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Abney Park, Live at The Edison Club

Abney Park at The Edison Steampunk Event

This Sunday (25th of May) there is going to be a bit of a ‘perfect storm’ of Steampunk in LA – Abney Park (one of the best known Steampunk bands in existance) will be playing at The Edison bar (possibly the most beautiful Steampunk locale in the world) and are rumoured be accompanied by two of the brightest and best loved Steampunk creating celebrities around.  (I’m not sure I’m allowed to mention who the gents are, but I know they’ll probably tell me off for calling them celebrities!  Sorry, Sirs.)  There’ll also be high-flying aerialists and the highly regarded DJ Imagika.

Abney Park, Live at The Edison, then – it sounds fantastic.  I’m told there are still tickets to be had, and that it’ll be strictly age 21+ (that’s Earth years), and that this will hopefully be just one of many future Steampunk events held at The Edison in future.  I know in previous posts we’ve wondered if the clientele at The Edison could be as wonderful to look at as the event, but I can very quickly cast that doubt aside knowing the lineup as I now do!  To those who go – I am quite envious, please report back and do take photies!

This entry was posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2008 at 11:57 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Audio, Steampunk Images.

  • Fraulein Flieger
    We had a fantastic time at this show! I can't wait for more events at the Edison. You can see more fan photos here:
    http://pics.livejournal.com/kenderkin/gallery/0...

    here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/snarkie/sets/72157...

    and here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27085919@N07/sets/
    Everyone looked truly fantasic!
  • Robert posted some pics here:

    http://robert-from-ap.livejournal.com/513722.html

    It looks like it was an incredible night! I wish I could have been there but I totally emptied The Workshop's coffers at Maker Faire.
  • Michael
    I have to confirm that the show was great. You had a confluence of a perfect steampunk band in a perfect steampunk venue and a perfect steampunk crowd. Many audience members wore custom and handmade accessories. I saw some great goggles, a number of custom watches. Victorian-style and Edwardian-style clothing in abundance, as were more punk adaptations. Large video projections played Fritz Lang's Metropolis and other films through the night, adding to the atmosphere. And did I mention the two AERIALISTS?!? I closed the night out with the bar and it was well worth it. Now, if only I could decide what the perfect steampunk cocktail was for the night. I stuck with the French 75.
  • Dude I was there it ROCKED!!!
    *ahem*
    Twas a delightful experience. Surreal to the extreme. It was what I could only imagine a bohemian club at the turn of the century might have been like. That is to say with all of the men and women ALL dressed proper in attire perfectly in context with the Edisons decor. The owner himself said he has NEVER seen the place filled with people who actually appear to belong there. What's even more bizarre is the fact that many of the employees at the Edison seemed unfamiliar with steam punk. We sure educated them. To think the most steam punky place in LA is only now seeing it's potential. I hope that future gatherings of this magnitude of awesomeness appear in the Edison. It was hard to leave and go back to dreary reality.
  • Elepski
    ARRGG!!!.... this is what i get for living in Florida....
  • :'(

    Maybe one day I'll travel from England : )
  • The Infernal Mr Adams
    Damn you Poverty!!
  • Denny
    Oh my ... Why? Why? now I will sleep dreamles here in Prague ...
  • Dratz! It appears that this event has been planned on the wrong coast! If only we had a fantastic steampunk venue like the Edison in Boston.
  • Michael
    Ha! I am going to the show. I have my ticket all purchased and waiting for me. I am already checking the adult beverage menu on the Edison Downtown website and choosing my libations for the evening. And if I see the crew of the Ophelia I just may send them drinks too.
  • Well Datamancer lives there now, so I'm guessing he's one of them. It's too bad I'm going to HappyJack1888's Memorial day BBQ on the 25th and thus won't be there.

    Who could the other be?

    Oh, no, you don't suppose?! OMG! it's Helsinki all over again!
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