Editing The Pen Addict 365/transcript (section)

== San Francisco Pen Show Announcement ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' And alongside that, I don't actually think I ever mentioned this on the Pen Addict before, but on August 22nd, so a couple of days before the show, the day before, right, before the show begins, it's like Thursday night, and the San Francisco Pen Show begins on the 23rd, RelayFM is going to be hosting a fifth anniversary live show in San Francisco. It's going to be a big show. We're going to bring in a bunch of hosts across many RelayFM shows. And we're doing, like, a big fifth anniversary extravaganza because RelayFM turns five years old, like, four days before the live show. So if you're going to be in town for the San Francisco Pen Show, I really recommend it. We've got a great space. We're actually in San Francisco.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We're up kind of in the Fisherman's Wharf area is where the show's going to be, near Coit Tower. So we've got, like, a wonderful location. If you've never really explored much of San Francisco before, it's a really nice place to go. And there's lots of interesting things to see in that area, which we're really happy about being in. It's a part of San Francisco that I really love. So that's going to be on August 22nd. We have some tickets available now. We will sell out for this show. So if you are going to be in town, I really recommend picking a ticket up. I think this is going to be something you won't want to miss. So you can go check it out. Am I invited? You're not only just invited, my friend. You're going to be a part of it in some fashion. We haven't worked out exactly what the show is going to be yet. But we are inviting and trying to get in as many RelayFM hosts as possible. So there's going to be some wonderful crossovers as a part of it. Nice. That should be amazing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I have a note related to this. I had to change my hotel when I realized that the live show was Thursday night, not Wednesday night. So I wanted to make sure I had myself going to the Pen Show Hotel Thursday night incorrectly. So I now have my hotels situated. So I'm actually there for the show on Thursday evening and not having to travel back and forth. So I will be at the San Francisco Pen Show Friday morning in preparation for Friday night's live Pen Addict podcast.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So the tickets are on sale for the fifth anniversary show. There will be a link in the show notes, but you can also go to ti.to.com slash RelayFM. Ti.to.com slash RelayFM. And you can get tickets there. And yeah, we will be doing the live show for the Pen Addict. And there will be more details about that soon. Yep. That's going to be on Saturday, right? No, Friday night. Friday night. Friday night. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Friday night, 9 p.m. No rest for the weary, Myke.

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'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So I was on the 1857 podcast this week. I think it came out on Monday. I just wanted to say thank you to Stuart Lennon and TJ Cosgrove for having me on. It was one of the most enjoyable conversations I've had. You know, outside of you, Myke, of course, like all of our conversations are brilliant and just fascinating and must listen. But it was just a good all-around conversation. We talked about a lot of stuff, not just pens and pencils and stationary stuff, but, you know, life and business and sports ball. I'm a sports ball guy. So we talked about that. So it was really cool. If you haven't ever listened to that podcast, that's one I could tell. That's a podcast I can recommend, like, point blank. You could just pick up today and join into the conversation. It's a very conversational, you know, what's going on this week with you personally type of podcast that eventually, like, mixes in some stationary stuff. They joke about how off-topic it is basically until, like, the last 15 minutes of the hour show. And then they kind of get to the topic. But it's just two enjoyable guys talking about stuff we love. That's not the only podcast I listen to this week, Myke. Did you know that your artist, Chris Rowland, who has done your art for the PodCon posters, was on the Art Supply Posse podcast?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Did you know this? I did know this. It's in my list to listen to because I'm very intrigued to learn more about Chris's backstory, to be honest.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you haven't listened to this? It's in my queue.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Boy, I really want to talk about it, but I'm not going to spoil it. There's a huge spoiler in there. And if you haven't listened to it, I'm not going to blow it for you. Like, I think you should listen to it, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, yeah. No, it's really good. And it was actually going to be, you know, possibly a show title of this episode. But I'm not going to ruin the spoiler for you. So, huge spoiler alert. You should go listen to it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I feel very uncomfortable about this.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You shouldn't. You shouldn't. Okay. So, it's all.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You're pitching it to me in a very, very concerning way.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's funny. As I listen to Chris talk about, like, his process and his art and his growing up, he's, as you can tell, for those who haven't seen his PodCon posters, for Myke, he's super detail-oriented and likes the tiny stuff. And that's why I like his artwork so much. And it was cool to listen to that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I love working with Chris. He's done those two posters. And he's also done. He's also worked on some stuff for an unannounced upcoming project, which I'm incredibly excited to let people see.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nice. Nice. So, I wanted to mention those two episodes. I actually re-listen to the 1857 podcast, which is not something I normally do for podcasts I'm on. And I enjoyed it. And then I listened to the Arts by Posse yesterday in preparation for this, unlike Myke, who is unprepared.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' If we want to do this, it's my turn. So, you spoke about some NotCo stuff last week, which seemed, I think, on the face of it, tricky. Sure. Like, you made kind of two negative announcements, I think. One, which is that you're not going to be going to DC. And then the second, that Nock is pulling away from retail. And I think on the face of it, they don't seem like good things. So, I wanted to kind of, like, dig into that a little bit more with you. Yeah, for sure. Myke was being nice.