Is there anything more 80s than this vinyl record?

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I got some bad news that the Quasar 25″ Tv I bought a month ago needed some major surgery. I committed to the necessary organ transplants, but in the meantime bought another old school TV for the exhibit because I am a chronic consumer. God save capitalism and the 80s.
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Turns out the TV repair shop in Petersburg where I bought the Quasar TV was originally a video store, and they had custom built holders for videodiscs on their wood paneled walls. The owner of the shop showed them to me, and I decided I would build something like this myself, one day.
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This piece of history actually works. We are working on getting a new needle and cleaning up the radio tuner.
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We hadn’t yet moved the foosball in the living room, but you can get a sense of the space in this shot. And how about that love seat?
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The faux wood panel entertainment center is pretty awesome. It actually has a whole side door for VHS tapes 🙂
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Kenny Hornung from the theater department came by yesterday to help Zach Whalen and I plan how we would build the panel walls for the exhibit. These are the whiteboard plans with all the details. I learned that this particular design is called a Hollywood flat.

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There is lore about this game, but I don’t think any versions have materialized to confirm it existence. I guess we should take it on faith. http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/21/rare-atari-2600-game-red-sea-crossing-pops-up-in-philly-shop/

Zach Whalen and Mike Black did the heavy lifting to get the UMW Console poster finished up. And we now have 60 posters with five different screens of various media. This should be fun!