by Shawn Robare | Jan 23, 2018 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how and why I collect. Whether it’s refining and focusing on specific items, trying to curb the urge to splurge on modern collectibles, or just simply questioning why I want to do it on a fundamental level. A good...
by Shawn Robare | Jan 14, 2018 | Read
I’ve written before about a personal hole in my pop culture nostalgia when it comes to certain memories of stuff that aired on TV back in the day. As much as I loved Saturday morning cartoons, cheesy sitcom, and celebrity mash-up specials (like the Battle of...
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...
