WELCOME TO MY BLOG

Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me to reprint “Carbondale
After Dark.” I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed the notes I’ve received about CAD, and as I read the feedback, it occurred to me that there’s a
“community”
out there of Carbondale pats and ex-pats who might enjoy communicating
with each other. I also wanted to comment on a lot of your comments,
and decided a blog might be the best way to handle this, even though
I’ve never had one before.

If you aren’t familiar with blogs
(I’m not), you can read what other people write and comment on
their comment, adding to a “thread,” or you can start a new thread by
commenting on another subject with a different title. Or something like
that. Once you submit your comment, I have to “approve” it before it
gets added to the blog, so there may be a time lag before you see
what you’ve written, because I tend to dawdle. I can also
edit your comments if I think they are too raunchy or too whatever, which doesn’t mean you need to keep it clean,
just that I’ll be refereeing as it goes along.

To get things started, I’m posting some of the emails people
have sent. If you don’t want your message posted — or want it deleted,
let me know.

H.B.

68 thoughts on “WELCOME TO MY BLOG

  1. Pete E Post author

    The saints be praised, HB lives! As I implored my uncooperative bowels to release the lower GI pressure of my middle-aged shell-shocked guts and, simultaneously, perused the May Day edition of the DE I spied an ad with the unmistakeable tagline of the one, the only Harold B, formerly of Briarwood Drive, not-so-subtly soliciting a response to what I discovered was a home page with a greatly reduced rendering of the cover of one of my all-time favorite books, now known simply as “CAD”. Thrilled to the point of speechlessness I aborted the fruitless task at gland and went to my gerbil-operated Smith-Corona/Hewlett-Packard hybrid sending unit and attempted to contact the author … composer of the combination street history and Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers artwork which I so enjoyed, especially since my arrogant mug was a teeny portion of the cover art … and I had so hoped the author had acheived rave reviews somewhere utilizing his God-given talents of literary creativity.

    Your bio was unassuming, as was your philosophy, as I recall, and equipped with your crafty tendency to be both serious and jocular simultaneously! What a treat! I’d have been no less surprised to find John Peter Gonigam on my doorstep selling more state secrets only to find I had originated them. This is serendipity, my friend, and I sincerely hope this finds its way thru cyberspace to you in readable form. I do need another copy to replace my original signed version you bequeathed on me. Now on marriage #3 it was lost during a move, I’m sure, tho I am still with the same employer (over 30 years now) and reasonably content.

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  2. HB Koplowitz Post author

    From one uncooperative bowel to another, holy shit Pete, great to hear
    from you! Congratulations, you are the first person to respond to my
    website. All I need is a couple hundred more responses and I’ll
    actually do it — so spread the word.

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  3. Bret Post author

    Born & raised here, I’ll never leave! My original copy of CAD was loaned out again & again, and never returned. I look forward to the 25th anniversary reprint.

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  4. James R Post author

    Hey HB-

    I first read the CAD book ’bout 20 years ago while a
    ‘saluki’ – moved here in ’85, started a punk rock house at Elm &
    Beveridge (Roger Spaugh STILL owns it, Doug Diggle lived there before
    moving … & the kids are still having shows there in the basement
    on a weekly basis!), been here ever since – I live in M’boro now, mea
    culpa…

    Shit yes, you SHOULD reprint it – 710, Book World, even
    Barnes & Noble will carry it. The copy I read still belongs to its
    original owner, now up in Chicago, and whenever I’m visiting her house,
    I make it a point to re-read it – usually takes me about 3 hours, but
    it’s a great read EVERY TIME.

    Keep me posted on the status of
    the publication – I’ll get the word out to my friends that are
    long-timers like me, guaranteeing you some sales (I hope).

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  5. H.R. Post author

    Yes, I am one of those former Carbondalites that did not one, but two tours of the place (just couldn’t – and still can’t – get enough) and bought your book for over $100 on a rare book site. It is indeed the only book to truly capture life in that magical, wonderful place of freaks. It’s the place where I found myself – the place where I grew up – and the place that will always be the very best place I’ve ever lived. I lived there in the late nineties and missed out on the great Halloweens and the social unrest. It has been great to get a sense of what it was like there during those times past.

