Showing posts with label vhs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vhs. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2009

1980's video boxes!


yeah, who can forget all those hours in the 80's, spent browsing all the dusty shelves of various video stores. and hey, i'm NOT talking about Blockbuster. i'm talking about all those local, independently owned video outlets... like High Point Mall's 'Candid Camera'... and the unforgettable 'Club Vid' accross that came around in the mid to late 80's. and 'Action Video,' which was slightly more well-known through the Carolina area. there was also that one place... the one out past the roll-a-rink, the one that had the popcorn machine, and the irresistible '5 for 5' deal. was it like, 'VideoAdventures?' man, i can't remember. and when we lived in Georgia, there was something called 'Turtle Video,' I think. and in the 'realms of my own mind,' there's the ever popular (albiet fictional) 'Wildcat Video.' ...and what was the one near the Kroger? was that an Action Video also? anyway, it was always my opinion that the more independently owned a place was, the more unusual and varied the coverboxes were bound to be. Beta, VHS... i must've read a thousand and one 'backs' of clamshells and sleeves. here's just one i remember. i can feel it in my hands... christ, i can almost smell it. dig it.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

its a video 45 ladies and gentlemen!


yes, i remember these. they were available on either vhs or beta, and contained about three to four music videos from your favorite 80's artists. i remember when my stepfather brought home our first vcr, it 'came with' his choice of video 45's. fortunately, he was a man of good taste, and he brought home the david bowie video 45 which contained the unedited 'sexy' version of 'china girl,' (...you could see his butt!!! ) and the standard 'let's dance,' ... and maybe one more, i don't remember. pictured here is the video 45 from the underrated missing persons. i liked most of their stuff. man, it seems rather expensive to me, to go through all the trouble to produce that much plastic and celluliod and packaging, just to sell two music videos... videos which i am 100% SURE i could 'find-and-view' for 'total-free' on the magical monster that IS the youtube.