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Baldocaster – Ident

Robin Ono — Fri, 06 May 2022 10:00:02 +0000

It’s Friday night. Alcohol, sleep deprivation and a nasty blend of shady substances have caused the couch to swallow you whole until what seems to be a very distant further notice.

The television set blasts the crummy, desolate living room with a grizzly white light, torn and tattered across a grainy screen. The twilight hour strikes, cueing a muddled set of obscure clips to flash and coalesce into a chaotic nighttime programmed of deranged audiovisual psychedelia. Welcome to prime time for the lost souls, brought to you by Baldocaster and formally as Ident.

Tune in to Baldocaster’s ‘Ident’ via Bandcamp.

Sony Says It Will Stop Manufacturing Betamax Video Cassettes

NewRetroWave — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 04:36:48 +0000

That’s right folks.

Betamax cassette tapes are actually still being produced!!

Who even knew such a thing. Best believe the price of your Betamax cassettes and Betamax at home may double, even triple once the end date hits.

Officially March 2016 is the date the Betamax life ends for good.

Who still has their Betamax and Betamax tapes? How does it compare to VHS?

THE NRW UPDATE: BIG NEWS FOR 2015

NewRetroWave — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:01:00 +0000

Hey Guys,

We have a lot planned here at NRW for next year and want to keep you in the loop.

Firstly we want to give you guys (the fans) the BIGGEST thank you for making 2012-2014 such successful years for the retrowave scene. NRW estimates that the scene has generated over $30,000K in sales in Bandcamp alone since 2012. We wont even get you started with the iTunes numbers! Your loyalty is keeping retrowave alive!

Not only have we seen a plethora of new artists enter the scene, but the quality of production and musicality has increased in direct correlation. As a result, the scene is stronger than ever with it’s own culture beginning to solidify.

Secondly we also want to give a MAJOR shout out to all of the other retro platforms that are doing their part to make this scene a success.

This includes Synthetix FM (Rick has been doing an amazing job in helping to expand the retro revival community), Drive Radio (which has absolutely filled a necessary void for the retro community), Maniac Synth (Solid Channel), Neros77 (Solid Channel) Poolside FM and Carnov. There are so many other sites and platforms doing a bang up job, please do not be offended if not mentioned.

Thirdly, this will also be a perfect time to address some of the nonsense that certain people in this scene have tried to shroud NRW in since last year when we released our 2nd compilation tape. We are strictly here for the scene and the fans, and we will continue to do that no matter what. All artists we feature are rewarded for their efforts and will continue to be. Due to past altercations, we now only work with select Channels, Brands, Artists and Videographers under specific contract conditions. No more problems! Just progress.

😉

Fourthly, We also now have a team of loyal and great staff of writers here at NRW who will be joining us as we expand into 2015 and onwards. You can check out their bio’s on the “Our Team” page.

CONCLUSION

As we move into the new year, there will be many new exciting things that will occur. Expect a lot of changes/ revamping to our site as we prepare to relaunch for 2015! You guys deserve it. Our web developer is doing a bang up job and we are thrilled with the results. You guys wanted a better site, and you will get one!

There will also be 2,maybe even 3 additional big surprises coming in 2015, but as we near the end of the year more will be revealed.

Also….ahem….we smell a Vol. 3 looming. This will be the final installment of the trilogy, and will be the MOST EPIC TAPE EVER! It’s all about quality, and not quantity with us! 😉

Get ready for an epic new year and…..

Stay retro folks!

– NRW

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NRW presents ‘Remember This’. A brand new column by Sam Haine

JimBootstrap — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:38:00 +0000

Remember
This?

The Local Video Store

By
Sam Haine

Before
NETFLIX and HULU, before Blockbuster
Video, even before youtube or the corrupted and self-obsessive internet. The
only place to see new films was at the Cineplex. People would make plans ‘over
the phone’ and make a day of going to the theaters to see what was playing;
most times without even knowing what the hell they were about to watch. If you
loved the film, you would spread the word and go back to watch the film again.
Why? Because after its run the only way to see the same film again was to wait
possibly a year before cable television could air it. Unless you stretched on
your sweat bans and pushed that hunk of junk bmx down to your local video
store. You know the video store that smelled of make shift wooden shelves and
filled with empty VHS boxes from floor to ceiling. Each box was held in its
place by a piece of string from one end of the shelf to the other; I guess they
were jumping off the ledge constantly.

