Part 3 of the FAMILY ALBUM series will be out next week. In the meantime, you're in for a treat, as I'm joined for this first stand-alone bonus episode by Josh Schafer for VHSuper-fun chat about his passion project: LUNCHMEAT.
Josh describes LUNCHMEAT as, "a print and online publication entity dedicated to the celebration and preservation of VHS and video store culture." LUNCHMEAT most recently rescued my 2001 documentary INERTIA: RE-MAKING THE CROW from total obscurity by releasing it on VHS.
After premiering at the 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, this documentary about the four-year filmmaking odyssey that yielded the underground fan-film favorite JAMES O’BARR’S THE CROW sat on a shelf virtually unseen for 20 years—until now!
It's a story of passion, obsession, and creativity. Think HEARTS OF DARKNESS meets AMERICAN MOVIE—but with teenagers!
Dust off your VCR, head over to LUNCHMEATVHS.COM, and grab a copy while you can.
And while you're clicking through LUNCHMEATVHS.COM, subscribe to their YouTube Page, where you can VHStream our 1990's adaptation of James O'Barr's The CROW, as well as the exclusive 2020 video commentary I did for the channel, AND A BONUS VIDEO PORTION OF THIS CONVERSATION excised from the audio-version in which Mr. Schafer reveals his favorite VHSeven tapes from his collection of thousands of cassettes! The man has a veritable video store in his house, and don't you want to know which flicks are his favorite?!
I'm very grateful for all of the support Josh has shown me. He's really championed our shot-on-video Crow film and documentary, and it's been so gratifying to learn of the adaptation's growing reputation as a sought-after underground tape.
Follow @LunchmeatVHS on all the VHSocial channels for which you have an account to experience the great expanse of the radical rewind-inclined world of home video-lovin' history.
Thank you so much to Josh for taking a chance on me, thank you to my brother Brian for the intro and outro music for this episode--"Dal Segno" and "Memory Lane," respectively. Both are available on his Fascist Puppeteer albums, which you can find wherever you get your digital music—and (as always) for free at dreamingoutloudrecords.com. Thank you to John Noltner for the podcast cover portrait. Check out his "A Peace Of My Mind" project at APOMM.net. And thank you to YOU for sharing your time with me.
Episode Art by Hayden Hall for
Lunchmeat Magazine #9
