Blog – Tagged "video store"

Brantley Palmer, Everything to Entertain You, Keene, New England, New Hampshire, Video Headquarters, Video Store, video store documentary, video stores, VSDA - November 14, 2023

A Brief History of New England’s Greatest Video Store: Video Headquarters (1983-2015) [EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS]

By Brantley Palmer Hey, Tapeheads! I’d like to introduce you to one of the best video stores in the country (until its closing in 2015, at least), Video Headquarters in Keene, New Hampshire. It wasn’t just an amazing physical video retailer. The other thing that made it so special was how this one video store and its owner, Ken McAleer, far outside the film hubs of Los Angeles and New York City, were able to support and benefit other independent video retailers around the country, and how their presence would clash directly with studios and larger chains. Boasting...

RARE VHS GADGET: The Trisonic Manual, Handheld Videocassette Rewinder [VIDEO]

By Josh Schafer If you’ve recently been VHScrolling through our Instagram feed (@LunchmeatVHS), chances are you caught an eyeful of a radical, rare, and ultimately curious VHS era gadget: the Trisonic Manual VHS Rewinder. After the response on the rewind-inclined web, we decided to create a video taking a closer look at this curious VHS era gadget with thoughts on its intended use and answering the question: how long does it actually take to rewind a tape with this weird and wonderful thing? Check out the full video below and let us know what you think,...

MONDO VIDEO! is the Best Kept Secret When it Comes to Epic Basement Video Stores, and You Have to See it to Believe It! [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

By Josh Schafer People miss video stores so much, they’re making them in their basements. That’s not to say classic video stores are dead and gone. They’re certainly not. As endlessly evidenced here at LUNCHMEAT, and in an insightful (and important) article from Kate Hagen, there are still plenty of brick and mortar video rental destinations fighting the good fight. But there is a phenomenon happening here. From the earliest incarnation we can recall with Bradley Creanzo’s Bradco Video (as seen in Adjust Your Tracking), to Champion Video, to Nostalgia Video, to The Video Bunker, which was featured on...

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Atlanta, Video Rental, Video Store, VIDEODROME - January 22, 2021

Get to Know VIDEODROME: Atlanta, GA’s Last Living Video Store! [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]

By Josh Schafer With the recent announcement that Family Video will be closing all of their remaining stores, and the fact that there is just one Blockbuster Video left in the entire world (located in Bend, OR and subject of the eye-opening and heartwarming documentaryThe Last Blockbuster), the majority of people might think that video stores are all but a warm, fuzzy memory, gone but not forgotten. But for those who frequent Lunchmeat and all of our rewind-inclined channels, it’s known that nothing could be further from the truth. Across the nation, a small army of independent video stores...

THE VISUAL HISTORY OF AUDIO/VIDEO PLUS: The Origin of the AVP Logo

The rewind-inclined regulars here at Lunchmeat are well aware that the preservation of home video history and culture is the main objective in our overall mission. So, when Video Sanctum main-brain Benny Junko approached us with the intention of using our channel as a platform to share the hidden yet impossibly complete history of Audio/Video Plus, we were all aboard, dude. But first, a bit of information and contextualization is in order, just to get everyone up to VHSpeed. The AVP Storefront, now vacant, after many years of video excellence. Photo by Jack Lawrence. Established in...