Thomas Dolby and his Time Capsule Tour (America)

[J. Wilhelm]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This thread is a bit of a continuation from previous posts (e.g. http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,31438.0.html) regarding the Aesthetic of the Synth-pop musician, Mr. Thomas Dolby (http://www.thomasdolby.com/) .  It seems Mr. Dolby has adopted some of the Steampunk aesthetic, noting that he was already carrying a somewhat Diesel/Steam persona back in 1982 with his single hit "She blinded me with science."

Thomas Dolby- She Blinded Me With Science (Released '82, Billboard #5)

I recently had the pleasure to meet Mr. Dolby at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music/Film/Tech festival, last week, where he started his "Time Capsule" tour and where he presented at the TED tech conference..(http://www.ted.com/) as the music director of the organization.

Here's some photos of your truly, and the lovely Darwin Prophet, musician extraordinaire together with Mr. Dolby.






Ensuing a very brief conversation, he admitted to being more of a "uchronist" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchronia), thus allowing himself to mix Diesel, Edwardian and Steampunk ideas...

Do you have any opinions?  Plans to pay him a visit during his tour?  For me it was a nostalgia trip as I was a Junior-Highschool student (7-9th grade secondary) in Mexico City back in the early 80's.  I'm currently trying to revisit some of my "proto-steampunk origins", and listening to a lot of "New Wave" ha, ha!

[J. Wilhelm]

My apologies, I had a bit of a problem uploading the new post. Seems to be working now.  I've reported it to the Engine Room.

Cheers,
J. W.

[Dharmagraphics]

He's playing "Free At Noon" at World Cafe Live in Philly tomorrow , Friday March 23 , and will have the steampunk Time Capsule on display . 

[J. Wilhelm]

Thank you for noting that, Dharmagraphics.  You can follow the tour at the website I give or just follow his tweets @ThomasDolby .  For those of yoou (be it Diesel or Steampunk), I encourage you to pay him a visit and leave a 30 second message for  his "Time Capsule," which will be part of a project of his (and more I cannot say). 

Being the Musical Director of TED, he is also associated with a very interesting group of experts in various fields, some of which have a lot to say in terms of the future of technology in general, and also green technology (relevant to some of our -and in general the maker  community), that is sustainable living in the 21st. C. (note TED is a non-profit organization).  I had the chance to also be put in contact (Twitter) with another TED senior member, Ms. Rachel Armstrong (https://www.facebook.com/livingarchitect ), a Brit. architect who favours the usage of biochemistry as a way to biologically engineer construction materials, as a way to promote a more sustainable interaction between human dwellings and the environment - pretty radical stuff but interesting.

Anyhow, I thought it'd be interesting even for those too young to remember him like I do from my Middle School years... (knowledge of the past really never held us back in out community....)

Cheers,
J. Wilhelm