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25¢ Valentine’s Day with
Steph & Skip
Page 11
Week of
Feb 15 - 21
Matches860
Tribute Pipe
Page 2
IPSD 2020
Page 14
Vol. 1 No. 25 / February 15, 2020
Matches Tribute
Pipe/ 2
Programs
Week of Feb 15 - 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Articles
Steph & Skip/ 11 Matches860 Tribute Pipe
by Eddie Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Steph & Skip
by BRTV, Steph & Skip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IPSD 2020
IPSD 2020 / 14 by BRTV editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reviews, Columns
As We See It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Cover: Artur Manuel Lopes
Managing Editor: Phil’s Secretary: Diane
Phil Goodman
Hollywood Bureau: Moose
Editors: Bill Needleman,
Jensen, Michael A. Website Director: Nick
Matches860 Tribute Pipe
So many people wanted some Don’t forget that a portion of each
kind of tribute pipe for John. sale is going to go to Mrs. Jean
Simon, SeaSmoke Pipes and Harden on behalf of the pipe
Jason all stepped up in a big community.
way. Eddie from The Pipe Nook
also looked in to what he could The Matches860 Tribute Pipe,
do and got together with Savinelli named the Friday Savinelli is, of
to do a limited “Friday Savinelli” course, the standard Roma Lucite
run. 673 but with custom stamping. For
details on the pipe and to preorder
I’m sure you’ve seen his email yours, there is a special page set
alert as well as the banner we are up at The Pipe Nook.
running on the main Briar Report
website. The minimum number was blown
away as soon as preorders opened
It’s something that will be which is a good sign. Thank you to
accessible to anyone that wants everyone who supports this great
it. Preorders are being taken until cause and to Eddie and the
March 1st, 2020. At that time it’s wonderful people at Savinelli.
in Savinelli’s hands.
As We See It
What a week! There seems to This weeks cover was done by the
have been an ebb in content on very talented Artur Manuel Lopes.
the YTPC. Possibly a little Specializing in Fine Art Printing
fatigue. Totally understandable. and Fine Art Paper. His work is just
amazing. If you need an illustrator
Am I the only one that noticed and want to contact Mr. Lopes
in the Steph and Skip here is a link to his website
interview that one of them has
short, to the point answers, If you haven’t seen Sarge’s latest
while the other’s are . . ? videos you really should go watch
Anyway, happy Valentine’s Day them. Nobody could have
to both of them. What a joy to stepped up like him, and he did
work with. with perfect grace.
If you have anything special I think the Lady version of the
for ISPD, be sure to call our tip Briar Pack is the best thing
line. Or you could just email currently on the web. Hands
us. down.
BRTV Guide - 2
Saturday
2:00 NORTH EAST PIPER UK
8 AM G.L. PEASE SPARK -Live
PLUG REVIEW His live shows have been
-Classical Pipes getting more and more
Dion gives a in-depth popular. The show can run
description and a review of from an hour up to three. Join
Spark Plug, a limited in as you have time. The
availability blend from G.L. show begins at 7:00 PM GMT
Pease.
5:00 LONDON CALLING
with SIMON - LIVE
NOON NAME THAT TUNE Live from London
-Steph & Skip Cain England, Simon talks
about Premium Tobacco
LIVE- This week’s show is the and the latest news from
Valentine’s Day Name That around the world. 11:30
Tune edition. There will be GMT till sign off.
three rounds. Round 1; will be
love songs. Round 2; break- 8:00 VALENTINE’S DAY
up songs. Round 3; a mix of MOVIE
both genres but only covers. RECOMMENDATIONS
Prizes will be given out for the -Phill O. Stein
champions. A list of romantic movies
to watch with your special
someone on the big day.
close up Name That Tune
Steph & Skip Cain
Celebrating Valentine’s Day
during their Saturday Live
Show, Steph & Skip will be
hosting a Name That Tune style
contest. Make sure to
subscribe and hit the
notification so you don’t miss
it.
BRTV Guide - 3
Sunday
9:00 IWAN RIES’ THREE STAR
9 AM THE DAILY FIVE
BLUE & FEB. BIRTHDAYS
-Artie’s Place
Inspirational quotes and - Desert Pine Piper
motivation for the Trying some 3 Star Blue on a
beginning of your day. New recommendation from none
shows daily. other than Eric the Blue Collar
(1 minute) Pipe Smoker. Also a little talk
about Birthdays.
10:00 QUESTIONS OVER COFFEE
-Classical Pipes
Live show hosted by Dion
of Classical Pipes. Many
topics are covered, and Want the same
welcome, but the main
subject is always pipes, stylish 16 oz.
pipe tobacco and the
current state of the pipe Bistro Mug your
smoking hobby.
