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SEVERED 2016 Limited Edition LUNCHMEAT Exclusives Revealed! Limited VHS Releases for URBAN DECAY / WAV from Dylan Hughes, MAGNIFICENT KAABOOM from Zachary Whitmore and MORE!
It’s almost here, Tapeheads! On Saturday, May 28th (that’s just two days away!) in Stroudsburg, PA at the Sherman Theater, SEVERED will commence and offer their 7th Annual Short Film Night along with the 5th Annual Horror VHS Collectors Unite! Convention! Don’t know about it? Man, you VHShould! Click here for all of the info on the event, and groove to the Official SEVERED Facebook page for even more insight and information on what is sure to be the most radical rewind-inclined, VHS-lovin’ event in the nation, man! No kidding! And here in Lunchmeat Land, extreme excitement is VHStirring and...
You Can Save Your VHS from MOLD! Videovore Dustin Kramer Creates HOW TO CLEAN A MOLDY VHS Video to Help Illustrate the Process of Cleaning Mold from Video Tapes!
It’s the single most annoying enemy of the almighty VHS tape and Videovores alike: MOLD. For many collectors, that cringe-worthy spread of powdery white across the tape reels seems to spell certain death. But it doesn’t have to, Tapeheads. The more frequent visitors to Lunchmeat Land are most likely familiar with the two-part VHS mold removal tutorial published here on the blog way back in late 2012 and early 2013, but if not, you can check out both of those instructional articles HERE and HERE. Fast forward to the present, and a fellow Videovore by the name of Dustin Kramer...
DR. FRANKENSTEIN’S CASTLE OF FREAKS Magnum Entertainment Clamshell Goes for $2100 on eBay AKA The Ill Effects of Ignorant and Sensational VHS Collecting Journalism in the Modern Rewind-Inclined World!
The ills of slapdash and sensationalistic coverage on VHS Collecting have now become more apparent than ever. The much maligned (within the VHS collector community) article on “The Most Valuable VHS in the World” published by UK-Based site LoveAntiques.com has now made a visible impact on pricing (even here in the US!), made evident by recent eBay activity. It’s a most absurd, altogether laughable but unfortunately real string of events for dedicated collectors, and my hope is that this article has the ability to make the rounds, and VHSpread a bit of informed insight and ultimate truth on the reality...
Tapehead Threads: Artist Creepy Jason Offers Up this Totally Retro Radical VHS AND CHILL Shirt!
Tapeheads who steady stay tuned to this here VHS-obsessed slice of internet are liable to recall some recent coverage on an artistic interpretation of the VHS and Chill meme created by designer Anthony Troester which was then transformed into a small army of items via his Society6 store. If you haven’t seen those rewind-inclined wares, groove on ‘em here, man! As the VHS and Chill meme continues to spread its presence across the world weird web we’re apt to see more artistic interpretations, and the newest VHS and Chill-inspired design from artist Creepy Jason is most rewind radical, indeed, dude....
Vintage Video-Centric Newspaper Clippings Offer Up a Bit of Magnetic Mystery and Essential History for United American Video and Vestron Video!
While recently going about my daily rewind-inclined wanderings around the world weird web, I was offered a chance to check out two totally killer, one most curious and one exceptionally informative, video-centric vintage newspaper clippings harvested from Newspapers.com, found courtesy of fellow Tapehead and all-around cool dude Julian DiLorenzo (@UncleSporkums) via Twitter. The first clipping he shared was out of Salina, KS, and detailed a shocking mistake made at a magnetic magic duplication facility, inadvertently causing an explicit horror flick to appear at the tail end of a seemingly innocuous children’s cartoon tape. Here’s the article that originally appeared in...