Texas Steampunk Connection

recorded May 28, 2024 Summer is a great time to build your Steampunk kit but budgets are very tight. Between Shein, Temu, and Alibaba, what are the risks ordering from China? Tonight you can learn from our mistakes, and get some advice on finding the quality stuff from overseas.

recorded May 14, 2024 Diverging from our punk series, tonight we discuss post-apocalyptic stories that we call steampunk, why are they SP, how are they different from more historical SP? And is there a sub genre 'punk for this?

recorded April 30, 2024 Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore the wild west of Steampunk. What makes Steampunk in America different than in Britain? Dust Punk and Weird West have a lot to offer the Steampunk genre. Lets talk about it. Burke’s Peerage lists U.K. nobles and titles Native Steampunk with Michael RedTurtle: A Personal Essay The Clockwork Century Series

We're home from the the big spring event for Texas Steampunks, and it's time for a debrief. Let's chat with producer, Johnny "Starship" Steverson about the successes and challenges and secrets for what's to come.

recorded April 2, 2024 Continuing our punk series, tonight we explore how literary horror has crept and scuttled its way into the Steampunk scene. Weird Fiction- late 19th, early 20th cent. Supernatural fiction blending sci-fi, gothic fiction, folk tales, romanticism, ghost stories, and fantasy while avoiding genre tropes, and making them... weird. Edgar Allen Poe Cosmic Horror- Themes of Detachment and Isolation, the Unknown, the Fragility of Sanity, pointlessness of human existence, and Visceral Textures (like tentacles). HP Lovecraft The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. -HPL

recorded March 19, 2024 Tonight we begin a series on punk genres by diving into the Dieselpunk, or Petrolpunk, theme. How is it distinguished from Steampunk? What are some examples? Where lies the 'punk'?

recorded March 5, 2024 "What's with those goggles?" Have you been in a "Steampunk 101" lecture at any convention with a steampunk track? Near all of us have. But how would you boil down the length and breadth of our hobby(s) to a succinct message to curious normies? Tonight we will struggle over this topic while we share a drink and idle banter. Another writer's take and another Bonus: Bluestocking's SP music essentials

recorded February 20, 2024 Johnny Starship has new surprises for Galveston Steampunk Fest including plans for Tx Steampunk Connection! And we have the usual brews, news, and drivel. Also Thax's birthday. Galveston Steampunk Festival Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus Galveston Pirate Museum

recorded February 6, 2024 Tonight special guests, Janie Mitcham and Jo Gill of the League-Kempner House nonprofit tell us about restoring this victorian mansion in Galveston, Texas, into a historic museum. If you like home renovation shows like This Old House, this is the episode for you! League-Kempner House website YouTube channel

recorded January 23, 2024 January has flown by with Texas winter weather. Tonight Jack found that movie producers insist Steampunk is dead and trying to bill something as SP is a death sentence. But is this true? Let's talk about it.

recorded January 9, 2024 First transmission of the year! Jack has a birthday! And Johnny Steverson, producer of the Galveston Steampunk Festival, has joined us to share what's new with the fest, including some details shared here for the first time! This cold will not last, and it's time to make plans for warmer days! Galveston Steampunk Festival

recorded December 26, 2023 Day after Christmas and we're a little fried. Laura Meyer's new book has reached it's goal and she celebrates with us. We just yammer for a while at the end of the year, happy that you're with us.

recorded December 12, 2023 Laura Meyer returns tonight with her latest book, The Halloween Collection, that gives insight into costumes and cosplay building from experts of the craft. The Halloween Collection: Costume and Cosplay Techniques

recorded November 28, 2023 Tonight we are joined by Teapunk Tea's tea guru, Genevieve who has promised to answer out every question about tea. It is an informative hour if you want to know more about tea, a steampunk staple. Teapunk Tea https://teapunkteas.com/

recorded November 14, 2023 We're back from Steampunk November this weekend, and if you missed it, that's a shame. We talk about the high points, site improvements, and what we'd like to see next year. And not of deaf ears, because the admins of SP Nov are listening. If you were at the event, make some comments. I'd love to hear your opinions! Teapunk Tea Gothgloom Propworks

recorded October 30, 2023 Tonight we drink, and talking to author Cheryl L-g Trent. A long time Texas steampunk turned prolific writer of historic and modern fantasy. Her new-to-print novel, Daughter's Fortune leads five other titles on Kindle Vella. Cheryl L-g Trent's page the Tall Ship Elissa become a reader/reviewer for future releases by Cheryl L-G Trent

recorded October 17, 2023 Tonight we have the pleasure of meeting the organizers and some of the cast of Steampunk November, the largest steampunk event in Texas! Shane and Leslie Richmond give us some background and history of the festival, and characters Sheriff Kate McCannon and Captain Zach Flannigan introduce themselves and give us a taste of what to expect!

