Traveler | 21. Mai 2012
Happy Dieselpunk Holiday everybody! Today is the 85th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s crossing the Atlantic in his plane Spirit of St. Louis. So today, get into your Dieselpunk gear and raise your glasses to Charles Lindbergh, his trusty Spirit of St. Louis, his legend and the spirit of adventure! Related items Lakehurst 75 Years ago [...]
Traveler | 20. Mai 2012
Now is this not fantastic news. According to Screendaily, Taro Kaukomaa, the producer of Iron Sky has confirmed there will be a prequel and a sequel to Iron Sky, the most expensive and impressive movie ever to come out of Finland. Right now, there appear to be only plans, since Mr Kaukomaa declined to give [...]
Traveler | 6. Mai 2012
75 years ago, the Golden Age of Zeppelin Cruises came to a catastrophic end with the explosion of LZ 129 Hindenburg. 35 people perished. Never forget! People who looked at this item also looked at… Steampunk Oz Dieselpunk Rocking Horse Electric Cars are so Dieselpunk Steampunk is Sexy Steampunk Alice Related items Reichsflugscheibe and Zeppelin [...]
Traveler | 3. Mai 2012
I found this great shot while browsing through some pages containing photographs of the Bundesarchiv. I.e. the central register of photographic images (mostly historical) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Now I have a little challenge for you: Caption this! But beware! “Obvious” captions are not permitted. If I get more than 10 captions, [...]
Traveler | 27. April 2012
Cudos to my friend Lord K for finding this perfect piece for Fun Friday: A slightly odd short movie about a bunch of guys going on a treasure hunt for Thor’s hammer Mjolnir. Please enjoy: There must be something in the air of Scandinavia. All these crazy-cool ideas they come up with. People [...]
Traveler | 25. April 2012
This is actually late news: My friends at El Investigador, one of the most well-made online magazines of our scene out there in the ætherweb, have something to celebrate: In March it was their first anniversary and for this reason they released this wonderful, Dieselpunk-themed special edition: I really should make an effort and learn [...]
Traveler | 20. April 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is once a again time to introduce you to yet another facet of music our subculture has produced. This time, it is dark cabaret with a distinct taste of Dieselpunk and the Cthulhu Mythos to it. Even better: Today’s featured artists are from Mexico City. We are so international! So, without [...]
Traveler | 17. April 2012
The fundraiser for the European Steampunk Convention has less than 20 days left and there is still a long way to go. To be fair, we overestimated the amount of money we needed, but not by a lot. Right now, though, paying for the goodies will eat up the money we have collected, leaving us [...]
Traveler | 15. April 2012
On the 14th of April 2012 (i.e. yesterday), I made my way to the beautiful city of Prague to attend the SteamUp Festival Vol. III at the Hoodoo Music Club. Getting there was just a tiny bit of an adventure itself, I took the long-range express bus: It was far better than I expected and [...]
Traveler | 6. April 2012
At long last I got the chance to see the movie with the most effective and successful viral marketing and crowd funding campaign ever. Iron Sky – Space Nazis from the Moon on a mission to conquer the Earth. And now I have to come up with a review and not put too many spoilers [...]
I am an anthropologist and in this capacity a minor scholar of the Cthulhu Mythos and H.P. Lovecraft. I am also quite obviously heavily into Steampunk and Dieselpunk and like travelling.
More about me can be found here and also here (in German).
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