Editing The Pen Addict 325/transcript (section)

== Music Paper Topic ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Next question comes from Eva underscore supposing. Any recommendations for music paper? Preferences spiral bound, maybe A4-ish size and no more than 10 staves on a page. Otherwise, it gets too small to read easily. It doesn't have to be a great paper asking for a regular person, not a pen addict.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like that caveat at the end. So I threw this out there. I didn't have a perfect answer right off the bat because I'm not a musician and I don't really know the requirements other than the size of paper that he's talking about. So I threw it out there on Twitter and Karen replied with a brand called Passatino. It says Passatino is what I'm currently using. Number 74 is the one with 10 staves. So that sounds like a good fit. And then Benny replied with the Clairefontaine 31014C. I know neither of these papers, but I know Clairefontaine makes good paper. And those were our recommendations from the Twitterverse, the musician followers on Twitter. So hopefully that works for your friend, your non-pin, for your regular person. That just cracks me up so much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So what's next? Next, capital Y1 York, my buddy. So I've been getting back into liquid ink pens, which are horrible on Tomoe River paper. Best compromised paper for fountain and rollerball. It's Rodia to me. It's Rodia and all the Japanese brands because I use the Schmidt refill all the time on those papers. It actually dries a little bit quicker on Life, Mormon, Kukuyo, Apica, all of those brands. And they're fantastic for rollerball. If you want them to dry a little bit faster, you look at Leuchterm and the paper we use at Nock. They are very similar where they're going to be good with most fountain pens. Like the heaviest, inkiest fountain pens might bleed and feather a little bit. But most standard fountain pens are going to work and they're going to dry quicker. But on Life and Morimon and Rodia, you'll get a little bit more shading with your fountain pens and still be able to use your rollerballs. Although they will take a little bit longer to dry than something like Leuchterm or Nock. So those are the ones. I'd be hesitant. I'd be remiss, Myke, if I didn't mention the panel book. You know we love that thing. Yep. So that's similar to Leuchterm and Nock as far as paper goes. So faster dry time, less shading and sheen. But, you know, that's always the trade-off. You know, if the ink is drying faster, it's going to show off less of its properties. But with a rollerball, it doesn't really matter. So it's really good. All right. Last one. Quack. I'm a duck. So my friend Lindsey on Twitter, who has a wonderful blog called Ducks Doodles, says, I have a non-pen and ink one if there's still room for questions. If you could put together a three-band bill for a concert, which acts would you choose, live or dead? This is the impossible question, right? At least for me. So I'm going to give this a shot. Are you going to play this game too, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Sure. Why not?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So the issue is it's a three-band bill. So there's a hierarchy if you have a three-band bill. You have to have an opener, a middle act, and then the closing act. Oh, fuck. So see why this is not an easy question, even remotely an easy question for me, except the closer. The ending act is Joy Division. I never got to see Joy Division in person. And I'm also leaning to acts that I've never seen in my three-band bill. Like, you know, I've seen PJ Harvey. It's probably the best concert I've ever been to, like 20-some-odd years ago. You know, I've seen the Wedding President concert. You know, they're one of my favorite bands ever. But my three-band bill contains acts I've never seen. So the opener would be Neutral Milk Hotel, which is one of the greatest short-run bands to ever exist. They released two full albums, and that was it. And they're more popular today, maybe, than they've ever been when they were around in the late 90s, early 2000s. And I never got to see them play. My middle act would be The Magnetic Fields, because I have a man crush on Stephen Merritt. He's one of the best singer-songwriters around. I love his voice. I love his lyrics. And I've never seen The Magnetic Fields. That's actually still a possibility, because they are still around. And then Joy Division would close out the show. That's the no-brainer for me. So that's my bill for the Brad Dowdy concert session. So what do you have?

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So I'm going for a same vein of bands I've never seen, but I'm taking it to another step, and I'm making it bands I could never see. Right? That's good. That's good. Because yours is like, that's an interesting lineup, but you could rectify some of those. Yes. Yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mutual Milk Hotel actually did a, well, the lead singer did like a return tour like two years ago. I couldn't get to that either. So yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And I've also got a slightly peculiar selection here. So we're going to open, we're going to set the scene of the day, we're going to bring everyone in, you know, get everyone having a good time with Frank Sinatra.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nice. I like that. See? I think that's fantastic.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I love it. Because who's not going to have a good time? Right? I would totally go to that concert. Right? We're followed up by the Beatles. Mm-hmm. Because, come on. Right? Right. Probably the greatest band of all time. Probably. Right. Widely accepted as such. And then, you know, it's like, how do you follow maybe the greatest band of all time? Right? Because logically, if you go in on that, then you would have Beatles finish. But Beatles aren't a closer in that regard. You want, like, a big, explosive ending. Queen. Yes. Queen will close it. Queen will close that show. Right? Yep. Frank Sinatra, Beatles, and Queen. What a great day out of that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That would be amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I wonder if they have all been on the same bill. Probably not, right? I bet Queen and Beatles have been on the same bill. Maybe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But could you imagine the crush at, like, a concert with that level? Two bands of that level? Would be amazing. That's pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There must have been, like, at least a charity concert. Like, a live aid. Maybe. Right? Maybe. Yeah. I could see that. But the Beatles would have been broken up by then, so maybe not.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That stuff didn't start happening until, like, the 80s. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Hmm.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's awesome. That's a great... That's a good question. I like that question. That's a great question.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'd spend some time thinking about that one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Love it. Great job by you. All right. Thanks for everything today, guys. It was quite a show.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Most definitely. And you can find our show notes today over at relay.fm slash penaddict slash 325. Thanks to Pen Chalet and Squarespace for their support of this episode. You can find Brad in a selection of places. Twitch.tv slash penaddict. You go to penaddict.com. He's at Dowdyism on Twitter. Penaddict on Instagram. I am imike. I-M-Y-K-E in social places. And this show is a part of the Relay FM network. You can find this show and many more at relay.fm slash shows. And we'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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