Blog – Tagged "VHS History"

Shot on Video, VHS History, VHS Screening, Write Brain TV - January 17, 2024

LUNCHMEAT and WRITE BRAIN TV Team Up to Present VIDEO KALEIDOSCOPE: A Special One-Night Virtual Screening on FEB 16th 2024 [Tickets and Info]

Yo, Tapeheads! We are totally VHStoked to team up with the fantastic folks at Write Brain TV to bring you VIDEO KALEIDOSCOPE! TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW from Write Brain TV! VIDEO KALEIDOSCOPE is a special virtual one-night only screening that invites you to turn on, tune in, & drop-out for an all-out, all-night celebration with a VHSmorgasbord showcasing some of the best in shot-on-tape cinema! This special virtual one-night only screening at the Write Brain Theater will beam you from your living room back in time, on a cosmic journey back to trace...

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VHS History, Video Era History, video mailorder - September 8, 2020

A Vision of the Home Video Era, and the Mighty Impact of Marshall Discount Video Service

By Robert Freese When I recently spoke to Greg Luce for a piece I wrote for The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope Magazine (Winter 2020, #113), he recalled the early days of home video, way before he started Sinister Cinema, and painted a picture of what it was like for film lovers turned film collectors in that era. He reminisced about a time just prior to the home video explosion in the early ‘80s that saw Mom-and-Pop video rental stores appearing overnight on every street corner (surely the most fun and exciting time of the VHS/Betamax era) and...

RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT Details the Story of How One Woman Videotaped TV 24/7 for 30 Years, In Search of Truth. [WATCH] Stream or Tune In via INDEPENDENT LENS / PBS!

Tonight, June 15th 2020 at 10PM marks the online premiere of what is likely the most fascinating and historically significant document of videotape culture ever recorded. Sound bold? Consider this: In 1979, alarmed by the amount of misinformation that television was consistently spewing forth, a Philadelphia-based activist named Marion Stokes began taping TV news programs 24 hours a day, and did so for over 30 years. At her passing in 2012, Stokes’ massive collection totaled to over 70,000 tapes, capturing everything from catastrophes to commercials, resulting in a videotaped time capsule of what television looked and sounded like for over...

VHStival 2018 Kicks Off on Video Store Day! October 20th and 21st at Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh! POSTER ART REVELEAD! Get Ready for a TOTAL VHS PARTY!

It’s VHSteadily approaching, Tapeheads! On October 20th and 21st, VHStival 2018 gets totally rewind rolling! LUNCHMEAT is absolutely ecstatic to collaborate with Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh and Video Vortex to bring two days and nights of unbridled VHS appreciation, celebration and preservation all under one roof! What better way to celebrate National Video Store Day (October 20th) than to have a VHS-driven bash kick-off at a most bodacious video store? We don’t think there is a better way, Videovores. I mean, a VHS Fest at a video store with over 70,000 titles for rent, 7-foot tall recreations of iconic VHS artwork,...

The Rewind Wait is Over, Videovores! LUNCHMEAT #9 IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Hey-yo, Tapeheads! It’s FINALLY here! LUNCHMEAT #9 is now ready to boogie woogie on your rewind-inclined brain, dudes! This brand spankin’ new issue is jam-packed with 52 pages of VHS-obsessed content including reviews of VHS-only titles like Terror on Tour, My Brother Has Bad Dreams, Invasion Force, Battle of the Bullies and many more! We’ve also got radical interviews with Pleasant Gehman all about her experience filming the punk rock ripper The Runnin’ Kind, words with low-budget action movie Renaissance Man David Heavener, and director Robet McGinley talks about creating the post-apocalyptic skate punk world of Shredder Orpheus! But...