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From the innovator that brought us the revolutionary VHS IS LIFE mold cleaning machine, there’s a new online destination built to bring together every walk of life among the rewind-inclined and those of a physical media mind. Tony Crouch’s REWIND ROLODEX functions like the Yellow Pages for Tapeheads. It’s an online directory focused on video culture: a place where every entity aligned with VHS appreciation, celebration, and preservation, can be seen, heard and connected.    The directory site also expands into physical media and video rental storefronts, digitizing services, and any businesses that are relative and active within tape culture....

Yo, Tapeheads!   Here's a little classic "try it before you buy it" action for our brand new original novel VIDEO TOWN!    VIDEO TOWN IS AVAILABLE NOW [CLICK HERE] in a Limited First Edition of 250 copies, only from LUNCHMEAT! They're nearly gone at the time of this post, so fast forward to VIDEO TOWN, and grab your copy before they're all rented out!      Authored by longtime LUNCHMEAT contributor and SPANDEXORCIST writer Robert Freese, VIDEO TOWN unreels the story of Beck: the lovable and laidback leader of a small town video store as he serves the colorful...

By Josh Schafer One of the most curious conspiracy theories of the 90s revolves around a VHS copy of The Little Mermaid. It shocked parents, alarmed Disney executives, and created one of the most legendary pieces of VHS lore for every kid that ever went to a video store. Whispers and giggles shuffled through classrooms when someone brought it for show and tell, one intrepid student stepping up and surreptitiously sharing something unspeakable and forbidden. Sleepovers were elevated by possessing this “forbidden” cover, creating at least one session of “Look at that!” and a round of belly laughs.  Even if...

Get ready to Rewind your mind and hit EJECT on reality as we pound the play button and party in the name of tape at VHS Fest X: UP ALL NIGHT hits the mighty Mahoning Drive-In Theater, in collaboration with Lunchmeat and Saturn’s Core, on Friday, July 10th through Sunday, July 12th! TIX AVAILABLE NOW https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/mahoningdrivein/VHS-FestX You’ve waited all year for this announcement, and here it is, fresh like a newly-unsealed tape from 1987, THREE DAYS of retro media markets, THREE NIGHTS of hot rentals on the giant outdoor screen, celebrating TEN YEARS of VHS-FEST at the Mahoning! Hosted by...

  Interview with Mike Beck by Josh Schafer, Dec 1 2025, Raleigh, NC.   Blockbuster Video is arguably the most divisive cultural icon of the 90s. For some, it’s the beacon of premium nostalgia, a literal sign of the times that offered countless movie nights at home, making memories of glory days gone by. To others, the blue and gold ripped ticket represents an evil corporate giant, censoring content, and stomping out the small town Mom and Pop shops that created the foundation for the video rental era.   This is the classic example of both things being true. They...