    Interesting to hear about your living in the dome, as I checked into living there myself – funny how some things will never change about that place.

    Good luck on the reprint!

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  6. Craig R Post author

    I grew up on the Strip during the era you chronicled, and now I work here. I’d love to buy a fresh copy of CAD, as mine got borrowed some time in the late 20th century.

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  7. John W. Post author

    Absolutely DO IT!!!!! I had an original copy some years ago and really enjoyed your insight into some of the C’Dale characters, Anteater, Tom Hood, Robbie Stokes,etc. However, I have misplaced it after all these years so go ahead and reissue it and you can count me in to buy a copy.

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  8. Mike G. Post author

    My god–$90-$140 for CAD! I know it’s a classic, but still . . . I wish I’d saved all those copies I bought and gave away.

    I have what I think is an original CAD edition at home, and I have a CAD poster on the wall of my office, but please put me down for the “anniversary” edition. Has it really been a quarter century?

    Also, I’d forgotten about nonSequitur–are there any extant copies of that? Big Muddy Gazette? I feel my undergrad hippy blood stirring . . . .

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  9. Brian C. Post author

    I’m sure I have this book somewhere, but why bust my ass looking for it when I can just buy another one?

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  10. Vince Post author

    I’ll pass this along to Tom North at Bookworld. He tells me that copies are selling on ebay for as much as a hundred bucks. You should find a ready market. And yes, I want a copy or two. For what it’s worth, I’m the dude who asked for one from Saudi.

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  11. Heather Post author

    Yes, I am one of those former Carbondalites that did not one, but two tours of the place (just couldn’t – and still can’t – get enough) and bought your book for over $100 on a rare book site. It is indeed the only book to truly capture life in that magical, wonderful place of freaks. It’s the place where I found myself – the place where I grew up – and the place that will always be the very best place I’ve ever lived. I lived there in the late nineties and missed out on the great Halloweens and the social unrest. It has been great to get a sense of what it was like there during those times past.

    Interesting to hear about your living in the dome, as I checked into living there myself – funny how some things will never change about that place.

    Good luck on the reprint! Don’t forget to contact Rosetta News and get them to pump the sales.

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  12. HB Koplowitz Post author

    Wow. I knew CAD was being sold for big bucks on the Internet, but you
    are the first person I heard of actually buying one. I’m really quite
    flattered. The dome was a trip. I hear they are trying to fix it up
    finally.

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  13. Heather Post author

    I was in Carbondale for a brief visit last summer and folks were talking about the book. A friend had discovered it at the C’dale Public Library, but it couldn’t be checked out. So, I started searching the internet, trying to find you (hoping you might have a few extras laying around you needed to get rid of) and find the book. I ended up finding a few copies on Alibris. I got mine for something like $95, which was cheap – there was a signed one that was close to $200. If you didn’t feel famous before, you must certainly feel it now. :0)

    Yes, Bill Perk (know him?) bought the dome and put together a non-profit to restore the dome. They did a recording session there last year and are selling the CD. http://www.buckysdome.org/ – When I looked to rent it, it probably wasn’t safe. It had suffered some major damage over the years. Now, it has a big metal dome structure, covered with plastic that protects the dome. According to Bill, they went back and forth about what to do – Bucky probably wouldn’t have advocated for restoring it; thus, the question became: be true to Bucky’s vision or preserve it for all to learn and experience? Obviously, the latter prevailed.

    I’ll touch base mid-summer, if I don’t hear from you. Good luck on this. I sent the link around to some of those who were looking for the book.

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  14. James R. Post author

    Hey HB-

    I first read the CAD book ’bout 20 years ago while a ‘saluki’ – moved here in ’85, started a punk rock house at Elm & Beveridge (Roger Spaugh STILL owns it, Doug Diggle lived there before moving … & the kids are still having shows there in the basement on a weekly basis!), been here ever since – I live in M’boro now, mea culpa…

    Shit yes, you SHOULD reprint it – 710, Book World, even Barnes & Noble will carry it. The copy I read still belongs to its original owner, now up in Chicago, and whenever I’m visiting her house, I make it a point to re-read it – usually takes me about 3 hours, but it’s a great read EVERY TIME.

