SteamPunk the New "CyberGoths?"

[Ben Fletcher]

So I think it's pretty safe to say CyberGoth has pretty much died then.

I remember in the clubs, you would see loads of them. If anything, Trad seems to have made a bit of a comeback.

Few cybers kicking around in Whitby but SteamPunk is now all the rage. Funny thing is, I have never seen any Steampunks in the clubs.

[jackie....@googlemail.com]

steampunk at Whitby tends to be quite insular and they go to the Rifle Club for their entertainments. Unfortunately I have tix for April Spa that clashes with Simon Satori's new band that I wanted to see!

[Ben Fletcher]

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 3:17:16 PM UTC+1, jackie....@googlemail.com wrote:
> steampunk at Whitby tends to be quite insular and they go to the Rifle Club for their entertainments. Unfortunately I have tix for April Spa that clashes with Simon Satori's new band that I wanted to see!

Only ever been to the Rifle Club for stalls. We have been going to WGW since 2008 and there have always been Steampunks about and a few of them do go to the Spa. Rarely seen them outside Whitby, but when I have it's either a group of them at Conventions, Picnics/Tea Parties and Museum visits. So I am guessing it's not really a club scene as such. I know a few goths have "gone over to the Brownside".

I have no problem with them other then at one point it did feel as though they were taking over WGW, despite having their own Festival in Lincoln.

[Corwyn]

On 3/30/2016 3:25 AM, Ben Fletcher wrote:
> Only ever been to the Rifle Club for stalls. We have been going to WGW
> since 2008 and there have always been Steampunks about and a few of them
> do go to the Spa. Rarely seen them outside Whitby, but when I have it's
> either a group of them at Conventions, Picnics/Tea Parties and Museum
> visits. So I am guessing it's not really a club scene as such.

It's not- Steampunk came out of literature, not music. It's always seemed
more fashion/gadget-centered than, dare I say it, a life-style or culture.
The kind of thing that people (users? participants?) put on and take off.

YMMV, of course.

c
a 3rd-rate fashionista

[Ben Fletcher]

I think you're probably right there. I've been told the music is something of an acquired taste (ok I was told its pretty shit). A few claim it's an offshoot of Goth but I fail to see it myself.

Ultimately, it contributes no more to WGW then if I turned up in my re-enactment armour just to parade about town, taking up the limited accommodation in doing so.

[David Damerell]

Quoting Ben Fletcher <bensfl...@gmail.com>:
>On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 3:17:16 PM UTC+1, jackie....@googlemail.com w=

>rote:
>>steampunk at Whitby tends to be quite insular and they go to the Rifle
>>Club for their entertainments.

>Only ever been to the Rifle Club for stalls.

They had The Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing a few years ago, who
are pretty good - and a rare steampunk band who are actually punks, with
angry shouty songs about the failures of Tory politics (circa 1850).
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[David Damerell]

Quoting Corwyn <bluec...@yahoo.com>:
>It's not- Steampunk came out of literature, not music.

And Space: 1889. :-)

[Ben Fletcher]

I have heard of that band but I have never listened to anything of theirs.
I suppose ultimately, Steampunk is currently in its "heyday" just as CyberGoth was about 10-12 years ago. However I can see it potentially lasting longer then CyberGoth did, given it has its own festivals. Cyber for the most part, latched onto WGW and existing goth clubs.

[David Damerell]

Quoting Ben Fletcher <bensfl...@gmail.com>:
>On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 6:57:34 PM UTC+1, David Damerell wrote:
>>Quoting Corwyn <bluec...@yahoo.com>:
>>>It's not- Steampunk came out of literature, not music.
>>And Space: 1889. :-)

>I have heard of that band but I have never listened to anything of theirs.

Space: 1889 is a tabletop RPG from the late 80s. As such, you haven't
listened to anything by it because it doesn't make a noise. :-P
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[Corwyn]

On 4/7/2016 10:23 AM, David Damerell wrote:
> Space: 1889 is a tabletop RPG from the late 80s. As such, you haven't
> listened to anything by it because it doesn't make a noise. :-P

Drop the books and see what happens.

c