From the Archives: The Pee-wee Herman Muppet Magazine edition…
It’s been awhile since I’ve waded into my personal archive of old magazine back issues...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jul 2, 2015 | Branded in the 80s | 6 |
It’s been awhile since I’ve waded into my personal archive of old magazine back issues...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Oct 9, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Halloween, Halloween 2014, Overdue Books | 6 |
Shortly after I first saw The Monster Squad I discovered one of the magazine staples of my youth,...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Jul 3, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Buried in DVDs, Cult Film Club, Podcasts, Saturday Super Podcast | 8 |
All of a sudden one stops and takes stock of the past few weeks and it’s impossible to...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Mar 21, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Personal, The League | 1 |
This week’s topic from the League is all about opening up about our guilty pleasures. This topic is insanely hard for me to tackle because I’m pretty open about all of the stupid or weird stuff I’m into, and I...
Read Moreby Shawn Robare | Feb 14, 2013 | 80s Advertisements, Branded in the 80s | 4 |
Considering the most recent episode of the Saturday Supercast deals with not only girl’s cartoons from the 1980s, but specifically Strawberry Shortcake, I thought this would be a great time to share this Bettry Crocker...
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 | Mar 2, 2012 | Branded in the 80s | 2 |
It’s day five and I think we should be lounging around our resort today. While I’m away looking for the arcade that was advertises to be at the place we’re staying, why don’t you take a gander at...
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