Moving Units – Bally's Art Revolution
Want to Support the Show? Visit our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles Or pick up a tee shirt at https://tinyurl.com/kz5xt4hc Episode Summary: David and Ron are here again this month to use an audio medium to talk about visual art… will it work? Art sells Pinball machines. There was no better team ever in pinball than the Art Team at Bally. From 1975 until Bally was sold to Midway in 1983, an eclectic, creative, and dedicated team of artists made some of the best art pinball had ever seen. Come listen to Ron and Dave chat about Dave Christensen, his strange art choices, why it was so cold at Bally in the 1970s, Dave consistently mispronouncing more names, the amazing Paul Faris Bally art team, orbit spinners, and Gene Simmons's package. Sources: Pinside at Pinside.com Wikipedia: Bally Manufacturing. Here, Mata Hari. Here, Evel Knievel. Here, Tommy. Here Internet Pinball Database Game Lists: Paul Faris. Here, Margaret Hudson. Here, Kevin O'Conner. Here, Greg Freres. Here, Dave Christensen. Here Pinball Flyers. Here Space Invaders "Inspiration". Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Here TopCast: Dave Christensen. Here Margret Hudson. Here Paul Faris. Here Ward Pemberton. Here Tom Nieman. Here Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here
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Episode Summary:
David and Ron are here again this month to use an audio medium to talk about visual art… will it work?
Art sells Pinball machines. There was no better team ever in pinball than the Art Team at Bally. From 1975 until Bally was sold to Midway in 1983, an eclectic, creative, and dedicated team of artists made some of the best art pinball had ever seen.
Come listen to Ron and Dave chat about Dave Christensen, his strange art choices, why it was so cold at Bally in the 1970s, Dave consistently mispronouncing more names, the amazing Paul Faris Bally art team, orbit spinners, and Gene Simmons's package.
Sources:
Pinside at Pinside.com
Wikipedia: Bally Manufacturing. Here, Mata Hari. Here, Evel Knievel. Here, Tommy. Here
Internet Pinball Database Game Lists: Paul Faris. Here, Margaret Hudson. Here, Kevin O'Conner. Here, Greg Freres. Here, Dave Christensen. Here
Pinball Flyers. Here
Space Invaders "Inspiration". Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Here
TopCast:
Dave Christensen. Here
Margret Hudson. Here
Paul Faris. Here
Ward Pemberton. Here
Tom Nieman. Here
Shalhoub, Michael (2004). The Pinball compendium: 1982 to Present. Schiffer Publishing, Lt. Here