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Nathaniel Johnstone

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About Me

I am the Chief Gunnery Officer and Bartender on the good airship Ophelia. When onstage with Abney Park, you can hear me alternating between the guitar and the violin. I prefer a good single-malt to any froofy mixed drink. In my not-so-humble opinion, an umbrella in any kind of alcoholic beverage is an abomination unto The Lord.

Abney Park at Funeral:

Abney Park in Atlanta:

My Interests

Music, booze, and soaring over purple mountains majesty and fruited plain. Whatever the hell that means.
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I'd like to meet:

Musicians, Artists, Adventurers, and Lunatics.

Music:

Abney Park, The Art of Noise, Assemblage 23, Ayria, Blue Oyster Cult, Brian Eno, The Buggles, Chemlab, Clock DVA, Covenant, Djam Karet, Django Reinhardt, Dream Theater, Ego Likeness, Fad Gadget, Form 30, Freeze Etch, Genesis, Hawkwind, In Strict Confidence, Joy Division, King Crimson, Knossos, The Last Dance, Love & Rockets, Marillion, Mission UK, Mono Chrome, Neuroticfish, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Rammstein, Redemption, Rotersand, Rovo, Roxy Music, Rush, Shriekback, Spock's Beard, Stephane Grapelli, Stolen Babies, Tanzwut, XTC

Television:

Television? Meh. We get crappy reception on the Ophelia anyway. Just hook me up with a bottle of Jameson's and I'll be fine.

Books:

The Anubis Gates, At The Mountains of Madness, Bridge of Birds, The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath, The Lost Continent of Mu, On Stranger Tides, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Yellow Sign

My Blog

A belated sum up of Convergence 13

I can't be bothered to actually try to make a narrative of this stuff. Deal...- Friday afternoon: As we were wandering down toward the vending area in the early afternoon, I was enchanted to find Zoe ...
Posted by Nathaniel Johnstone on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:26:00 PST

I blame Paul Mercer for this...

So today I picked up my viola from the shop. I had brought it in to have it fixed up because it's been nearly 10 years since it was last played. Now it's got new strings, a new chinrest, a rehabilitat...
Posted by Nathaniel Johnstone on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:10:00 PST

Abney Park in Steampunk Magazine!

Hey all, check out this first issue of Steampunk Magazine! It's available for purchase or for free download. It's got some cool articles, fiction, interviews, and all - it's pretty slick. Oh, and ther...
Posted by Nathaniel Johnstone on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PST

New Violin

Let's see where should I begin? I bought a new violin today! No wait. That's not the right place. Hmm...Ok, so last week, I decided that I needed a newer, nicer acoustic violin than the slab of wood I...
Posted by Nathaniel Johnstone on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:42:00 PST

Pics from Bats Day 2006

I've added a few pics. Check them out and let me know what you think! The most recent batch were taken by Captain Loki Savage. Arrrr!
Posted by Nathaniel Johnstone on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:27:00 PST