by Shawn Robare | Jun 27, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Growing up I watched a lot of movies, a least when I compare my list to the people I know well; I mean I’m no Harry Knowles or anything. So what I’ve begun to notice in the last few years is a weird trend in my nostalgia for childhood movies. There is a...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 19, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When I was scanning the Madballs sticker sheet this past weekend it reminded me of a Bonkers candy ad that came out around the time I started collecting comics. That led me to digging through some of the scanned comic ads I’ve acquired and as I was...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 18, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Thanks to an awesome eBay store, the Swoopermarket, which stocks a really awesome variety of 80s vintage stickers, I was finally able to procure a sheet of stickers that I’ve been trying to get my hands on for a while. Back around Christmas I stumbled upon an...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 14, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Obviously the main reason I began putting this site/blog/podcast (etc) together is my love of mulling over nostalgic memories and all the crap I had/wanted/loved as a kid. Well there is an aspect to this desire that is even more seductive than the nostalgia for stuff...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 13, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Yesterday marked the passing of one of the most memorable TV personalities from my childhood growing up in the 80s, Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard. Here’s the statement his family issued on the website this morning:“It is with deep sadness that we...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 11, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Finally, after a month of waiting, I have my own car back from the shop. The paint job looks great again (as it should for the frickin’ price my insurance company paid, which makes me wonder what in the hell kind of paint job you’d get at a Maaco for only...
