I was there and in fact I am in this video. I believe that it was Mr. Natural blotter. Very good time that I will always remember. Clutch, Paul, Wilki, Bill, Hump, and etc. Where are you all these days?
I lived it! It was so packed you could barely walk down the strip. This was my first Carbondale halloween. I actually saw a guy roll under a moving train to get back to the dorms.
Love this. Heartbreaking really, what a different world. The Golden age but who knew? I went to college first time around in the mid-late eighties and it was alright but not as wild as this. I love the snotty chick complaining about her ass. Wonder where she is now? Over 50 and a lot less cute--sigh.
In February of 1974, streaking took off for one weekend. This same type of Carbondale event occurred on Illinois Avenue, but with NAKED people instead of costumes! Most bars had free beer for streakers, the stereo store had free disc preeners, the student center had free film admissions for streakers... what a place Carbondale was!
I just stumbled on this video, actually spotted myself climbing up the gutter of the building next to TJ Mc Fly's--what a classic. Great comments below on how imaginative the costumes were--I was a commando in 79, by buddy was the upside down man with pants on his head and shoes on his hands, he had glves pasted on top of his shoes and a fake head between his legs---so much fun. I think it went one more year unabated, then they really started shutting it down.
Holy shit!!! Times were so much fuckin' cooler then! People now are so fucking lame. Now you get a bunch of fucking retard assholes shouting "WHHOOOOO!!! PARRRRTY!!!! WHOOOOO YEAH!!!!"....and the costumes were WAY more imaginative! Now every fucking cunt goes to party city & buys some shitty Austin Powers or pirate costume for $30-$50 bux! Lame. Halloween rules though.
I'm surprised as heck to see this - I was there in 1979 with the Starinere brothers. i think we started off at TJ McFlys and ended up feeling not so good at Cavoni's eating adouble stuffed pizza. Best pizza I ever had in my life.
Yeah... it's still fucking lame though. Now instead of us pointlessly going to bars and drinking our asses off, we're dressed in costumes and nothing else exciting happens! Meh. I hate this town.
<---alumni from carbondale, and non of this happens anymore lol thanks 2000 fall break...i was there, anyway check my c-dale doc and my other films, everyone peace
Around the same time, NBC covered the Carbondale Halloween in a program called Roadshow with John Candy. Carbondale was named Best Halloween in the country. I was probably performing at Gatsby's or The Club while this was shot.
Great film piece! Those were the days. When I first attended school in the late '70 almost everyone was in costume and out to have a good time. Back then, students were part of the "we" generation and there was a lot of community spirit. By 2000, the year I shot my short documentary, people seemed mostly part of the "me" generation. Perhaps my cohort just knew how to party? Then again, maybe it was all the mushrooms and acid! You know, I really can't remember too much! ;-)
@ModulateThis I'm going to Carbondale this fall and my Dad LOVED it back in the 70s.. As he's told me all about the Halloween parties. But I gotta admit and tell ya.. You guys were all about "we" as a generation.. Now? It's all about "me" and fighting and who looks and dresses the coolest on facebook. It's a damn shame. I wish I would've been around for this videos generation where partying to Springsteen, the Stones and other good rock wasn't looked at as "old shit" or "weird".
The composer/lead guitarist, Jim Ruse, lives in the Chicagoland area, and I believe he can be reached through his company: ROOSTER Audio/Visual in Homewood, Illinois.
is it true they closed the strip for halloween? if s, is siu still a big party school? im attending next fall
TheSportsfreak23 2 months ago
I was there and in fact I am in this video. I believe that it was Mr. Natural blotter. Very good time that I will always remember. Clutch, Paul, Wilki, Bill, Hump, and etc. Where are you all these days?
markhaynes1977 5 months ago
dude i go to southern now...not nearly as cool as back then but still really crazy
FGM22 6 months ago
Any one remember "Wild Man" 12 floor Mae Smith, I'm still alive!
OnTheStreetScene 10 months ago
I lived it! It was so packed you could barely walk down the strip. This was my first Carbondale halloween. I actually saw a guy roll under a moving train to get back to the dorms.
OnTheStreetScene 10 months ago
I'm pretty sure I saw my parents in there somewhere...
dude7totally7 1 year ago 2
Great video man. Brings back a lot of memories since I grew up there in the 60s-80s. :-)
alabamadickweed 1 year ago
Love this. Heartbreaking really, what a different world. The Golden age but who knew? I went to college first time around in the mid-late eighties and it was alright but not as wild as this. I love the snotty chick complaining about her ass. Wonder where she is now? Over 50 and a lot less cute--sigh.
juliano66 1 year ago
Who sang the song?
808pb 2 years ago
The song was performed by a band called TRIANON, Lead singer: Jim Ruse.
Music: Jim Ruse, Lyrics: Brian Colin
I found an original master tape in an old trunk in the basement a few weeks ago; ...I intend to make it availalable soon.
(It's actually a bit longer than the version in the Documentary.)
