Monthly Archives: July 2011

What Is Steampunk? (12) (… John Hartford?!)

I’ve connected Bluegrass and Steampunk before as metaphors for each other.  Now let me tie them together with another connection, in the person of songwriter, fiddler, steamboat enthusiast and banjo stylist extraordinaire John Hartford. This is one of my favorite … Continue reading

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Another Poor Richard Sermon from Witchy Eye

There was a barber in a small village in western Penn’s Land, who traded under the sign of the silver shears, that one night his son demanded his inheritance early, for he wished to set up in business as a … Continue reading

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