About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. How I Spent My Summer V: The New Frontier
Aired 26 July 2018 • 25 min
Archive HQ Version 2.0. Was it worth it?
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 8 (‘80’s & ‘90’s Hits!)
Aired 9 August 2018 • 32 min
3. Ben’s Music “Career” Vol. 2 (The Outsider Years, Pt. 2)
Aired 23 August 2018 • 36 min
By (inexplicably) popular demand, the Rock N’ Roll equivalent to “American Movie” rolls on.
4. The Archive Drive-In Movie Theater (or, more fun with Part 15 microbroadcasting)
Aired 6 September 2018 • 30 min
Attempting to realize a viewer’s vision of an old-school, drive-in theater—at home.
5. VHS Vault Vol. 14 (Be Cruel About Fire Safety)
Aired 20 September 2018 • 28 min
We haven't had a good roast in awhile, have we?
6. LaserKaraoke Vol. 6 (Repeat Offenders)
Aired 4 October 2018 • 45 min
More 8 frames-per-second at 1,800 revolutions-per-minute goodness from the darkest pits of the Archive!
7. Pioneer CLD-D605 (or, Laserdiscs, Vol. 2)
Aired 18 October 2018 • 29 min
Well, I kinda killed the Archive’s old LaserKaraoke machine…and I’d been threatening to upgrade the main Laserdisc player. Upgrade time!
8. Emergency Broadcast Salute, Vol. 2 (Halloween Special 2018)
Aired 31 October 2018 • 28 min
IT’S BA-ACK!
9. Philips DCC (Digital Compact Cassette)
Aired 15 November 2018 • 26 min
The future of the common audiocassette is (er, was) here!
10. Vinyl Potpourri Vol. 2 (Deeper Cuts)
Aired 29 November 2018 • 26 min
Another fragrant bouquet of dusty, musty, moldy slabs of wax!
11. Ben Vs. The Mo(u)ldy Mystery PAL VHS Tapes
Aired 13 December 2018 • 35 min
The Archive finally acquires some genuine off-air U.K. tapes…complete with some genuine U.K. mold (er, mould).
12. Christmas Special 2018 (Ben's Christmas Crackers)
Aired 20 December 2018 • 32 min
Some Christmas oddities (and one not-so-oddity) with a real bang to them!
13. DBX Noise Reduction Revisited
Aired 17 January 2019 • 29 min
New year, old hindrances…
14. Local TV Vol. 6 (More Public Access)
Aired 7 February 2019 • 30 min
Let us take another dip into the well of televised municipal culture…
15. Ben's ONTV Box/ Non-Cable Pay TV Vol. 2
Aired 21 February 2019 • 25 min
Our trucks are currently scouring your neighborhood with sophisticated equipment to detect anyone watching our show illegally. Don’t you dare question how we do it. Punks.
16. The Care & Feeding of Audiocassettes
Aired 7 March 2019 • 35 min
A massive dose of hissy, sticky goodness that should never be degaussed after midnight!
17. Cult VHS Distributors Vol. 1 (Something Weird & Rhino)
Aired 21 March 2019 • 21 min
A genuine(ly twisted) labor of love from your friends at the Oddity Archive®.
18. Laserdisc Games (but not LaserActive or Arcade)
Aired 4 April 2019 • 21 min
Search Frame 30609. Then, add in 29,000. Then, multiply by .84. Then, write down your findings (in order). You are now ready to begin watching this episode of Oddity Archive.
19. Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 3 (The Transitional Years)
Aired 18 April 2019
Like in sports, sometimes musicians need a rebuilding season. I promise, it starts resembling "real" music this time…
20. Mystery 8mm Films/The Ballad of Ben & 8mm
Aired 2 May 2019 • 32 min
About a year ago, I came across a pair of unmarked, somewhat damaged 8mm films. Since they both needed some repair, it seemed like a good time for an educational OA episode.
21. VHS Vault Vol. 15 (Potty All The Time)
Aired 16 May 2019 • 26 min
In the name of commercial appeal, the Archive cheapens itself to toilet humor.
22. The Branson Tapes
Aired 30 May 2019 • 38 min
Recorded not-live at the fabulous Archive Theatre!