In
every neighborhood there were at least one video rental store and sometimes
there were two. Some places you had to actually drive to from your house so, it
became a family activity, “Now you kids go pick something for you and me &
mommy are picking a movie for us.” Remember the days when families actually did
things together… even if you didn’t have one like that you knew other kids who
did.

The
place was a hangout for the local kids and the local kids who had nothing to
do. Mine like most others even had space for arcade games: Terminator 2 arcade
shooter, Out Run, Street Fighter, an SNK arcade cabinet with King of Fighters, Fatal
Fury, Samurai Showdown & Metal Slug; even that damn claw crane vending
machine. Back when claw cranes actually had stuffed animals and toys in them;
before my neighborhood fucked it up by filling it with pre-paid phones, fake Rolex
watches and other junk like big-ass fake diamond earrings (I shit you not).

The
video rental spot charged you a reasonable fee and only required that you
return the tapes (later dvd’s) when you were supposed to and for the tapes to
be rewound. The staff was from the neighborhood or cute enough that you didn’t
care where they came from. The staff also knew what they were talking about
because they loved nothing more than to watch movies and geek out over good
ones and rant poetic hatred about bad ones.

There was always a mysterious
backroom with a neon Adults Only sign above a dark curtain and you just knew
there were things behind that curtain not for you but you couldn’t resist
somehow taking a peek every time.

Their inventory didn’t
consist of the flavor of the month based on customer habits, no, they had what
they had and that was everything from B-movies, kung fu movies, foreign films,
classic films and Hollywood big studio defecation. Remember the Elvira collections where she
would give an introduction to the feature? Remember the Sho Kosugi collection?
Remember all the great movies you haven’t seen in forever.

That’s what Netflix is
seriously lacking – the oddities and the obscurity. I have probably only been
on Netflix maybe only six times. Instead I take free time to go and surf
youtube for all the lost memories. Where else would you find any of the films I
feature every month on this site for you and your viewing pleasure? Everybody
remembers the summer fluffers but it’s the little thrills and chills and movies
that only you and your friends remember with all the inside humor that make the
memories of youth so cherished.

Another
thing to remember – SUNCOAST VIDEO stores and how they sucked!

Suncoast the harbinger
of mediocrity; they never had anything you wanted. Movies were never where they
were supposed to be or they just didn’t have it. The anime section was only six
films: Robotech, Bubblegum Crisis, Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Project A-ko and Wicked
City.

The staff sucked balls
and didn’t know anything. In fact they were the ancestors to the blue shirt
douches that worked at Blockbuster.

“Hello sir, where are your Troma films?”
“Troma? Oh yeah third aisle in the foreign section.”

“Face/Off is an official movie, I liked it,”says the Employee of the Month.
“Official? So every other movie here at FYE is bootleg?”

Remember
these things? What are your memories of your local video store? Reminisce a little and keep your
fingers firmly on the rewind button.

Sam HaiNe is a writer of short stories and flash
fiction and the creator of Hainesville (facebook.com/allhailming).
He’s a contributing writer for NRW including our Retro Movie of the Month. As well he contributes content
and Cult Fiction to CultClassicGoods.com.

NRW IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEWS ON A NEW RELEASE!!!

NewRetroWave — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:44:00 +0000

Yes folks, we are now accepting submissions for a new EP before we start to work on our 3rd compilation tape this year. We are very excited and pumped for this one. We really want to give the retro fans a treat.

If you are a retro musician and you are interested in submitting for the EP, please send all inquires to

ne**********@**ve.com

Please make the subject read “NRW 2nd EP Submission”.

*Only one track submission per artist.

Please note that this EP will only have a 6 track maximum and all songs will go through a series of rounds before being selected. If your musical quality and sounds isn’t up to par, you will NOT be selected.

We are aiming for a late summer / fall release for the EP so please keep that in mind. The music submissions should be uplifting/ inspirational and full of energy.

Please also note that all selected artists will be paid a one time payment for their music.

We will also accepting submissions from artists alike. More information will be provided in the following days.

The deadline for all 2nd EP submissions are August 15th 2014.

SPREAD THE WORD!

