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THRIFT.SHOP.DEAD.DROP Secretly Stashes Experimental Analog Glitch Mixtapes on Thrift Store Shelves with VHStealth! Exclusive Interview with TSDD Main Brain / Visual Artist Mike Rentals!

Mike Reynolds AKA Damn Aykroyd is sort of like a VHSorcerer. He invokes a multitude of magnetic magic and swirls it through a whirlwind of outdated analog equipment creating a mind-bending psychedelic blend of VHS-driven hallucinations harvested from some of the most obscure slabs of black plastic gold you can (and can’t) imagine. The vessel? Seemingly standard home video releases ranging from Critters to Con-Air, Freejack to The Fugitive, from Wayne’s World to Willow. These entertaining but not-so-collectible common tapes silently sit in stealth on the shelf, just waiting for a Tapehead (who could be tipped off by following the...

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