The Explorers, Expanded…
In the pantheon of of 80s era kid adventure films, there are a few that really struggle to keep up...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jul 24, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 24 |
In the pantheon of of 80s era kid adventure films, there are a few that really struggle to keep up...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jun 29, 2016 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 26 |
After moving into my first house that I actually own, I’ve finally begun the long process of...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Sep 21, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 1 |
As an avid collector of trading cards, specifically those non-sports pop culture sets released by Topps over the last 50 years, I have to say that there has never been a better time to be steeped in the hobby. Between...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jun 18, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 4 |
For this Overdue Books column I wanted to try something a little different. Instead of reaching over to a bookshelf full of overlooked 80s paperback treasures and modern nostalgia-driven coffee table books, I decided to delve a...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | May 21, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 5 |
I’ve recently rekindled my passion for finding and reading 80s era movie tie-in novelizations, and in restarting the hunt for books there were a few candidates that jumped up to the top of my list. One in particular has...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | May 14, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 14 |
I had such a fun time reading the long sought-after Goonies novelization recently that I decided to dip back into my movie novelization collection to find another fun one to devour. I wasn’t sure what to dip into next...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | May 2, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 12 |
I’ve talked before about my love of souvenir movie magazines and novelizations of 80s flicks because they were a great source of obscure information and deleted content from a lot of the films I grew up loving. Back...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Mar 20, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 9 |
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...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Feb 20, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 1 |
Coming back off of a hiatus always feels a little herky-jerky, what with trying to dig up some inspiration and cleaning off the cobwebs of my practically non-existent HTML skills. This year was a little different in that...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jan 23, 2012 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 7 |
One aspect of the American pop culture experience that I find endlessly intriguing is how certain portions of it so completely subvert class, race, religion, and creed. It’s hard these days to pin down...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Sep 21, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 16 |
Here’s my second and final Monkey Goggles article that was originally published a little over a year ago on the Archie McPhee literary webzine. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m putting these articles up here as it...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Aug 24, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Overdue Books | 2 |
I have my sister Beth to thank for introducing me to music in the early 80s. It started with her giving me a copy of Weird Al’s first album on cassette, and then continued on for years while she endured my constant...
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