Holy Musical B@tman!
THIS my friends, is how you do a superhero musical. Spiderman Turn Off The Dark got a lot of flack for… well, everything. But everything the Spiderman musical did wrong, Batman does right. It’s made for almost no budget. So, […]
Month: June 2012
Dieselpunk Tarot
There are a couple of steampunk tarot decks (or designs) but Dieselpunk Tarot has been hard to track down. However, i have done it. There is a very dark, but definitely Dieselpunk Tarot deck designed around an occult WWII setting. […]
Twilight Paintings (and douche)
And by twilight paintings is do NOT mean paintings of ******* Edward whatshisname the douchey, twinkly vampire. I would shoot myself in the ***** first. No, only slightly less douchey, today we feature paintings of twilight. Now i know what […]
The 10 Best Dieselpunk Movies
Dieselpunk is a fantastic reimagining of the period from about 1920 through the 40s. Dieselpunk tends to be darker than its steampunk cousin. It’s flexible in that it can incorporate stories which do NOT take place in that time period but […]
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Today we feature an excellent band making modern noir music, Bohren & der Clud of Gore. It’s ambient jazz technically, but it sounds like what youo would think heavily chilled, dark modern noior music would sound like. Sparse, slow, moody […]
Letter to Emily White at NPR All Songs Considered.
I’m going to take a day’s break from the noir stuff (almost over it… almost) and post this exceptional letter which comes from thetrichordist.woprdpress.com. Well worth the read and as a musician a major issue in my life. …………………………………… Recently Emily White, […]
Film Noir Music: Signifier vs. Signified
Here’s a little experiement. Quick, picture music to a noir film in your head. Everyone i ask replies the same, the exact same. The music is slow, with an acoustic bass, maybe an echoey trumpet, sparse, maybe some lightly brushing […]
It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
Sorry for lack of posts, but i’m working really hard at the moment and haven’t had time to post. However, i’m gonna take a moment and continue with the fiolm noir bent i’m on. Can’t come up with a big […]
Noir Vs. The Hard Boiled Detective
For a… thing i’m working on (you’ll discover it soon enough) i have begun a small self course in Noir, both book and film. Since it’s a wonderful and fun genre and a potential central tenant to dieselpunk we’ll be […]
Emerging Musical Theater, I’m Ready For My Close-up Now
If you follow this blog and all the blathering run on sentences and dribbling un- proofread babble that passes for my usual posts, not to mention the overabundance of information regarding the Steampunk Opera, why on Gd’s green earth would […]