The Erasable Podcast

It’s a short, just-the-Fresh-Points episode this week and our three intrepid hosts dive into the newest Volumes release from Blackwing.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonJustin Townes EarleBest American Essays 2013The AmericansMusgrave HBRadioactivePhantom ThreadMe Talk Pretty One DayWatchmen)Not Best Seller | TwitchBlackwing Volume XIXBaron Fig Bloom Meditation JournalHemingway Library of America edition (Use offer code SUM2020)Rhodia GoalbookYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

We’re giving you, our faithful listeners, a special preview of something we’re trying out for our Patreon supporters — an episode of our inky offshoot show, The Indelible Podcast. After our tools of the trade and fresh points, vintage fountain pen restorer Jesi Raine of Vintage Pen Shop will be joining us to talk about the history of Esterbrook pens, and how she rehabs them.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonVintage Pen ShopJesi at The Well-Appointed DeskThe Writing DietThe CollectionMe Talk Pretty One DayOn Becoming a God in Central FloridaThe Hardest Job in the WorldIf All I Was Was BlackTheft By FindingFolkloreBlackwing EraThe new Parker 51!Poe Theatre on the AirMetaphor DiceOur GuestJesi Raine Vintage Pen Shop @jesi_raine on Twitter and InstagramYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Tonight, we are time traveling: through three times zones and far into the past. Dave T from Pencil Fodder joins us for a discussion of vintage pencils and maybe even how modern pencil manufacturers can learn from what older makers got right.This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, an online purveyor of fine stationery. Through August 5, use the coupon code ERASABLE146 to save 10% off your order. For your order of $30 or more, you’ll get a free Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild notecard.Show notes and linksNotegeist Online Stationery ShopErasable PatreonPencil FodderWork Notes - Endless RecorderWrite Notepads LenoreTombow Mono 100 ‘fashion’ blue cap model (HB)Pentel Black Polymer 999 Alpha (HB)Montblanc Meisterstück Le Petit Prince LeGrand Fountain Pen - Medium nibMontblanc Royal Blue inkDublinersAnton Chekhov - Five PlaysBroadchurch season 1 (rewatching)Lenox Hill1984Ahmad Jamal Trio (street food, taste the nation)Blackwing EraMoleskine Two-GoThe CrownA Beautifully Foolish EndeavorThe Poetry Home Repair ManualBirds, Beasts and Relatives (Corfu trilogy #2)The English GameUSCO 486 No. 2Our GuestDave T Pencil FodderYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Maybe you’ve seen artists walking around your city, sketchbooks in hand, drawing what they see — perhaps even drawing you! Our friend Tina Koyama is a veteran urban sketcher, and she’s here to give us the rundown on this growing movement in contemporary art.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonFueled by Clouds & CoffeeTina Koyama on InstagramUrban Sketchers ManifestoGabi Campanario (founder of Urban Sketchers)Suhita Shirodkar (an urban sketcher who can sketch anything under any circumstance)Eduardo Bajzek (whose urban sketching workshop changed the way I use graphite)Well-Appointed DeskTina’s sketch kitCaran d’Ache Museum AquarelleViarco ArtGraf water-soluble graphiteBlackwing “MMX” MatteMitsubishi Hi-UniTombow Mono KM-KKS 6BStaedtler Mars Lumograph 12BWhite Gelly RollUni Pin brush penM+R sharpenerStillman & Birn sketchbookJurassic Park)Koshien: Japan’s Field of DreamsThe English GameThe Red NotebookFreud (TV series))Broken BreadNew Waves: a novelThe CrownHamilton)Billy Collins’ NotebooksBlueline NotebookFrench-ruled paperBlackwing Eraser Hack-A-ThonOur GuestTina Koyama Fueled by Clouds and Coffee @miatagrrl on InstagramYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem(Download)

Maybe you’ve heard of the incredibly popular notebook brand Field Notes. Maybe you’ve heard us mention them a few times over the last six years. Tune in as we get to chat with Aaron Draplin, graphic designer extraordinaire, Field Notes inventor, and all-around awesome guy.Warning: this episode has several R-rated words that we decided not to bleep out, due to the color and richness it lends to the conversation. You may not want to listen to this with kids.Show Notes and LinksDraplin Design CompanyField Notes BrandField Notes Heavy DutyThird Man Field NotesLeah’s Note To SelfBaronfig Simple ObservationsBlackwing Volume 3Walt Whitman, Song of HimselfPadma Lakshmi’s “Taste the Nation” on HuluHow to be an Anti-RacistWhite FragilityJason Isbell Live at the Brooklyn BowlTalking to StrangersHello from the Magic TavernOutstanding in a FieldPencil Sharpener SumulatorAaron on Pencil Revolution (2011): Part 1Part 2Our GuestAaron James Draplin Draplin Design Company website @draplin on Twitter and InstagramYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem(Download)

We’re not bringing you an episode about pencils this week, but instead a short message, and some resources for how you can work toward ending systemic racism in your community. Black lives matter. Period.

