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I’ve been writing about pop culture for almost 20 years and I can’t imagine stopping any time soon. Here you’ll find all of my current articles and an archive of the stuff I wrote for my defunct site, Branded in the 80s.
PCP #8, Stalking thorugh upstate New York, it’s Jason Vorhees!
Catching back up with the Post Card Project, today's feature is on Jason who has a great toy...
Easy Cheese Part Deux, I love the smell of cheese in the morning…
A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece taking a look at the general history of that crazy canned,...
Peel Here #112, Of course Robo Force stickers are puffy, makes them more hugable!
I was rifling though my personal cabinet at work looking for my sketchbook when I came across...
Post Card Project Spotlight #7, Gonzalexx!
Today's PCP spotlight is on Jose Gonzales, one of the nicest and most supportive people I've...
Before this cheese was Easy it was the perfect Snack Mate!
A couple weeks ago I was in a rush during the morning routine. For some reason it seemed...
PCP #6, I always wanted to shake a severed hand…
Today's PCP spotlight is on Micki who hails from the other side of the pond, all the way over...
Wax Paper Pop Art #27, The most powerful wrappers in the universe!
Today is Friday the 13th which seems like the perfect opportunity to share some cool Jason...
PCP Spotlight #5, can you heat the howl of the Claymation Werewolf?
Today's PCP spotlight is on J.C & Leslie Beirau, a couple of cool folks out of Ohio that...
Sifting through mountains of old magazines pays off…
I've spent an inordinate amount of time in my life combing through paper. Aside from the...
PCP Spotlight #4, It’s a beautiful day in the Neighborhood!
Before I get into the spotlight I just wanted to say thanks to all the wonderful folks who...
Peel Here #111: A Grossville High School Reunion!
It's not very often that I get a chance to revisit a set of stickers I've shared before with...
PCP #3, There’s a little strange kid in all of us…
For this week's spotlight we're going to get a glimpse at one heck of a wonderfully strange...
PCP #2 – Dangermouse!
For the second reader spotlight we have to go all the way over the pond to the UK to visit Mark...
Learning to cook with the Muppet Babies!
Last week's post on the DC Comics cookbook insert from the 1981 reminded me that I have another...
Man, that peach blush toilet paper realy ties the bathroom together…
One of the weirder areas of nostalgia for me lies within the realm of the not-so-exciting...
PCP Spotlight on Christopher Tupa!
A little over a month ago I was inspired by a contest held over at the Retroist as well as...
Putting the banana in the Batman…
Thought I'd take a second today to share this great gift that I received in the mail in...
Peel Here #110: Presto Magix, or scrapbooking for nerdy children…
I was picking through a pile of ephemera that I plan on sharing on Branded in the future when I...
Creepy advertising for the Spiral Zone
Before I step away from the Spiral Zone for awhile I thought I'd talk about another interesting...
Surrender or pay the consequences!
The end of the 80s really was a time of transition for me, not so much in that the decade was...
Wax Paper Pop Art #26, Sucking at a video game was never so pretty…
For today's WWPA I thought I'd share a wrapper for a set of cards and stickers that I haven't...
Wax Paper Pop Art #25, the Rocket Launcher edition…
Since I ended up talking about the Rambo cartoon yesterday it only seems fitting to end the...
Shoot Rambo, Smoke that sucka!
More or less, the tone that I try and keep here at Branded is one of an earnest optimism. ...
Peel Here #109: In monster baseball you use grave markers as the bases…
Well, a bit delayed, but finally here is the 1988 Donruss/Leaf set of Baseballs' Greatest...
Wax Paper Pop Art #24, T-M-N-T-Turtle POWER!
So, I thought I was going to be able to get to scanning the Baseballs' Greatest Grossouts...
Postcards from the 80s. Want one?
**Update** Wow, I'm super stoked by the response to the postcards! A bunch have found...
Animatronic ROCK!
After reviewing the documentary, Candyman: The Dave Klein story, the film (and Hillary...
Wax Paper Pop Art #23, They should call it Monster Ball…
So for this week's Wax Paper Pop Art I thought I'd provide a teaser for a set of stickers that...
Are you a Maniac?
Over the past couple of weeks I've been sharing some fun stuff from the pages of the obscure...
Mystery Solved!
So it's been almost a year since I stumbled upon a mystery that I like to call "Michal Knight...