Visit to Wade Krause

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Anna Newman

I had the good fortune to make a visit to Wade Krause at his shop in Clovis. A-mazing. To start the visit off, Wade’s 1940s Ramasees game gave me some excellent advice.

photo by wade krause

Then Wade was kind enough to let me interview him about his work on the visible pinball project, his experiences as a pinball artist living in the California Central Valley (not exactly a pinball mecca), and other pinball topics. Wade’s interview will be part of bonus material on the Pinball Donut Girl dvd.

I’ll post some of Paul Breski’s stills from the shoot later. (Paul and I did a music video project with Rude Dog Rudy Strukoff this weekend as well.)

Curator Portrait: Michael Schiess

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Anna Newman

Great article on Michael Schiess:

photo by mitch tobias

Primed for Pinball – Alameda Magazine – September-October 2011 – Alameda, California.
Artistic aspirations, his trademark ingenuity and a lucky arrow launched Michael Schiess’ love affair with pinball. Schiess is founder and CEO of the Pacific Pinball Museum, an eccentric, eclectic emporium of pinball preservation, magic and merrymaking that is formally committed to teaching science, art and history through pinball. On any Friday and Saturday night, you will find the arcade-museum at its Webster Street location in Alameda abuzz with old folk, 4- or 5-year-olds perched on portable stools, families, footloose guys and fancy-free girls, party animals (a group of teens and 20-somethings arrived for a pajama party on one Friday), and couples romancing or being romanced by a date with more imagination than the run-of-the-mill, pizza-beer-and-a-movie Joe read more….

Pinball Proofs

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Anna Newman

vintage pinball machine melanie nelson photograph ca extreme bumper

I got my first proof back of Melanie’s art photos from CA Extreme. They look great! I love that you can see, almost feel, the grain and the wear of the playfield.