Ahh, the shelfie – the attention-grabbing photos that tempt and taunt the rest of us with a glimpse at someone’s book, record or movie collection, positively revelling in the joys of physical media. Well, never let it be said that we here at Desperate Living are not down with the cool kids.
As those of you who are regular visitors to our YouTube page (and if you are not, jump to it!) will know, we’ve started a regular series of videos exploring our archives, digging into some of the more obscure oddities and rarities that sit on our shelves. So far, we’ve explored a collection of rare movie books and a handful of VHS obscurities (focusing mostly on the titles that have become lost in time, unavailable on disc and barely mentioned in any reference books). We’ve also taken a look at a handful of soundtrack LPs, an opening salvo in what will be regular delves into our odd, rare vinyl archives.
These are primarily intended as YouTube-only posts – I can’t imagine that most Desperate Living readers will want every other post on the website to be a video post, but if you are keen to see each video posted here, just let us know. In any case, it seems sensible to share the first few here for those who might have otherwise missed them.
As with all our YouTube channel posts, we encourage you to head over there and like, subscribe, set alerts and leave approving comments. Naturally, we already have a hater who fastidiously dislikes every post and the more that we can marginalise this bitter turd muncher (or munchers), the better. The more that the channel builds, the more it benefits this website – so if you like what we do here, it’s worth giving it your support. This is a touch beyond your editor’s natural comfort zone, so if you like it, let us know (and if you don’t, well… maybe keep that to yourself)!
We have videos on censorship books, new Blu-rays, picture discs, underground videotapes and a bunch of interviews already lined up for the coming weeks, as well as expanded video essay-type pieces. Of course, we are open to suggestions for future pieces – right now, we’re still somewhat testing the waters to see what works and what doesn’t.
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