by Shawn Robare | Dec 29, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As a kid growing up in Florida for most of my formative years, winter was more of a concept than an actual season. Sure, there were days in Orlando when it dipped down into the 40s and I’d break out a pair of sweatpants to wear to school, but by and large I...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 19, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On this episode of the show I take a minute to focus some of my thoughts about the latest chapter in the Star Wars film saga, Episode 8 – The Last Jedi. I dig into idea of how years worth of official canon affect how we view the movies and characters, then and...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 14, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Over the past year Publisher Insight Editions has comes across my radar a lot. In addition to the super cool Ghostbusters: A Visual History that I was gifted a couple Christmas seasons ago, I suddenly realized that I had a ton of their books either on my wish list or...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 12, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Listen, Read
On this new episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast I’m going to attempt to solve a mystery, a cold case 30 years in the making. It’s a twisted tale of deception, a famous advertising slogan, mistaken identities, and murder. Welcome to Cereal, presented by Branded...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 7, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the aspects that I adore about collecting and sifting through 80s era ephemera is finding all the hidden gems and weird little connections between things that nine times out of ten we’d all miss until we really started paying closer attention. Whether it...
