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...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 28, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating, I don’t like being negative here at Branded in the 80s. First and foremost this site is about celebrating the nostalgia of the 80s and all of the cool stuff that goes along with loving that decade. ...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 9, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
About a month ago my buddy Philip Reed over at BattleGrip.com send me a link to a vintage newspaper article about the introduction of Mead’s Trapper Keeper notebook system that was originally published in the Reading Eagle in December of 1982. I love getting...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 2, 2015 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Almost two years ago I dug through my books and piles of ephemera to gather together my collection of pop culture maps from all sorts of different fantasy and movie worlds including cartography from the Thundercats, Willow, Fraggle Rock, The Princess Bride, The...