    Keep me posted on the status of the publication – I’ll get the word out to my friends that are long-timers like me, guaranteeing you some sales (I hope).

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  15. HB Koplowitz Post author

    Do you happen to have any Carbondale memorabilia, like a rare copy of Band in the Bible Belt? Diet What?

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  16. HB Koplowitz Post author

    Do you have any Carbondale memorabilia to buy, sell or trade, like a rare copy of “Band in the Bible Belt”? Diet Christ indeed.

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  17. HB Koplowitz Post author

    Do you have any Carbondale memorabilia to buy, sell or trade, like a rare copy of “Band in the Bible Belt”? Diet Christ indeed.

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  18. James R. Post author

    Funny you should mention DC – I was 2nd (chronologically) guitarist (87-88), the lead singer, Mikey Snot, started the Lost Cross with me in ’86, and I still am in contact with all members.

    I have a friend, Craig R, CCHS ’77, SIU Law ’84, who wrote me saying “I grew up on the Strip, and knew many of the eccentrics–Joe Scorpio, Freedom Man Belchak, One-armed Bandit, Minnesota Fats. I’ll definitely buy a couple copies.” He’s my local point man for any local history questions I might have – he told me of the adult films @ campus drive-in on Old 13 before its demise, was 12 when Old Main burned, and is now a Probate attorney with an office in the old bank building on the NW corner of Main & Illinois, across the street from where the Hub cafe once was.

    If you haven’t guessed, I greatly enjoy local history, hence the interest in CAD…

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  19. RJ Post author

    Ironically I finally read CAD about 5 years ago after finding it at my inlaws’ house after seeing it on friends’ bookshelves for years. It’s a wonderful historical account that I need on my bookshelf as well. So by all means give me a heads up when you reprint.

    BTW, How’d you know I was in Diet Christ?

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  20. Brenda W. Post author

    Is this the book that Marvin L. Hill did the illustrations for? Marvin is my cousin (he passed away a little over a year ago). I remember Marvin Lee showing me the illustrations for the book, but I was a lot younger. Now that I am older and since I was born & raised in Carbondale, it means more to me especially with him doing part of it.

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  21. HB Koplowitz Post author

    Brenda: Indeed it is one and the same book. I have been in touch with
    Marvin’s widow Wendy to make sure we get a good print for reprinting
    the cover. Marvin was a good guy and a great artist. He left us too
    soon.

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  22. Brenda W. Post author

    If the book is republished I will probably be ordering many copies for my family members and one for my best friend from high school. Seeing the pictures on your website brought back so many memories. I was very young when they brought in the national guard for the riots. My dad would bring my Granny Hill out to the country after he got off work so she would not be alone at night. She lived just north of IV’s across from Selmier Peerless. Do you remember the name of the person who rode around with the dollar bill hanging from the clothes pin? Those pictures are great!

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  23. Bob Lavender Post author

    My parents had four restaurants on the Illinois Avenue “strip” in Carbondale from 1958-1964. My Moms relatives owned a dairy in Carbondale called “New Era Dairy. My Great grandparents and Great Uncle started it. There is a website called “Ralph Kipps milk bottle collection from chester Illinois who has some of the New Era Dairy Milk bottles on it for sale.

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  24. Bill B Post author

    Talk about memories, Briarwood heck I remember pin ball and “art mags” in Harold and Sandy’s room (stored in heat vent under floor) on Grand, white Nova wagon and then there was “horny hand holdin’ Harold”. I could go on and on, am looking forwward to it !

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  25. Brian Pierce Cozadd Post author

    HB:

    I’ve been away from C-Dale so long – I missed the book the first time. I spent every day of the 60’s next door to Bucky Fuller on South Forest. I mowed his grass and was invited inside by Bucky & his wife too many times to mention. I recall he was there only about 6 months a year. I was one of the original SIU Saluki Mascots in about 1966 – (5 puppy Salukis). I was tear gassed, delivered the Southern Illinoisian to the Hells Angels’ “Anteater”, Saw the Supremes @ the Arena, shot baskets with Walt Frazier, was on the scene the morning Old main burned down (actually running into the building to retrieve school records as the fire raged overhead). My Great Grandfather was Eli G. Lentz – the former dean of students & my Grandfather Orwin Pugh represented virtually everyone arrested in the 60’s as he was the Public Defender. My father ran the “Funky Groovy” clothing store – the Caboose. I met Walter Cronkite & Eric Severeid IN MY FRONT YARD as they were about to interview Bucky for “The 20th Century” Television show. I can tell Carbondale stories with the best of them.
    Being a “townie” in the 60’s was as exciting as living in any much larger metro area. I’ll never forget the “smell” I associated with Carbondale & childhood – that I discovered in High School – was marijuana.

