by Shawn Robare | Jun 11, 2026 | Read
I first stumbled upon the work of Elliott Smith a few years ago while reading the oral history of the New York millenium music scene by Lizzy Goodman titled Meet Me in the Bathroom. Specifically, there’s an anecdote by Stuart Lupton of the band Johnathan Fire*Eater...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 13, 2026 | Read
I’ve always had a complicated relationship with the very singular personality that is William Bruce West. “We didn’t always see eye to eye…” is a phrase that springs to mind, but like the man, it’s more complicated than that. Online...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 13, 2025 | Read
It’s the year of our Gozer-Lord 2025 and I have not had an official taste of Hi-C Ecto Cooler in over nine years. The drought of the spectral, citrus-y nectar is real and there are no heroes in the Coca Cola company advocating for the nerd masses that would love...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 25, 2025 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a little while since I sat down and dissected an awesome pop culture bedroom so I thought I’d dive back in by taking a closer look at Josh Baskin’s childhood room in the 1988 movie Big. First off I love this movie to death, and love all...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 20, 2025 | Read
Finding myself with a day off from work, it’s a winter wonderland outside, and I’m watching my two nutty kids, so it seems like a good day to chill out and do some nostalgic upkeep on some of my collections. One of my prized collections are the complete...
