Whatever happened to... John Minson

[ManicMinor]

Hello,

Signed up just now after discovering this thread.

I knew John in another guise... poker. Also, I knew of him since going to the ZX Micro Fair and getting a free copy of Issue 2 of Crash.

In the late 90s I was working in London for Reuters and spent nights at the Regency Casino, playing poker. One of the characters at the tables was John, who never drank anything stronger than lemonade. Yes, he was very knowledgable in the porn industry, a collector of porn memorabilia and a writer on the subject. I remember John having an interest in the larger lady, especially one of the casino waitresses.

Eventually, I ran a home game in my Barbican apartment. John was a regular. I was made redundant in 2002 and took my redundancy check to Ireland, to run a small-holding. John preferred that I funded a porn film or documentary (I forget which) but the small-holding was my dream. I kept in contact with John for a while but lost his email address when buying another pooter.

Very much a private person, John could well be reading this thread, as he did with threads about him on poker forums, but he'll either not join in or do so anonymously without giving the game away.

[5MinuteRetro]

I was made redundant in 2002 and took my redundancy check to Ireland, to run a small-holding. John preferred that I funded a porn film or documentary (I forget which) but the small-holding was my dream.

Heh, you had a circa 5-year window to make and profit from such a movie before Pornhub came along and ruined everything for almost all porn producers, but you missed your chance! Still, it indirectly reminds me that Jon Ronson -- another Minson-like gonzo hack -- did a deep-dive (no pun intended) into the porn industry, revealing his findings in this podcast:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/audibl ... e/59972665

Very much a private person, John could well be reading this thread, as he did with threads about him on poker forums, but he'll either not join in or do so anonymously without giving the game away.

Okay, ManicMinson.

But seriously, I did find your account interesting. I guess we all of us here perhaps spend a bit too much time thinking about the past. Minson is just one of those industry characters that's always intrigued me (cf 'Hannah Smith'), so it's fun to know he might still be kicking around in the shadows.