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Image 1 — Lyra orlow-techno 6300
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Lyra orlow-techno 6300

Received a box of these yesterday. Lyra, once a German company founded in Nürnberg 1806, produced the Orlow 6300 pencil from the 1920s to the 1990s. The orlow-techno is the last Orlow iteration from 1984, before it got discontinued in the mid 1990s. In 2008 Lyra sadly was sold to the Italian F.I.L.A., loosing all their magic on the way when the brand was brought to the cheap mass-market. The techno writes very nice with a smooth graphite. I also love the design and the font they used!

u/Harryhausen85 — 3 days ago
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Bye bye M63

Since I used up my last Hi uni pencil, it was time to order some new ones. To the dozen I added the omnipresent Zento Signature, a newish Orenz color in 0.2, the Fumi, and 3D printed adapters to add a Jetstream into a Lamy rollerball. The Lamy rollerball I bought locally, and found on eBay a bunch of Mono 100 Made in Japan. I have plenty Lamy but never got me a rollerball since I don’t care for their ink and prefer thinner lines. So- bye bye M63 and welcome 0.5 Jetstream excellence 🫂

u/Harryhausen85 — 19 days ago
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[THROWBACK THURSDAY] Shurik'n - Samurai (1998)

Shurik'n, member of the pioneering hip hop group IAM out of Marseille/France, released in 1998 his first solo album Où je vis (trans.: Where I live), that contains this single, Samuraï.

The lyrics by IAM and Shurik’n are typical hip hop culture, anti establishment, mixing eastern and middle eastern mythology with the socioeconomic burdens they’re born into. Especially in Marseille, where lots of people from the Maghreb region immigrated in the 70s, the poverty line is high because of underinvestment by the French government, what created isolated housing projects with no infrastructure, that keeps the people struggling up until today.

I was 12-13 years old when Où je vis, and IAMs 1997 album L'École du Micro d'Argent, released. Two of the most important hip hop albums to me growing up. Forever thankful for this!

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u/Harryhausen85 — 1 month ago
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[Fresh] Kano & Ezra Collective & Fred Again - 3 Wheel-ups/P‘s & Q‘s (Live) Madness!

British modern jazz quintet Ezra Collective, electronic music producer Fred Again and Kano tear the house down live in Alexandre Palace London in February 2026.

Absolute madness! (and superbly filmed too!)

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u/Harryhausen85 — 1 month ago
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Kenny Mason - 7ELEVEN (from AOTY contender BULLDAWG)

What a nice surprise this album is. AOTY contender for me. He created his own lane, constantly shifting between subgenres, but a cohesive chaos that never sideways. And it sounds like he’s now perfecting it. It’s loud, emotional and exciting. For hip hop heads I want to recommend 7ELEVEN, the track that closes the album, a perfect conclusion and masterfully performed, in times when music becomes consumption over art.

> You thought you wasn't gettin sleep before?
It's like I fall into a deeper void the more I'm not the people's choice
I rip my heart outta my chest and then I offered it
A week later ninjas ask- When you gon drop again?
It's like I'm stabbed in my esophagus

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u/Harryhausen85 — 2 months ago