Weekly Discoveries 02.13.2015 – Snarky Puppy, New Blacklisted Album, Future’s Monster

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Mahlon 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

A 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

Mahlon 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

Alex 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

Mahlon 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

Grant 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…

John Clang’s The Land of My Heart

Postcards to a middle-aged nation Photographer John Clang’s new book The Land of My Heart celebrates Singapore’s 50th anniversary as a nation with a tribute to one of its most iconic exports. The Land of My Heart is made up of various…

Weekly Discoveries 11.14.2014 – Carl Anderson, LAZY, Mary Kaye, Silver Snakes and House of Leaves

Grant Carl Anderson I was familiar with Carl Anderson only as the writer of “Heavy”, a track off Andrew Combs’ debut album Worried Man. That a great writer like Andrew Combs would think highly enough of someone else’s work to cut their…

Inside the Songwriting Process with Ted Russell Kamp – “Crystal Clear”

This is a project that has been a year in the making. It started last summer at the Blackwing Experience at the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity in Costa Mesa, CA. There, hundreds of guests drew on walls, wrote poems and played games inspired…

Weekly Discoveries 11.06.2014 – Wonder Woman, 10 String Symphony & Timmy’s Organism

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Charles Mary Norris' Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen This week I received a galley copy of Mary Norris’ new book Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen which will be published by W.W. Norton during Spring 2015.…