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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,...

By Josh Schafer   Fans of high gravity, rewind-inclined brews, we’ve got some radical news! We are absolutely VHStoked to put our heads together with Hutton & Smith and Five Wits Brewing to press play on REWIND OR DIE-PA: a high-percentage can brew to tickle your Tapehead tastebuds!   The release rolls out on Saturday, March 5th at Hutton & Smith Brewing Co. (located at 431 E M L King Blvd #120, Chattanooga, TN 37403) from 2pm – 6pm with a VHS Swap and pop-up Market with LUNCHMEAT live on site along with Eat Ghosts Food, live music and retro...

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...

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...

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...