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  26. Jim Bruno Post author

    HB,

    I’m happy to discover you in Cyberspace! I’m also happy to hear that you’re going to republish Carbondale After Dark.

    My experience during that era was viewed through the lens of the music scene there. Carbondale is the first place I ever gigged in. Where I first found a receptive audience. Where I played duets with Shawn Colvin and played in the Shawn Colvin band. It’s where I got to hang out with and learn from great musicians like Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Skid City, Cliff Eberhardt, Robbie Stokes, Rolls Hardly, the Dixie Diesels, Terry Mueller, the list goes on and on…

    I’ve been in San Francisco since 1978 but I’ll always miss that era in my life. It was a truly unique time in a special place.

    You did a great job of capturing the spirit of the times in Carbondale After Dark and I hope you keep up the great work!

    Take care and don’t ever stop writing!

    Jimmy Bruno
    http://www.jimbrunomusic.com

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  27. Aaron Milewski Post author

    I can’t wait to see a copy of CAD. I actually saw a signed copy for $1,300. I spent about a third of my life in C-dale, going to undergrad and law school. My parents both met in carbondale in the late 60’s/early 70’s. My dad told me about making pyramids of tear gas canisters on their front porch during the riots. The place has an amazing ability to suck you in. I wish someone would do an updated CAD with all the town characters that were around while I was there. Good luck with gettng the book published again.

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  28. Orren Post author

    Graduate if siu 1980

    After 4years of higher ed. I received a 2 year degree. Best time so far in life

    Thanks

    Orren

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  29. Michael Post author

    I assume you recieve numerous e-mails about your book Carbondale After Dark, but as a current college student at SIUC, I cannot help what tales are between its covers. Please let me know if you know of any ways to attain a copy of your book. I would like you to know that your book is still wildly talked about although it is almost an urban legand due to the fact no one has a copy. Also, any information on why it is hard to find a copy would be great.

    Thank you very much.

    Michael McGrady

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  30. John Loyd Post author

    Cool on the book being reissued. I’m not sure we ever met. I ran
    Shawnee Talent after being the manager of Devil’s Kitchen in San
    Francisco and Coal Kitchen formed out of two bands after DK fell
    apart. I booked most of the strip clubs from ’70 till ’77.

    I’ve got the first edition and have enjoyed through the years. I get
    it out and look at it from time to time.

    Warmest,

    John Loyd

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  31. Shadi Post author

    I’m Shadi Frick, a 27 year-old, proud towny of Carbondale, and a local musician that has played many nights in the now-dying strip. My dad is Ford L. Frick from the band Ronnie and the Bossmen (a band that played from the 60’s-80’s in C’dale, playing every night, 6 nights a week at the Ramada Inn in the mid 70s). I am also good friends and band-mates with artist extrordinare Brad Moore. I also play music occasionally with Robbie Stokes and his “Four on the Floor” band. Kevin Cox (sax man) has moved to Springfield, so I play sax with quite a few bands in town. Big Larry Williams (Martin Albritton) has been my most recent musical employer. I own an original copy of C.A.D., and would be delighted to purchase an anniversary copy when it is released. I would also just die to have a poster to put in my music studio. I have several books on Carbondale, and C.A.D looks at the town from a different perspective. Many controversial things were documented in your book, but it was those things that helped make Carbondale what it is. I would sincerely like to meet you sometime (if you were to make it to Carbondale some time), and buy you a beer.

    Take care, and best regards,

    Shadi Frick

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  32. Orren Eberhart Post author

    Graduate if siu 1980

    After 4years of higher ed. I received a 2 year degree. Best time so far in life.

