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August 26, 2020

The Not-So-Goodfellas: The Curious Case of Mafia-Made VHS Bootlegs!

By Greg Hanson It all started a few months ago at a tape swap in NYC. Scanning over stacks of tapes, I noticed one - Time Barbarians, the Academy slip - and picked it up. It had been on my list and it was $3. I looked it over and noticed something was off. I have a lot of Academy slips and they all have a certain texture, a certain feel. When I slid the cover off and looked at the tape, I noticed it had a big, black square label. I have only ever seen Academy slips with...

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August 26, 2020

Brewce Longo’s HEADLESS EYES CLAYMATION Comes to VHS via VIDEO ARENA! Experience a Mind-Melting Mix of Indie Animation Insanity!

The fresh VHS train continues to roll on, Tapeheads, and there’s little else we love more than some homegrown home video insanity. Cue Brewce Longo and the new curation of his animation creations titled HEADLESS EYES CLAYMATION. Produced on videocassette by VIDEO ARENA, the elusive analog-only imprint that brought you MONSTER JUNGLE and other VHStrange mix-tape slabs. The HEC tape is limited to 50 copies exclusively on VHS, and is available and ready to invade your VCR by visiting HERE. Here’s a little background on Longo’s journey through his self-taught artistry: “I started animating about 4...

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August 25, 2020

Drive-In VHS Fest IV Comes to Mahoning Drive-In Theater Sept 18-19th 2020! Tickets Now Available for the Premier Tapehead Celebration of the Year!

If you’re looking for the most bodacious gathering of Tapeheads on the planet, you just hit pay dirt, dudes. Presented by LUNCHMEAT, SATURN’S CORE AUDIO & VIDEO, and THE MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER, we are totally VHStoked to offer two days and nights of ultimate VHS ecstasy, featuring six video era classics on the big screen projected from VHS, rewind-inclined vendors slingin’ dope rarities and essential analog gems, and late night VHSocializing (from a safe distance, dudes!). You in? Dig it. Tickets are available HERE. We press play on September 18th and 19th at Mahoning Drive-In...

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August 25, 2020

LUNCHMEAT joins ALAMO ON DEMAND with a Curated Collection of VHS-Driven Entertainment! Experience Our Virtual VCR!

It’s the most common complication in the current state of our world: you’re VHStuck at home, and in dire need of some weird, wild, and wonderfully ridiculous entertainment… but your last VCR just went on the fritz, or even worse: you’re completely VCR-less. Not to worry, dudes: we got you. LUNCHMEAT is super VHStoked to team up with Alamo Drafthouse and curate a rewind-radical six-pack of VHS-driven flicks for Alamo On Demand! Here’s all the details on this exclusive LUNCHMEAT collection now available on Alamo On Demand. Crack open this six pack of VHS-fueled entertainment and take a rewind-radical...

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...

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The Not-So-Goodfellas: The Curious Case of Mafia-Made VHS Bootlegs!

Brewce Longo’s HEADLESS EYES CLAYMATION Comes to VHS via VIDEO ARENA! Experience a Mind-Melting Mix of Indie Animation Insanity!

Drive-In VHS Fest IV Comes to Mahoning Drive-In Theater Sept 18-19th 2020! Tickets Now Available for the Premier Tapehead Celebration of the Year!

LUNCHMEAT joins ALAMO ON DEMAND with a Curated Collection of VHS-Driven Entertainment! Experience Our Virtual VCR!

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

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