by Shawn Robare | Feb 18, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past month it was my turn to pick the movie up for discussion on the Cult Film Club podcast (the show I co-host with my buds Paxton Holley and Jaime Hood), and since we’re in the dead of winter and I just moved up to Maryland and am experiencing boatloads of snow...
by Shawn Robare | Feb 5, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
There are a million reasons why I’m thankful for being brought into this world in the late seventies, but the one that I’ve been focusing on lately is that I feel a very deep appreciation for my luck in experiencing what the world has been like before and after the...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 17, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I often describe the 80s as the pinnacle of pop culture brand merchandising; a time when no promotional idea was off the table no matter how weird or nonsensical. Case in point, in the summer of 1984 Warner Bros., in conjunction with Amblin Entertainment, released...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 15, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It was nearly impossible to be a kid growing up in the 80s suffering through the onslaught of product merchandising and not have a moment of pure greed and weakness where you simply just “had to have” some ridiculously expensive and outlandish toy. ...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 9, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As I get older I often wonder how much the elementary school experience has changed for kids over the last 30 years. I mean there are some obvious advancements in technology with tablets and smartphones in the home that have kids pseudo-computing and interfacing with...
