“NYTimes Liveblog from the Grammys: 8:02 p.m. Lady Gaga about to take the stage in some sort of Chicago steam-punk type performance.”
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And that, folks, was the exact time that steampunk officially died. It had been limping on in sort of sad malaise, kept alive by hopeful authors trying desperately to finish their zombie-dirigible-coal mining-mechanical wings novel before the trend completely expired, but at 8:02 eastern standard time, steampunk was finally laid to rest in a shallow grave.
May it rest in peace, lit by the sepia ambience of an Edison bulb flickering feebly above the head of a goggling gear-eyed robot.
Posted by SaRRa on Sun Jan 31st at 5:26PM