recorded October 3, 2023 Cool times finally ahead! Holidays and better days. Steampunk times are here! Natalie McTavish AND Kitty from Faire Treasures are with us for some talk of spooks, beers and brass. Thax has a short rant, Bluestocking plays Lies of P and Kitty does Fallout 76. Also Kitty mentioned the murder of Sycamore Gap. Allfather Fig Mead the Very Moon steampunk musical Gunbrella!! Charles Dickens in Starfield A tree on the wall

recorded September 19, 2023 It's Talk Like a Pirate Day! We're deep in the Halloween crafting time, and we're excited. Lies of P has just been released and Bluestocking has got the itch to start it. Nightingale is another steampunk game due out next Febuary which looks amazing. Jack and Thax went to a performance of reading from Edgar Allan Poe by the Archive Theater company. Thax found a company actually engineering a real airships! Lies of P official site Nightingale site the Archive Theater LTA research corp

recorded September 5, 2023 Our friends, Rita and Lawrence, have returned from adventure across the pond, and to the Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln, UK. Rita joins us to relay all the high points of their travel.

recorded August 22, 2023 Tonight's conversation goes from stores stocking the Halloween stuff, to a sin against beer, to breaking into the the online library and how to get lost works of fogotten knowledge. Is there a Pirate Bay of educational material?

recorded August 22, 2023 Steampunk is the August of genres. Thax, Bluestocking and Jack on an other ride through the Steampunk universe on a runaway train.

recorded August 1, 2023 Tonight's theme is the Desert, and not the Sweet Kind! Jack, Thax and Blue Stocking talk about this summer heat and films based on the classic pulp genre, from Indiana Jones to the Jungle Cruise, to the original H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel hero, Allan Quatermain!

recorded July 11, 2023 Middle of summer and it's time again to check in with the Texas crew.

recorded June 27, 2023 We're elbows deep into 100+ summertime heat. So we dive into the sea of the current event de jure. The Oceangate sub has been crushed under the weight of nearly 13,000 feet of water. We discuss the event, as compared to the Titanic sinking in 1912. What are your opinions of the wealthy and "Adventure Tourism"? Titanic's Reporting in 1912 Media jokes about the Titanic Homemade personal blimp

recorded June 13, 2023 Never mind the 100+ weather. Stay indoors with Laura Meyer's new fashion-forward card deck. We'll also share drinks and chew the fat on new steampunk minutiae. Jack is put off by steampunk worlds where the tech doesn't make sense. Are you tired of writing pandering to Steampunk without really developing a believable story? Antique de la Mode: Playing Cards With A Tailored Twist

recorded May 30, 2023 Summer is hitting and we're trying to carry on. Two weeks ago Madam Misfit was robbed after a gig and our own generous patron pushed her go-fund-me over her goal. Abney Park played a private stream that became less private, and Scott Helland kicked off a kickstarter for his latest album. Bluestocking explores the steampunk options in Animal Crossing. Jack points us to Victorian medical quackery with Kaz Rowe. Madam Misfit's fundraiser Abney Park's stream Scott Helland's kickstarter the Deadly World of Victorian Patent Medicine

recorded May 16, 2023 The month of May is flyin by, but Jack and Thax are here to gab. Thax explains the cheapest way to get into home brewing with the finer points of making ciders and bath tub hooch. Jack tells us about the Victorian arms dealer, the mysterious Basil Zaharoff. And the Time Travelers Convention in Quincy, IL is cancelling their entertainment showrunners for lack of ticket sales. Digging their own hole, as we see it. Brewing on the cheap Basil Zaharoff

recorded May 2, 2023 Yesterday was May Day, being International Workers Day and/or Beltane! Summer is coming up on us fast! We discuss Peter Pan & Wendy and our favorite Peter Pan films. Guillermo Del Toro is putting together a new Frankenstein project so we hit on our fave Mary Shelly adaptions. Jack tells us about Lackadaisy, a web comic about 1920's cat bootleggers that has been made into an animated short. Peter Pan & Wendy Del Toro's Frankenstein Lackadaisy antique milk shaker H. L. Hunley (submarine) BRASS podcast

