#Davol

[deadjam6]

Can you even tell he is William Afton anymore (ginger woman is my gf's oc)

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Zenith G500 TransOceanic radio, 1949, designed by Robert Davol Budlong, as it appears in Love Jones (1997)

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Anna Davoll - Porsche 911

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William Davols -  Elmhurst Ballet School - photo by Elizabeth G

[goodeguy]

homeseriously ("humans")

probably the most controversial davidians i've made considering how people view this thing lol

promise i'll the make trolls (or davolls) soon

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About That Radio Thing...

A Sort-of MasterPost in Zenith Mid-Century Industrial Design

Every once in awhile I get bitter about what I had thought was gonna be my "happy fun retirement project", because I ended up having to give them all up. I took a lot of really good photos of them in the process of selling them on eBay for literal pennies compared to the dollars I'd spent on them. So at least there's the pictures, and the knowledge.

I'm talkin' about my radios. Radio, real AM Radio used to be so incredible, before it became hate-radio. It was how I heard EVERYTHING first!

The year is 1971. I'm a musical-obsessive 12 year old and hearing Lennon's "Power To The People" come over the airwaves for literally the first time, along with everyone else! It felt incredible! It was how we all connected to the big energy of our time. In a way, it was our internet.

After my sweetie died I wanted to collect radios that I liked, radios with a certain kind of industrial-streamlined deco vibe, and boy I collected. In the span of a couple of years I managed to find/buy a large collection of Zenith radios in particular, along with a few choice others.

The main object of my obsession was the industrial design of most Zenith radios from 1939-1953, the work of one Robert Davol Budlong. His designs speak to me. Seeing the evolution of style from between those two dates is impressive.

So I was all set to enjoy being an old radio guy. Until I wasn't.

There are a lot of reasons the radio collecting thing just decidedly became NOT what I was going to do. First was finding out a lot of the "old radio enthusiasts" are mostly old nazi shits.

I had been excited about living just down the street from a "museum/club" building, but after I actually tried to interact a few times, that pretty much came crashing to a halt.

There was one younger guy who seemed OK, but as for any other interactions, not really. And it coincided with my financial downward spiral in such a way that I had to start selling off what had at least occupied my grieving mind (and eyes).

Eye candy becomes expendable when shit gets real. I ended up having to sell most of the radios. I kept one console, and a couple of small transistors. So I kinda had to grieve not only my sweetie, but the "eye candy" that had occupied me since she died.

Oh, and somehow in the shuffle of this shitshow of life this past 10 years, I once managed to leave the lock unlocked on my (supposedly secure and guarded) storage unit, and thirty of my prize radios and record players were literally wheeled out and stolen. About $2k worth.

And now, I'm too broke to collect a goddamn thing.

But at least I still have the pictures.

That's what started this. Every once in awhile I want to see them. It makes me happy to see all that amazing Budlong design again. Of the ones that worked, I can remember what each one sounded like. I also collected ads for certain models, catalog pages that they were part of, etc. There are posts about that, as well.

So I thought I'd just put all the links to the main radio posts I've made over the last few years, making this a Radio Masterpost of sorts.

Lots of mid-century industrial design eye candy. Yer welcome. Alternately, go to my page and just search "Zenith" or "radio", "radio ads", "catalog", "radio advertising" etc. I don't do the tag thing much, but the search works pretty good on my page, actually.

So yeah, the love affair with radios will stay mine, but it's bittersweet.

AND NOTE: THEY ARE ALL GONE, VERY SOLD. ANY EBAY LINKS ARE LONG, LONG DEAD.

Just search my blogpage to see some more. I'll try to gather all the various links together here.

Here's one last one for today. Another of Zenith's unicorns, the T545: Combination radio and 45-rpm-only record changer, in all its original bakelite splendour. This is another rare bird that, sadly, I only owned for a few months before having to give it up again. I hope the new owner has done the electronic/mechanical restore to it and that lit lives on. To have found one with absolutely no real damage to the bakelite, and brights that are BRIGHT, it's really rare! Feast your eyes.

[remoteelectronicdinosaur]

Anna Davoll

[sinceimbreathin]

Dancin’ in the treetops and living in the underworld. Tell me what you see.

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And in its rightful place on the main floor, second from the left in the very back, is the Sunbeam, designed by Robert Davol Budlong, who designed most of Zenith's radios from the late '30s through the mid-'50s.

There are some real oddities and gems in this picture!

Did you know that there is a Toaster Museum????

[deadjam6]

William afton and my girlfriends oc :)

Outfits for them them!

