by Shawn Robare | Apr 18, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This week’s League topic is in response to last week’s Holy Grail & White Whale musings, and centers on what one prized possession we have that we would risk life and limb during a disaster to save. I think this would be a pretty easy question...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 17, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
After stumbling upon The Quest recently I’ve been in the mood to try and seek out some other obscure (or at least slightly forgotten) films from the 80s that I’ve missed out on over the years. Since I’m not into picking up bootlegs these days...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 13, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve turned in an assignment for the league, but this week’s topic, on collecting and holy grails, hits very close to home. I’ve always considered myself a collector of stuff, but my interest in any one of the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 30, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I know it seems like I’m continuously going back to this same Fall 1984 issue of Muppet magazine this month, but in my defense there is a lot of neat stuff packed between those covers. At first I had intended to just post tidbits from that issue while I...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 28, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Seeing as I shared the Weird Al/Michael Jackson congratulatory advertisement earlier in the week, I thought it would be fun to follow that up with this Al Yankovic fluff piece (and not just because he’s interviewed by Fozzie Bear) from the Fall 1984 issue of...