recorded April 18, 2023 Today is tax day in the US, and we are quickly running out of springtime weather. Still have RenFests to visit, but its getting hot. Kitty joins us to talk this and that. Thax just returned from adventure in the Yucatán, dipping into Cenote Santa Rosa and having a ball. He then toured the Surreal Garden event in Austin's Zilker Botanical Gardens. The Witches' Ball: Conclave of the Kraken Cenote Santa Rosa The Surreal Garden The Rabbit Hole bar in Leander, Tx

recorded April 4, 2023 We've just returned from the first Galveston Steampunk Festival at the railroad museum and it was a HUGE success! Event organizer Johnny Steverson joins us to talk about the struggles and triumphs and plans for next year. Houston Chronicle story Galveston Railroad Museum Frenchy and the Punk Spooky Galveston ghost tours

recorded March 21, 2023 Happy St. Pats to all you Irish for a day! The Galveston Steampunk Festival is less than two weeks away and we are excited! We bring out our drinks and discuss dragon milking technique. Shadow and bone season two is blowing our minds. Jack wants to turn his plumbing into sculpture, and Thax wants to turn his bedframe into a tiny car! Steampunk Home Design Cyclekarts! Steampunk trike!

recorded March 7, 2023 Springtime in Texas is always roulette. Don't know if we can feel safe from freezing, but warmer days begin festival season with Sherwood Forest Fair. We get our drink on and talk. There's smut in my steampunk show? Apple TV is putting out some interesting things. We slip into Russian military hacks, and collectable coins. Hello, Tomorrow! Time Bandits series AETHER: The Rise of Specter - Official Trailer steampunk coins Adventure coins

recorded February 21, 2023 Happy Mardi Gras! We're full steam ahead without a map tonight, swinging from topic to topic. New show seasons coming up, such as Shadow and Bone, Carnival Row, and the last episodes of the Nevers. Mad science Dani Clode from the UK brings new digits with her prosthetic third thumb! Steampunk Mardi Gras jewelry The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher October Daye series by Seanan McGuire Steampunk Borg Queen The Third Thumb interview Dani Clode's web site Association of Ishtar new Kickstarter, "Bound for the Styx"

recorded February 7, 2023 Bluestocking's disertation trailer if finally out so we play it right away! A week passed the worst ice storm to hit Texas since... well... 2021. The weight of ice on trees caused them to break and fall on power lines cutting power all across the state. Some residents still wait for power to return after a week. Anxiety in the Archives Wild Wild West Steampunk Con Dr. Sheffields Original Toothpaste The Pale Blue Eye

recorded January 24, 2023 The year is starting off at a sprint! Natalie MacTavish joins us as a tease of winter weather is hitting today with snow in north Texas that gives Bluestocking anxiety. Natalie reviews Ikkicon and the steampunk larp hosted by Mad Raven Productions at the con. Thax tells about Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday at the Glass Coffin. Bluestocking teases about her upcoming podcast about secret and restricted libraries. IkkiCon Mad Raven Productions The Glass Coffin: Vampire Parlour

recorded January 10, 2023 Welcome to the new year! We've lost a lot of shows in the last month or so through cancellations and removed IPs. We revisit Pinocchio while we can, and hit on Vox Machina for some fantasy role playing raunch. Jack brings an exciting new weird western shooter game that looks gritty and glorious. Thax reports on a traveling circus that is moving through Texas. Faire of Champions Steampunk weekend! Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio The Legend of Vox Machina Hunt: Showdown Paranormal Cirque

