All Articles Tagged '2000s' (15)

The Ford Model T aka Tin Lizzie or simply the T is a Diesel Era icon. Everybody knows it but just a few speak about it. Well, a picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it?

The T, produced since 1908, was envisioned by Henry Ford as an affordable car to "be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can…

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On Saturday Matinee, we showcase full-length films from or about the diesel era. If you have any favorites you would love to see on the next Saturday Matinee, shoot me a message or comment in the box below.

This week, we're showcasing the 2005 WWII film Saints and Soldiers

What you need to know

After surviving a massacre, four American soldiers and one British pilot trapped behind enemy lines in the middle of WWII must reach the…

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The following interview is what I intend to be the first in a series. As a swing artist myself, I thought it would be fun to interview some of the popular swing musicians that punk the genre in their own special way - the “Bad Boys of Swing.”

Modern swing artists have different ways of "punking" the basic sound of swing and making it their very own, blending it with everything from jump blues to ska to rockabilly. And then there's Lee Presson and the Nails.…

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JS Lewis, author and co-creator of The Grey Griffins series

Behind the Grey Matter of The Grey Griffins

In the world of YA (Young Adult) fiction these days, you can't swing a sparkley vampire around without hitting some barely hidden teen erotica that would make any parent blush if they actually read it. Thankfully, Jon S Lewis and his Teen Titans of steampunk, The Grey Griffins can pull us out of…

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Lights out, everybody.

On Miskatonic Mondays, we celebrate the "weird" fiction of HP Lovecraft and the genre of otherworldly horror that it spawned.

If you ever wondered about the man behind the pen, Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown is an excellent place to start.

This well-produced documentary chronicles the life and seminal works of HP Lovecraft by…

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Lights out, everybody.

On Miskatonic Mondays, we celebrate the "weird" fiction of HP Lovecraft and the genre of otherworldly horror that it spawned.

HP Lovecraft's Herbert West: Reanimator has been already published in our community.

This wonderful story has a significant impact on the 'zombie' genre in general and, specifically, on the modern… Continue

Mark Rossmore of Escape the Clouds

www.EscapeTheClouds.com

Escape the Clouds is the steampunk brainchild of author/musician Mark Rossmore. Taking us on a Verne-inspired journey to rescue lost love, Escape the Clouds' latest album Circumnavigator is now available for download on the web. To tell us all about the project and his inspiration for…

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RPM Orchestra

http://www.myspace.com/rpmorchestra



RPM Orchestra is a dieselpunk band staffed by futurists and dadaists who take the sounds of the past and filter them into the heads of today's audiences. Speaking with me today is Pete Petrisko, the head warden of this musical asylum. …



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James Kerwin, director of Yesterday Was a Lie, was interviewed recently by TrekWeb. In the interview he talks about the origins of this dieselpunk indy movie, and what the future holds for his next projects.

If you haven't seen Yesterday Was a Lie yet, check out the… Continue

A series of dieselpunk-inspired Star Wars toys designed by master customizer Sillof.



First shown in 2008, the next wave of Star Wars (1942) has recently been shown to the public.



You can read all about each figure and the inspiration behind the character mods at:… Continue

Frank Westfall, owner of Middle Earth Leather in Syracuse, NY (Little Italy) rebuilt and restored this classic 1936 art deco motorcyle, originally designed by visionary O. Ray Courtney. It recently appeared at the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet just north of NYC and it was love at first site.



The motorcycle photos below were shot by Grail Mortillaro of knucklebusterinc.com…



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Parkview Square is an office building located in the Downtown Core Planning Area, Central Region, Singapore.

Design and architecture



Parkview Square was designed by American Consultant James Adams, together with DP Architects of Singapore. It was built at a cost of SGD$87.93 million and funded by Mr. C. S. Hwang by the late Mr. C. S. Hwang, a Taiwanese tycoon… Continue

Wolfgang Parker

http://www.myspace.com/wolfgangparker



Wolfgang Parker, the big cat of Punk-Swing, jumped into Dieselpunks a short time ago. He said, "check this out," and by the first tip of the record needle, I could tell this was the real thing.



If you haven't heard of Wolfgang Parker and his band of the same name, they hit the… Continue

GDANSK, Poland (CNN) -- At least 20 world leaders gathered Tuesday in Poland to commemorate the start of World War II 70 years ago -- a conflict in which 6 million Poles died.



Germany's pre-dawn invasion began when the battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired on the Westerplatte military base in Gdansk harbor on September 1, 1939.



The attack set off a chain of events that eventually embroiled all of the world's major powers in the war. The conflict lasted until September… Continue

Public Enemies (2009)



No one could stop Dillinger. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone: from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillingers ganglater including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the… Continue