Oddity Archive
Oddity Archive
2012 · Documentary
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The Oddity Archive is a web series that revolves around the "cultural dustbin", especially as it pertains to media. The Archive also functions as an actual archive of sorts, with a modest collection of off-air Betamax and VHS recordings (about 400 total as of June, 2014). There's also a decent collection of ephemeral video, "ripoff" and "drugstore" LP's/cassettes/8-tracks, as well as (working) obsolete technology.
1.How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)2.Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)3.Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)4.Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)5.LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)6.Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)7.As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)8.Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)9."Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)10.VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)11.The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)12.Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)13.Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)14.Phoney Nostalgia15.Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #216.Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)17.Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)18.Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs19.VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)20.Silent-Era Talking Pictures21.Vinyl Potpourri22.Loudness Wars23.Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)24.Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)25.Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)