(All photos stolen from outopian. Go give him props for the awsome photography!)

The Ozarks are hot and wet. I'd say Sultry, but you need to feel to true oppression behind the words "HOT, and "WET", and Sultry just sounds pleasantly sexy. This was HOT, and WET. Throw on top of this a giant venue/barn/tent hybrid, 3 feet from the train tracks and drenched in a Monsoon of startling proportions: Thunder, lightening, wind, rain, all making little rivers across the dance floor, and a wall of wet heat onstage that you could boil eggs with.

...and it was AWSOME.


There were a billion screaming fans packed in, every breed of Sky Pirate and Wrench Wench you could imagine...and a few you never thought up, and drunk beyond belief. Okay, maybe not all, but enough where to really make'em fun to watch!



We mounted the stage, shed about 90lbs of water, and actually played a set with NO NOTICEABLE MISTAKES!  Honestly, I think people were disappointed. Its almost become a hallmark of Abney Park how often something breaks.



We actaully started about 30 hour earlier, so that gave us time to do a half dozen Encores, which we didn't expect to be doing. Voltaire was ..ward, and I really didn't want to cut into his time.
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Well, there it is. Steamy Fun in the Ozarks.

If you've been into Steampunk long, you've probably seen half of these, but I thought I'd post a few Raygun's I stumbled across in my latest research.

Powder Cask

Just got a couple photos from our Toronto Promoters, To Die For Designs...I thought I'd share.


The Chin Of DoooOOOM!!



I'm SO sad I broke the Cultlass Mic I was making her. ( More Piratical/Aeronautical goodness )

So, we played Bar Sinister and the crowd was so huge by the time we played there a still a huge line down the street, and people getting turned away at the door. Many of my freinds from other bands couldn't get in at all. YOU COULD NOT MOVE in the club, wall to wall packed, with the most beautiful, sexy, enthusiastic and reasponsive crowd I think we've ever played too. We were told by many people it was the biggest turn out they'd every seen at Bar Sinister.

We sold out of everything, and I felt like crap for not having brought more. RIght down to people fighting over the last CD. I've also been told that bands almost NEVER sell jack-shit at Bar Sinister, and the guy selling next to us said he'd never ever seen anyone sell so much!