by Shawn Robare | Jul 24, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In the pantheon of of 80s era kid adventure films, there are a few that really struggle to keep up with some of the most popular flicks. Whereas the Goonies, E.T., Gremlins and Stand By Me are considered the gold standard of the genre, I’ve always had a soft...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 17, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Listen, Read
So for those of you who are into hearing me talk instead of reading Branded pieces, the latest episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast is an audiobook rendition of the latest article I wrote, Thrashin’ and Trashin’ all about my years as an 80s...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 16, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In 1988 I was a number of things, a comic book fan, a budding artist, a metalhead (more specifically a Metalikat), a lover of cartoons, a Garbage Pail Kid collector, but more importantly, I was a skateboarding poser. As much as I loved the culture, brands, imagery and...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 15, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Okay, so this is sort of a bit of content recycling of stuff I’ve shared almost a decade ago here at Branded, but in the spirit (pun fully intended) of the new Ghostbusters flick debuting today I thought it would be fun to share my collection of Ghostbusters...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 8, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
In the fourth episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast I decide to dive into a topic I don’t cover very often at the site, music. In particular I take a closer look at one of my favorite 80s era anthems, John Farnham’s Thunder in Your Heart. I talk...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 7, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The more time I spend gliding through this wondrous existence I can’t help but keep coming back to this underlying thread of kismet that has ruled my pop culture collecting. Not trying to toot my own horn here, but I try my very hardest to put out as many good...
