by Shawn Robare | Apr 13, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve turned in an assignment for the league, but this week’s topic, on collecting and holy grails, hits very close to home. I’ve always considered myself a collector of stuff, but my interest in any one of the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 30, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I know it seems like I’m continuously going back to this same Fall 1984 issue of Muppet magazine this month, but in my defense there is a lot of neat stuff packed between those covers. At first I had intended to just post tidbits from that issue while I...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 28, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Seeing as I shared the Weird Al/Michael Jackson congratulatory advertisement earlier in the week, I thought it would be fun to follow that up with this Al Yankovic fluff piece (and not just because he’s interviewed by Fozzie Bear) from the Fall 1984 issue of...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 26, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I finally had the opportunity to catch up with the insane sci-fi musical extravaganza that is Captain EO, and it was only 25 years after it’s initial release! I grew up in and around Orlando, FL during the 80s and I took my fair share of trips “to the...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 22, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So last week I discovered an 80s kid’s flick that I’d never heard of before (The Quest), and I decided to try and document the process of finding some new nostalgia so to speak. It’s rare that I stumble upon kids flicks that I haven’t seen from my...
by Shawn Robare | Mar 20, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Yesterday I opened the mailbox to see a package from Amazon and my heart skipped a beat. For well over 15 years I’ve been dreaming about the idea of my perfect coffee table book, and in that little brown box I knew it was about to become a reality. For...