It’s been a long time since we updated our Top 5, and tonight’s the night! Tune in to find out what’s the same, what’s off the list, and what’s on.This episode is sponsored by Kamikokuen, an online stationery shop selling vintage Japanese pencils and fun pencil-themed stickers. Save 20% on your order of 2 items or more, plus a fun sticker, with the coupon code ERASABLE20.Show Notes & LinksKamikokuenErasable PatreonJason Isbell ReunionsSourdoughBroadchurchBubblegumZoey’s Extraordinary PlaylistMy Family and Other AnimalsRobert Frost, CompleteField Notes Deader PrintsKeith McCleary/RandomThinksRandomThinks at NotegeistWorkFromHomeDesks.comPalomino HBMitsubishi 9852EWBlackwing MMXBlackwing NaturalMusgrave Tennessee RedViking School PencilPalomino Golden BearMusgrave Test Scoring 100Camel HBVintage Velvet(pencilsBerol MiradoFaberCastell/Eberhard Faber “American”PaperMate Mirado Classic

Today’s episode is a short one, but don’t equate that with being light on subject material! We have a chat with Steven Lawson, the creator of a notebook organizational system called Monk Manual. He tells us about his holistic approach to helping people organize their lives and themselves — professionally, personally, and philosophically.Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonMonk ManualBroadchurchSalt Fat Acid HeatReunions by Jason IsbellThe Wander SocietyAmerican Experience: George W. BushStopping the Noise in Your HeadStopping the Noise in Your Head videosAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsMarvelous Mrs. MaiselRick Steves on HuluThe Membership PodcastWorld-Ending FireField Notes Deader PrintsBaron Fig AdriftBaron Fig FanaticsOur GuestSteven Lawson Monk Manual website @monkmanual on InstagramYour HostsJohnny Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Perhaps this year more than in years past, poetry can help to sustain us spiritually and intellectually during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help us wrap-up National Poetry Month, renowned poet and teacher Kiki Petrosino was kind enough to join us to talk poetry, writing, pencils, and how literature heals the soul.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still gripping the globe, and most of us are quarantined to some degree in our homes. To be human is to be connected with other humans, no matter how introverted we are. And letters are the natural way to reach out to other people for the Stationery Inclined. Join the Erasable hosts for a chat with Courtney Cochran, founder of the Snail Mail Social Club — all about letter-writing!

While March is Women’s History Month, we’re kicking off April with a question based on Virginia Woolf’s 1929 A Room of One’s Own — if you have a room of your own (man, woman, or nonbinary), what does it look like? What kind of stationery is in it to assure maximum productivity? How is this room serving you during remote work? And if you don’t have a room of your own at the moment, what does it look like in your dreams?

Social distancing doesn’t mean we need to be socially isolated. On March 23, 2020, while the world is staying indoors and away from others to stem the surging tide of COVID-19, we recorded a special episode live, as Zoom webinar. We talk about how we’re occupying ourselves, our partners and our children with stationery, in order to stay happy and healthy during a supremely stressful time.

We are back from our Baltimore adventure, with stories to tell, tattoos to show off, and to celebrate our six years of podcasting. Tune in as we reminisce about our weekend together and rap about the new spring releases from Write Notepads, Field Notes, and Blackwing.

(On February 28, 2020, Johnny, Tim and Andy met up in person — for the first time ever — in Baltimore to hang out, get tattoos, and record an episode in front of a live studio audience at the Baltimore Pen Show. This is that recording.) Since we were recording in front of an audience at a pen show, we thought it only fitting to make the case for wood case — pencils, that is. Joined by pen show superstars Ana Reinert and Brad Dowdy, and fellow graphiteer Dade Scolardi from The Weekly Pencil and the RSVP Stationery Podcast, we laid out what we hope is a compelling case for those who are into fancy fountain pens to pick up a humble wooden pencil.

We have been talking about the exciting new brand and marketing efforts of Musgrave for a few months now. Tonight, we are lucky to have creative directors Nicole and Tim Delger on the show with us, to chat about rebranding an American pencil icon.