by Shawn Robare | Apr 2, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
With all of this quarantine time that a lot of us are mired in, I’ve been trying to be as productive as possible around the house. One of the things that I’ve been doing in the mornings is going through boxes and drawers of paper ephemera that hasn’t...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 31, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On the latest episode of the show I take a few minutes to talk about the underlying happiness and oft ignored sadness of nostalgia, and try to relate a couple instances where my experience with 80s era junk has led to unadulterated bliss. In one story I talk about the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 29, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Looking back at the 80s, sometimes it can be difficult to rank the best or most influential movies of the decade. There’s so many factors to consider like box office numbers, sequels, was the movie attempted to be remade, was it spun off into a television series...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 27, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In the world of collecting there are literally endless bits and baubles that one can obsessively horde until they find themselves reigning king or queen over a massive treasure trove. Maybe they’ll qualify for a Guinness world record, or have the acclaim of die...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 26, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
The Branded in the 80s podcast returns with a short but fond story about one of my most vivid memories of the Silverhawks. Join me as I take a trip back to 1987 and the amazing toy aisle in the Albertson’s supermarket chain that was literally one of the happiest...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 24, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
We live in a time of epic super hero crossovers and comic book cinematic universes that are managing to tie dozens of movies together into singular huge stories. There are television commercials that are mashing-up tons of pop culture characters, books that name drop...
