Letters

2930 East Jefferson, Detroit, Michigan 48207 (313)259-4323

Promotion Department
Columbia Records
New York, New York 10019

106FM QUAD

Gentlemen:

I can dig it and I mean dig it all the way! Fantastic. You guys are to be congratulated on the finest hype of the year. 1975 will go down as the year of Bruce Springsteen. Wow! Too Much.

At first I was put off by all the front the man was getting but now I'm hooked and I'm behind it one hundred percent. You can count on me to spread the gospel of Bruce on every occasion.

Here's what I personally intend to do:

First, I will play Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Springsteen only on my popular 2pm to 6pm drive-time radio show on W-4. I will try to get my program director to have the station go Bruce Springsteen 24 hours!

Second, I have changed my name to Bruce Springsteen both on and off the air and am trying to talk my fellow announcers into becoming Bruce Springsteens too.

Third, the station manager is hiring a very good plastic surgeon to make all of us look as much as possible like either Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan. We will all wear "B.S." armbands. We will, naturally, hold a Bruce Springsteen Look-A-Like contest, give away Bruce Springsteen albums and have a "Win-A-Date with Bruce" contest.

All of this just scratches the surface of trying to tell you guys how damn deeply impressed we are behind this whole Bruce Springsteen hype. Fabulous!

Fourth, and last for now, can you tell us Bruce's home address, or better yet his PHONE NUMBER? This is vital! Thank you. Warmest Regards,
Bruce D. Springsteen
Bruce C. Springsteen

Dear SUN:

Getting the SUN is indeed a pleasure here in Oregon. Being an ex-Detroiter & Ann Arborian I enjoy reading the latest interesting happenings.

I’ve been wondering what Bruce Springsteen was. I think I have a good idea now.

Thanks for the update on Bob Seger, fine article.

Keep it going-

Steve

Dear SUN: A friend of mine, John Farabaugh, has recently been put in jail in Washtenaw County. This is how this happened to come about. He was away on vacation with his family (wife and 3 kids) last winter (Feb. of 1975). While he was away the police claim that a neighbor called to report a burglary at his house in Ypsilanti Township. (This may be true.) Anyway, the police investigated and found some marijuana drying in his house. At this time, a friend of his was also living at his house but this friend wasn't there at the time when the police came. When my friend and his family came back from vacation, he was told that police investigated a burglary at his house. Soon after that a policeman came to his house and told him that he should go to the police station because he was going to be charged for having dope in his house. He went down and he was arrested, put in jail and soon got out on bail. He was brought to court, was convicted of marijuana possession, but was never told the quantity he was charged with having. He was given a probated sentence of, I think, one year, and he was told he had to pay court costs and a fine if he took probation instead of jail. Being a very political and courageous person, he refused to pay money for what the court said he had done, and he refused to agree to go on probation, where he would have to agree to having pigs be allowed to search his house or car whenever they wishes. So just this Oct. 20, after appealx and other extended court business, he was put in jail for 30 days. If he refuses to pay a fine and court costs he will get more time. I may be naive about the way things are, but this whole thing has amazed me and seems like something that people should be made aware of.

Tim Reitman

Ypsilanti Township

My friend's house is in Ypsilanti Township and he was busted by Washtenaw County pigs. His name is John Farabaugh.