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Much as with our retrospective on Blackwings Volumes editions last episode, today we’re taking a look back at the Field Notes releases we’ve gotten since around the beginning of the pandemic.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonLe Voyageur from Write Notepads & Co.Mitsubishi Uni “hahatoco” cat themed pencils! Pencil penrose (aka our tattoos) pins from Tim Belonax VignetteHeavy DutyUnited States of LetterpressSnowy Evening Fifty TrailheadHarvest Ignition Signs of Spring Great Lakes HatchKraft PlusStreetscapesYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

We always offer hot takes on each Blackwing Volumes release. But how do things look when we step back a little and look again with some more context and perspective? Tune in as we talk about the last few years of Blackwing Volumes, give our spicy and mild takes, and give each volume a grade.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonBlackwing Pencil Release GuideBasquiat on American MastersAdam Savage’s Indiana Jones notebook replicaVolume 840: Surfer Dude and the CoastVolume 3: Ravi ShankarVolume XIX: The 19th AmendmentVolume 6: Independent BusinessesVolume 223: Woodie Guthrie Volume 64: ComicsVolume 651: Bruce LeeVolume 93: Corita KentVolume 200: CoffeehousesVolume 55: The Golden RatioVolume 7: AnimationVolume 192: The Lennon and McCartneyVolume 20: Tabletop GamesVolume 57: The Basquiat PencilYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

Today, we have a full episode of just the Tools of the Trade. Skip this if you don’t want to hear about the 16 different albums Tim is listening too, what gritty British crime dramas Johnny’s watching, or what books Andy says he’s reading. Plus: the greatest concert film ever made, starring Seth Rogan.Show Notes and LinksBoygeniusNew Jason Isbell album next week!Theo Katzman Be the WheelCocaine and RhinestonesGeorge Michael BushSteven Universe Ted LassoBarryGuardians of the Galaxy 3The DiplomatTransatlanticA Small LightThe Eyes and the Impossible by Dave EggersHidden Systems by Dan NottPromises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane AndersDon't Tell Anyone the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda WilliamsThis Wheel's On Fire by Levon HelmOtherwise: New & Selected Poems by Jane KenyonBeach Badge zineThe OverstoryKeith Smith booksBellroy tech Dopp kit Tom Bihn Side HustlePlatinum PlaisirBlackwing Eras 2022Musgrave Pencil Knot notebookLevenger True Writer KyotoOfficial LT1917 penThat Field Notes dad thingYour HostsJohnny GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

We’re celebrating National Poetry Month a month too late, but we think it’s always time to celebrate poetry. To that end, we’ve invited Jay Newton, long-time listener and Erasable Poet Laureate, onto the show to talk about his new chapbook, Effigies, and how he thinks about and creates poetry. We also celebrate silly little limericks by pitting Jay against ChatGPT to write extremely specific pencil limericks.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonNew Zelda GameField Notes CityscapesMusgrave’s The Party BugleNew Musgrave Shorthand Notebook in BLUEMagic Ink markersBig ol’ pressed penny notebookBaronfig Venture Backpack 3.0PennyCollector.orgLimerick ShowdownHere are the poems that we asked Jay and ChatGPT to write. Read them and judge them!Limerick about the struggle of using a pencil with an off-center core (from Donny Pearce)ChatGPT:With graphite askew, pencil's no fun,Off-center core makes writing undone.The lines dance in strife,Disrupting the life,Of precision, alas, it's all gone.Jay: If there’s one thing I simply abhor,It’s a stick with an off-center core.It may write as smoothly as Lapis LazuliBut some things I just can’t ignore.Limerick about how the Field Notes pencils should be better than they are (from Donny Pearce)Jay:The pencil from Draplin is lacking.Does he not have financial backing?It scratches the pageLike a one-million HWhile Musgrave is counter-attacking.ChatGPT: Field Notes pencils, touted with cheer,But their performance fails, I do fear.Smoothness they lack,Graphite too slack,In need of improvement, that's clear.Limerick about how there are only so many words that actually rhyme with “pencil” (from Kathy Rogers)ChatGPT:"Pencil," a word we oft rhyme,Yet choices are limited, no time.Stenciled, essentials,Potential, credentials,Options are scarce, yet sublime.Jay: A brooding baboon with a pencil,Could trace, with his tail, a stencil.He found it intriguingThat he was a BeingBoth prehensile and existential.Our GuestJay NewtonYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