    Orren Eberhart

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  33. Michael McGrady Post author

    Mr. Koplowitz,
    I assume you recieve numerous e-mails about your book Carbondale After Dark, but as a current college student at SIUC, I cannot help what tales are between its covers. Please let me know if you know of any ways to attain a copy of your book. I would like you to know that your book is still wildly talked about although it is almost an urban legand due to the fact no one has a copy. Also, any information on why it is hard to find a copy would be great.
    Thank you very much.
    Michael McGrady

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  34. Karen Post author

    Just heard of this book, and it will make a good present for my
    husband, Matt Feazell, whom you might remember as the creator of the “Mold and Mildew” strip in the DE, circa.

    I still have what may be a complete run of nonSequiturs, not to
    mention tons of photos and memorabilia. Too bad all the tape
    recordings of the Cool Dreams’ gigs got lost somewhere.

    Karen Majewski

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  35. Michael McGrady Post author

    H.B., The library is missing a few walls right now while it is being renovated. And as the rumor goes, and as we have checked to the best of our knowlege, the university banned the book from the library thinking it would give theschool a bad name. Look forward to ordering in the spring!
    Michael
    McGrady

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  36. Sandi Post author

    I would very much like to order your publication when it becomes available of CAD.

    Oh my god… I was a student at SIU from the summer of 1969-1972 and I havent’ changed a bit!!! I lived at Mae Smith the summer of ’69 (all girls dorm) and then 1970-1972 at Neely Hall (girls dorm) and went to school at VTI in Carterville and took that maroon colored bus to VTI every day…

    I would very much like to have a copy of that publication….

    Sandi Chesrow
    Class of 1972 SIU/VTI

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  37. Bonnie Reisin Post author

    I was glad to read about the revival of Carbondale After Dark. I have an original copy and would never auction it off on Ebay. Sheesh.

    I was disappointed that you didn’t mentioned the Marrakesh Coffee House in your book. Its entrance was behind The Fettish and other small shops, right off the tracks. I worked there as a waitress for a very short time. It was a popular spot for the duration of its existence and had bands play, including Devil’s Kitchen. Do you remember it?

    Bonnie Reisin

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  38. Dave Platta Post author

    Just got my latest money-begging mag from the Alumni Association, and there it was on page 81. It’s a book that needs to be reprinted. The writing wears well.

    Of course, I still have my First Edition copy on one of my bookshelves at home, and on the top shelf. And for what it’s worth, it’s not in Collectors Condition. I actually go back and re-read it once in a while and laugh my ass off. Big Twist and Splitwater Creek are gone, and Bobby Covone might even be out of jail by now (what a crappy employer!), but your stuff still takes me back to when the world was young, and so was I, naive and shocked to see a crowd rolling a VW Bug ass-over-teakettle down South Illinois Avenue on Halloween night .

    I even remember buying it when I came back to visit the year after graduation, when my old roomie (and eventual Best Man a few years later) Steve Latshaw told me you’d done a book. I knew I had to have it.

    Here’s hoping the reprint sells well.

    Dave Platta ’81 R-TV
    Columbus, GA

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  39. Mike S Post author

    I was a student at SIU
    from 1971 – and graduating in spring of 1974. My last quarter was the streaker riot quarter. When I tell people about Illinois Avenue that weekend … no one believes me. Those were some great times in C’Dale, Illinois.

