by Shawn Robare | Apr 23, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I recently sat down with my Cult Film Club co-hosts and recorded a new 80s-centric episode of the podcast all about the amazing martial arts musical Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon! We all collectively kneel down and kiss some Converse as we discuss our favorite...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 19, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
About a month ago my good friend Tim over at Flashlights Are Something to Eat and the Neighborhood Archive tipped me off to the special Record Store Day vinyl re-release of Ray Parker Jr.’s titular hit from the 1984 Ghostbusters soundtrack. Not only is it...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 8, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Lots of little personal projects going on this month behind the scenes at Branded, but of all the stuff I’m working on the thing I’m probably the most excited for is the launch of Season Two of the Cult Film Club! It’s been just over a year since I...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 20, 2014 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
So I recently had the chance to catch Jim Henson’s Labyrinth on the big screen and I made sure to use that opportunity to get a really good look at all the cool stuff in Sarah’s bedroom. I’ve know for awhile that there are a lot of neat items hidden...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 14, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The League of Extraordinary Bloggers has been on hiatus for a while as Brian over at Cool & Collected has been “extraordinarily” busy with his C&C print magazine project, but it’s finally back this week with a new topic. To kick things off...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 2, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So, in just a couple of weeks Branded in the 80s will turn 8 years old. Though it’s kind of arbitrary, we tend to focus on the “big” anniversaries in the five-year increment territory, but I had a couple of milestones I really wanted to hit when I...