I recall going to a restaurant (now defunct) in LA which was trying to be aesthetic and clever in like 2008. One of the decor items was a stack of analogue tel

I recall going to a restaurant (now defunct) in LA which was trying to be aesthetic and clever in like 2008. One of the decor items was a stack of analogue televisions, tuned to static so they'd glow and flicker, but papier-mache style covered in pages from novels to diffuse the light. I wonder if he put any effort into ensuring ventilation so the sets wouldn't fail, but it was about the time where even thrift shops were beginning to reject tube TVs, so he probably just hit up the free part of Craigslist every time one died.