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  • RetroStrange Update: April 2026

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    Howdy Strangers, It’s been awhile since we posted an update here for Reasons, but not for lack of labor! We’ve got a big backlog of new content coming to the channel on a slow drip, and this post is our sneaky peek of what’s coming next week to RetroStrange TV this month. But first we want to thank our newest paid Patrons: David Millar, Coraline Ada Ehmke, Matt Witkowski, Kenn Messman, Matte Edens and the ominously named It. Thanks a ton for your monthly support, it helps more than I can say. Thanks to you our channel is officially paying all its server…

  • Happy Public Domain Day

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    RetroStrange depends on a strong corpus of works in the public domain. Over on Station Manager Phil’s blog he covered some of the very good stuff that is now public domain in the USA as of January 1st 2026. Give it a read and spend some time with PD material today.

  • Watch The Indie Beat TV

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    The ranks of fediverse streaming just got a lot stronger today, with the launch of The Indie Beat TV. RetroStrange community member Lime Bar has helped bring this new 24/7 streaming music channel to life. It’s like a much better version of classic MTV, with actual music videos from independent artists and creators who opted-in to having their stuff streamed. We consider The Indie Beat to be a sister channel to RetroStrange TV- we share a lot of the same goals, methods, and even code. Today is launch day! Go watch!

  • RetroStrange GIF Gallery Updates

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    We made some small but important changes to the RetroStrange GIF Gallery pages, which are now MUCH more usable on phones and tablets, as well as being easier to read and navigate anywhere you use it. We also added some new Holiday content to the GIF library, such as A Charles Dickens Christmas (1956) and A Christmas Fantasy (1962). These are watermark-free, high quality GIFs you can use anywhere you like. Enjoy!

  • RetroStrange TV Halloween 2025

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    RetroStrange TV1 is now switched over to 100% Halloween-only public domain movies, shorts, and more for the rest of October. We even threw in some vintage ads for toys and food. The perfect background to your Halloween party, free, no logins, no BS. New content is now in the Rotation: Halloween-Only Random Occurrences: Halloween Movie Night 

  • RetroStrange Select For January 2023

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    The theme for RetroStrange Select (formerly known as RetroStrange Repeater) is the Super Giant / Starman films. Tune into Select at repeat.retrostrange.tv to catch Atomic Rulers of the World, Attack from Space, Evil Brain from Outer Space, and Invaders from Space all month long!

  • RetroStrange Repeater

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    RetroStrange TV launched officially on March 31st, 2021 (the day before April Fools, of course). Today we’re announcing the first big addition to RSTV since it’s launch: A new separate channel called Repeater located at https://repeat.retrostrange.tv RetroStrange Repeater is your window into The Real Good Shit. A 24/7 stream of repeating showcase content such as the newest movies and shorts we’ve added to our main channel, RetroStrange Channel One (The Feed). Repeater will loop our latest features The Bat (1959) and First Spaceship on Venus (1960) for 1 week, so tune in if you missed those features on Movie Night.…

  • Dean Stockwell (1936 – 2021)

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    RetroStrange is saddened to hear of the passing of world’s greatest eyebrow actor Dean Stockwell. Mr. Stockwell was a fixture in many formative media experiences for us from the hit TV show Quantum Leap to his roles in classic David Lynch movies such as Blue Velvet. Strangers will know him best from WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON which we featured on RetroStrange Movie Night. Rest In Peace.

  • New Music: The Great Pumpkin Waltz

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    Just in time for Halloween, a new fall-flavored new track performed and recorded by John Inacay from a composition by Vince Guaraldi. Free or pay-what-you-can on Bandcamp.

  • RetroStrange Featured on Linode Craft of Code Podcast

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    RetroStrange producer Phil Nelson (that’s me) was featured on the Craft of Code podcast, by our web host Linode. If you want to learn a little about why we built RetroStrange TV & LOFI SCIFI, and what makes ’em tick, give the episode a listen.