Sunday, February 26, 2012

Flint Photos: A Pilgrimage to Angelo's Coney Island


Flint Expatriate Michael Westerman, formerly of Forest Hill Avenue in Civic Park, hits one of the hotspots with his kids on a visit from Oakland, California. (Has anyone noticed that Flint Expatriates sometimes reads like an old fashioned rural newspaper?)


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  1. Do those kids know they're standing next to the guitarist of Bloody Coup?

    Hopefully he dropped off some rare tapes at the FUMA Compound while he was in town.

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    1. michael westermanMay 4, 2012 at 9:06 PM

      very little/no documentation of that fun time exists in my posession. thanya has some good pics though!

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  2. Hmmm, I have a Bloody Coup sticker, courtesy of Bill Custack, around here somewhere. I'll have to hunt it down.

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  3. Is he wearing my bones brigade jacket that he snatched in 1988?

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    1. is this a turpen or a meleragni? i took no ones jacket?!

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  4. Funny how hard it is to outlive, or outrun, our mistakes and misdeeds. 8^)

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    1. Or anyway, others' recollections and understandings--valid or not--of such mistakes and misdeeds.

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