In this podcast, the hosts discuss their favorite poems for National Poetry Month. They also talk about the latest Field Notes and Blackwing releases, share their thoughts on stickers and meetings, explore a unique pen called the Baron Fig Oracle, and delve into the powerful imagery of the poem 'The Cinnamon Peeler' by Michael Ondaatje. They also discuss the works of poets Maggie Smith, Mary Oliver, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Every once in a while, we like to update one of the most popular features on our website: Our personal Top Five Pencils list. As we stare down nine years on the airwaves, see how much — or how little — has changed.The Guys’ Top 5 Pencils Spring 2023AndyPalomino Golden BearHi-Class Golden Sword 2BForest ChoiceBlackwing 602Musgrave Pencil KingTim Blackwing NaturalBlackwing MMXMusgrave Tennessee RoundMitsubishi 9852EWPalomino HBJohnnyMusgrave Tennessee RedGeneral Pencil Co. Cedar Pointe California Republic Palomino (capped version)Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American / American NaturalsWhatever pencil I’m usingShow Notes and LinksErasable PatreonShift Happens Palomino Golden BearHi-Class Golden Sword 2BForest ChoiceBlackwing 602Musgrave Pencil KingBlackwing NaturalBlackwing MMXMusgrave Tennessee RoundMitsubishi 9852EW/9852Palomino HBMusgrave Tennessee RedGeneral Pencil Co. Cedar PointeCalifornia Republic Palomino (capped version)Eberhard Faber / FaberCastell American/American NaturalsTop Dozen Pencils ZineYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

Join us as we discuss some truly cool things from Musgrave, a delightful weird two-color pen, Jimmy Smits’s rise to galactic political fame, and why the Bic Cristal doesn’t deserve the hate it’s been getting on the internet.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonThe Creative ActFragments: Time Out of Mind SessionsMcCartney 3,2,1All Creatures Great and SmallThe Handmade Book ClubMinecraftKiki’s Delivery ServicePencil KingMusgrave Cloth Gift BagBig Musgrave NotebookMusgrave Duet PensYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

Tonight, we’re recapping 2022 on a positive note. We’ll be talking about our favorite things about the year, both in the Pencil World and out. Show Notes & LinksVenture BrothersThe Orville: New Horizons)The Mountain in the Sea by Ray NaylorIrvine Welsh's CrimeRoaring Spring composition notebook33 1/3 John PrimeSolid State: The Story of Abbey RoadPencil King by MusgraveMusgrave metal pencil sharpenerBlackwing Eras 2022Iroshuzuku "Fuyu-gaki" inkDraplin's Instagram post that mentions the Erasable SquireDiamine Wild StrawberryUniball OneRobert Oster Lake of FireField Notes Kraft Plus notebooksField Notes quarterly subscriptionsPencil Revolution Press notebooksLeuchtturm hardback notebooksTom Bihn medium Café bagDeep Space NinetiesUSPS stampsKeychron keyboardsFellow Stagg pour over coffeeTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinMr. Jiu's chili crispBlueyYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

At the end of Autumn, Andy and Johnny gather to give thanks and to chat about some recent news and developments in the stationery world, including the latest from Field Notes and Blackwing.Show notes and linksErasable PatreonOrder Your Private Editions!BittersweetRe-BoundOur Good Friend LeslieMagpie Murders Best American Food Writing, 2022Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2022The Good PlacePluto TVField Notes “Kraft Plus”Blackwing Labs 11.25.22Your HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem