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Looks like an Olivetti Lettera 22 or 32?

Here’s a short clip of some attendees at the Pen & Pencil Club in Philadelphia; they’re clacking away at their notes as Don Russell (aka, Joe Sixpack, Daily News Beer Reporter) describes the first of seven or so great beers we sampled. Note the gentleman in the back checking his digital device; we contain multitudes.

Will try to decipher my notes later–but we had contingents from: Geekadelphia, the Kelly Writer’s House, some Joe Sixpack fans and more. Every typer was busy, and we had a nice variety of machines to go with the beers.

OK, so it’s two days, two chances to win! April 27-28, the Philly Typewriter Weekend, a trip into Typerspace, you might say.

Friday — beer + typewriters X Joe Sixpack = Drinking n Typing, an evening at the nation’s oldest Press Club, the Pen & Pencil in downtown Philly, 7-10 pm. $15 ($10 with working manual typewriter) includes includes a beer tasting and snacks with Joe Sixpack.  We will  pair craft beers from the US, Italy and Germany with typewriters from the same countries, then scientifically examine our prose styles to see if they change with various combinations of beers and typewriter!  It’s my belief that this is a first, which may open an entire new field of recreational research.

details right here.

Saturday — the Spring Type-IN, and first meeting of the Philadelphia Typewriter Congress, where we’ll consider plans for a Large Fall Typing Event (LFTE)

At Fergie’s, 1214 Sansom Street, a lovely traditional pub where, BTW, youngsters like Mr. Cidoni are welcome. That’s Sat., 2-5pm, FREE, with working manual typewriter or stamped envelope.  This event will hew to the standard International Type-IN Format, which includes a Speed Typing Competition with measly prizes, a Letter Writing Session and a Typewriter Swap.

Duh, after posting a still,realized tonight is the Oscars and had to post a movie. And, note that typospherians Brady & Kowalski supplied a typewriter prop to THE HELP, nominated for 4, count ’em, four Oscars.

Digging into this set of essays by Darren Wershler Henry.  Don’t agree with all of it; but filled with beautifully terse reasoning, and great quotes from writers and designers old, recent and new. One of the best: a line from David Sedaris about how a day of failed writing is better in typerspace than cyberspace, since he at least “took a few trees down with me.” !

Is a book jacket more entertaining in video? Let’s find out.