Thursday, March 06, 2008
"Odd Energy" of Guccione House
"I don’t know what to say, it was a wonderful and odd house with such an incredibly varied past, and I hope somebody at some point brings it happiness," Corcoran senior vice president Leighton Candler, who had the listing before Brown Harris, said.
Speaking about features like the first floor's massive, shimmering Roman-style pool, she said: "It’s odd to talk about houses like this, but that house had an odd energy to it." So, were experts brought in to remedy Mr. Guccione's energy? "Certainly... I hired two different feng shui people to look at it, and we had quite a few clearings on it. But that never stopped people from having odd feelings about it. Whenever people brought in children, they were ready to leave."
Guccione lost the house, and the Penthouse empire, when the internet made it possible to get your dirty letters for free.
6 Comments:
By 
, at
Thu Mar 06, 10:15:00 AM:
"So, were experts brought in to remedy Mr. Guccione's energy? 'Certainly... I hired two different feng shui people to look at it...'"
Bwah-hah!
"Experts". :)
One item that should be in everyone's DVD collection is Penn & Teller's 'Bullshit' series. Their episode on Feng Shui is hysterical. The let three Fung Shui "experts" redesign a room according to the Fung Shui discipline.
It should probably come as no surprise that the three redesigned rooms weren't even close to one another. And the "reasoning" -- given a rough definition of the word -- each one used for their arrangement bore no resemblence to the others. It was, in the truest sense of the word, complete and utter bullshit.
"Guccione lost the house, and the Penthouse empire, when the internet made it possible to get your dirty letters for free."
I got interested in how Playboy was doing, and apparently it's in the same boat:
"The adult entertainment empire Playboy Enterprises posted some unattractive figures yesterday as its main magazine suffered a migration of readers and advertisers to racy offerings on the internet."
(As a small side note, apparently the Internet has ceased to be a proper noun.)
But on the other hand...
"Playboy boasts nearly 15 million global readers and claims to be the world's best-selling monthly magazine. In the US, its circulation exceeds those of Esquire, GQ and Men's Journal combined."
Maybe those million-dollar executive salaries are catching up with them? Either way, no loss. As both writers here pointed out, free porno is just a click away.
BTW, the above article had a clever title -- perhaps unknowingly?
"Stiff online competition pinches Playboy's profits"
Stiff competition? :)
By 
Charlottesvillain, at
Thu Mar 06, 11:51:00 AM:
DM, thanks for the follow up research!
By Andrewdb, at
Thu Mar 06, 11:56:00 AM:
If one wants to do feng shui I recommend hiring only someone who is 90+ years old, and from the old country. Anyone else is just not an "expert" -
Did the Realtor try a Catholic priest -- Who was that character that played opposite Linda Blair?
By , at
Thu Mar 06, 01:23:00 PM:
So, Villain, where do you get your dirty pictures from/when did you stop subscribing?
By Charlottesvillain, at
Thu Mar 06, 02:52:00 PM:
Never needed to subscribe, having an older brother.
'Nuff said.
By , at
Thu Mar 06, 10:44:00 PM:
"Playboy Enterprises posted some unattractive figures yesterday"
No wonder they are losing 'readers'
