music and tales
The classic Tarot card Wheel Of Fortune singlehandedly sums ups the entire Medieval concept of tragedy. After the fall of Rome, theater fell into lean times. The Church disapproved of it, and although it was performed in street stages, inns […]
The Steampunk Opera is heavily immersed in the tragedy genre, sometimes embracing it and sometimes subverting it, but as my writing and composition of it has progressed i’ve found myself exploring the long, great theatrical tradition. Tragedy is not simply […]
As we gear up for our series on dramatic Tragedy this week, a great little appetite wetter would be this drop dead amazing trailer. What is even more amazing is that it’s a trailer for a video game about zombies. […]
So perhaps Dr. Steel isn’t the world dominating horse you wish to back. Maybe you want to subvert your will to a stronger, more type A side. And don’t give me any baloney about being your own free thinker. Look […]
First of all, welcome back. I was away for a week, but am back and ready to resume this blog which will one day lead to me dominating the world. If Dr. Steel doesn’t first. I must give him my […]
I’m actually done musically with Act 3 and now working on vocal melodies and lyrics. I, of course, am not actually signing any of the material, but i sing all the lines on the scratch tracks so the vocalists will […]
Abney Park is a Seattle based band who incoporate the entire steampunk aesthetic into their show, dressing the part and even donning character names and background as crew of the airship Ophelia. Basically like if the crew of Serenity were a band from the steampunk […]
I was going to give an excuse about how i really need to phone it in this week as i’m working in the studio round the clock on the 3rd Act, but it turns out i stumbled across a really wonderful artist […]
The most relevant precursor to steampunk is arguably this cheesy little 60s TV show that used to play on Sunday afternoons when i was a kid, and which i adored. James West is fucking cool. The show played from 1965-69. The Western, long […]
I believe it’s time to do a multi-part series on the history of steampunk. (i may or may not do the entire thing consecutively.) First of all, barring the 1960s TV show Wild Wild West (we’ll get to it) the […]