The Traveler's Steampunk Blog

Traveler | 6. Mai 2013

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.

Category: Dieselpunk, History | No Comments »
Tags: fun, Panzer

Traveler | 5. Mai 2013

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 (how does he do it?). For all those who do not know the guy in the picture is (and shame on you if [...]

Category: Dieselpunk, History, Music | 1 Comment »
Tags: Hetzer Tank Destroyer, Lemmy Kilmister, Weird History

Traveler | 29. März 2013

And if CNN says it, it must be true!

Category: Dieselpunk, Fashion | No Comments »
Tags: Hats

Traveler | 3. Februar 2013

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 English synopsis of the details: From 11th to 16th February, Retrofuturisms, Steampunk, Dieselpunk and related [...]

Category: Art, Atompunk, Dieselpunk, Event, Steampunk | 5 Comments »
Tags: Barcelona, International Steampunk, Spain

Traveler | 1. Februar 2013

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 before. The band is Terrible Spaceship and the album (their debut) is Invasion 1938. So, [...]

Category: Atompunk, Dieselpunk, Music, Review | 1 Comment »
Tags: Invasion 1938, Terrible Spaceship, War of the Worlds

Traveler | 8. Januar 2013

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 made some real friends there and remain a contributor to the blog, the forum and the (now sporadically published) Gatehouse Gazette. Happy [...]

Category: Dieselpunk, Steampunk | No Comments »
Tags: Gatehouse Gazette, Smoking Lounge

Traveler | 31. Dezember 2012

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 was unapologetic Pulp/Dieselpunk. The first thing that struck me was the Newsreel Intro, nicely done. The world  Black Sun Reich is set in [...]

Category: Dieselpunk, Literature, Review | No Comments »
Tags: Black Sun Reich, Pulp

Traveler | 7. Dezember 2012

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 is a very personal account, it is also not entirely complete but trying to put all this time into [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:58 — 29.1MB) | Embed

Category: Dieselpunk, Non-Euclidean Æthercast, Steampunk, Tales of the travelling steampunk | No Comments »
Tags: celebration, History of this blog

Traveler | 11. November 2012

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 also International Dieselpunk Day and 2012 is the first time, it is celebrated. Rather unfortunately, I was unable to organise [...]

Category: Dieselpunk, Event, History | No Comments »
Tags: International Dieselpunk Day

Traveler | 7. September 2012

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 the most significant developments was the move from bi- to monoplanes. The move was not a quick or fast one and different [...]

Category: Dieselpunk, History | No Comments »
Tags: Biplanes, Interbellum, Military Aviation