This just in....
STEAMPUNK MOVES BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/f...10910400&en=3b9ed4dedca8f170&ei=5070&emc=eta1
From left, Deacon Boondini, the Great Gatsby and Giovanni James of the James Gang share a vision with the designer Alexander McQueen
(Looks like they have the Will Smith WILD, WILD WEST thing goin')
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/07/style/0508-PUNK_index.html
“MEET Showtime,” said Giovanni James, a musician, magician and inventor of sorts, introducing his prized dove, who occupies a spacious cage in Mr. James’s apartment in Midtown Manhattan. Showtime is integral to Mr. James’s magic act and to his décor, a sepia-tone universe straight out of the gaslight era.
The lead singer of a neovaudevillian performance troupe called the James Gang, Mr. James has assembled his universe from oddly assorted props and castoffs: a gramophone with a crank and velvet turntable, an old wooden icebox and a wardrobe rack made from brass pipes that were ballet bars in a previous incarnation.
Yes, he owns a flat-screen television, but he has modified it with a burlap frame. He uses an iPhone, but it is encased in burnished brass. Even his clothing — an unlikely fusion of current and neo-Edwardian pieces (polo shirt, gentleman’s waistcoat, paisley bow tie), not unlike those he plans to sell this summer at his own Manhattan haberdashery — is an expression of his keenly romantic worldview.
*****
This is steampunkishly real -
http://www.armchairgunshow.com/ot57-pix/CU-ZNDA.jpg
Montenegrin - Gasser revolver - from Stembridge Armory, used in movies including use by Stewart Granger or James Mason in PRISONER OF ZENDA. - .44 cal. - 5.5" barrel. - Good condition. - Fairly smooth brown metal; markings probably from Stembridge include "120 S" (inventory number?) and "5 in 1" & "5-1" (indicates to be used with five-in-one blanks). Original markings include various proofs & "For 44 Winchester Cartridge". Needs trigger return spring, otherwise working; very dirty bore. Nicely yellowed old bone grips. - With tags of poster & photos from the movie, including stills of the gun being used in the film. - This gun is documented by photo, s/n & description as a Stembridge gun with specific movie attribution in the Little John’s Auction catalog, 6/5/07. s/n - 19 - antq - item #CU-Znda - $2,700
STEAMPUNK MOVES BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/f...10910400&en=3b9ed4dedca8f170&ei=5070&emc=eta1
From left, Deacon Boondini, the Great Gatsby and Giovanni James of the James Gang share a vision with the designer Alexander McQueen
(Looks like they have the Will Smith WILD, WILD WEST thing goin')
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/07/style/0508-PUNK_index.html
“MEET Showtime,” said Giovanni James, a musician, magician and inventor of sorts, introducing his prized dove, who occupies a spacious cage in Mr. James’s apartment in Midtown Manhattan. Showtime is integral to Mr. James’s magic act and to his décor, a sepia-tone universe straight out of the gaslight era.
The lead singer of a neovaudevillian performance troupe called the James Gang, Mr. James has assembled his universe from oddly assorted props and castoffs: a gramophone with a crank and velvet turntable, an old wooden icebox and a wardrobe rack made from brass pipes that were ballet bars in a previous incarnation.
Yes, he owns a flat-screen television, but he has modified it with a burlap frame. He uses an iPhone, but it is encased in burnished brass. Even his clothing — an unlikely fusion of current and neo-Edwardian pieces (polo shirt, gentleman’s waistcoat, paisley bow tie), not unlike those he plans to sell this summer at his own Manhattan haberdashery — is an expression of his keenly romantic worldview.
*****
This is steampunkishly real -
http://www.armchairgunshow.com/ot57-pix/CU-ZNDA.jpg
Montenegrin - Gasser revolver - from Stembridge Armory, used in movies including use by Stewart Granger or James Mason in PRISONER OF ZENDA. - .44 cal. - 5.5" barrel. - Good condition. - Fairly smooth brown metal; markings probably from Stembridge include "120 S" (inventory number?) and "5 in 1" & "5-1" (indicates to be used with five-in-one blanks). Original markings include various proofs & "For 44 Winchester Cartridge". Needs trigger return spring, otherwise working; very dirty bore. Nicely yellowed old bone grips. - With tags of poster & photos from the movie, including stills of the gun being used in the film. - This gun is documented by photo, s/n & description as a Stembridge gun with specific movie attribution in the Little John’s Auction catalog, 6/5/07. s/n - 19 - antq - item #CU-Znda - $2,700