(aprox. 2 hrs) favorite BRTV
Host has?
5 PM ADVICE FOR THE NEW
CREATOR
-Yardism
Lending his experience and
giving useful tips to new
content creators on YouTube.
8:00 FIRST KISS
Send $20 to P.O.
-Who’s The Boss?
Angela and Tony are tempted Box 140 Wilson,
to compromise their
relationship while NY or click this
"celebrating" Angela's
birthday.Wendy: Dori Brenner. link for easy
Angela: Judith Light. Tony:
Tony Danza. online payment.
BRTV Guide - 4
Monday
9 AM MORNING DRIVE
London Calling with
Simon goes on his
morning commute
and takes you with
him. He covers a
wide range of topics
including pipes and
pipe tobacco.
10:00 THE DATING GAME
-Hosted by Jim Lange
Farrah Fawcett is the
bachelorette who
questions three bachelors.
Find out who she will take
out on a date.
(30 mins)
-
BRTV Guide - 5
BRTV Guide - 6
Tuesday
9 AM THE NEWLYWED GAME
-Host Bob Eubanks.
Newlywed husbands and
wives take turns answering
questions, earning points if
their answers match.
11:00 FIRST IMPRESSION OF
DUNHILL 3 YEAR
MATURED VIRGINIA
-Goatman Stevie
Shares his tobacco buying
experience and what he
thinks of this blend. Also
encourages people to use the
Public Access Channel.
2 PM BRIAR PACK
CHALLENGE NO 1
-Steph DOES SHE OR DOESN’T
9:30
Giving her impressions SHE?
and taking a guess at the
first Briar Blues Ladies -Heart To Heart
Challenge. Jennifer and Jonathan's
investigation of a beauty
8:00 LOVE IS BLIND salon shooting spree exposes
-Bewitched a loan shark's scheme to
Darrin is worried about his blackmail a popular
friend Kermit falling for hairdresser.
Samantha's friend Gertrude Starring Robert Wagner,
since he is not sure if she's Stefanie Powers
a witch.
10:00 UPDATE & CHECK IN
9:00 YABO FROM THE -Arkansas Mike
GARBAGE MAN PIPER After a little while away from
the camera Mike updates his
-Dan Deep South Texas viewers and makes a special
Showing off some pipes that announcement.
he got from Mel. Sweeeet
Chicken.
BRTV Guide - 7
Wednesday
Noon THE ROMEO BRIAR 7:30 BRIAR PACK
PROCESS CHALLENGE, LADY’S
-Father of the Flame EDITION
-Lori B
Romeo Domenico discusses The second in a four part
the process of how to harvest, series. Lori takes her best
cut, and cure briar wood for guess in the current challenge.
tobacco pipes.
8:00 HEAD OF THE HOUSE
-The Honeymooners
2 PM Public Access TV Ralph boasts about
-This Could Be You running his household, and
makes a bet with Alice,
promising her that he can
If you want a spot on brtv’s cook a particular dinner.
public access channel all you
have to do is get a slot. Make
8:00 A FAVORITE FLAKE ON
any kind of video you want.
Promote anything you want. A BLUSTERY DAY
The spot is all yours. Email -Lancashire Piper
editor@briarreport.com Our favorite bloke with a
bloody good flake, despite
it being brass monkeys
out.
BRTV Guide - 8Thursday
11:00 CIGAR & DEPLOYMENT
THOUGHTS
- Luke Risner CincinnatiPiper
Prior to shoving off, Luke smokes
a Stogie and talks about his
upcoming deployment.
1 PM C & D STAR OF THE EAST
FLAKE
-Tea ’n’ Tobacco
This is the 25th formal review
for Tea ’n’ Tobacco. This time
he goes through this Lat-bomb
from Cornell & Diehl.
8:00 HOW LUCKY CAN YOU
GET?
I Dream of Jeanie
Unbeknownst to Tony, greedy
Roger brings Jeannie with
them to Reno and gets in
trouble at the gambling
tables.
9:00 VALENTINE’S DAY
-Mad About You
6 AM SPC PLUM
The Buchman's celebrate
PUDDING BURBON Valentines Day. Jamie gets
BARREL AGED Paul a necktie, Paul gets
REVIEW Jamie a house. He already
put down a deposit on the
-Stuff & Things
house. The Buchman's
The long awaited review of
spend the night there to test
the newest version of Plum
it. Paul is enthused; Jamie is
Pudding from Seattle Pipe
reluctant.
Club. A very in-depth review
Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt
in the SAT’s famous format.
