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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.
I’m basically still Chunk at heart
For the majority of my life I was, well, let's say pretty husky. As a very young kid I was...
So, something pretty damn RAD happened…
I've been in full on Rad mode lately, I know, so bear with me for one more piece of excitement...
Alright Dudes! Let’s walk this sucker!
This month it was my turn to pick the movie that the Cult Film Club covered and I decided it...
This book is, well, RAD!
In 1986 my family had yet to own a VCR and every weekend we’d trek out to the little mom &...
Knights of the Holographic Light!
After I started reacquiring some of my childhood toys recently, specifically picking up a...
G.I. Joe, a Real French-Canadian Hero!
I thought I'd take a crack at this week's League topic (simply: Yo Joe!) since it's both...
Who’s the baddest Mofo Low Down in this Town?
I recently sat down with my Cult Film Club co-hosts and recorded a new 80s-centric episode of...
I collect spores, molds, fungus, and glow in the dark vinyl…
About a month ago my good friend Tim over at Flashlights Are Something to Eat and the...
The Repo Man has entered The Grid!
Lots of little personal projects going on this month behind the scenes at Branded, but of all...
Awesome 80s Bedrooms: Labyrinth Edition
So I recently had the chance to catch Jim Henson's Labyrinth on the big screen and I made sure...
I’m obsessed with the LoEB’s return!
The League of Extraordinary Bloggers has been on hiatus for a while as Brian over at Cool &...
Apparently 8 is the magic number…
So, in just a couple of weeks Branded in the 80s will turn 8 years old. Though it's kind of...
Reconsidering Billy Francis Kopeke…
This past week I dove back into my Awesome 80s Bedrooms dissections by taking a look at Josh...
Awesome 80s Bedrooms: Big Edition
It's been a little while since I sat down and dissected an awesome pop culture bedroom so I...
Reclaiming my Childhood: Miscellaneous Edition
So I've written numerous times about how much I want to rebuild the toy collection I had as a...
I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Gamer & Other Strangeness
Recently while organizing one of my bookshelves I found myself reminiscing over a stack of my...
Geeky Valentines weekend shenanigans
This past weekend my girlfriend Jaime and I took the opportunity of some downtime to check out...
Pop Culture Cartography
I was recently flipping through a few of my issues of ThunderCats magazine (as you do) and...
Is it worth revisiting 80s films on the big screen?
It may sound weird, but I find myself asking this question a lot. Over the past decade I've...
Rebuilding the 80s, brick by brick…
So it was announced today that the 7th official Lego Cuusoo project is going to be brick artist...
Shuffle them Duke boys good Rosco…
I mentioned in this past weekend's Battle Cat toddler hopper piece that I found something...
And then there’s that time you almost spent $600 on a toddler toy…
So, felt a little listless hanging around the apartment this weekend and decided to make the 45...
Teeny Tiny Thunderhawk
Things have been pretty nuts this week, but yesterday there was a slight calm in the storm with...
1.21 Gigawatts of fun…
This past weekend I stumbled upon something pretty cool while I was browsing through Alternate...
My Pop Culture Parking Lot…
It's been awhile since I've talked about my love for tiny pop culture vehicles here at Branded...
The Seedy Adult Underworld of 80s Family Entertainment
I know every generation says this about the decades when they came of age, but growing up in...
The Transformers Legacy Boxart book will melt your mind…
On the heels of my Transformers Afterburner toy acquisition from this past weekend I wanted to...
Reclaiming another small piece of my childhood…
I think it might surprise folks that I don't have a huge collection of vintage toys from the...
Punching in for 9 to 5 Warriors
One of the really cool aspects of the 80s/90s era nostalgia boom is getting a chance to see...
Getting Slimed by the Oral History of Nickelodeon…
Sometimes it’s really hard to find the balance between being a fan of something and being,...