by Shawn Robare | May 24, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It feels really good to be able to finally start catching up with writing articles here at Branded. Over the past few years there’s been a lot of changes in my life behind the scenes, and in particular a lot of stuff has been going on over the last six months...
by Shawn Robare | May 21, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
…Glorious! But before I get to that, let me back up a second. One of the most bittersweet nostalgic experiences is the yearning for food and drink products that are long gone from this Earth. I mean, so many other things can easily be revisited. The prints and...
by Shawn Robare | May 19, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Looking back at the past 10 years of running this site, it’s occurred to me that a lot has changed since those early days. One of the things that really stands out to me is that I found it incredibly important to rigorously categorize the pieces I was writing...
by Shawn Robare | May 13, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s weird when you come to the realization that you’re getting older, especially when you’re a kid at heart. Sure, we all tick off each year with a birthday and we watch the holidays and seasons fly by, but as we run through our twenties and thirties, it’s hard not...
by Shawn Robare | May 11, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I always felt very lucky to have had access to cable television as a kid growing up in the 80s. Whether it was the fact that I had access to WGN so that I could be exposed to the Bozo Show (and more importantly the Grand Prize Game segments), Nickelodeon and the...
by Shawn Robare | May 1, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Considering the rant-ish piece I wrote last week about the exclusivity of the upcoming Mondo Monster Squad “Rock Until You Drop” vinyl singles, I thought it would behoove me to switch gears from focusing on that sort of manufactured collectible to a much...
