Season 6

Season 6

Oddity Archive

25 episodes06/07/2017

Episodes

Episode 1
S6 · E1 · 06/07/2017 · 28 min

How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)

12 inches of Archivian goodness!

Episode 2
S6 · E2 · 20/07/2017 · 36 min

Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)

What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!

Episode 3
S6 · E3 · 03/08/2017 · 35 min

Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)

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.

Episode 4
S6 · E4 · 17/08/2017 · 34 min

Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)

A cooking show—Archive style.

Episode 5
S6 · E5 · 31/08/2017 · 42 min

LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)

New from Sing Alone Video!

Episode 6
S6 · E6 · 14/09/2017 · 27 min

Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)

I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.

Episode 7
S6 · E7 · 28/09/2017 · 27 min

As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)

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Episode 8
S6 · E8 · 12/10/2017 · 28 min

Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)

A double (if not triple) dose of failure.  You know you love it.

Episode 9
S6 · E9 · 26/10/2017 · 31 min

"Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)

The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!

Episode 10
S6 · E10 · 09/11/2017 · 29 min

VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)

Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.

Episode 11
S6 · E11 · 22/11/2017 · 21 min

The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)

The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).

Episode 12
S6 · E12 · 07/12/2017 · 28 min

Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)

Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!

Episode 13
S6 · E13 · 21/12/2017 · 38 min

Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)

Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.

Episode 14
S6 · E14 · 04/01/2018 · 21 min

Phoney Nostalgia

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Episode 15
S6 · E15 · 18/01/2018 · 39 min

Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2

More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.

Episode 16
S6 · E16 · 01/02/2018 · 39 min

Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)

Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).

Episode 17
S6 · E17 · 15/02/2018 · 19 min

Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)

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.

Episode 18
S6 · E18 · 01/03/2018 · 22 min

Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs

The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.

Episode 19
S6 · E19 · 15/03/2018 · 27 min

VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)

No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.

Episode 20
S6 · E20 · 29/03/2018 · 22 min

Silent-Era Talking Pictures

These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.

Episode 21
S6 · E21 · 12/04/2018 · 27 min

Vinyl Potpourri

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.

Episode 22
S6 · E22 · 26/04/2018 · 23 min

Loudness Wars

Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!

Episode 23
S6 · E23 · 10/05/2018 · 22 min

Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)

…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.

Episode 24
S6 · E24 · 24/05/2018 · 30 min

Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)

The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.

Episode 25
S6 · E25 · 07/06/2018 · 33 min

Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)

Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).

Season cast