by Shawn Robare | Sep 17, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I talk a lot about this idea that I have about branding and how one can transmute the miasma of corporate products and logos that clogs our everyday existence into something useful. All of this packaging, product placements, all these mascots, and these slogans...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 16, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I figure that since I have an essay up this week at Monkey Goggles (the swell Archie McPhee online literary magazine), I should try and keep with a simian theme. I’ve been sitting on this week’s selection of stickers for awhile now and I don’t...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 14, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
(Allee Willis and Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens) Do you ever have one of those days where everything seems to just coalesce? Last Friday I woke up to a pseudo press release in my inbox announcing the opening of the Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch on...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 10, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
You know, aside from the couple of upcoming DVD announcements here and there it’s hard to believe that I really haven’t talked all that much about the Smurfs over the last three years. Then again, I’m not sure what I really have to add to the...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 9, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’d like to think that I don’t go on all that many ranting jigs here at Branded in the 80s, but I’ve had something stuck in my craw for awhile that I’m sick of trying to tongue out from between my teeth. It’s time to get a tooth...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 6, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I swear I’m starting to get a little crazier every year now. The beginning of September rolls around and I tell myself I’m not going to start getting all antsy for the Halloween festivities. There are two full months before the actual holiday and a...