After the chocolate is gone...

So, chocolate eggs were hunted and later consumed.  Chocolate bunnies were nibbled away.  Presumably even chocolate chickens got in on the consuming act somewhere...
And Sunday 20th April saw a couple of non-chocolate related milestones:  A GASP radio 8hr special, raising awareness of the charity New Futures Nepal; and the release of a 22 track charity download raising funds for the same.  You may have read about the download in last week's guest blog from GASP host Steven C. Davis; it has now gone live and is available via the link above - only £5!

Your GASP hosts

Steven and I co-hosted the 8 hour special, with a live facebook event running concurrently.  Apart from minor details, like trying to schedule in food around the event, it all went really well.  A couple of unplanned glitches meant that we lost a part of hour six, and ended up overrunning slightly by the end of hour 8, but apart from that, the music was fantastic, and the company divine - thank you to all who dipped into the event at some point, and particular thanks to all those  stalwarts who stayed with us for the entire event - virtual chocolate all round!  (Not to mention the virtual kazoo and air guitars)

Photo courtesy NevermindtheCogs

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The event had another first - the first showing of Arthur 'NevermindtheCogs''s video album from 'Steampunk at the Griffin', which Arthur kindly gave us permission to air before he uploaded to youtube.  Arthur is a regular at steampunk events, and never fails to deliver some fantastic images at the end - see picture above; and see video below...

The GASP radio show will, of course, continue with its regular Tuesday night slot and accompanying facebook event; and we very much hope that the recent sound outages are now a thing of the past.  Please do take a listen - we're sure you'll hear something that you like (and the virtual chocolate may make another virtual appearance...)

What's next?  Well, Steampunk at the Commandery in only two weeks; then more events at Steampunk Doncaster, and a possible reappearance at Dudley also on the cards... plus, Volume 2 of The Automata Wars, The Front Line, will be available in digital format for the first time very, very soon...  keep watching the aether for the signs; world domination is only a virtual chocolate away (maybe)...