    Regards,

    Mike

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  40. Anton Post author

    my parents moved to carbondale in feb 1957….my father managed the varsity theater (and rodgers until it burned down)…i graduated from u-high in 1965…went into the navy (oct 1965 – oct 1969)…spent a yr in viet-nam (I- corp/danang area aug 66- aug 67) and the rest in newport, ri and charlestown navy shipyard in boston…came back to c’dale nov ’69, began growing my hair long and enrolled @siu…after the may riots….(and being gassed at the intersection of illinois ave and main st, the hub cafe corner) and siu closed…i went back east to nyc and eventually to boston and so nh and finally to amherst (umass)….returned to carbondale in nov ’74….got involved with a pinball arcade with my father and eventually bought him out and invited two friends in as partners (big mistake)…and turned it into the “silverball” rest and lounge (i still have one of the signs!!!)…(our girls only softball team was the “silverball-busters”….lol…it seemed so perfect a name)…also owned and operated “heavy equipment & spare parts”, which was basically a head shop and eventually changed it to a “boutique” named “ariel” (it was a terrible business partnership and all was sold by my partners (two against one) in sept 79….to this day, i still believe it was one of the best clubs in town…we set a pretty good standard when it began…jim schwall…koko taylor….dixie diesels w/ shawn colvin (who did tues nite solos for awhile for $50…lol)…jump in the saddle, etc…etc…it’s hard to explain to people what halloween was like back then…a mini mardi gras…and the county with 4am hours!!!…we would race out to midlands or carrie’s after we closed the bar and party ….(jim the “weasel” – owned gatsbys and the tap – literally dismantled silverball in the late 80’s…he never did like the competition….lol)…i went back to siu, after the biz sold, and then moved to chicago (mar ’85-dec 91) and then back east to an area north of boston near the coast…. currently a real estate broker in ma and nh (my house is about a mile from the nh border and less than 5 from the ocean)….i returned to c’dale feb 2002 for a visit with my g/f and it just seemed dead and uglier than ever…the house i had purchased in july ’79 for $11,750 (and sold in 92 for $26k) was on the market for $32k…not much apprciation for real estate in a 23 yr period….lol

    anyway…enough blah….blah….blah….

    good luck with it…i’m looking forward to it…..will be fun to have a bit of nostalgia and history that i was a part of….

    anton c. luckenbach

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  41. Jill Larson Post author

    My sister & I went to SIU back when Halloween was still wild on the Strip (yikes…) & I would love to share a copy of your book with her. Please reserve 2 copies of the 25th anniversary reprint of C’dale After Dark for me.

    Jill Holtzman Larson ’83

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  42. Joe H Post author

    I am a 1977 Grad and now my two kids both attend SIU. I still have fond memories of the time I spent and SIU and the people I met.
    My wife and I are season ticket holders for Basketball and Football. Good times with the teams success in the last few seasons.

    Joe Hayes

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  43. Melanie S Post author

    I would love to reserve a copy of CAD. When asked where I went to college, I always say, “Carbondale, the place where everyone lined up in front of the Dairy Queen and did Quaaludes.” Ah, memories. Did you know Pete Mueller at SIU? I knew him in the mid 70’s. I ran across one of his comics while spreading newspaper for an art project in a kindergarten class. I knew that the style was familiar, so I googled him. Small world. I have his first published book, and it is still funny. Looking forward to your publication. Thanks.

    Melanie Sokol
    Chestnut Hill, MA

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  44. Louise L Post author

    I graduated from SIU in 1975……. it was all about Merlin’s and the Dairy Queen……. I can’t wait for the book…….

    Louise Hurtenbach Lundgren ’75

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  45. Curt K Post author

    Hi HB…Curt King here..news director and dj at WTAO back in the mid seventys, when you were publishing non Sequitur out of Bill Varecha’s trailer under the radio tower atop fiddler’s ridge in Murphysboro. I’ve often wondered what ever happened to you. I just came across the article about CAD in the latest Southern Alumni mag..and said to myself, “I think I know this guy.” Checked out your web site..and sure enough, you’re the same HB I knew way back then! I moved to Vail, Co. in 82..been here ever since..even got back into radio for a little while back in the mid 80’s…a station similar to TAO, speaking of which, turned out to be the coolest, farout radio station I’ve ever heard before or since. I left So. Ill. early 77, so I wasn’t hip to CAD..but I plan on ordering your book this spring. I remember hanging out in the trailer with you guys when I was on the air..put on a long cut , come over, have a toke, and talk politics..I remember we agreed on just about everything back in those good old days. I now drive a bus for the town of Vail and can’t partake of the weed, due to random drug testing..but look forward to retirement, I when I can resume breaking the law…the Varechas moved to Vail in the late 80’s to run a radio station in the area..moved to Grand Jt. Colorado and owned the local NBC TV station and did quite well..we still stay in touch..anyway, I’ve gone on too long, I glad to hear you’re still writing…

    Curt King

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  46. Henry B Post author

    I was a student there from 1968 until 1974 and experienced first hand at least some of the protests and night life. I didn’t keep good notes at the time (shame on me) thus I REALLY NEED THIS BOOK.

