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Blackwing Sessions

Andrew Combs to Rock The Blackwing Experience

  Photos by Melissa Madison Fuller via Andrew Comb's Website Andrew Combs keeps his Worried Mind Focused on Writing Great Songs Andrew Combs is a worried man with a worried mind, but this Coin Records artist writes music that won't…
Creativity in Los Angeles

Exploring Creativity in the City of Angels

Explore Creativity in L.A. at the Blackwing Experience In case you haven't heard, Palomino will be hosting an event celebrating creativity and the history of pencils called the Blackwing Experience in sunny Southern California this month. With…
Zombie

Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Zombies Shall Inherit the Earth I will fully admit that I am squeamish when it comes to anything related to horror films. Vampires, ghosts, zombies, things that go bump in the night - all grist for the mill in my far-too-overactive…

Pencils and Pop Culture: Martinis with a Dash of Blackwing

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Martinis with a Dash of Blackwing It’s the cocktail of Bond, James Bond, and swell sophisticates everywhere. The signature glass, with its slender stem and geometrically simple bowl, make it as fun to look at as it…
Super Bowl Commercials

Are You Ready for Some Super Bowl Commercials? And Football, Too.

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Are You Ready for Some Super Bowl Commercials? And Football, Too. Well Studio 602ers, it’s almost that time once more. Time to bust out your game face, time to gather round the sofa, time to consume your weight in fried mozzarella sticks…

Sketchy Details: Artist, Image and Jane Austen

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Sketchy Details: Pencil Sketches of Jane Austen She sits at work, her back erect in over a small writing table. Scattered across its surface are the tools of her trade: a tablet of paper, a pen or two. Westminster Abbey looms outside her window,…
Walt Disney

Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney

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Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney Walt Disney once said of the origins of his most famous character, “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at…
Mark Twain

Have You Read Your Mark Twain Today?

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Have You Read Your Mark Twain Today? Trying to write about Mark Twain on this, the 176th anniversary of his birth, is a distinctly daunting task. For one, the man born Samuel Clemmens is responsible for some of the greatest novels of all…

Of Innocence and Rage: Martin Scorsese’s Greatest Films

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It's a good month to be Martin Scorsese. Not only does one of America's greatest film-makers turn 69 today, but his latest film, "Hugo," has already garnered positive critical buzz before its November 23 release date. Looking back at some of…
Sesame Street

How to Get to Creativity? Take a Walk Down Sesame Street.

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Since its debut forty-two years ago today, Sesame Street has been inspiring viewers of all ages with its messages of imagination, tolerance, love and creativity. In honor of the show's anniversary, Studio 602 has compiled a list of some of Sesame…