GameRefuge 2 years ago
In February of 1974, streaking took off for one weekend. This same type of Carbondale event occurred on Illinois Avenue, but with NAKED people instead of costumes! Most bars had free beer for streakers, the stereo store had free disc preeners, the student center had free film admissions for streakers... what a place Carbondale was!
marksecunda 2 years ago
I was there. Probably a good thing I'm not in this film. Good times.....
arobertson1960 2 years ago
I just stumbled on this video, actually spotted myself climbing up the gutter of the building next to TJ Mc Fly's--what a classic. Great comments below on how imaginative the costumes were--I was a commando in 79, by buddy was the upside down man with pants on his head and shoes on his hands, he had glves pasted on top of his shoes and a fake head between his legs---so much fun. I think it went one more year unabated, then they really started shutting it down.
petepantera 2 years ago
This brings back some SIU memories. I was only drunk once in my life ... 1974-1978.
radiospiff 2 years ago
Holy shit!!! Times were so much fuckin' cooler then! People now are so fucking lame. Now you get a bunch of fucking retard assholes shouting "WHHOOOOO!!! PARRRRTY!!!! WHOOOOO YEAH!!!!"....and the costumes were WAY more imaginative! Now every fucking cunt goes to party city & buys some shitty Austin Powers or pirate costume for $30-$50 bux! Lame. Halloween rules though.
sirfinks 2 years ago
I'm surprised as heck to see this - I was there in 1979 with the Starinere brothers. i think we started off at TJ McFlys and ended up feeling not so good at Cavoni's eating adouble stuffed pizza. Best pizza I ever had in my life.
Carbondale was a great time in my life.
dsfbrookline 2 years ago
We need more Big Guy.
GuyGizborne 2 years ago
You saw him in there as a clown, right?
GameRefuge 2 years ago
I'm glad you uploaded this. It stopped me from being illegal.
GuyGizborne 2 years ago
Sweet memories, I lived in the house next to Makanda Java on the strip!
Class of 81, was that Jeri Lee?
artmaggot 3 years ago
It's a real reminder of the fun we had.
umpire63 3 years ago
Halloween is no more, in carbondale everything gets shut down the town is dead.
Bosmato 3 years ago
they started an unoffical last year, I'm going down later tonight to enjoy it.
kursk8 3 years ago
Yeah... it's still fucking lame though. Now instead of us pointlessly going to bars and drinking our asses off, we're dressed in costumes and nothing else exciting happens! Meh. I hate this town.
svengoolie007 3 years ago
There's still some great parties going on...
The Green House on Mill Street Had an incredible Halloween Party Last Friday Night!
GameRefuge 3 years ago
@GameRefuge ...wasn't enough. this town has it's heydays behind it, i believe.
create42000 1 year ago
@Bosmato That is why we have unofficial Halloween...a week before Halloween..everyone gets dressed up and goes out..Still CRAZY !!! WOOO Unofficial!
Bobbypinfreak 4 months ago
I was a bouncer at Coles across from Gatsby's for Halloween 1989. The pay wasn't worth it.
jesseh1 3 years ago
I was a seventh grader at this time.I later went on to many Halloween encounters I even remember when it was Kappa carnival 1976
bsbarnett1 3 years ago 2
<---alumni from carbondale, and non of this happens anymore lol thanks 2000 fall break...i was there, anyway check my c-dale doc and my other films, everyone peace
cin2115 4 years ago
Around the same time, NBC covered the Carbondale Halloween in a program called Roadshow with John Candy. Carbondale was named Best Halloween in the country. I was probably performing at Gatsby's or The Club while this was shot.
jackhicko 4 years ago
Great film piece! Those were the days. When I first attended school in the late '70 almost everyone was in costume and out to have a good time. Back then, students were part of the "we" generation and there was a lot of community spirit. By 2000, the year I shot my short documentary, people seemed mostly part of the "me" generation. Perhaps my cohort just knew how to party? Then again, maybe it was all the mushrooms and acid! You know, I really can't remember too much! ;-)
ModulateThis 4 years ago 4
@ModulateThis I'm going to Carbondale this fall and my Dad LOVED it back in the 70s.. As he's told me all about the Halloween parties. But I gotta admit and tell ya.. You guys were all about "we" as a generation.. Now? It's all about "me" and fighting and who looks and dresses the coolest on facebook. It's a damn shame. I wish I would've been around for this videos generation where partying to Springsteen, the Stones and other good rock wasn't looked at as "old shit" or "weird".
rloebe34 2 years ago
I was born in Southern Illinois in 1977. My parents were probably at this party. I attended SIU from 2000-2004 and I couldn't agree with you more.
KingScuzzo 1 year ago
"Twas brillig & the slithey toves did skulk into the street...
Decked out in full regalia for their annual trick or treat..."
Worth noting that the MUSIC for this Documentary was by "Trianon"
GoblinBob 4 years ago
I was unable to find any information on Trianon online. I was hoping to get a copy of the songs on this video - I like the music.
cp599 4 years ago
The composer/lead guitarist, Jim Ruse, lives in the Chicagoland area, and I believe he can be reached through his company: ROOSTER Audio/Visual in Homewood, Illinois.
GameRefuge 4 years ago