Tag: saloncon
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Word has come down from the state of New Jersey that Saloncon, the first known neo-victorian convention in the United States, is no more. Following the tribulations of 2009, including the economy floating upside down in its fishbowl, the organizers are not able to set the wheels in motion for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, the organizers have branched out in new directions in their personal lives and do not have the time or energy right now to put on a convention as a result. saloncon will certainly be missed; I know I shall miss the yearly trek to …
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The board of directors of Saloncon announced a couple of days ago that there will not be a Saloncon in 2009. The board is not in a position to spend the money necessary to get it off the ground this year, unfortunately. Also, given the rising rate of unemployment this year (7.2% and climbing, as of December of 2008) and the generally sad state of the economy there is a high probability that many fewer people would be able to attend this year. They are working on throwing a charity event at Teaberrys instead but it isn't known if …
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MTV has posted their spot on steampunk to their website - you can watch it here.
There is also a written article by MTV here and some of the photographs they took are up here.
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I've finally put the photographs from Saloncon online - you can view them here.
As always, if there are any corrections, or if you'd like to tell me who you are so I can caption pictures correctly, please leave a comment.
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I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last Thursday night due to getting ready for Saloncon 2008 and general problems getting a decent amount of rest these days. I think that part of it's the unusually high pollen count in the DC area right now and part of it's the air conditioning filter in the apartment (which Lyssa is having fixed today due to the fact that we can't get into the locked room in which the air conditioner is installed). Also, wedding stress is starting to mount with the end more than an month away. At any rate …
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Lyssa, Laurelinde, and I returned from Saloncon about four hours ago. We're dead tired.
I'm going to bed.
What a weekend. What an adventure.
What a success.
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Information Society's going on tour in 2008. Kurt, Paul, and James got back together after the release of Synthesizer and they're hitting the road. Word on the street has it that they'll be playing songs from all of their albums, and I do mean all of them. If rumour's to be believed, they might even play a song or two from their very early albums from the mid-1980's, like Creatures of Influence.
Geekgasm. Pure geekgasm.
Lyssa and I have already bought tickets to the Philadelphia show on 5 January 2008. Interestingly, the schedule at Dancing Ferret (great job signing InSoc …
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- The Cruxshadows - Sophia (Here I Am Club Mix)
- Razed in Black - Blush
- Covenant - We Stand Alone
- VNV Nation - Dark Angel
- E Nomine - Mitternacht (Extended Version)
- Colony 5 - Suicidal
- Projekt Pitchfork - Timekiller
- The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection
- Depeche Mode - Strangelove
- David Bowie - As The World Falls Down (from Labyrinth)
- Tangerine Dream - The Dance (from Legend)
- Moulin Rouge - El Tango de Roxanne
- Marc Shaiman - The Addams Family Tango
- Loreena McKinnett - The Mummer's Dance (Single version)
- The Changelings - Earthquake At Versalles
- Birthday Massacre - The Dream
- The Dreamside featuring Rogue - Open Your Eyes
- The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
- Iris - Hell's Coming With Me …
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I didn't have time to take very many pictures at Saloncon, but here's what I've got.
If you'd like to see more pictures from Saloncon, please see the following galleries:
If I find any more, I'll post links to them.
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