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18 October 2024

Sharky's Red Pool Hall

When I rearranged my dorm for Mad Munch I stopped sleeping on a twin bed for months.  I slept on a couch & pretty much built a bar in my room.  I hung a strand or two of black lights to enhance the atmosphere.  It was cozy with a pinch of hustle & bustle from the electric griddle & Pizza Pizzazz traffic we were getting.   

DP got us hooked on a local radio station (he said they were broadcasting out of a trailer near Atlanta, Illinois) called FIX 96.3.  They played a lot of random bluegrass, country & blues.  It was like nothing I'd ever listened to.  Every night from 8-9pm the FIX featured the "Blues Power Hour," & we listened religiously.  Mad Munch started advertising a "PBR Power Hour" to coincide with the radio show.  It was our first real promotion & several folks became regulars for "2 for 1" cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon (back when PBR was a poor man's beer).

In my final art class at Lincoln that semester, I was tasked with a 3D art project.  We could carve out any thing we wanted out of foam blocks as long as it had a color in the name.  I decided to make a sign for my underground bar & grill.  Here's how it turned out:


Don't ask me why I went with red instead of blue or black, but it now hangs in my spare room as a reminder of the early days of Mad Munch.     

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