– NRW

THE NRW UPDATE

NewRetroWave — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:36:00 +0000

HEY GUYS,

IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR SINCE THE 2ND VOL COMPILATION TAPE WAS RELEASED. WE REALLY WANTED THIS TAPE TO STRETCH AS FAR AS IT COULD BEFORE WE PLANNED ON CREATING THE 3RD TAPE.

TO GET YOU GUYS WARMED UP, WE WILL BE ORGANIZING ANOTHER EP FOR A LATE SUMMER EARLY FALL RELEASE, BEFORE WE GO INTO THE 3RD COMPILATION TAPE.

ARTISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECT DATES ONCE ANNOUNCED.

THANK YOU AND

STAY RETRO!

😉

PREPARE FOR COMPLETE RETRO MADNESS!!!! – YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

NewRetroWave — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:59:00 +0000

WATCH AT YOUR OWN PERIL!!

BAHAHAHAHA!!!

DYNATRON AND STARFORCE UNITE!!!

NewRetroWave — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:31:00 +0000

THE EPIC VIDEO SAYS IT ALL

MUSIC BY DYNATRON

VIDEO BY STARFORCE

EPIC

THE 80’S DREAM COMPILATION VOL.2 IS OUT NOW!!

NewRetroWave — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:12:00 +0000

YES FOLKS,

AFTER ALL OF THE STALLING AND SUCH, WE HAVE DROPPED THE COMPILATION FOR YOU GUYS.

YES YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE FOLKS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY!

BOASTING SOME OF THE SICKEST RETRO ARTISTS, THIS COMPILATION PROMISES NOT

TO DISAPPOINT!

The 80’s Dream Compilation Tape – Vol. 2 by NewRetroWave

TRACKLISTING

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME SECRETS INVOLVED TOO!!!

ENJOY

AND

STAY RETRO!

NRW

IT IS OFFICIAL – NRW IS WORKING ON A 2ND COMPILATION TAPE

NewRetroWave — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:50:00 +0000

YES FOLKS, IT IS OFFICIAL! NRW HAS SIGNED ON FOR A 2ND INSTALLATION OF THE 80’S DREAM COMPILATION TAPE.

THIS 2ND TAPE WILL HARNESS MANY GREAT FEELINGS FROM THE FIRST TAPE, BUT BRING A SLIGHTLY MORE SUMMER-ESQE VIBE AND FEEL.

FOR THE ARTISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO SUBMIT TO THE TAPE PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DEADLINE IS NOT SET IN DATE YET. BUT WE ARE STICKING WITH MAY/UNTIL WE SET A DEADLINE DATE IN MAY AS THE TIME COMES CLOSER.

WE WANT SUMMERY FEEL VIBE RETRO SONGS….RANGING FROM ITALO TO SMOOTH NOIR TRACKS. ONLY 1 TRACKS PER SUBMISSION PEOPLE.

VOCAL TRACKS ARE ALSO WELCOME! PLEASE REMEMBER…WE ONLY WANT EXCLUSIVE TRACKS NEVER BEFORE HEARD.

THIS MEANS ALL TRACKS SUBMITTED SHOULD BE MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TAPE, OR SHOULD BE TRACKS NEVER BEFORE RELEASED.

PLEASE EMAIL ALL TRACKS TO

ne**********@**ve.com

MORE UPDATES TO COME

IT’S OFFICIAL…THE 80’S DREAM COMPILATION TAPE IS OUT NOW!!!

NewRetroWave — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:06:00 +0000

[SBJKT DESIGN]

FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST AND NEWEST ARTISTS….THE GENRE OF RETROWAVE NEVER SOUNDED SO GREAT!! WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BRING YOU THE 80’s DREAM COMPILATION TAPE.

ALL DOWNLOADS ARE FREE FOR THIS COMP…AND DOWNLOADS ARE GOING FAST!!

THERE ARE ONLY 50 FREE DOWNLOADS LEFT….HURRY AND GET THEM WHILE THEY ARE STILL HOT!!

HERE IS THE OFFICIAL TRACK LISTING

ALSO ALBUM COVER DESIGN CREDITS GO TO SBJKT

(Website)

LISTEN AND LIVE THE 80’S DREAM!

The 80’s Dream Compilation Tape by NewRetroWave