by Shawn Robare | Jan 13, 2017 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I think it’s fair to say that I am pretty well versed in the pop culture of the 1980s, and sometimes I wonder if that hampers my enjoyment of the current nostalgic revival of that wonderful decade. I spend almost every day of my life looking back at some aspect of my...
by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I wanted to take a second and point to something very awesome, the Halloween 2016 release from one of my favorite independent companies, 8 Bit Zombie! I’ve mentioned Ross and his rad clothing and merch outfit 8BZ on Branded before what with his super cool...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 29, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I mainly enjoy flipping through old “mom” magazines to find cool vintage advertisements for extinct products, every so often I do dip in a little further and read some of the articles. Like the one I took a look at last week about kid’s...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 24, 2016 | Look
One of the things I tend to skirt around covering here at Branded is the crop of modern films and cartoons that very heavily influenced by the 80s, either in setting or just straight up homage. There are a bunch of cool flicks and TV shows that fall into this...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 22, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things that I talk a lot about when it comes to the 80s is this idea that because the pop culture of the decade was so loud, syndicated and homogeneous no matter where you lived in the United States, it’s like everyone who grew up through those years...
