My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

davestridersironicgirlfriend:

mayra-quijotesca:

thats-not-victorian:

Hey, guys! So, we’re all familiar with Cyberpunk and Steampunk, but there are so many more alternate histories/speculative science fiction genres out there! I came across this handy-dandy infographic and figured I could share a bit of these punk genres for anyone interested.
Steampunk Roughly covers the Western world during the mid- to late-19th century (ie: Victorian era, US wild west, etc.), and sometimes up to the Edwardian era.
Dieselpunk1920s up through WWII, ending at just about the Cold War.
DecopunkA cleaner, artistic, more “optimistic” version of Dieselpunk (same time period)
ClockpunkCovers the time of the Renaissance (think da Vinci)
AtompunkCold War era, ie: the Space Race
TeslapunkDerivative of Steampunk, but focuses on electricity rather than steam.
SplatterpunkExplicit horror and gore
BiopunkBiotechnology, genetics (part science fiction, part real life)
NanopunkNanotechnology, sometimes overlaps with Biopunk
CyberpunkThe granddaddy of them all: computer technology, the internet, hackers, etc.
Others not included in the infographic
ElfpunkFantasy-based, features creatures like elves and fairies.
MythpunkMythology and folklore, includes urban fantasy.
Seapunk?
Stonepunk, Bronzepunk, Plaguepunk

Okay, uh, TW for graphic descriptions of rape in the Splatterpunk explanation link (specifically as examples of ~look how edgy and without boundaries this subgenre is~), but I think all the other links should be safe.

Also, Arcanepunk is a theme with combinations of magic and science/technology, or with technology so complex it appears to be magic.

mayra-quijotesca:

thats-not-victorian:

Hey, guys! So, we’re all familiar with Cyberpunk and Steampunk, but there are so many more alternate histories/speculative science fiction genres out there! I came across this handy-dandy infographic and figured I could share a bit of these punk genres for anyone interested.

Steampunk
Roughly covers the Western world during the mid- to late-19th century (ie: Victorian era, US wild west, etc.), and sometimes up to the Edwardian era.

Dieselpunk
1920s up through WWII, ending at just about the Cold War.

Decopunk
A cleaner, artistic, more “optimistic” version of Dieselpunk (same time period)

Clockpunk
Covers the time of the Renaissance (think da Vinci)

Atompunk
Cold War era, ie: the Space Race

Teslapunk
Derivative of Steampunk, but focuses on electricity rather than steam.

Splatterpunk
Explicit horror and gore

Biopunk
Biotechnology, genetics (part science fiction, part real life)

Nanopunk
Nanotechnology, sometimes overlaps with Biopunk

Cyberpunk
The granddaddy of them all: computer technology, the internet, hackers, etc.

Others not included in the infographic

Elfpunk
Fantasy-based, features creatures like elves and fairies.

Mythpunk
Mythology and folklore, includes urban fantasy.

Seapunk?

Stonepunk, Bronzepunk, Plaguepunk

Okay, uh, TW for graphic descriptions of rape in the Splatterpunk explanation link (specifically as examples of ~look how edgy and without boundaries this subgenre is~), but I think all the other links should be safe.

Also, Arcanepunk is a theme with combinations of magic and science/technology, or with technology so complex it appears to be magic.

(via techsgtjenn)

coffeeslot:

Radio Birdman: New Race: 1977

Radio Birdman performing the song ‘New Race’, taken from the 1977 album ‘Radios Appear’.

Note: This is the legedary performance that Radio Birdman did at the Paddington Town Hall in April, 1977;along with The Saints. Johnny Kannis does the introduction on stage. Johnny would later front The Hitmen.

Can’t spam Aussie punk without adding some Birdman…

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1977: The Birdmen and “Radios Appear”

Oh, I’ve been looking forward to this moment. FINALLY it’s time for… Radio Birdman!

Sydney, Australia. 1974. American guitarist Deniz Tek and australian vocalist Rob Younger starts a band. They decide to name the band “Radio Birdman” after a line from The Stooges’ song “1970”, in which they believe Iggy sings “Out of my mind on saturday night/1970 rollin’ in sight/Radio birdman up above/Beautiful baby, feed my love”. In actuality, what Iggy sang was “Radio’s burnin up above”.

Radio Birdman released their debut EP Burn My Eye on Trafalgar Records in 1976 and their debut LP Radios Appear on the same label the following year.
The record contains some of the most well-written and well-performed songs of the punk rock era. Deniz Tek and fellow guitarist Chris Masauk are constantly in sync and Rob Younger’s singing voice fills its purpose perfectly.

Radio Birdman soon became the main pioneers in the aussie punk rock movement, inspiring later punk bands such as The Saints and The Fun Things (yes, I’ll get to them later). Besides their fantastic music, Radio Birdman also looked good, gave great live shows and had a cool logo. They were more than just an ordinary punk band, they were… fucking awesome.

Today I’m not gonna give you the actual Radios Appear-album, but a later compilation album, which contains most songs from Radios Appear plus a couple of other tunes.
Download it HERE!
Also, watch the second part of the video above: Radio Birdman Live pt 2.

The Birdmen’s logo.

NEXT UP: Richard Hell & The Voidoids and their magnificent Blank Generation

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victorfranko:

Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno

Nearly every country (or in some cases, State/Province/Territory) has a primordial pre-punk/punk pioneer band or two that became the template for much of the underground music that came later. Any subsequent band either had to cop to the influence or purposely march in the other direction. Regardless, the spectre of the iconic band(s) loomed large.

Radio Birdman (along with The Saints) served in that role for the Australian punk rock scene. For the next decade or more, a good chunk of the bands to come from down under all carried the signature Ramones/Stooges/Surf Music DNA… perfect survival traits for succeeding in the tough, yet dynamic, Australian musical outback.

From the compilation album, The Essential Radio Birdman 1974 - 1978 (Sub Pop)