Episodes (25)
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Ep 1
How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
2017-07-06•28m
12 inches of Archivian goodness!
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Ep 2
Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
2017-07-20•36m
What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
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Ep 3
Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
2017-08-03•35m
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.
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Ep 4
Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
2017-08-17•34m
A cooking show—Archive style.
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Ep 5
LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
2017-08-31•42m
New from Sing Alone Video!
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Ep 6
Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
2017-09-14•27m
I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
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Ep 7
As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
2017-09-28•27m
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Ep 8
Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
2017-10-12•28m
A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
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Ep 9
"Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
2017-10-26•31m
The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
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Ep 10
VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
2017-11-09•29m
Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
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Ep 11
The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
2017-11-22•21m
The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
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Ep 12
Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
2017-12-07•28m
Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
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Ep 13
Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
2017-12-21•38m
Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
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Ep 14
Phoney Nostalgia
2018-01-04•21m
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Ep 15
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
2018-01-18•39m
More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
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Ep 16
Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)
2018-02-01•39m
Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
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Ep 17
Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
2018-02-15•19m
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.
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Ep 18
Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
2018-03-01•22m
The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
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Ep 19
VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
2018-03-15•27m
No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
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Ep 20
Silent-Era Talking Pictures
2018-03-29•22m
These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
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Ep 21
Vinyl Potpourri
2018-04-12•27m
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.
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Ep 22
Loudness Wars
2018-04-26•23m
Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
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Ep 23
Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
2018-05-10•22m
…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
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Ep 24
Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
2018-05-24•30m
The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
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Ep 25
Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)
2018-06-07•33m
Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).