Michigan, My Michigan

That's where we had our first family reunion. My grandparents used to live there.

I grew up in Saginaw and lived there for 20 years.

and jaymc, from the other thread, i think kzoo is now 269. but i forget half the time i call my parents.

Mackinac Bridge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wck/5125865/

I ain't goin' back.

http://www.purplebutterflies.com/michigan/images/upfalls2.jpg

BTW, that's "pasty" as in Cornish meat pie, not one of those things strippers put on their nipples.

Kind of suprised at the Yoopers on ILE. I thought I knew them all.

My grandfathers name- H4rden. I think my grandmothers name- Gr4ce.

They moved out of Carson City in the 20's or 30's.

moved to pennsylvania then new york; have not lived in michigan since 1988 or so, but almost all my relatives live there, so I go back pretty often. it's where i tell people i come from when they ask.

from Pioneeran ianinportland's post--

I went to my first show (The Smithereens and Paul K. and the Weathermen) at the Power Center.

ha! dude I was at this show too! not my first one though (that was Rush at Joe Louis Arena.) I don't remember much about it. I know they encored with "Iron Man", I remember that. I had no idea Paul K was the opener! I wouldn't have known who he was at the time, although I do like some of his stuff now. Heck, my friend and I probably didn't even see them anyway, probably drinking in the car or something. Dude, did you go to INXS or Echo and the Bunnyman at Hill Auditorium?? Jesus and Mary Chain at the Latin Quarter? Love and Rockets/Pixies at the Fox Theatre??

Spent nights falling asleep listening to the Electrifying Mojo and Canada's Brave New Waves

ayup. Don't forget David Wisdom's wonderful Nightlines. And that dude Mike Halloran who did the Sunday night alternative show "Radios in MOtion" on WLLZ. First place I ever heard Faster Pussycat AND Guns N Roses (track was "Mr. Brownstone"), and this was their 'alternative' show.

I can't imagine how boring my life would have been without Mojo, Wisdom, and Halloran...

Who in this bitch went to AutoWorld?? I WAS THERE>

great day out.

About ten years ago my whole family got together and we went "up north". T-shirts were even printed with the slogan "Fudgies on the Lake". gotta love that fudge.

JTL

And just in case anyone else was at some of these shows, here's the list of the shows that I went to while in Michigan:
Smithereens/Paul K and the Weathermen - Power Center
Violent Femmes - Hill Auditorium
The Cure/Shellyan Orphan - Palace at Auburn Hills
Depeche Mode/Nitzer Ebb - Pine Knob
New Order/Sugarcubes/PIL - Pine Knob
Primitives/Suguarcbes - Latin Quarter
Red Hot Chili Peppers/Raging Slab - Michigan Theater
Various local bands around town - Map of the World at the Michigan Union, Frank Allison and the Odd Sox at various locations, etc.

I was at all four of these.

Saw Billy Bragg open up for Echo and the Bunnymen in 85 or 86 in Royal Oak(?).

I put some of my Sault Ste Marie Locks photos up on Flickr.

The Pixies show -- yeah I remember little bits here and there. You have to remember there have been 15 years of heavy drinking in the interim. But yeah, I definitely don't recall any Black Francis huffiness. Seems to me that they did a full set. In fact I loved those guys at the time so I am sure I would remember if they had cut the set short. I definitely remember a "Wave Of Mutilation" really early in the set that totally rocked. I remember a "Vamos" towards the end of the set with the extended guitar freak-out part, where Santiago took his guitar and pushed it face first into the amp generating all sorts of feedback and stuff. I DEFINITELY remember that, cuz I loved that tune and I was a burgeoning noisemonger. And I TOTALLY remember that they played "Into the White" -- if not the last song, one of the last one or two -- and being really psyched because it was a B-SIDE and a Kim tune. I was all like "woah they are playing this, this is great!!"

I just crossposted this to the ILM MI thread accidentally...

I am going to the 906 this weekend and I am v v excited to be home again for a little while.

Welcome to Michigan, may I see your papers and phone

Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops
ACLU seeks information on Michigan program that allows cops to download information from smart phones belonging to stopped motorists.

The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program.

ACLU learned that the police had acquired the cell phone scanning devices and in August 2008 filed an official request for records on the program, including logs of how the devices were used. The state police responded by saying they would provide the information only in return for a payment of $544,680. The ACLU found the charge outrageous.

"Law enforcement officers are known, on occasion, to encourage citizens to cooperate if they have nothing to hide," ACLU staff attorney Mark P. Fancher wrote. "No less should be expected of law enforcement, and the Michigan State Police should be willing to assuage concerns that these powerful extraction devices are being used illegally by honoring our requests for cooperation and disclosure."

A US Department of Justice test of the CelleBrite UFED used by Michigan police found the device could grab all of the photos and video off of an iPhone within one-and-a-half minutes. The device works with 3000 different phone models and can even defeat password protections.

"Complete extraction of existing, hidden, and deleted phone data, including call history, text messages, contacts, images, and geotags," a CelleBrite brochure explains regarding the device's capabilities. "The Physical Analyzer allows visualization of both existing and deleted locations on Google Earth. In addition, location information from GPS devices and image geotags can be mapped on Google Maps."

The ACLU is concerned that these powerful capabilities are being quietly used to bypass Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.

"With certain exceptions that do not apply here, a search cannot occur without a warrant in which a judicial officer determines that there is probable cause to believe that the search will yield evidence of criminal activity," Fancher wrote. "A device that allows immediate, surreptitious intrusion into private data creates enormous risks that troopers will ignore these requirements to the detriment of the constitutional rights of persons whose cell phones are searched."

The national ACLU is currently suing the Department of Homeland Security for its policy of warrantless electronic searches of laptops and cell phones belonging to people entering the country who are not suspected of committing any crime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puv-wGYbcPM

cheesy as hell but made me homesick

I like how Muskegon is right there in the whatever-you-call-it screen! Oh Michigan.

THEY WENT TO WHITEHALL NO SHIT

Is that song a thing? It's terrible, but I cried anyway.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.svpply.com/large/556799.jpg?1341721855

Although when I wore it to work last week, someone asked me, "Why is the rabbit jumping over the mitten?"

I have never thought about it before, but the up does sort of look like a rabbit.

Oh, that's who in orbit is.

Michigan: A Picture Thread