{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"KQEK.com --- The Great Tape Swap: A Salute to the 15th Annual Video Store Day 2025","description":"To mark the 15th Annual Video Store Day [VSD] in Anno 2025, I've recorded a short nostalgia piece originally published in the second issue of Film Fvckers. \u201cThe Great Tape Swap or: How I Learned Even More About Films and People Thanks to VHS\u201d is a true recollection of a special period when friends swapped VHS tapes and expanded their cinematic horizons, and discovered new genres and filmmakers \u2013 in my case, schlock, sexploitation, and direct-to-video B-movies. &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; For a related (and rather barbed) blog on some of the piquant trends in home video,&amp;nbsp;do check out the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com, which also contains links to prior VSD blogs, featuring some then-jarring trends, bits of graphic ephemera, and mentions of now long-gone shops that used to pepper Toronto's downtown and mid-town. &amp;nbsp; If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and Instagram. ","author_name":"KQEK.com Digital \/ Big Head Amusements \/ ArtScopeTO - Podcasts","author_url":"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38629840\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194346790"}