The Adventures of Captain Mouse: A Steampunk Short Film

Jake von Slatt, a Steampunk Maker, sent this short film to Boing Boing:

"Here's a delightful short from some SF Steampunks I met at Maker Faire. I'm not sure if they are LARPers, but from the appearance of a McIntosh MC240 tube amp and a serious electronics workbench in one scene, I know that these are the sort of kids that Marcus Yallow would've hung out with!"

I don't know what that means either. But I can help with you with a rudimentary introduction to the Steampunk subculture here.

I love the effort that Steampunks put into their costume, which is heavy on the dress and not so much on the hair and make-up. I do wonder - and I'm not making fun here - what do the hardcores wear to the beach? Just have it on the brain considering the subject of my last few posts and the fact that summer is approaching.

I've never seen a Steampunk in person. Then again I live in the north east of England. Do we have much of a movement here? A quick Google search didn't turn up anything definitive. I wonder if there's a grouping of them living somewhere, say like a tribe, in a sparsely populated part of the country (like Cumbria), where they have not yet been discovered?