A Dieselpunk in a Steampunk world

Hello everyone. I'm Jonathan Grimm and I first heard of this site at last yearts Steampunk Worlds Fair where I was part of the staff. I must admit I was overly glad to meet others who enjoyed the theme of steampunmk whilst not into the "neo-vic" scene too much. To me the 1910's-1940's just had a certain appeal which has yet to be captured again.

Ive always enjoyed big band and swing moreso than anyone else in my age catagory, kind feel as if I was born 80 years too late but I can't do much about that

Basically if Steampunk is the state where I'm from, Dieselpunk is the street I live on.

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Permalink Reply by Tome Wilson on September 5, 2010 at 10:57am

Glad to see you around, Mr. Grimm!

Will you be working at next year's SPWF?

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Grimm on September 5, 2010 at 11:24pm

That i will be. We have already began the planning meetings. Actually I was thinking of organizing a Dieselpunk meet up or a Dieselpunk party during it. Any ideas or suggestions?

Tome Wilson said:

Glad to see you around, Mr. Grimm!

Will you be working at next year's SPWF?

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Permalink Reply by Hexidecima on September 14, 2010 at 12:51pm

lots of music and maybe someone who can teach the more inept of us a simple dance of the era :)

Jonathan Grimm said:

That i will be. We have already began the planning meetings. Actually I was thinking of organizing a Dieselpunk meet up or a Dieselpunk party during it. Any ideas or suggestions?

Tome Wilson said:
Glad to see you around, Mr. Grimm!

Will you be working at next year's SPWF?

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Permalink Reply by Tome Wilson on September 14, 2010 at 1:18pm

Swing dance, even basic moves, is incredibly hard to teach a large group in less than an hour. The instructors at Swing Goth do show a few steps during their events, but it's usually in one ear and out the other after the music stops.

I'm in touch with Whisper about the World's Fair, so we'll see what comes of it.

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Permalink Reply by Swing Goth on September 16, 2010 at 11:33pm

Thanks for the kind words. :-)

If you want Swing Goth to make an appearance, let me know and we'll try to work it out.

Best,
Brian

Tome Wilson said:

Swing dance, even basic moves, is incredibly hard to teach a large group in less than an hour. The instructors at Swing Goth do show a few steps during their events, but it's usually in one ear and out the other after the music stops.

I'm in touch with Whisper about the World's Fair, so we'll see what comes of it.

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Permalink Reply by Tome Wilson on September 17, 2010 at 9:06am

I did mention it to the Steampunks World's Fair people.

Maybe we should invest in ear corks! :-)

"There! That's how you do the Lindy Hop. I'm just going to put these corks in now to keep it from falling out of your heads. Okay, great! Get dancing! I SAID YOU CAN DANCE NOW. Oh boy... it's gonna be a long night."

Swing Goth said:

Thanks for the kind words. :-)

If you want Swing Goth to make an appearance, let me know and we'll try to work it out.

Best,
Brian

Tome Wilson said:
Swing dance, even basic moves, is incredibly hard to teach a large group in less than an hour. The instructors at Swing Goth do show a few steps during their events, but it's usually in one ear and out the other after the music stops.

I'm in touch with Whisper about the World's Fair, so we'll see what comes of it.