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Is It Time For DepressionPunk?

MrMammal — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:36:12 PDT

@gfburke: There is only one band that I know of that can rightfully wear the crown of Victorianpunk - that is the late, great Stiffs, Inc.

If you don't know, go ask somebody. (Seriously, they're amazing)

MrMammal

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etho — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:16:19 PST

I like the music. I hate the rob-zombie-esque death metal cliches.

etho

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Jim_in_Buffalo — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:43:46 PST

A lot of us gamers refer to the 1930s as "The Pulp Era."

But Pulp-punk doesn't work to well.

Jim_in_Buffalo

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Dereks — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:56:02 PST

They have 20 listeners on last.fm, so :/

Dereks

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Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:21:14 PST

@zeppelined: What is it with Daleks and naked ladies?

Charlie Jane Anders

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FredicvsMaximvs — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:32:51 PST

@gfburke: Hear, hear! Enough with the "-punk" already!

Oh, and from the looks of it, it's called "Goth."

FredicvsMaximvs

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codydog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:34:27 PST

And i forgot, the Golden Age of Science Fiction

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codydog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:10:40 PST

Lots of stuff happening in the depression, technologically speaking. The big deal was radio as a way of influencing and controlling the masses. Hitler was a radio phenom. Later he used a radio teletype system to micromanage army units.

Radio also led to the first radoio preachers, salesmen and rabble rousers.

Aviation, automobiles, especially racing, popular use of machine guns,(Think Bonnie and Clyde) and the golden age of phonograph records and well as talkie movies, the first jet engines, rockets, the first experiments into computing, all sorts of fun stuff.

"O Brother Where Art Thou?" Is depressionpunkish.

codydog

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gfburke — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:59:56 PST

Better still would be to drop the damn -punk suffix and just appreciate the cool shit from the past without making a new case for your Windows PC or hot gluing watch parts to a leather coat from the thrift store.

gfburke

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gfburke — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:58:46 PST

Why Depressionpunk? It's not called Victorianpunk.

Better would be Dieselpunk or Tubepunk.

gfburke

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aspiringexpatriate — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:17:21 PST

@braak: BoxcarPunk

aspiringexpatriate

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Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:06:25 PST

@SeanOHara: True, but this ([www.theregister.co.uk]) was pretty good.

Ed Grabianowski

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SeanOHara — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:31:25 PST

The Depression isn't exactly known for major technological innovations the way the Victorian Era is. Unless you're going to do a gritty, period Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, I'm just not seeing it. (Besides, "The Daleks in New York" sucked).

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Jeff-Minor — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:45:38 PST

Anything that promotes the idea of depression should be avoided. This sort of thing is energy-draining-vampiral sludge. The future is what you make it, so just work toward a better one. This country needs a good enema--that'll make it all better. I suggest we start with Washington D.C., and the first, biggest, nastiest turd to get cleaned out is named George Bush.

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extracrispy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:45:28 PST

@braak: Damn, I was thinking depression was the 20s. Heavy sigh. Fail.

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taybay — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:19:03 PST

So.. emopunk. Been there, done that. It doesn't matter if it's retro, it's too jaded.

taybay

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antimatty — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:12:51 PST

i think depression punk sounds awesome. i would love to see a movie or something where prohibition era gangsters have to deal with zombies, cthulhu, obscure magic, etc.

antimatty

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Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:11:19 PST

TinPanAlleyPunk?

BreadLinePunk?

WPAPunk?

Ed Grabianowski

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mitchel_stevens — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:10:45 PST

@mitchel_stevens:
stupid modern technology!

mitchel_stevens

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mitchel_stevens — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:10:19 PST

damn it, i had a Cory Doctorow reference made and was told my comment was a duplicate. nuts.

mitchel_stevens

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mitchel_stevens — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:09:29 PST

BoingBoing just broke and Cory Doctorow's Steam Powered Hot Air Balloon is being stripped for parts.

mitchel_stevens

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tetracycloide — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:33:01 PST

@braak: nonfeasancepunk

tetracycloide

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codydog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:31:11 PST

I think "The Squirrel Nut Zippers," "The Holy Modal Rounders," The whole "Old Time String Band Revival" movement, and a bunch of white blues guys beat them to it, but always room for more..

And St. Leon of Redbone.

Carry on.

codydog

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braak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:28:46 PST

@extracrispy: Aren't flappers the 20s? Maybe it should be hobopunk.

braak

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blurey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:26:10 PST

i hope the band "grave 45" makes a comeback.-blurey

blurey

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blurey — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:24:36 PST

maybe the band "grave 45" will make a comeback.-blurey

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extracrispy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:10 PST

DepressionPunk doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. How about flapperpunk?

extracrispy

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Mathmos — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:06 PST

is it all retro-pseudopunk yet?

Mathmos

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braak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:20:06 PST

@BloggyMcBlogBlog: Are we far enough ahead to have nuclearpunk?

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Plague — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:11:07 PST

Try anything on the Rip Off label.

MUMMIES FTW

Plague

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BloggyMcBlogBlog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:08:53 PST

I'm still waiting for Cavemanpunk.

BloggyMcBlogBlog