📼
I've become a pretty intense VHS collector over the last year and one of the great joys of this new hobby has been all of the good people online selling fanmade tapes of contemporary movies. They take the graphic design for the packaging VERY seriously and it's such a unique and lovingly made novelty item to have in your house. Plus they're actually playable and watching some straight-to-Netflix type shit with VHS grain makes you feel like you've stepped through a portal to another world. I think the hyperrealness of 4K HD we're all subject to is evil and everyone should have a VCR.
Jan 22, 2024
Related Recs
I love going to the Internet Archive and searching for scans of vhs covers. So many people have taken the time to upload their whole collection and there’s some absolutely wacky design work on some of those things! It’s such a fun place to go for inspiration
Mar 14, 2025
physical art is just so much more sentimental or maybe I am b coming a curmudgeon psyched either way
I found this dvd/vhs player on the curb UNCLEAR if it works but pray for me bc I can finally watch my elliot Gould 💘
Jan 24, 2024
awesome company that makes physical releases of forgotten horror movies, foreign cult classics, etc. my local record store has a whole shelf of their releases and my favorite thing to do is to just grab one and bring it home as a surprise.
love you.
Feb 12, 2025
Top Recs from @virtualboy
🚶
I don't mean going to get groceries or Starbucks or something. I mean a bar or a movie or a diner-- places where you're expected to have company. Can either highlight some areas you need to improve psychologically or can make you feel totally sublime and alive
Jan 26, 2024
😴
People underestimate the power of the olfactory when it comes to coaxing yourself to sleep. Melatonin has just given me schizo dreams so I started spritzing myself with a few calming fragrances right before bed and it really changed everything.
Not only is it a totally decadent and regal thing to do, it really does help you go to sleep. I go for Le Labo Ylang if I'm feeling really bougie but otherwise I'll do a dupe of Tom Ford Ombré Leather or Lust by Lush.
Speaking of Lush, solid perfumes are EXCELLENT for this as they smell great, last a long time, and it can take years to run out.
Mar 12, 2024
I spent MANY years hunting for the perfect sunscreen-scented perfume and this is the one to beat. I’ve tried everything there is– Margiela Beach Walk is nice but it has too much of a day-spa vibe, Vacation doesn’t last long enough and is too banana-heavy, and the CDG one is too gimmicky and not very wearable.
Beach is that sharp, chemical, plasticky, Coppertone public waterpark smell that makes every single day feel like it might be the most perfect day of the entire summer. I spray it on myself on days where I feel like Chicago winter might actually kill me and it always fixes my mood
Jan 24, 2024