music and tales
A little bit ago we did a post on the wonderful YouTube Feminist Frequency and the hell it’s founder Anita Sarkeesian went through when she announced she wanted to do a series on female tropes in video games. You can […]
Have a few little zen stories in your day. 1. There was once a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life. One day he passed a wealthy merchant’s house. Through the open gateway, […]
This is an exceptional animated tribute by one animator, Chris Landreth, to another, Ryan Larkin, who he met at a rehab facility. 30 years ago, Ryan Larkin produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Chris Landreth made […]
I am working 10 hours a day on the 3rd Act of the Dieselpunk Opera. It’s been tricky posting because… well… i’m working as hard as i can already and the time it takes to bang out a blog post […]
I have a really, really, hard song to write for the 3rd Act. It’s not that it’ll be complex. It’ll end up being quite simple. But it’s got to be really good and do a certain important, dare i say […]
I feel bad about the title of today’s post. These fine women have their own styles and don’t deserve to be classified by how they stack up to this one guy. However this encompasses a major element i’m looking for […]
As far as the Dieselpunk Opera goes, this week has been one of heavy preparation. Beginning this Sunday i have a magic 10 days window to work day and night and compose and record the entire 3rd Act. This is […]
We here at the (insert technology level)-punk Opera love created worlds of all types, literary and physical. I was recently at a giant model railway world in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and loved it (i used to go to one every winter […]
It clocks in at 42 minutes long. It may be an idiotic letdown, at this point what do i know? Normally i would sit on it a bit longer, but the time timetable for writing the Dieselpunk Opera is a […]
This is one of my favorite paintings. I discovered it whilst perusing the Tate in London during one of the recording sessions for the Steampunk Opera. it is by John Sargent who we shall feature today. Painted in 1886, this […]