BRTV Guide - 9Friday
5 AM FIND FIVE FRIDAY 5:00 Yardism Live
-Ghost Cob
Ghost Cob (Shawn) Live show running for one to
highlights five YouTube two hours. Topics include
Pipe Channels. Mostly pipes, pipe tobacco, current
new and usually an events, and the occasional
established veteran. aria.
3 PM 8 THINGS TO NOT 7:00 THE GIRLFRIEND
DO AS A PIPE
Matches860
SMOKER
Pipes and Ponderance
-Briar Blues Smoking a Savinelli
A serious and not so Churchwarden and telling a
serious look at some story of Love Lost.
things all pipe smokers Thankfully!
should be doing. (Repeat; 14 mins)
(Repeat; 7 mins)
ELEPHANT IN THE 8:00 CONVERSATIONS ON
4:00
PIPE SMOKING PIPE SMOKING LIVE
ROOM
-CaneRod Piper
-Pipes & Chores
A frank talk about A live show that incorporates
nicotine levels in pipe live interviews of interesting
tobacco and the habit of people with stories to tell.
tip-toeing around the Tune in at 8:00 EST.
subject (1 hr)
9:00 LOVE AMERICAN STYLE
Arthur tries to get Judith into
his apartment, night after
night they have coffee in the
restaurant. She tells him that
she has a phobia of men's
apartments.
BRTV Guide - 10Steph & Skip Cain
This Valentine’s Day we decided to We were both vegetarians during the
talk with one of the YouTube Pipe same years. Just never met til we
Communities favorite couples, Steph both were in Houston area.
and Skip Cain. In the past year their
live shows have become quite We just had to travel a long distance
popular and more hat-intensive. incorrectly to travel a short distance
back perfectly. I guess.
What better people to speak with on
Valentine’s Day than a couple that He got divorced in 2016 and we
decorates a Valentine’s Day Tree? stayed friends, I found myself single
again in 2017 (for the sake of my
Briar Report (BR); Hello guys, children there was no choice). We
Happy Valentine’s Day. We would maintained our friendship, both
like to know if you were both pipe dated other people. Our children
smokers when you met, possibly were the ones who suggested we
meeting over a pipe?! date. We did not want to breach that
because of our children all being so
Steph; Actually we were friends close.
first, for several years in fact, and I
got Skip into pipe smoking before This is a long story for such a short
we started dating. We had both been marriage. We just have never been
around cigars & pipes even tried happier, more content, we help each
some but were not into them until other grow. Almost as if all those
recently, me in the Fall of 2017, Skip "almost" meets we should have met
right after, at about Christmas. up. But never did. Until we were
both north of Houston.
BR; Well then, how is it that you
actually met? BR; Wow, that is a long way around
just to end up in a couple of side by
Steph; Funny story, also a very side chairs hosting a live pipe
strange one. We were neighbors, our smoking show. Strange how things
kiddos hit it off and played similar work out. So you two have been
video games. together for three years?
In 2014, Skip was married and I was Steph; We have been friends for 6
about to get married.The universe or years, been together 2 years,
God (however you wish to word it), married a year & a 1/2. It has been
works in mysterious ways. amazing though. Seems like much
longer. We connect so well it feels
We actually went to the same High like we have been together for many
School in El Paso TX. (1980s & 90s). years.
We both worked at the same
restaurant in High School at different
times. Lived in the Pacific NW during
the same time frame.
BRTV Guide - 11BR; From a pipe smoker’s
perspective this must work out
great. I imagine the smoking lamp is
lit in your house?
Skip; The short answer is, Yes.
However, We do 95% of our time,
smoking or not, outdoors under the
sky. Stephanie is more likely to
suggest smoking inside, even Steph, Skip and Cupcake
though we shouldn't, especially on
wet dreary days.
BR; Are your tastes in tobacco
similar? BR; Do you always smoke a pipe
together?
Skip; Yes. We both like Gentlemen
Caller, Haunted Bookshop, and Skip; There are times we smoke
certain aromatics. We are partial to without the other, but mostly we
latakia & burleys. smoke together.
BR; What about pipes, is it to each BR; What do you like most about
their own, or you you share? hosting your own live YTPC show?
Skip; Some individual pipes but Steph; My favorite thing about
mostly we share all our collection. hosting a live show is the
Stephanie has a meerschaum, baby camaraderie, the friendships. I love
Wellington, and her H.I.S. being able to communicate in real
Churchwarden that I do not smoke. time. I feel closer to our brothers
I have a meerschaum, my naked and sisters of the briar when we
Savinelli, my Medico with silver chat like we are sitting around
smith sterling, and my Baronet that smoking together.
