Oddity Archive

NEW BEN'S JUNK POSTED (NAGAOKA 78RPM STYLUS...& SOME PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDS): The Archive is rollin’ in styl…us! youtu.be/FdXgCJDJxpA

Call me crazy (and I know you will), but I think this record has seen better days. $5+ Patreon donors, let's see if it's playable at all!

Just a friendly reminder, it's Kids' Nite at the Haunted Homestead this evening! $1 off admission coupons are available at Benard's (with any $50+ purchase).

Just in time for Halloween, I think I more or less rescued the Great Pumpkin...well, a first-home-video-issue, 1985 VHS copy, that is. I'd pretty well written this one off. It does not play perfectly at all, but it ain't dead. CC: @vhs_is_life

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL POSTED (HAUNTED HOMESTEAD): The bad news: Benny-Bob Yankton went out of business. The good news: Archiveland’s getting its first haunted house attraction! youtu.be/rsgCDhmljbw

Tomorrow will be this year's Halloween Special. Would you believe it's taken THIS LONG for Archiveland to finally get a haunted house attraction? Or, $5+ Patreon donors, check it out now! youtu.be/rsgCDhmljbw

R.I.P. King Cool

NEW COMMENTARY POSTED (HALLOWEEN 2025: KLAK GOES COMMERCIAL): A little appetizer for the Halloween episode later this week...which I'm doing my darndest to wrap production on. youtu.be/3VV9mzjUiPw

NEW ARCHIVE THRIFTING POSTED (#40: HALLOWEEN BASH): My Halloween costume this year is…some schmuck that wanders around secondhand stores and Halloween pop-up stores…ya know, like every year. youtu.be/Sx14r3vyABI

NEW TO ARCHIVE ANNEX: A special two-fer from 35 years ago this coming Sunday. Of course, autumn in the upper-midwest does NOT mean Halloween, but instead Friday Night Lights (read: High School Football). Otherwise, $5+ Patreon donors, let’s go (half-)thrifting! Pt. 1: youtu.be/j0FWynKWplc (Prime Time Ad Breaks) Pt. 2: youtu.be/UdWJgqI72_I (10 P.M. News & more ads)

NEW BEN'S JUNK POSTED ((SOME OF) BEN'S HALLOWEEN ALBUMS): Spook along with Benny!* *If you dare. MWAHAHAHAHA!!! youtu.be/npYbt0__dJM

There needs to be a "dank keyboards" channel on YT. Anyway, after going nearly a decade without a sorta-full-size keyboard, I had to (locally) quick nab a used MIDI controller for some "piano". Totally yellowed and missing the volume slider--been using a pocket knife to adjust that. Got the job done though. Weighted keys too--hadn't had that in a LONG time. Ok, I truly need to get to work on the Halloween episode now. And, yes, $5+ Patreon donors, an unrelated Ben's Junk is now posted.

NEW BEN'S JUNK POSTED (VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 3000): The first installment an especially long-term look into the equipment used at America’s last analog TV station, Archiveland’s own KLAK-31. youtu.be/FeDBvMIsYfM

Benny-Bob Yankton may have gone out of business, but his graphics live on. $5+ Patreon donors, let's peek behind-the-scenes of Archiveland's own KLAK-TV, shall we?

Last night's (appropriately scratchy) livestream has now been backposted. Ring out Silent Movie Day and ring in the Halloween season all in one easy package! youtube.com/live/cHZy46iYX_E

REMINDER: No new OA (per se) this week. Instead, join me tonight at 8:00 P.M. Central Time (pre-show at 7:30) for a special, slightly-belated Silent Movie Day celebration, in which I run one of the first horror-comedies, "The Cat & The Canary". youtube.com/live/cHZy46iYX_E

Just a heads-up, no new OA this week. Instead, we'll do a dual-purpose livestream tomorrow night. We'll do a little belated Silent Movie Day acknowledgment AND give a little soft-launch of sorts to Halloween season with an "airing" of one of the first horror-comedies--the 1927 (genuine) classic, "The Cat & The Canary". Proper livestream starts tomorrow (Oct. 1) at 8:00 P.M. Central Time, with the customary pre-show starting at 7:30. youtube.com/live/cHZy46iYX_E

NEW EPISODE POSTED (THE COPYRIGHT "WILD WEST" - SILENT MOVIE DAY 2026): The ol’ Archive Saloon is open for business…and is servin’ up some fire water that’ll get ya sued (er, stewed)! youtu.be/uozFKOByvfA

Tomorrow marks the sixth annual Silent Movie Day in Archiveland...that is, if we don't get in trouble with the Edison Trust. ;) Or, $5+ Patreon donors, let's...talk business.