done? Far from it! Although the regular releases have (thus far) ceased, we are still working in our secret laboratories on new editions. So, it is with great joy...
View ArticleA Tesla Museum!
My friends and fellow conspirators over at the gatehouse have already blogged about it and now I also finally come round to promoting this wonderful project: Operation “Let’s build a Goddamn Tesla...
View ArticleDieselpunk Friday: Biplanes of the Interbellum
The time between the World Wars saw some amazing developments in fighter technology, only surpassed by what came with the beginning of the jet age (which is worth another article altogether). One of...
View ArticleIt is International Dieselpunk Day
Today is November 11th, Armistice Day. The armistice of the Great War also marks the historic (if you want to call it that…) divide between Steampunk and Dieselpunk, so, as of today, November 11th is...
View ArticleNon-Euclidean Æthercast 10 – A History of the Traveler’s Steampunk Blog
Hello everybody, this is the 1000th post on this blog, a small cause for celebration. I thought I produce a special podcast episode and talk about the past four years, five months and seven days. This...
View ArticleHalf a Review – Black Sun Reich
When I was invited to review Black Sun Reich I was most intrigued. Occultist Nazis scouting pre-Columbian ruins for ancient treasures sounded like fun in best Indiana Jones style. Especially since it...
View Article5 Years of Excellence – The Smoking Lounge
Five years ago today, the Smoking Lounge was founded. This forum is the birthplace of the famed Gatehouse Gazette, and the place where I started seriously interacting with other Steampunks. I have also...
View ArticleReview: Invaders 1938 by Terrible Spaceship
The creativity within the music section of our scene really has no bounds. The other day I opened my ætherbox to find yet another message directing me to an album of a band I had thus far not heard of...
View ArticleRetrofuturistic Week from 11th to 16th February in Barcelona
As I mentioned in my last podcast, there is an awful lot going on in Spain. Case in point, in a few days the Semana Retrofuturista is happening in Spain. My friends there were kind enough to give me an...
View ArticleLemmy Kilmister and a touch of Dieselpunk
In the picture below you see an unstoppable juggernaught, going strong after decades of service, long after others have broken down, and a Hetzer tank destroyer. Lemmy just became even more awesome...
View ArticleMonday Morning
For all those unfortunate enough to dread or loathe Monday mornings, this is for you: I, for my part, go to work with a smile.
View ArticleDieselpunk Marshal Mannerheim
Out of Finland comes another jewel. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland and Hero of the Winter War has been re-imagined by artist Sampo Marjomaa as a Dieselpunk hero: The full project can...
View ArticleDieselpunk: Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender
Here is another one of the design-jewels spawned by World War II that did not go very far but at least three prototypes of this wonderful machine were built: The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender One of...
View ArticleGoogle goes Dieselpunk
Today is the 120th birthday of iconic designer Raymond Loewy, whose style is recognizable in machines and products spanning over half a century. To find out more, just click the doodle Google provided...
View ArticleFeatured Author: Andrez Bergen
I have been meaning to post a full review of one of Adrez Bergen’s novels for some time now, over a year, actually. Yet, I never seem to be actually doing it. This is not helped by the fact that I have...
View ArticleRest in Peace, Mikhail Kalashnikov
It is with some degree of sadness, I report the passing of Mikhail Kalshnikov, possibly the most successful small-arms designer of all time. He is of course best known for being the inventor of the...
View ArticleReview: The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
The Violent Century is yet another tale with which Lavie Tidhar demonstrates his superb skills as a storyteller. The Violent Century reads like a Silver Age superhero comic. Every scene in the book is...
View Article“Sparks”– An upcoming noir superhero movie
Now this is one superhero movie that looks really interesting: Just watch the trailer and see for yourselves: The city faces a deadly killer. He goes by many names, has many faces… all of them...
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