A Sneak Peak 3
First of all: the mixing and mastering is done. I’m basically finished and it’ll be ready soon. (I need to send the album to a couple extra sets of ears to make sure i’m not missing anything.) In the meantime […]
Month: April 2012
The Sultan’s Elephant
The Sultan’s Elephant is a show, specifically a piece of marionette street theater featuring a giant mechanical elephant. It was created in 2004 by the French theater company Royal de Luxe to commemorate the centenary of Jules Verne’s death and commissioned by […]
The Seven Sisters of Moscow
After WWII Stalin hesitated on commencing building of the great Palace of the Soviets. Included in his thinking was the idea that having won the war, the Soviet Union was now a superpower and must appear as one. It not […]
A Sneak Peak Pt. 2
I’ve been debating which song to sneak a peak of next, and since i featuring Jason Broderick last time, this time i thought i’d feature Kayleigh McKnight. While Kayleigh recorded numerous tracks, i’m presenting this one because it shows another […]
Palace Of The Soviets
In the 1930s Stalin wished to boldly stamp a vision of the future, one where the great Worker’s Paradise would be a beacon to the entire world, leading the way to a new era. It would be grand and mighty, […]
Atompunk: Cold War Modern
To recap: in the beginning there was steampunk, a fantastical, futuristic reimaging of the victorian era. It was only logical that the period afterwards, the 20s to WWII, would have its sci fi devotees, and it has become Dieselpunk. 1945 […]
A Sneak Peak Pt. 1
You know, i really wasn’t going to post any new tracks. I mean… i’ve posted so much already, at this point you’re either interested in the finished album or you’re not. It isn’t like a few more tracks are going […]
The Parturient Blessed Morality of Physiological Dimensionality. Yeah, You Heard What I Said. Paul Laffoley
Today we feature one of my favorite artists, Paul Laffoley. His work exists in the genre of Visionary Art. There is nothing else like it and no one else i know of who does what he does. He takes an […]
Insane Tree Houses
Although i never actually bother to do it, i can, if pressed, explain what any given post (or general subject matter) has to do with The Steampunk Opera and what stretch of rationale connects it, however loosely. Tree houses may […]
The Derby Day
Hi everybody. The sessions are complete, the entire show is recorded and over the next 2 weeks i will be mixing, mastering and putting the finishing touches on the project. Since that process isn’t really newsworthy or particularly exciting to […]