Abney Park Archive

Abney Park’s HMS Ophelia Remix by ~Delen

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  I was looking through a collection of steampunk city skylines and came across this great remix of Seattle Area Band, Abney Parks, dirigible the HMS Ophelia. Enjoy:  The name of the piece is HMS Ophelia by ~Delen on deviantART One more image after the jump & a link

Quaintrelles, Dandies, and Flâneurs #1

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Vintage Punk1 Street Fashion at SPWS Because I am primarily a photographer (and only secondarily a coolhunting blogger), a major aspect of my posts here at SPWS is visuals. Thus, once a month or so, I will be posting photographs of the sort of timeless, casual style I laud.

Steampunk Vacuum Tube Guitar Amp

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  A Steampunk guitar amp to go with the Steampunk Strat! I just finished this project for Nathaniel Johnstone of Abney Park and you will get to see its debut with Nathan and several other musicians and performers including the Deshret Dance Company at the Carnivale Mechanique at this year’s Maker

Hey San Francisco (and L.A.)! Abney Park All Ages Shows in March!

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"Dammit, I’m on the wrong coast" is becoming an almost constant refrain for this Boston based Steampunk! However, all of my friends in San Francisco and Los Angeles will be on the right coast this March when that crew of drunken pilots and great friends of The Steampunk Workshop

Abney Park Interview with Rebecca Firth

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Captain Robert  of the band Abney Park talks to Rebecca Firth about their music and Steampunk in an Interview at YouFINDit. [For some reason they've chosen to stream the mp3 with the horrible Micro$oft Media Server so if you can't listen from the above page, gank the mp3 from

The California Steampunk Convention

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I’ve been booked for the first ever California Steampunk Convention in Sunnyvale, California – October 31 through November 2!  I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing but there is sufficient time to put together a really bitch’n presentation and/or demo!  I’ll also be participating in a discussion panel

The Heather Gold Show

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On Saturday May 3, Cap’n Robert of Abney Park, Libby Bulloff of SteamPunk Magazine and I will be on  The Heather Gold Show which will be streamed live from the main stage at Maker Faire.  From Heather’s site: How can you be authentic to yourself and part of a