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OREO to Re-Launch CAKESTERS at THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER in BEND, OR in Limited Edition VHS Sleeves

By Josh Schafer If you’re a rewind regular here in Lunchmeat Land, you’re likely aware that there’s nothing we love more than VHS and snacks. So when we saw that the iconic cookie-mongers at OREO were re-launching their CAKESTERS confection with a radical rewind-inclined spin, we had to let our fellow Tapeheads and VHSnackers know! According to today's social media posts (1/7/22), Oreo is declaring “It’s 2007 All Over Again.” 2007 was the year Oreo's CAKESTERS originally launched, and now, for the re-launch, they’re bringing them to the only place where it’s still 2007: The...

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...

DRIVE-IN VHS FEST V is Alive! LUNCHMEAT Teams Up with Mahoning Drive-In and Saturn's Core to Present the Best VHS Party Ever.

By Josh Schafer Hey-yo, Tapeheads! We are absolutely VHStoked to unveil the fully fantastic DRIVE-IN VHS FEST V poster art from the amazingly radical hand of artist VHSupreme HAYDEN HALL! Yes, these posters will be available at the fest! Wait.. What’s DRIVE-IN VHS FEST? We’re so glad you asked! VHS FEST is the largest and most bodacious VHS event in the nation and guaranteed to give you the most rewind-radical weekend of your life! This will rule, Tapeheads! It’s undoubtedly our favorite event of the year (and frankly of all-time) so DON’T MISS IT! Tickets are going...

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June 2, 2021

LUNCHMEAT Launches Our First Podcast with VHSnackin' - Rewind Back to Nostalgic Video Era Classics and Try Some Tasty Treats

By Josh Schafer Hey-yo, Tapeheads! We’re VHStoked to announce the launch of our first podcast: VHSnackin’! Join us as we delve into the nostalgic cult classics that helped shape our taste in cinema, and continue to be comfort food films to this day. Oh, and there’s snacks, of course! Rad ones! Gotta have the VHSnacks, Videovores! Hosted by Josh Lunchmeat and Phil from The Spookhouse Podacst, get ready to rewind back to some video era classics, and munch on some tasty treats: this is VHSnackin! Our first three episodes featuring HEAVYWEIGHTS, DENNIS THE MENACE, and AIRBORNE...

Rewinding Back to the Natural Magic of Handwritten VHS Labels

By Josh Schafer Few forsaken objects hold as much nostalgia power as the VHS tape. More than just the object itself, it’s the experiences involving this so-called obsolete piece of media that power this nearly nuclear level of nostalgia. It’s evident in mass media, advertising, major merchandising, and even in people’s basements (where numerous nostalgiacs are building basement video stores), that a VHS revival is already here, and it’s only getting more play. There’s always been the relatively small yet powerfully passionate pledges of long-running underground VHS culture (e.g. online Facebook groups, Instagram feeds aplenty, and dedicated VHS-driven...