Comments on: Early FAQ’s about Don’t Follow Me I’m Lost

By: radicalchic

radicalchic — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:14:28 +0000

Gee, I hope I’m in it. When does it come out in paperback, cuz I can’t afford a hardcover.

By: person

person — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:56:14 +0000

For an author you sure do a minimal amount of editing of your blog posts. I hope the book is better edited than this page; I can barely read it with all the added words, suffixes, and lack of punctuation.

By: Katsoulis

Katsoulis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:43:35 +0000

The drop out/non-complete rate between ‘87 and ‘91 was one of the highest in the nation – 20%. (Not 50%, as your memory serves)

There were two reasons for this. The first was that Hampshire was and still is disproportionately expensive. The financial aid was inadequate and the financial aid office was less than helpful.

The other reason is that every year Hampshire admitted some portion of students who thought Hampshire would be an easy ride, mistaking no grades or tests for a lack of academics. It sounds as though you fell into this category. It still isn’t clear to me why you were there and, especially, why you didn’t leave when you were so miserable and disdained the school as you did…. Read More

I don’t know what your financial situation was, but I do know that on campus, the rumor was that Hampshire would let any full tuition student stay regardless of their progress academically. Hampshire needed the money.

By: Dltooley

Dltooley — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:38:56 +0000

“At the height of the Reagan revolution author Richard Rushfield chose to attend the most prestiguous radical institution of higher learning, Hampshire College. This book is his story, and the story of the allied group of artists, producers and marketers that was the Supreme Dicks. It was a coming of age in a moment of political and artistic zen, between punk and grunge in the musical world.

The Supreme Dicks were some of the sperm that fertilized the egg that would become the Universe of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr, and, as a side project, the first X fueled raves.

In this book RR skewers the pinnacles of the corrupt and hypocritical NE establishment with humor filled with the freshness and perspective of a west coaster taking the plunge on the east coast. The power that be that used Hampshire College, and the Dicks, to forge the abusive corporate and political tool of Nifong political correctness are left lying under the bridge with recently released Priest pedophiles.

You however will walk away laughing, with a buddha smile of enlightenment and individual empowerment that will carry you through whatever the bastards may throw your way.”

-Douglas Tooley
(BTW, a mea culpa, I think I was the one who started calling the civilian security force as a prank)