    Henry Bruse
    Wisconsin Rapids, WI

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  47. Greg V Post author

    Can’t believe your web site has a photo of the guy with the dollar bill hanging in front of him; I’ve thought about him occasionally over the last 30+ years!

    Greg Van Overstraeten
    Kenmore, WA

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  48. Denise R Post author

    We had a copy but so many people have borrowed it we want a new copy. I grew up in Carbondale it was a great book.

    Denise Rutherford

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  49. David G Post author

    Graduated in ’68 – many fond memories of The Rat Hole, Carrie’s,The Club,PK’s,Cousin Fred’s – lived at 404 S. James – paid $85.00/month rent!!
    1969 – Worked for Rino Bianchi (special asst to Delyte Morris) in the Chancellor’s office. Watched Freda Brilliant sculpt the statue of Delyte Morris. Looking forward to your publication!

    David Reed Garrett
    West Chatham, Ma

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  50. Emily P Post author

    Save me two copies. My best college buddy and I spent YEARS trying to find a copy of CAD … and, in a “Gift of the Magi” twist that surprised exactly neither of us, we found copies the same Christmas, and while I typed chapters and e-mailed them to Jeffrey in serialized form (after my husband bought me a used copy online for $60), Jeffrey was frantically Xeroxing a copy he’d found at a library; I received the book for Christmas, each page carefully tucked into a sheet protector in a binder.

    Don’t remember what happened to that Xeroxed version (I think I passed it along to a friend whose dad was an SIU grad and wanted to read it, but I’m not entirely sure), but I know it would crack Jeffrey up to no end to receive the real thing, complete with poster, for Christmas this year.

    Emily Priddy
    Tulsa, OK

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  51. Susan M Post author

    A friend sent me information recently that your book is going to be on sale again soon. My father, David Keene, was Mayor of Carbondale during part of the 60’s and is mentioned in your book numerous times so I would like to buy my own copy.

    Thanks for writing the book and for putting it back in print!

    Susan Keene McClintock

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  52. Jeffrey T Post author

    My mom and dad both graduated from SIUC in the late 60s-early 70s, so I must have this book as soon as it comes out. So good to see you reissuing it!

    -Jeff (I am a ’98 graduate of SIUC)

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  53. Gay T Post author

    I was in the Dome working this summer. There’s a group working to keep it together and try to classify it as a national historic building.

    Liked your slide show!

    Gay Tucker

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  54. Janna R Post author

    I would like to order 2 copies. One for myself (bio 77), and one for my brother (arrived 69 and drifted in and out of town for 22 years finally graduating from u of I-chicago economics). My memories are clouded in a drug and alcohol haze but I remember I had fun. I hope my children have the same sort of eye opening experiences in their youth.

    Janna Jacobson Raymond
    Tampa, FL 33647

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  55. Janna R Post author

    i changed my mind I would like an additional copy for a friend that is a prof at san diego state-seeing big twist promo photo reminded me of many nights at pks.

    janna

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  56. MICHAEL P Post author

    I “GRADUATED” BOTH S.I.U AND CARBONDALE IN 1977, AFTER LIVING THERE FOR 6 YEARS.

    I REMEMBER MY CARBONDALE YEARS WITH GREAT FONDNESS.

    I WOULD LIKE 2 COPIES OF -CAD- , WHEN AVAILABLE.

    THE PUKA PRESCHOOL MAY RING A BELL.(IN SOMEONE’S MEMORY). I WAS THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT PUKA PRE-SCHOOL/KG. ,WHILE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL.-

    MICHAEL PLATT
    WESTMINSTER, COLORADO

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  57. Pat G Post author

    Please reserve one of your CADs for this SIUC alumus, Class of ’70.

    BTW, I just visited Amazon.com and saw one of your CADs for over $200!

    Pat Gilmore
    Bountiful, Utah

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  58. neil schueneman Post author

    I would like to buy one of these books. My father went here during the early 1970’s and i would like to give him this book for his birthday. I am a student right now. thanks

    Neil Schueneman

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