Oddity Archive — Season 6
25 episodesFirst aired 6 July 2017
E1How I Spent My Summer IV (Ben Vs. Laserdisc Audio & Turntable Tune-up)
Jul 201728m
12 inches of Archivian goodness!
- E2
Record Ripoffs Vol. 7 (Revenge of the 70's!)
Jul 201736m
What’cha doin’ on your rump? Hopefully, you’re watching this episode!
- E3
Elvis Has(n't) Left The Building (Elvisploitation)
Aug 201735m
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.
- E4
Tape Baking (A Quasi-Documentary on Sticky-Shed Syndrome)
Aug 201734m
A cooking show—Archive style.
- E5
LaserKaraoke Vol. 5 (+ assorted VHS & VCD Karaoke)
Aug 201742m
New from Sing Alone Video!
- E6
Playtape & Aroma Disc (or, The Anti-Audiophile Files)
Sept 201727m
I was burning incense on not-quite vinyl (while listening to Playtapes) before you were. Take that, hipsters.
- E7
As Seen On TV! (Mail-Order & Infomercial-Style Commercials)
Sept 201727m
This offer will expire without notice! Order now!
- E8
Ben's Palm PDA's (& Camera "Spy" Glasses)
Oct 201728m
A double (if not triple) dose of failure. You know you love it.
- E9
"Telecine" Film Transfer (A Nightmare In Celluloid) (Halloween Special 2017)
Oct 201731m
The scariest (in the existentialist sense, at least) Archive Halloween to date!
- E10
VHS Vault Vol. 12 (Child Safety Videos)
Nov 201729m
Let’s reminisce about the great bully/child abductor epidemic of the ‘90’s.
- E11
The Max Headroom Incident Revisited (30 Years On)
Nov 201721m
The Archive returns to its deepest roots (largely because it was convenient).
- E12
Dynagroove & Friends (Vinyl Oddities)
Dec 201728m
Oddity Archive® Vinyl: Now 50% lighter and with 50% more foreign debris!
- E13
Christmas Special 2017 (Ben's Christmas Clunkers)
Dec 201738m
Broken equipment, bad records and loopy videos—in other words, your standard Archive Christmas.
- E14
Phoney Nostalgia
Jan 201821m
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- E15
Ben's Random Audiocassette Haul #2
Jan 201839m
More hissy (and at times, indecipherable) goodness from the deepest, darkest depths of the Archive.
- E16
Ben's Music "Career", Vol. 1 (The Outsider years, Pt. 1)
Feb 201839m
Bring your earplugs! And, no, this isn’t false modesty—these recordings are pretty harsh (in every meaning of the word).
- E17
Dolby Noise Reduction (The Hard Way)
Feb 201819m
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.
- E18
Laserdisc, Vinyl & Cassette Computer Programs
Mar 201822m
The Archive sets sail for the United Kingdom in search of some unusual computer storage and sharing methods—we weren’t disappointed.
- E19
VHS Vault Vol. 13 (Movin' Out)
Mar 201827m
No Billy Joel songs were harmed in the making of this episode.
- E20
Silent-Era Talking Pictures
Mar 201822m
These talking pictures will never catch on…come to think of it, these didn’t.
- E21
Vinyl Potpourri
Apr 201827m
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.
- E22
Loudness Wars
Apr 201823m
Finally! An Archive episode with true A E S T H E T I C S!
- E23
Ben Vs. The Reel-To-Reel (Round 2)
May 201822m
…because the first reel-to-reel worked so well.
- E24
Local Flavor (Part 1: Nostalgia)
May 201830m
The Archive is getting ready to leave Beautiful Downtown Aurora. Better look at some of our local stuff before we go.
- E25
Local Flavor (Part 2: Anti-Nostalgia)
Jun 201833m
Let’s close our Beautiful Downtown Aurora years without any tears (maybe).
