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Illustrator and Collage Artist Donny Robinson Turns All Walks of VHS Cover Art into 3D Pop-Up Sculpture! And it Rules!

A wave of analog excitement recently washed over the world weird web after the Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine Facebook page flashed a look at a most groovy gift I received from artist extraordinaire and all around radical dude Donny Robinson. DR’s rendering of a Media release Mother’s Day VHS box into a thrashin’ 3D pop-up sculpture is just one of the many slip case alterations he’s been shelling out; and as you’ll observe throughout this post, he’s sure to garner a lot more attention should Videovores sink their teeth into his array of analog casing cut-ups and other artistic creations. This...

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Fresh VHS Label VIPER VIDEO Captures Live Punk Rock Performances and Other Oddities via VHS-C and Offers them Up to Help Feed Your VCR!

The VHSubscribers to this here analog-obsessed slab o’ internet might recall a recent story on some radical riffs being committed to anti-digital glory with Will Mecca’s Paranoid Anxieties, and it looks like fans of live rock n’ roll and punk rock oddities have another new analog entity to get stoked about with Adam Papagan’s Viper Video. An experienced analog cameraman and seasoned surveyor of punk rock shows, Papagan is on a mission to capture that inimitable organic live experience and preserve those musical moments in time via magnetic magic. His Viper brand has been impressively prolific in its relatively short...

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Uruguayan Filmmaker Manuel Facal and Pyrsa Productions Offer Up Some Fresh VHS with Their New Splatter Comedy Romp ACHURAS 2: FETO VOODOO! DIG IT!

Hailing from Montevideo, Uruguay, seasoned indie filmmaker Manuel Facal and his gung-ho cohorts are all geared up to crack open your cranium and slather your brain with gallons of groovy gunk and gore. A sequel to a since abandoned shot-on-video feature (that I’d still love to see!), Achuras 2: Feto Voodoo is a brand-spankin’ new slice of cinematic debauchery rife with raucous antics, satanic shitstorms and ooey-gooey undead that Facal and crew have decided to commit to slip-case covered video vindication to appease all the analog-crazed splatter comedy aficionados. Read on, my fellow Videovores, and learn that in an analog-inclined...

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The Return of an Essential Video Era Entity is Here, Tapeheads! GORGON VIDEO is Back from the Grave and Ready to Invade Your VCR! DEATH SPA VHS GIVEAWAY, TOO! DIG IT at the End of the Interview!

Make no mistake about it: Gorgon Video is OG analog era elite. The mesmerizing Medusa logo, the heavy-hitting horror and exploitation titles and the overarching influence through years of renting and rewinding have embedded the Gorgon into every self-respecting Videovore’s gourd forevermore. And now, almost out of nowhere, the former video era giant is rising from the grave and getting ready to invade your VCRs once again. Read on, my fellow Videovores, and prepare to be VHStoned by the gaze of the Gorgon! Still one of the most analog awesome logos of all-time. We're glad to have ya back, Magnetic...

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Philly Band CAVEWOMEN Prepare to Unleash their Analog-Driven Aural Experience on Unsuspecting Tapeheads Everywhere! The Cult of the CAVEWOMEN Compels You!

Out of the dingy depths of a VHS lined lair come the psychedelic surf sludge punk Philly duo CaveWomen. Armed with an analog-aesthetic driven intensity and a pile of warm, fuzzed out anti-digital instruments, main brain Ben Mazz AKA Ben Money and his rhythm section Chris Swish have been dwelling in the shadowy depths of creation carefully constructing an avalanche of analog-only aural experimentation that just might set your ears aflame and your bounce your brain right outta yer skull. Their demo track for “Sympathy for the Hookman” has been haunting my eardrums, possessing me to hum the hook for...

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