[genxjamerican]

Sean Paul: Tiny Desk Concert Bobby Carter | May 31, 2024 The vibrancy that bounces off the screen while watching Sean Paul’s Tiny Desk concert is undeniable. Hearing his voice just a few feet away was an overwhelming experience, and I overheard a few NPR staffers in attendance who agreed. “He sounds just like the record!” they said, moving like nobody was watching. Admittedly, we don’t host enough dancehall artists at the Tiny Desk so there was an element of surprise at play. But the Jamaican superstar’s catalog boasts some of the world's biggest party anthems; it should've been a no-brainer when working with that. “This ain’t no Tiny Desk no more,” Paul said as he strutted to the Desk, preparing to turn the office into a bashment party. Paul took reggae and dancehall to new heights in the early 2000s. After hopping on any and every riddim for the clubs and dropping his debut, Stage One, the breakthrough came with his second album, Dutty Rock, in 2002. The global reach of that album shifted the music industry and everyone from the biggest pop star to the grimiest emcee needed the Sean Paul effect on their albums. For his set, the game plan was simple, all gas and no breaks; energetic hit after hit including “Gimme the Light”, “Get Busy,” “Like Glue” and topping things off with “Temperature.” SET LIST “Gimme the Light” “Get Busy” “Infiltrate” “I'm Still in Love With You” “Deport Them” “Like Glue” “Temperature” MUSICIANS Sean “Sean Paul” Henriques: lead vocals Nigel A. Staff: keys, musical direction Dan Policar: keys Kemar “Spanky” Liking: drums Davol “FletchaBass” Fletcher: bass Shaun “Copper Shaun” Anderson: DJ Terrence “Farenizzi” Harold: vocals Kerissa Spencer: vocals TINY DESK TEAM Producer: Bobby Carter Director/Editor: Maia Stern Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Sofia Seidel, Alanté Serene Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai Production Assistant: Elle Mannion Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis Tiny Desk Team: Hazel Cills, Kara Frame, Ashley Pointer Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins #nprmusic #tinydesk #seanpaul via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyHkoKwPtaw

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Hope you can make it!

THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Limited tickets just released

We've just added a few seats to this weekend's previously sold out Magnetic Fields shows. You do not want to miss The Magnetic Fields performing their acclaimed 69 Love Songs album for the first time in over two decades.

The New York Times calls the album " a staggering showcase of [songwriting] range... covering just about every genre imaginable and thoroughly chronicling the good, the bad and the ugly sides of love."

This 25th anniversary celebration will feature all the players from the 1999 triple disc, including Claudia Gonson, John Woo, Sam Davol, Shirley Simms and composer Stephin Merritt, joined now by recent members Chris Ewen and Anthony Kaczynski. The Magnetic Fields will play the album as it was originally performed in the early 2000’s: in order over 2 nights.

Grab tickets for both nights, or just one. But act fast!

FRIDAY and SATURDAY Single Tix

SUNDAY and MONDAY Single Tix

"69 Love Songs not only refracts love into a spectrum of emotions, but also refracts the love song itself into a spectrum of musical forms."

-Pitchfork

"Bittersweet, sometimes just bitter, often goofy and sentimental at once... an encyclopedia, an epic love letter that well repays the time it takes to savor."

-Spin

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William Davols - Elmhurst Ballet School - photo by Elizabeth G  

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Throwback Thursday #60!- The Magnetic Fields- Holiday (1994- Feel Good All Over/Merge)

The Magnetic Fields released two albums in 1994,  this one and The Charm of the Highway Strip. Both were unique in their own way and though the band had released two albums prior to this (the late Susan Anway sang on those first two, leader Stephin Merrit took over vocals on these two 1994 albums), these were the two albums where I really got the band (though that “100,000 Fireflies” single was/is a total classic).

The Charm… was Merritt’s country album (I think those were his words) and this was his synth pop record and man, there’s nary a bad song on it. The rest of the band on this record is Johnny Blood on tuba, Sam Davol on cello and Claudia Gonson on toys and management (I’m pretty sure Claudia is still the band’s manager).

The synths pump through the whole record, sometimes with the coolest/oddest sounds, as does the drum machine and Merritt’s droll vocals (lyrics, too). The tuba and cello flourishes are perfect as well.

Some of my absolute favorite Magnetic Fields songs are on this record. Just give a listen to instant classics like the glittery “Desert Island,” the rubbery bounce of “Deep Sea Diving Suit,” the choppy, surreal sound of “Strange Powers,” and the absolutely shimmering “Swinging London” (and don’t miss “Sugar World” which is as sweet as it sounds).

69 Love Songs is the one that gets all the ink (and it should), but this is my personal M.F. favorite. I’m guessing if you read this site, then this album is already part of your collection, but if not, go buy three copies immediately!

www.mergerecords.com

www.themagneticfields.andcamp.com

[goodeguy]

homeseriously davolls #1

the first wave of davolls (davidian trolls) are here!!! buckets, horns, and all hope to finish the second wave of these gray guys soon!

+ doodles of terezi, gamzee, and romances

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Reading "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" again..