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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...

About a month ago I received a message asking if I would be interested in receiving some promo materials for Danny McBride’s new HBO show The Righteous Gemstones. Being a fan of the two shows he and the Rough House boys did previously, Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, I did not hesitate in accepting the offer. Besides, who doesn’t like getting free shit? I thought about it briefly, figuring they’d send me a screener or link, maybe some stickers and postcards. You know: The usual promotional items. Then , I totally forgot about it. Cut to last week. Per...

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...

Video mixtapes have been an integral piece of the fresh VHS movement since its inception, and continue to pervade the culture at an impressive rate (Take a look the list just from Halloween 2017, and you’ll see). And if you’re in the market for some brand-spankin’ new and totally rewind-weird VHS mixes, we’ve got some groovy new for you, dude. One of the best in the business has come out of home video hibernation.   Over the years, Secret Lair was steady killing the VHS mixtape game with an assortment of mind-melting, brain-bending slabs of rapid fire, fantastically curated cut-and-clip...

It’s here! It’s here! And just in time for the New Year, Tapeheads! LUNCHMEAT and photographer extraordinaire Jacky Lawrence proudly present HOME VIDEO HORRORS VOL. 2: an all-new 12-month, full-color calendar for 2018 collecting an eye-popping selection of the most spectacular slabs of cult VHS horror ever to stalk the video store! AVAILABLE NOW via THIS HOT LINK!     HERE IT IS, MAN! HOME VIDEO HORRORS VOL. 2 is available HERE and NOW!   Featuring the phenomenal photography of visual artist Jacky Lawrence, each month vibrantly celebrates a different VHS video cover, thoughtfully set in a scene reflective of...