recorded December 27, 2022 Our last transmission of 2022! Tonight we do a little review of our more popular episodes of the year. Also self abuse through alcohol. Jack finally watched Enola Holmes, so we gush a little more. And we throw out some ideas for the coming year. We'd love to get your suggestions too! Send us your topics! Victorian New Years traditions Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded December 13, 2022 Panic shopping, engage! We are down to the wire for getting gifts for friends and family! Tonight we get into where to find the last minute pieces that will express our love, or assuage our guilt. Where are your local artist markets? Consider making a donation to a loved one's favorite charity? Here are some more suggestions. World Market Steam gaming gift cards Blue Genie Art Bazaar Penzey's spices Teapunk Teas Etsy gift cards Up and coming new renfaire, Faire of Champions Total eye candy, Steel Vintage industrial future music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded November 29, 2022 The holiday season is upon us! Brace yourself for wild weather and gift shopping. All the new shows are out and we're binging them! Peeky Blinders final season is out. Wednesday is really paying off with great casting, writing and directing! Jack brings Star Wars, China, and wild surgery. And comic artist accuses Netflix 1899 of plagiarism, but did they? You decide. Wednesday China, pandemic, and steampunk? 1847 fastest amputation Netflix's 1899 plagiarism accusation Black Silence comic music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded November 15, 2022 We all just returned from Steampunk November and we review the whole experience. Our good friend Kitty from Faire Treasures joins us. Highlights include Teapot Racing! How not to wear a corset! Poetry slam! Steampunk November Texas Splendid Teapot Racing The Seadog Slam poetry music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded November 1, 2022 Halloween is over. :( Today is Dia de los Muertos, and in just under two weeks is Steampunk November! New shows for for November include Enola Holmes II, 1899, and Wednesday Addams on Netflix, and on Disney+ Strange World. Also catch Werewolf by Night if you missed it. Guitarmy of One new album Frenchy and the Punk new album due out shortly Cogs Aplenty on Kickstarter Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro Wardenclyffe Lab Transforming into Global Science Center Waco's Tesla Tower music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded October 18, 2022 Just a few weeks until Halloween! Is your costume ready or have you started? Laura Meyer returns to help us and tell about her new murder mystery Kickstarter. She was last with us when her first book, The Victorian Collection: Advanced Costuming Techniques was kickstarting and now its in our hot little hands. Her new game certainly reveals more of Laura's weakness for puns and cheeky turn of phrase. The Victorian Collection on Etsy Cogs Aplenty on Kickstarter music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded October 4, 2022 Spooky season is upon us! Bluestocking is back, and we're ready to chat. We revisit every Steampunk spooky or monster movie we can think of. From cheese to real Victorian spooks we rattle off as many show as we can to get your viewing list set for the season. 1899 on Netflix Airship: Kingdoms Adrift Arthur Conan Doyle Estate sues Netflix music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded September 20, 2022 The Queen is dead! The US is threatened with a union shut down of the railroads! Our federal dollars are no match for the new internet money! We're teaching robots how to paint! JENetics talks to us about her steampunk art using AI and how she uses NFTs and Etherium to bring it to the online art market. Let's talk about it! https://ultrasoundmerch.com/collections/jenetics an example of AI created or assisted art DALL-E MidJourney Dream by Wombo Open Sea for selling your art as NFTs music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded September 6, 2022 We're back to work after enjoying a Labor day Monday off, and all our internal clocks are a mess. Come talk Steampunk with us and see if we're coping. Bluestocking has found new Steampunk games coming soon. Thax sees Gilded Age unions reflected in current legislation. Jack is fooled by the latest AI generated art that he SWEARS is human created and we all sit horrified at the nightmares it promises. Lies of P (trailer) Victoria III (trailer) California Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act Midjourney AI furniture (not real) music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded August 23, 2022 The Texas Floods are here, but so are we! Bringing you our latest weird steampunk finds and upcoming events! Lost friends and grievous head wounds, but we persevere through solid drinking. Steampunk Explorer's new Youtube channel Oamaru, Capital of Steampunk! Jack discovers Cherie Priest Cici's Pizza is Steampunk now? music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded August 9, 2022 As summer hopefully is winding down, we return to chat steampunk! Bluestocking talks about modern airships. Jack found a new retelling of the Nutcracker. And Thax jumps back to social rules as presented in Bridgerton. We catch up on other shows to catch and a couple events coming in August that you should know about The future of airships Steampunk Nutcracker music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded July 26, 2022 This week we dive into the weird sexual views of the era where steampunk pulls so much inspiration. The strategy and rules arranging marriage, the denial of women's sexual needs, and men's as well, the expectations of the wifely role, and lack of women's rights in Victorian England and America. the Angel in the House Gentleman Jack HBO series Her Majesty Mrs. Brown music provided by Zapsplat.com

recorded July 12, 2022 This week Thax has the Rona and looks like hell. BlueStocking is back from NOLA and had an amazing time and gives a little report. Jack is excited about water harvesting and a new Netflix film. Tesla's birthday just passed, and kissing spreads germs. Learn all this and more this week! desert fog catcher Warka Water Tower The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Nikola Tesla tattoos Scourge of Kissing music provided by Zapsplat.com