Steph never uses. Not that either of
us would mind the other smoking Skip; honestly, I like the fluidity...
those pipes, we are just drawn to the room. We might start talking
specific ones in our collection. about 2 or 3 things, but input from
viewer's comments might swing a
BR; What are you usually drinking big chunk of my babbling towards
when you have a pipe, or doesn’t it something completely different.
matter? When we are live, in my head, I
picture the two of us hanging out at
Skip; We both like Coffee or a cafe or pub... enjoying our pipes,
Whiskey or late evening Hot tea. and talking about whatever pops
Steph prefers Sleepy Time, I like up.
mints and Earl Grey.
BRTV Guide - 12BR; What did you get each other for
Valentine’s Day?
Steph; Even though I love holidays
and am a capitalist. Valentines price
increases, well they are not my gig.
I made Skip a gift and asked him to
make me a gift instead of buying
anything. That being said, I used
the holiday as an excuse to buy us
both new hats.
BR; Did you do anything special for
the occasion?
Skip; Every day with Steph is
Valentine's Day!!! LOL.
experiences / memories are the
best gifts... especially on Valentine's
Day. The part of her gift I can tell
you about involves lights, flavors,
smoke, and kisses. The part I can't
tell you about will makes sailors
blush... ;-)
BR; Thanks for taking the time and
talking with me. Also I can’t thank
you enough for all the great work
you did on pulling this special
edition of the BRTV Guide together.
The cover art is amazing and the
time and energy you put into it is
appreciated. Thank you so much.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you both.
Steph; Hugs!
BRTV Guide - 13International Pipe Smoking Day 2020
This Thursday, February 20th is Can’t say it much better than
International Pipe Smoking Day. that.
As you can imagine, one of our
favorite days of the year. There are sure to be many events
this week in celebration. One of
Everyone reading this must have the biggest supporters is The
special plans for the day. Not that Country Squire Tobacconist.
you need a special reason to enjoy They always have big sales on
your pipe and favorite tobacco, that date so be sure to check
but you have to admit, this is nice. their website. They are also
hosting the Magnolia Pipe Club
When you think about it, there is a on that night from 6:30 to 8:00. If
National Weatherperson’s Day, you’re in the area they would love
National Spaghetti Day, even a day to have you join them.
dedicated to tossing fruitcakes. So
why not us? Those are all kind of Smokingpipes.com is another
silly, well, except the spaghetti huge supporter of the event.
one. Smoking a pipe is a serious They always have great content
pastime. Just look at anyone doing they produce just for that special
it, they look pretty serious to me. day, and they have the muscle to
back it up. Getting on their
IPSD has only been around since mailing list is the best way to get
2008. Started by the European their articles first, also to find out
internet group Smokers Forums. about the current sales and
Of course, here in the U.S. of A, special events. If you pass on the
we jumped on the bandwagon. mailing list then at least go to the
Smokingpipes blog Thursday
The United Pipe Clubs of morning to see what’s up.
America (UPCA) took the pipe and
ran with it. They said "On this day There are so many other events
we will … celebrate the noble art we can’t list them in this tiny
of pipe-smoking and the … spirit spot, so we hope you take the
which pervades the brotherhood time to see what’s up on IPSD.
and sisterhood of the briar. We will
put into practice the time-honored To all our fantastic pipe smoking
and ancestral traditions of raising friends out there, we hope you
our pipes in unison to toast each have a wonderful day and that
other and share a bowl together." we can all enjoy a pipe together.
BRTV Guide - 14BRTV Guide - 11
Phil’s REVIEW
by Phil
A very special issue There is no reason for it
indeed. Valentine’s Day, to be like that. I’ll wager
this year hosted by Skip none of you use your cell
& Steph (had to say it that phones any less or go on
way at least once), ISPD the internet less often just
this week and the kick off because it’s late in the
of the Briar Blues winter. You can’t fool me.
Challenge just for the
ladies. If you’re a content
creator it’s a great time to
We’ve been asked stand out, while everyone
several times this past else is taking it easy. You
week if the last issue, The know you are not going
Matches860 memorial to want to do it when the
issue would be made sun is shining and
available for download. everyone wants to go
At this time it is not, but swimming and eat
we do have plans in the hotdogs. Well, I know I
future that will achieve won’t.
not only that issue but all
of them. Just sit tight and It’s the perfect time of
that will be an option for the year to get to that
you. The to-do list around idea you had but never
here is longer than the got around to producing
Cobbit of the Shire’s it. If you’ve been thinking
Churchwarden. about starting a new
channel, you’re in luck.
When we review the Yardism just made a
analytics of the website video for brtv on that
over the past year we exact subject. How lucky
noticed that we are can you get?
coming up on the “slow
period”.
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