Tag Archives: VHS

Archiving Video on Twitter with PeerTube

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Reverend

In terms of archiving videos I come across online, PeerTube is similar to Pinboard. I go to my instance and add the URL with the this Tweet and the whole thing archives https://t.co/BMpdsltmDI #loveit https://t.co/Z2eCUW4gLs — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) April … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Video Hauling, Episode 1

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Reverend

Tim and I finally started our VHS hauling video series that was planned out back in January, but never got off the ground. It’s understandable given we have been quite occupied with opening Reclaim Arcade and trying to keep up … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Fotomat

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Reverend

Now that Reclaim Arcade is up and running I find myself looking for other things to dream about. My life has come to a beautiful moment wherein the things I imagine can actually come true, not sure how I got … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Video Reclaimed

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Reverend

I’m gonna try and break my posts about the grand opening of Reclaim Arcade up a bit given there’s so much to say one post would just be too imposing and never get written.  Views of ?@reclaimvideo?, the gateway drug … Continue reading →

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DVD: It’s a movie on a disc the size of a CD

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Reverend

At last year’s OER19 conference the great Laura Ritchie brought me a suitcase full of VHS tapes. Within this there were the first five episodes of The Sopranos on tape that when lockdown started a couple of weeks ago I … Continue reading →

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A Short, Imperfect History of 80s Media Culture as Told by 3 C.H.U.D. VHS Tapes

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Reverend

Some might ask, “Why buy 3 different versions of C.H.U.D. on VHS? Isn’t that overkill?” The short answer is “Yes,” but the longer answer is and “Why the hell do you care? Are you some kind of minimalist, or worse … Continue reading →

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Video Vortex

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Reverend

One of the most serendipitous occurrences of Domains19 was running into Skip Elsheimer of A/V Geeks fame who is a media archivist with a stunning collection of 24,000 16mm films. Skid joined a friend of his from college to the … Continue reading →

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Support the Remixer and the Arts

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Reverend

It’s no exaggeration to say that @BryanMMathers changed my aesthetic life indelibly when he began visually animating @reclaimhosting’s soul. We love this guy! And he is an amazingly generous collaborator. https://t.co/eo14nVNNiN — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) May 24, 2019 It’s been … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Video, or #ds106flix

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Reverend

I am just coming off a quick, fun trip back to Virginia. I was invited to talk at Old Dominion University (I’ll say more about that in my next post) which meant I was able to sneak in some time … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Video’s The Weekly Watch 002

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Reverend

Getting back into that bava blog groove, and oh it feels so good! I blogged my weekly watch at Reclaim Video a few weeks ago, so this is more catch-up. Once I get settled a bit I’ll pick this up … Continue reading →

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