Weekly Discoveries 03.06.2015 – Ryan Cullwell, Hyperview and Mike Mitchell
Art, Music, Weekly DiscoveriesAlex
Title Fight - Hyperview
When Hyperview dropped last month, I didn't give it a fair shake. I listened to it and dismissed it as a band trying to do "too much," before really letting the music sink in. Title Fight's evolution from one…
Weekly Discoveries 02.27.2015 – Ready Player One and Midori Traveler’s Notebooks
Literature, Weekly DiscoveriesMahlon
Ready Player One
This little surprise showed up in my Loot Crate this month. Although I haven’t gotten a chance to start this yet, I’m a huge fan of anything that deals with gaming and/or Science fiction and this book has both! The…
Weekly Discoveries 02.20.2015 – Bradley Mountain Adventure Logs & Bellroy Wallets
Weekly DiscoveriesAlex
Bellroy Wallets
I have what is commonly referred to as "a Costanza," a wallet so large, it causes back pain. I don't know how it happened, or when my wallet reached its critical mass, but it did. Thankfully, my wonderful wife recognized…
Clive Thompson on the Typing vs. Writing Debate
Blackwing News“Type as quickly as you can, and always carry a pencil.”
We’ve weighed in on the struggle between typing and handwriting before. We found research that showed how handwriting was better for retaining information. We also showed the…
Weekly Discoveries 02.13.2015 – Snarky Puppy, New Blacklisted Album, Future’s Monster
Music, Weekly DiscoveriesMahlon
Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy is an instrumental jazz fusion band based in Brooklyn and is one of the funkiest groups I’ve heard in a long time. The core group is made up of about 18 musicians and several different instruments. They are…
Responsible, Sustainable Forestry at the Collins Almanor Forest
Blackwing NewsA few months back, I had the opportunity to explore the Collins Almanor Forest in Northern California. My guides were Collins Pine Company Forest Manager Jay Francis, longtime CalCedar employee (and one of the best storytellers I've ever met)…
Weekly Discoveries 02.06.2015 – Birthright, The Sketchbook Project, Hard Book Habit, Skyline Motel
Weekly DiscoveriesMahlon
Birthright
I picked up the first issue of this book based off a recommendation from a buddy at one of my regular comic shops. Written by Joshua Williamson and with pencils by Andrei Bressan, the opening pages of this book present the…
Weekly Discoveries 01.29.2015 – Dork Tower, Zanadu Comics and Control
Weekly DiscoveriesAlex
Dork Tower
A recent Twitter conversation led me to discover that John Kovalic, illustrator of the popular card games Apples to Apples and Munchkin, is a Blackwing user. Not only that, he uses Blackwings on all of his Munchkin work.
@Blackwing…
Weekly Discoveries 11.27.2014 – ODY-C, My Brother the Bear and Ien Levin
Weekly DiscoveriesMahlon Nobles
Matt Fraction and Christian Ward's ODY-C
As a fan of comics and Greek mythology, I owe it to myself to check out the latest effort from Matt Fraction. This limited series titled “ODY-C” is essentially a retelling of Homer’s…
Weekly Discoveries 11.21.2014 – Floral Green, Steve Poltz, Pom Pom and Elephantmen
Weekly DiscoveriesGrant
Steve Poltz
I like to ask great musicians what they’ve been listening to, and here’s a great reason why I do it. When I posed this question toTed Russell Kamp, he mentioned Steve Poltz. “If you like great songwriters, you’ll like…