I’m on a steampunk radio... oh we ohh.

Do you have a band that plays music for steampunks? Or a band that uses classic instrumentation or has a unique sound that might work on our show? Then we would like to give you some airplay. In the US, we have The Clockwork Cabaret and down under, we have Airship Babylon. Both have large followings (Clockwork Cabaret boasting over 15,000+ subscribers) and are scouring the aetherweb looking for new acts. Click on the links above if you have what it takes to rock the FM airwaves.

In the meantime, let’s see what’s on Dieselpunks this week.

Two Fisted Tuesdays with Philip Marlowe brought us the classic “Trouble Is My Business.” Marlowe is hired by a dying millionaire to clean up his spendthrift son's gambling debts by digging up dirt on the pretty shill helping him drink his way through the family fortune. But Harriet Huntress is brighter than your average gold digger, and when Marlowe’s information merchant turns up a few choice facts about her past, she begins glittering in a whole new light—and skeletons begin turning up in the most unexpected closets. Following a shamus with a sleuth, we have “Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Shy Ballerina.” When Dr Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man’s coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.

If you’re in the mood for a little dancing instead, then check out our interview with Brian Gardner of Swing Goth. Swing Goth is a new approach to partner dancing that brings the focus back to your partner and the music and away from a footwork obsessed pass-time. They’re gearing up for the big bi-coastal Tim Burton Ball in San Francisco and New York and Abney Park is headlining both shows, so you know you’ll be in for a treat.

In other news, Dieselpunks highlighted several influential diesel-era figures and inventors this week, including: Michael Wilcock (inventor of the 1953 Swandean Spitfire Special—a race car built from surplus aircraft engines), Heinz Kilfitt (a trained watchmaker and inventor of the Robot camera), John Heartfield (a WWI era anti-nationalist artist), and László Moholy-Nagy (a Jewish-Hungarian painter and photographer as well as professor in the Bauhaus school). László Moholy-Nagy was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into the arts.

Looking back this week, I think we’ve hit our stride at Dieselpunks. With over 500+ members and 1,000+ website visitors a day in less than a year of being online, we’re building quite an army. I’d like to see you get involved too! Get off the damn couch and get into the garage. If your legacy is an ass groove on a cushion, then you’ve wasted your life. Build something better, and inspire someone else to do the same.

We’re on the Internet. We’re on the radio. We’re in the air and on the racetracks. We’re in the galleries and in the labs. Where are you?

Until next week, tune in again for more action, more adventure, and even more Dieselpunks!