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 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...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 19, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Long Time readers might remember that I used to have a lot of fun participating in a weekly pop culture project called the League of Extraordinary Bloggers, or just the League as I preferred to call it. The project was spearheaded by Brain over at...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 15, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On this episode of the show I take a look at a couple of documentaries that highlight some unsung heroes of the 80s that have virtually been written out of the history of the pop culture they helped to create. The films discussed are Candyman: The David Klein Story...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 9, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
A little over a month ago I was farting around on Archive.org when I stumbled upon something magical. In the magazine rack section some amazing soul had uploaded over 100 issues of the now defunct Nintendo Power magazine. I was so excited about this I started...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 7, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On this episode of the All New Branded in the 80s podcast I spend some time talking about what it’s like to be a nostalgia addicted guy in the world of pop culture collecting. Though I adore most all 80s nostalgic kid’s stuff, these days it takes more...
