Word: neon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first floor, the glare of neon pink and orange storage lockers greets incoming patrons and the red glow of the video game room lures children into this den of underage gambling...
Quieter but even more arresting is "Electric Light," in which an electric organ at the lowest possible pitch substitutes for a flickering neon sign, illuminating and concealing the body of a female lover at regular intervals. The music never changes, and Harvey just watches, confessing that "she tears my heart out, every time." In the last verse, her voice lilts to a high, thin whisper as though all oxygen had run out of the room; the counterpoint to the neon drone bewitches, and Harvey, ever economical, stops the track early before the moment could be lost...
Perhaps we've tried to copy the flashy tourists, whose hot pink Italian InVicta backpacks are as much an attraction to us as John Harvard is to them. Or maybe, without realizing it, we've imitated the Square hipsters, mixing and matching neon orange and light green suede New Balance sneakers, and picking out black thick-framed glasses to go with our carefully selected messenger bags...
...weeknights and weekends, a few choose to strip and a lot choose to leer at the world famous Big Al's, the city's neon-lit tribute to gender equality...
...three investigators worked those numbers late into the night, bending over their computers as a neon light buzzed overhead and their forgotten dinner--a pineapple-and-bacon pizza--grew rubbery and congealed. Over the course of hours, graphs and tables flashed on the screen and streamed from the printer in a growing pile. Finally, Breuer was ready to ask the computer his final questions...