Steampunk, a relatively recent genre, is most recognizably understood as a hybrid genre that includes contemporary technology, powered by steam, usually set in either the Victorian era or the Wild West. In his speech “Atemporality for the Creative Artist” Bruce Sterling describes steampunk as a “lost future” which is created by a process of “finding Read More
In his article “Piracy as a Business Force”, Adrian Jones presents us with a detailed history of pirate radio and its ambitious goal of challenging the public monopolies of its time. When it was first created, one such monopoly was the BBC, which acted as a “single, public-service broadcaster” that Jones argues “restrict[ed] the ability Read More
In his article, “The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism”, Jonathan Lethem recounts a story wherein he describes the ‘invention’ of a song by blues legend Muddy Waters. When asked where the inspiration for the song arose, Waters cites five different sources: his own personal creation, sudden inspiration, he heard “a version by Johnson”, his mentor Read More