Comments on: Baptised by neon http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/ "The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Writer, Reader, Amateur Interneter, Father and Life Chronicler. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kv http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173614 kv Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:23:11 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/index.php/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173614 I imagine the "F" will be decorating your office, correct? I imagine the “F” will be decorating your office, correct?

]]> By: Corey Vilhauer http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173378 Corey Vilhauer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:25:01 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/index.php/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173378 It had something to do with newspaper vending machines...and the city not letting him keep 100+ of them in the back of the Minnesota Ave. location parking lot. I think. But yeah, could be something else. I think I might stop in today and see if I can buy the "F". It had something to do with newspaper vending machines…and the city not letting him keep 100+ of them in the back of the Minnesota Ave. location parking lot. I think. But yeah, could be something else.

I think I might stop in today and see if I can buy the “F”.

]]> By: Deane http://www.blackmarks.net/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173354 Deane Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:16:37 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/index.php/2008/06/30/baptised-by-neon/#comment-173354 I feel roughly the same way as you. Video Mania's were universally filthy, seedy joints, but there was something iconic about them. This wasn't hurt at all by the owner's long-running feud with the setting, though I could never figure out what that was all about. My guess is that they were surviving on porn, and the explosion of free porn on the Net was eating away at that business. Porn DVD rentals is not a viable business model anymore, and I'm sure that was a huge chunk of their revenue. I feel roughly the same way as you. Video Mania’s were universally filthy, seedy joints, but there was something iconic about them. This wasn’t hurt at all by the owner’s long-running feud with the setting, though I could never figure out what that was all about.

My guess is that they were surviving on porn, and the explosion of free porn on the Net was eating away at that business. Porn DVD rentals is not a viable business model anymore, and I’m sure that was a huge chunk of their revenue.

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