Oddity Archive (2017) Season 6
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.
How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up) 01 12 inches of Archivian goodness!
7/6/2017
Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!) 02 What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
7/20/2017
Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation) 03 A King-sized episode for a King-sized anniversary. Of course, we can't play any actual Elvis, so let's look at some of the cash-ins based around the man.
8/3/2017
Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome) 04 A cooking show—Archive style.
8/17/2017
LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke) 05 New from Sing Alone Video!
8/31/2017
Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files) 06 I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
9/14/2017
As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials) 07 This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
9/28/2017
Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses) 08 A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
10/12/2017
"Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017) 09 The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
10/26/2017
VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos) 10 Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
11/9/2017
The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On) 11 The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
11/22/2017
Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities) 12 Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
12/7/2017
Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers) 13 Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
12/21/2017
14 No fees! No contracts! No service! Dial 1-800 ARCHIVE and save 0%!
1/4/2018
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2 15 More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
1/18/2018
Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1) 16 Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
2/1/2018
Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way) 17 This is what happens when Benny-boy’s control-freak tendencies get the best of him. Honestly, it’s not too terrible. Shame the product is mediocre.
2/15/2018
Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs 18 The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
3/1/2018
VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out) 19 No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
3/15/2018
Silent-Era Talking Pictures 20 These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
3/29/2018
21 Funny how a little kiddie music, a little commercialism and a heaping helping of Easy Listening stewed in someone’s garage for 40+ years equals such a lovely sonic bouquet.
4/12/2018
22 Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
4/26/2018
Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2) 23 …because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
5/10/2018
Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia) 24 The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
5/24/2018
Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia) 25 Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
6/7/2018
