Posts – RetroStrange https://retrostrange.com Vintage indie media streaming, ad-free Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:22:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://retrostrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-RS-MINI-ALT-32x32.png Posts – RetroStrange https://retrostrange.com 32 32 Happy Public Domain Day https://retrostrange.com/2026/happy-public-domain-day/ https://retrostrange.com/2026/happy-public-domain-day/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:22:07 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=1164 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.

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2026/happy-public-domain-day/feed/ 0 Watch The Indie Beat TV https://retrostrange.com/2025/watch-the-indie-beat-tv/ https://retrostrange.com/2025/watch-the-indie-beat-tv/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:02:00 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=1150 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!

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2025/watch-the-indie-beat-tv/feed/ 0 RetroStrange GIF Gallery Updates https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-gif-gallery-updates/ https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-gif-gallery-updates/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:20:25 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=1124 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!

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-gif-gallery-updates/feed/ 0 RetroStrange TV Halloween 2025 https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-tv-halloween-2025/ https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-tv-halloween-2025/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:39:29 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=1089 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:

  • The Cosmic Man (1959)
  • Dinosaurs the Terrible Lizards (1986)
  • Tales Of Frankenstein – The Face In The Tombstone Mirror (1958)
  • A variety of toy commercials, drive-in movie bumpers and intermissions

Halloween-Only Random Occurrences:

Halloween Movie Night 

  • Halloween Movie Night Friday October 31st, put us on in the background of your party!
]]> https://retrostrange.com/2025/retrostrange-tv-halloween-2025/feed/ 0 RetroStrange Select For January 2023 https://retrostrange.com/2023/retrostrange-select-for-january-2023/ https://retrostrange.com/2023/retrostrange-select-for-january-2023/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:07:42 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=556

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!

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2023/retrostrange-select-for-january-2023/feed/ 0 RetroStrange Repeater https://retrostrange.com/2022/retrostrange-repeater/ https://retrostrange.com/2022/retrostrange-repeater/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:17:43 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=517 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. Next Sunday Repeater will switch over to horror content with new featured movies for the whole month of October.

There’s a new page on the site so you can find either channel at your leisure: Just hit up retrostrange.tv and you’ll find the channel picker.

Watch Now
]]> https://retrostrange.com/2022/retrostrange-repeater/feed/ 0 Dean Stockwell (1936 – 2021) https://retrostrange.com/2021/dean-stockwell-1936-2021/ https://retrostrange.com/2021/dean-stockwell-1936-2021/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:07:08 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=263 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.

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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.

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2021/new-music-the-great-pumpkin-waltz/feed/ 0 RetroStrange Featured on Linode Craft of Code Podcast https://retrostrange.com/2021/retrostrange-featured-on-linode-craft-of-code-podcast/ https://retrostrange.com/2021/retrostrange-featured-on-linode-craft-of-code-podcast/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:07:45 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=243 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.

]]> https://retrostrange.com/2021/retrostrange-featured-on-linode-craft-of-code-podcast/feed/ 0 RetroStrange Backgrounds Vol. 1 https://retrostrange.com/2021/retrostrange-backgrounds-vol-1/ https://retrostrange.com/2021/retrostrange-backgrounds-vol-1/#respond Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:36:49 +0000 https://retrostrange.com/?p=216 See attached, two flavors of RetroStrange logo tiled backgrounds in two different sizes for your laptop, desktop, tv, or phone use.

Use them only for good, or for awesome.

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