Traveler | 25. Januar 2012
Wearing a hat is no very common anymore these days. Even in the Steampunk scene there seems to be only a selection of two hats available: The bowler and the top hat. I do not count aviator’s caps in, for obvious reasons. As you may or may not be aware of, there used to be, [...]
Category: Dieselpunk, Fashion, History, Steampunk |
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Tags: Advice, Hats, Headgear
Traveler | 17. Januar 2012
An image to follow up on yesterday’s men-bashing: This is an even more drastic example than yesterday’s. Audrey Hepburn is not only an icon of 20th century cinema, as the Wikipedia states: she was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame, and ranked, by the American Film Institute, as the third greatest [...]
Category: Fashion, History |
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Tags: Audrey Hepburn, fun, style
Traveler | 16. Januar 2012
Well, I guess this picture says it all. For some reason the well-dressed gentleman has become a rarity. People who looked at this item also looked at… A Fashion Statement II: For the Ladies Big Bad Locomotive Steampunk is Sexy Steampunk on Tumblr and The Dark Side More Steampunk Interior Design Related items A Fashion [...]
Category: Fashion, History |
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Traveler | 16. Januar 2012
Normally it pains me to see old, venerable steam-powered train engines stand somewhere, left to rot in disrepair. Yet, there is still some beauty that can even be distilled from them. The following image is ample testimony: The photographer responsible for this very powerful image is Beezqp, from Poland. The train engine is standing somewhere [...]
Category: Art, History, Technomantic Stuff |
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Tags: DeviantArt, Locomotive, Photography
Traveler | 10. Januar 2012
85 years ago today, Frith Lang’s cinematographic masterpiece Metropolis was relased. It has since become a cult classic with a following around the word. Its visual effects, scenery, the story it relates have since become iconic. Metropolis has lost none ofits appeal through the decades and the message: A society can only survive if the [...]
Category: Dieselpunk, Film, History |
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Traveler | 6. Januar 2012
The classic science fiction movie Le Voyage dans la Lune (“A Trip to the Moon”, do not confuse it with the Alien Sex Fiend song by the same name) directed by Georges Méliès has been restored. To be more precise, the coloured version has been restored, as announced by the BBC. Le Voyage dans la [...]
Category: Film, History, Steampunk |
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Tags: early cinema, Le Voyage dans la Lune
Traveler | 3. Januar 2012
If he would still be with us, J.R.R. Tolkien would celebrate his 120th birthday today. Today, Tolkien ist best remembered as the author of The Lord of the Rings and related works. He was also a philologist of note. Without the impact of The Lord of the Rings, Dungeon & Dragons would not exist. Role [...]
Category: Books, History, Literature |
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Tags: Cultural Influence, J.R.R. Tolkien, Legend
Traveler | 2. Januar 2012
I know it was nothing like this, still, would it not be awesome… See you at the next failed Armageddon prediction! People who looked at this item also looked at… Steampowered Dieselpunk Aircraft Fun Dieselpunk Friday – Strange Tanks and Lame Jokes Steampunk your home Freaky Friday: Zombie Propaganda More Steampunk Interior Design Related items [...]
Category: General Stuff, History |
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Tags: Cartoon, Humor, Maya
Traveler | 26. Dezember 2011
Yes, just to point it out, long before Christianity reared its (by now unfortunately rather ugly) head, there were other gods having a major holiday around this time of year, so I give you some alternatives: Happy Solstice everybody! People who looked at this item also looked at… More Steampunk Interior Design [...]
Category: History, Music |
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Tags: Mithras, Saturnalia, Yule
Traveler | 24. Dezember 2011
On Christmas 1914, the event called “Christmas Truce” occured on the Western Front of the Great War. It has been described as the last flickering of the spirit of the Belle Epoque, the believe humanity would become gradually better and better and more civilized. I have often wondered what would or could have [...]
Category: History, Literature, Tales of the travelling steampunk |
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Tags: Alternative History, Christmas Truce, Fiction