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You can’t find that smell anymore. But you can find the feeling. They miss the grain

Admin (Videoteenage Archives) Date: October 26, 2023 Category: Community / Analog Nostalgia

There is a specific smell to a 1990s video rental store. It was a mix of plastic cases, stale popcorn, and the warm ozone heat radiating off a CRT television playing the trailer for Can’t Buy Me Love on loop.

We are the teenagers who stayed up too late watching HBO when we weren't supposed to, and now we’re the adults keeping the tape from getting eaten by the machine.