Episodes
1. How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
July 6, 2017
28 min
12 inches of Archivian goodness!
2. Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
July 20, 2017
36 min
What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
3. Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
August 3, 2017
35 min
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.
4. Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
August 17, 2017
34 min
A cooking show—Archive style.
5. LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
August 31, 2017
42 min
New from Sing Alone Video!
6. Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
September 14, 2017
27 min
I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
7. As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
September 28, 2017
27 min
This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
8. Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
October 12, 2017
28 min
A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
9. "Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
October 26, 2017
31 min
The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
10. VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
November 9, 2017
29 min
Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
11. The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
November 22, 2017
21 min
The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
12. Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
December 7, 2017
28 min
Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
13. Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
December 21, 2017
38 min
Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
14. Phoney Nostalgia
January 4, 2018
21 min
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15. Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
January 18, 2018
39 min
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)
February 1, 2018
39 min
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)
February 15, 2018
19 min
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
March 1, 2018
22 min
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)
March 15, 2018
27 min
No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
20. Silent-Era Talking Pictures
March 29, 2018
22 min
These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
21. Vinyl Potpourri
April 12, 2018
27 min
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
April 26, 2018
23 min
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)
May 10, 2018
22 min
…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
24. Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
May 24, 2018
30 min
The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
