by Shawn Robare | Mar 26, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I finally had the opportunity to catch up with the insane sci-fi musical extravaganza that is Captain EO, and it was only 25 years after it’s initial release! I grew up in and around Orlando, FL during the 80s and I took my fair share of trips “to the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 22, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So last week I discovered an 80s kid’s flick that I’d never heard of before (The Quest), and I decided to try and document the process of finding some new nostalgia so to speak. It’s rare that I stumble upon kids flicks that I haven’t seen from my...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 20, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Yesterday I opened the mailbox to see a package from Amazon and my heart skipped a beat. For well over 15 years I’ve been dreaming about the idea of my perfect coffee table book, and in that little brown box I knew it was about to become a reality. For...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 16, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of my favorite pastimes since creating this site is seeking out old magazines from the 80s looking for hidden gems from the decade that I think are worth talking about. Be it old advertisements for forgotten food like the Frankenstein’s monster-influenced,...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 14, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Since I’m so enthralled with the pop culture of my youth, it can get kind of dicey when navigating today’s modern boom of 80s and 90s nostalgia with any sort of cost-conscious mindset. 10 years ago, when I first started reaching back into my childhood,...
