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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.
Peel Here #24, No time for love Dr. Jones…
Welcome back to another installment of Peel Here, a column where I delve into the murky depths...
Peel Here #23, I told you there was an octopus in that one scene!
It's a new week, and around these parts that means another installment of Peel Here, my column...
Peel Here #22, Daniel-san, this not tournament. This for real!
Here we are in another exciting week, and I'm back with a riveting entry in the Peel Here...
Space Academy, or how to smile real big in a scary kind of way…
In my quest to dig up all the crap from my childhood that I loved so much I've run into a bunch...
Well I’ll be the father of a Ghost Buster!
To bookend the release of Filmation's Original Ghostbusters cartoon from a few weeks ago, BCI...
Peel Here #21, Look out Buck!
It's a whole new month and I'm back to a more theme-less Peel Here. This week I thought I'd dip...
Peel Here #20, One last sniff…
Here we are back for the second installment of Peel Here for this last week in March. CJ over...
Peel Here #19, still smelly after all these years…
We've reached the home stretch of the Month of Scratch & Sniffs stickers with this, the...
Peel Here #18, so many damn scratch & sniffs…
It seems like my day job has been slowly trying to stalk and kill me lately, so long story...
Peel Here #17, More sniffy goodness…
Here's part two of my four column series on Scratch & Sniff stickers for this month's Peel...
Bow before Hordak…
I just wanted to take a minute and share this awesome cover art for the upcoming She-Ra...
The Essential Saturday Morning Cartoon Ads, 1979-1989
So while I was spelunking though crap comic book bins at my local Book Nook looking for old...
Peel Here #16, Smells like weird in here…
Well as of this installment of Peel Here I'm officially a fourth of the way through what I have...
Peel Here #15, Nanu Nanu, or is it Na-No Na-No, you be the judge…
For this week's edition of Peel Here I've decided to bust out my collection of Mork & Mindy...
Peel Here #14, Hey did that Tyranosaurus just flip me the bird?
For this week's Peel Here I thought I'd share a weird little Topps sticker card sub-set from...
She-Ra Princess of Power Season 1, Vol. 1 DVD review
So, out of all the 80's cartoon DVD sets that I've procured in the past 7 or so years I keep...
Why dear, what’s the secret to that scrumptously Spectacular Spider-Ham you made for dinner?
Now here's a blast from my comic collecting past. Over at XYZ Cosmonaut you can get your pork...
My hand hurts from painting such action packed art!
The fantabulous Bubblegum Fink passed along a link on his blog to an awesome site filled with...
Peel Here # 13, Just imagine me building a super sticker machine in a rock music filled montage in the middle of the column…
So where do I begin with this week's edition of Peel Here? I wanted to hit something big, or...
It’s like 1984 for frozen drink treats….
Wow, so Hoover just tipped me off to an interesting tidbit in the mythology that is frozen...
Peel Here #12, or why George Lucas should just get over himself and release the damn DVD already!
Man, it's shaping up to be a hellacious week here at the house of Branded. First, it...
Only 25 tickets! That’s a steal…
The woman and I decided this past weekend to "do it up right", by which I mean that I...
Peel Here # 11, My lunchbox is cooler than yours, it’s metal and can beat up your stupid plastic one…
For this week's Peel Here Column I've decided to bust out my favorite acquisition of my recent...
Peel Here #10, It just goes to show that if you’re in the business of catching ghosts, having a gorilla around can’t hurt…
Man, this year already feels like it's flying by. I keep turning my head and it always seems...
Liquid bliss….
Jolly Rancher sodas, who'd thunk it. I keep meaning to write about these, but I keep putting it...
Peel Here #9, Blackstar never looked so Puffy…
For this week's Peel Here, I decided it was finally time to break out the Puffy Stickers. I...
Peel Here #8, Sticker Fun Books, or How Golden Books tricks us into believeing that stamps are stickers…
In this week's edition of Peel Here I'm going to take a look at some stickers that truly aren't...
Let’s go go, Ghostbusters!
In trying to keep up with some DVD on TV news for 80’s cartoons series I stumbled upon this...
My hocus-pocus is out of focus…
You know, if there were an award for the best company producing and distributing DVD sets in...