La Dolche Video
February 8, 2009 4:44 AM Subscribe
La Dolche Video; Or how the recently closed New York cult favorite Kim's Video is finding a new home in Salemi, Sicily.
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'tis a double. But a great tale.
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 4:52 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 4:52 AM on February 8, 2009
Hey piratebowling, I was just about to post this very same article. A great tale indeed. Here's more on Salemi ("an important knot on the lines of territorial communication") - plus pix from flickr. I propose we all buy houses there.
posted by GrammarMoses at 5:29 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by GrammarMoses at 5:29 AM on February 8, 2009
Once there were many stores that rented films. Then came Netflix. Once you could go into closed off areas to search out porn. But not in Planet Hollywood or Blockbuster. Now not in Netflix either.
Along came two young guys and copied the Netflix idea: mail out porn DVDs: no one knows, ladies like the privacy, no blushing...and so it goes. The more things change the more they alter.
posted by Postroad at 5:37 AM on February 8, 2009
Along came two young guys and copied the Netflix idea: mail out porn DVDs: no one knows, ladies like the privacy, no blushing...and so it goes. The more things change the more they alter.
posted by Postroad at 5:37 AM on February 8, 2009
I love this part...
Their first afternoon, they drove up a steep spiraling road, parked their car and trudged up slender, twisting stone streets built for feet and donkey-drawn carts. The surrounding buildings, a blend of Greek, Roman, Norman and Arabic architecture spanning centuries, were stunning, although a closer look revealed cracks in the pale yellow stone.
...that's some subtle Pulitzer material right there
posted by mannequito at 6:05 AM on February 8, 2009
Their first afternoon, they drove up a steep spiraling road, parked their car and trudged up slender, twisting stone streets built for feet and donkey-drawn carts. The surrounding buildings, a blend of Greek, Roman, Norman and Arabic architecture spanning centuries, were stunning, although a closer look revealed cracks in the pale yellow stone.
...that's some subtle Pulitzer material right there
posted by mannequito at 6:05 AM on February 8, 2009
Oh Kim's...that backroom of the bleecker location was the type of place that you knew was singularly unique on the planet. I remember the damn staircase, and the ugly blue painted walls outside. RIP -- Bar 81, Alt Coffee, Kims...
posted by lslelel at 7:07 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by lslelel at 7:07 AM on February 8, 2009
>The town had invited prominent artists and intellectuals to assume control of the government. An art critic and onetime anarchist named Vittorio Sgarbi was elected mayor. A prince was put in charge of town planning, and a performance artist was officially declared alderman to nothing. The provocative Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, whose ad campaigns for Benetton included a series on AIDS patients and inmates on death row, was named alderman of creativity.
I'm sorry, what utopia is this?
posted by bukharin at 7:07 AM on February 8, 2009
Interesting post.
It's "Dolce", rather than "Dolche" btw. The c in "ce" is pronounced "ch" as in church.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:35 AM on February 8, 2009
It's "Dolce", rather than "Dolche" btw. The c in "ce" is pronounced "ch" as in church.
posted by NailsTheCat at 7:35 AM on February 8, 2009
In Seattle we have this place called Scarecrow Video. It is awesome.
posted by P.o.B. at 8:00 AM on February 8, 2009
posted by P.o.B. at 8:00 AM on February 8, 2009
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