Baseball writer and storyteller Paul Jackson of Project 3.18 joins us to discuss his project, wherein he serves up truly fabulous true stories from baseball’s past. The kind of stories you’ll tell and re-tell at fantasy baseball drafts. Alphabe
Trips to the museum, business dinners, digging into Ted’s pen haul from Jet Pens.Picasso at the Art InstituteWerner Herzog’s bookGeorge Saunders substackPilot ILMILYSakura BallsignOhto FUDETick and Pick
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We dig into our book club read Vertigo by WG Sebald, share our notebook of the week, and more. The Vaster Wilds by the master Lauren GroffDenim jacket stuff on our newsletterABOUT: BLANKS, our notebook of the weekBoston General StoreThe Locavor
The Vertigo by WG Sebald reading project continues, Adam pushes Mitt, and Ted has a denim jacket project.Vertigo by WG Sebald, book club!Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry HowleyFoundation by Isaac Asimovthe only Bob Dylan patch
Gabbert Quote and Olives PicDeep VellumD For DapperThe Word Pretty by Elisa GabbertExteriors by Annie ErnauxWorld Within A Song by Jeff Tweedy Vertigo by WG Sebald
Adam adjusts to getting glasses for distance and gives small business the business. Write notebooksField NotesPatreon: jump in to receive the annual commonplace zine
Dapper Notes – Enon Avital’s unique, beautiful notebooks covered in lush paper and fabric and filled with excellent paper – occupy a special place in the notebook landscape. Brimming with color and texture, they elevate the pocket notebook to a
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Ted and Adam hone their predatory instincts by writing daily poems.Field Notes Foiled AgainMegatheriumCreature ConservancyDaniel Clowes - MonicaLast of the Summer WinePatreonEmail us at [email protected]
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Ted and Adam navigate numerous potential false memories. Adam remembers his trip to Poland – and a unique stationery store – quite well. Adam also runs through a haul of Japanese stationery. Texas Instruments model 104 watchTop Drawer Helvetica
Summer is almost over, so what could be more appropriate than breaking down the stories in the New Yorker’s summer fiction issue? Ryan Slie joins us, to our delight. Sign up for the Substack newsletter!Field Notes DDC Standard Issue Factory Flo
Walking In Memphis"The Midnight Zone" by Lauren GroffLauren Groff New NovelRaymond Chandler by Anthony FowlesBirnam Wood by Eleanor Cattan4,000 Weeks by Oliver BurkemanOliver Burkeman Archive at The GuardianDickerson on the Urgent/Important Mat
Summer is in full swing as we read strange letters, overhear videos in strange places, look for Gogol in strange stores, and ever so much more.Some Came RunningLauren Groff Georges SimenonJustWatchField NotesDapper NotesMulholland DriveAlways T
SolarpunkJudge John Hodgman: This is the Name of Your MulletGalveston Railroad MuseumField Notes Coffee Farm Costa RicaField Notes DDC LogosDave Eggers on Maurice SendakJesse BallArthur Bradford's DogwalkerAdam's June 2023 Playlist (Apple Music
Adam reflects on his experience with Martin Amis, Adam’s archive is all screwed up, Ted bounces around San Francisco and reads a couple of books. And a correction: Ryan Slie was not reading Anna Karenina.Field Notes Leap of FaithMartin AmisKino
All Known Metal BandsDapper Notes PlaygroundField Notes Craft PlusPentel Calme The Rest is Noise by Alex RossKundun Soundtrack Phillip GlassEric Nusbaum on Take NoteRadio 3 Record ReviewG-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the Twentieth Cen
We talk more about notebooks for a specific purpose, wherein Ted gives up on his dream journal while Adam thrives as a dream journaler. Meanwhile, Packaging World breaks news of new Pentel packaging: we break it down. Dapper NotesPentel Reimagi
We talk journals for specific purposes (aka a good excuse to start another journal) and Ted shares his books and stationery explorations in Charlotte, NC. And listener Scott B. builds on our discussion of refilling Pilot pens. Main Street Book
John Prine "Lake Marie"The Decembrists "Don't Carry It All"Michael Marra "The Lonesome Death of Francis Clarke"Buster Keaton "One Week"Uni Ball JetstreamUni Ball Signo 207The Rest is NoiseKakuyo Lead Pencil 1.3Field Notes UnexposedDapper Notes