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VHS or Beta formed in Louisville, Ky., in 1997 as a loud, noisy punk-rock band. But then things changed. “We were part of a scene that grew very, very stagnant, and seemingly bitter,” says ...
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In the 1980s, Betamax and VHS tapes fought over winning the American home video market. While VHS won the battle, Beta tapes ...
No one expected to hear from Louisville’s VHS or Beta again after its 2002 nouveau disco opus Le Funk. They were a little-known outfit on a tiny label whose conceptual hook—guitar-based band ...
That is what happened in 1984, during the first great video-format war between the Beta and VHS standards for home-video tape recording.
A year or so later, that Beta vs. VHS-type question remains unresolved, but not for a lack of trying on the part of automakers.
VHS or Beta: that is the question. But while you ponder your preferred method of out-dated technology, the Louisville-based dance rock act that shares the obsolete machineries’ namesake have ...
VHS or Beta Mixes Genres, Defies Expectations Kentucky's VHS or Beta has evolved from French disco to an '80s-style rock-revival sound. Hear the band perform acoustic versions of songs from its ...
SXSW: ‘Rewind This!’ Filmmakers on VHS Vs. Beta, Campy Horror Films and Searching for Japanese Porn (Q&A) Director Josh Johnson's doc is a love letter to the outdated medium and explores how ...
Like a lot of other bands from Louisville, Ky., VHS or Beta started out playing the mega-serious, experimental rock spawned by hometown heroes Slint and Gastr del Sol. But about three years ago, VH… ...
18."Chariots of Fire was a wildly popular movie that benefited from the new availability of Beta/VHS/LaserDiscs being in homes. You couldn’t escape the theme song either; it was played on the ...