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Texas Steampunk Connection

Thax, Jack, and Bluestocking

Steampunk podcast on happenings in Texas. News and reviews of novels, comics, movies and anything steampunk.

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Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep7

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/04/04

recorded April 2, 2024Continuing 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, romanticis, 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

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57:19

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep5

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/03/24

recorded March 19, 2024Tonight 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'?

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58:00

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep5

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/03/11

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

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56:08

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep4

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/02/23

recorded February 20, 2024Johnny 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

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01:01:02

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep3

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/02/11

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

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54:06

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep2

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/01/29

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.

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01:02:23

Tx Sp Xtion: Deep in the Gearbox of TX S8Ep1

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2024/01/14

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

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01:04:05

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep26

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/12/31

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.

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01:03:09

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep25

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/12/21

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

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53:33

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep24

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/12/05

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/

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01:01:56

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep23

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/11/19

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

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56:37

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep22

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/11/03

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

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59:34

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep21

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/10/22

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!

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58:17

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep20

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/10/09

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

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55:31

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep19

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/09/25

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

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01:06:14

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep18

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/09/10

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.

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59:16

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep17

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/08/25

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?

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01:01:11

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep16

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/08/13

recorded August 8, 2023

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58:00

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep15

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/07/28

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!

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01:05:05

Tx Steampunk Connection: Poor Impulse Control S7Ep14

Texas Steampunk Connection ·

2023/07/15

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