MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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Hi Michael. The Gretsch White Falcon is a supremely elegant instrument in white. Love the names Gretsch give their guitars. Duo Jet, Country Gentleman…
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Thanks for sharing Tomas. The Gibson J200 Celebrity you have is indeed a rare bird being #24 of only 90 others like it in the world, and the fact you are in the company of the likes of David Gilmour of Pink Floyd among one of the other proud owners of that exclusive 90 makes it even that much more special. Are you glad you came up across this one instead of that Martin D-28? I bet this one will remain in your permanent collection forever.
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Hi Howard. You welcome, and Brian and Rachel Goulet are one of the best online fountain pen resources on the net. I’ve spent hours learning so much from them about all things fountain pen, and their online shop is awesome.
If you want to catch a glimpse of the MLT Lamy Safari, here is a Facebook GIF they posted a couple of years ago. I assume this red one is Lisa’s and the white one is Mona’s. I was new back then and didn’t realize Mona’s color is yellow, but I think the white pen looks elegantly cool anyway as does the red.
https://www.facebook.com/MonaLisaTwins/videos/1524079784318534/
Here is mine, a special edition blacked out Petrol (matte blue-greenish) Lamy Safari.
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Hi Howard, Jacki
I get all my fountain pens online. Amazon.com (Amazon.ca in Canada) is a good source. A very reputable online pen store is Goulet Pens
These pens were produced since 1980 so if you look carefully, you can find all the colors you mentioned Jacki and much more. Some Pen Stores I see in Ottawa are: Wallacks 231 Bank, Paper Papier 18 Clarence.
For people new to fountain pens, I usually recommend an extra-fine (EF) or fine (F) width nib, as the lines run much broader with fountain pens than what you might be use to using ball pens.
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Hi Howard. I would highly recommend getting into fountain pens and hand writing in a nice journal. I work in a sometimes high stress environment, and slowing down, and being able to collect my thoughts by handwriting a plan and a solution in my work note book calms and soothes me and makes me more effective. I think similar to playing music, writing is another form of expression of your thoughts and feelings and the actual physical act of hand writing, forming the words is more effective than typing on a keyboard. See my other post in the MLT Merch thread. I would recommend a LAMY Safari fountain pen to start. There are a lot of good value quality fountain pens from this brand Lamy, as well as Faber Castell. Some of the more upscale brands like Pelikan, and Montblanc make some good fountain pens as well. You will notice they are all German brands. Cross also makes some good fountain pens too.
Here are my top favorite fountain pens. These ones are all in sterling silver.
From left to right. Cross Century 2, Cross Townsend, Yard O Led Viceroy Grand, Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, Cross Apogee.
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Hi Howard. Thanks for those kind words. I guess I am a little passionate when it comes to pens, especially fountain pens. My mom I remember always had a nice pen in her purse and remember bottles of ink lying around, so years later I guess that made me appreciate them even more. My recommendation for a good starter fountain pen would be the Lamy Safari. In the fountain pen community, this pen is quite legendary and there is quite a following for this pen and brand because it is so well made and designed, affordable, and writes as good as the highest end fountain pens. Another reason to get this one is because Mona and Lisa have them too, a white and a red one. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgao0JloxLU
Back when I first discovered Mona and Lisa and their wonderful music and youtube videos, I sent them a couple of these pens just to express my gratitude for all the joy and comfort I found in their music, as I was going through some hard times too after my mom passed away a year earlier, as well as losing my best friend Max (9 years old German Shepard) to an illness. When I saw the wonderful art Mona created with one of those pens recently, it really touched me and made me so happy too. I’ve never seen something so wonderful created with a fountain pen; I was blown away when I saw this. Thanks Mona and Lisa!
Midnight Thoughts – By Mona
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I have 30 fountain pens, but only really make use of 5 or 6 of them for their different uses, and 1 or 2 of them are my pride and joy I use all the time, and might even show off with on occasion. The rest sit in a nice cherry wood box 24 pen case display shelf to be admired. There is a law of diminishing returns after about 10 fountain pens. Acquiring any more did not bring as much joy as the first 5 or 10.
If I had 3000 guitars, it would be similar for me I think.
As for instruments, I have my 25 years old Baldwin upright acoustic piano, and a newly purchased Casio digital piano that is waiting for me, and there is a 30 years old Casio keyboard with a lot of electronic accompaniments that one of my nieces borrowed indefinately. I haven’t quite reached the law of diminishing returns with pianos yet, so I can see adding a few more as my future piano lessons take off.
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Your dad Rudolph is one awesome cool pianist! I was so thrilled to see him lead off with that concert pianist scene in the video of this song.
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It always makes me smile when I see those drawings “Lisa” by Mona and “Mona” by Lisa. Just reminds me of the kind of sibling love and affection Mona and Lisa must have for each other.
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Hi David, that was great. Enjoyed reading what you wrote and agree wholeheartedly the Twins, they are amazing! A two of a kind.
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I don’t know a lot about making music or what those effects and pedals are for, but your guitar playing sounds just awesome as it is. ?
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Super creatively groovy Jacki!
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May was a time I had to say goodbye. Oh June please come and take the rain away. May you be kind to me….
May has become a sad month for me lately, so your song June is an especially sweet and dear song this time of year for me. Thank you for all your beautiful music.
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Tomas, condolences for the loss of your Aunt Lorraine.
Sweet Lorraine is one of my very favorites MLT songs. A truly brilliant song indeed.
You raise some very interesting points about good music, how it can touch and lift us when we need it, and just as life is a mixture of lightness and darkness, so is good music and art like Sweet Lorraine I think. The human experience is a mix of lightness and darkness too, and if art is in essence an expression of our human experience and emotions, it makes a lot of sense it will be a mix of goodness and darkness too expressed beautifully and profoundly. Some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard is about the conflict of light and dark. A lot of Beethoven’s music is exactly that, hence the immense emotional depth in his music. Second movement of Symphony No 7 for example, grave contemplation and turmoil, but extremely beautiful and moving.
I also like the last track on Beatles Rubber Soul, “Run for your life”. A real catchy tune, but lyrics are a little dark.
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You welcome Jacki! I think a purple Lamy Safari will be gorgeous. I know they came out with a special edition one called “Dark Lilac” a few years ago, and if you search the net, I am sure you could find yourself one. 🙂
