We're having a Dieselpunk New Year's gathering tonight in a 1930s style hall and pulling out all the stops - the fedoras, the clothes, 20s and 30s jazz, champagne, and best of all - Jack Benny in…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Philip Vandenberg Dec 25, 2011.
Here is my Christmas list born out of unbridled avarice:A pair of NYC Stork Club dice - and anything else pertaining to that magical nightclub in New York City.…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joe May Dec 12, 2011.
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For all who love anything clockwork, cast your blinkers in the direction of January's Wired Magazine and an article called
"The New French Hacker-Artist Underground" by Jon Lackman.…
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This gives me hope for the human race - I've been seeing all kinds of news about a revival of the use of streetcars. This elegant article was in Governing magazine: "Restored Streetcars Now Desirable" by Tod Newcombe. Sigh. Isn't this beautiful?…
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Everyone likes to point out that Al Bowlly's song "Midnight, the Stars and You" appears at the end of the movie the Shining, but Al was a superstar crooner in the 1930s. He recorded more than a thousand records and had many big hits.
He died tragically in his London flat when a German parachute mine…
ContinueThanks Joe for your support on my Dorothy Day video : )
One place that I think would be interested is the Cleveland Metroparks Canalway Center. They deal with a lot of industrial history.
Yep, its good to see a northeast Ohioan involved. Cleveland is a classic dieslepunk city. Unfortunately almost nobody around here knows what dieslepunk or even steampunk is!
Oops, didn't see your profile neighbor. I live in North Olmsted.
You from Cleveland?
Larry said… Welcome aboard, Joe.
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