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