Steampunk.

[Gramaisc]

Phil Jupitus investigates the Steampunk genre - on iPlayer now.

I still think that the Soviet space programme's Lunokhod lunar rovers from the late '60s take some beating, and they were really real.

 

[Withnail]

Whatever happened to RamonaFlowers?

Steampunk was her thing was it not? Never heard of it before she joined, then she disappeared.

 

[Gramaisc]

Burned out after a fortnight..

 

[hop]

I used to work with a guy who was into steampunk. Used to wear some unusual clothing in the office and had lots of side ventures including running night clubs.

He was interviewed in the Standard a few years ago.

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/londons-clockwork-man-is-not-your-average-banker-6519530.html

 

[joshua]

It seems a very charmingly eccentric british version of cosplay, are there any shops locally that cater fans?

 

[Gramaisc]

You could ask in Two Fat Goblins - they might know..

 

[age'd parent]

I don't know if this will work but...
my son and daughter in law

 

[tek-monkey]

 

[PeterD]

I know them. When Steam Punk was mentioned I thought of them.

 

[Gramaisc]

That would make an excellent uniform for the parking wardens.

 

[Gramaisc]

Few things have ever looked so retro-futuristic as a Dornier X - maybe somebody will build a replica one day. None of the three of them survived the war.

 

[Gramaisc]

There's a bloke rambling about steam punk in the middle of this episode of the History of the Future - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqr7k - it'll be available soon..

 

[Gramaisc]

 

[The Stafford Beast]

Nice copper plastic bottles

 

[Gramaisc]

The Phil Jupitus programme was repeated this morning - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01md9fj ..