Michael

@mjfromla.bsky.social

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Afropunk 1.0 Refugee "Jahluv" @michael_fromla on IG Jazz, Bicycles, Motorcycles (💖 choppers,💖 Vincents), Old Cars, 🦅🌎⚓veteran "Mejor solo que mal acompañado" @mjfromla.myatproto.social on Blacksky

Best sitcom roommates #1. Kim Fields, Queen Latifah, Kim Coles... Also included, Erika Alexander - she wasn't a roommate. The fact that she was at her friends' house more than she was at home was a running gag on the show...
Subway rider standing holding a vertical railing with a book bag slung under her left arm. The bag says "IF YOU GO HOME WITH SOMEBODY, & THEY DON'T HAVE BOOKS, DON'T FUCK 'EM - JOHN WATERS"
Willie "The Lion" Smith, jazz piano player. WWI veteran, member of the 350th field artillery - Buffalo Soldier. Master of rag and stride styles, mentor to Thelonius Monk... Hebrew cantor, spoke Yiddish... bragged about his silk underwear in his memoir.
Triumph chopper with blue gas tank and dual headlights in a rainy driveway
Mirror image of free jazz musician Albert Ayler on a flyer from Colombia University radio station WKCR announcing 24hour broadcast of his music.
Black and white photo of a Black man named Lucius P. Dawkins. He is astride a Vincent Rapide motorcycle. He's wearing a light colored apple cap, bomber jacket with fur collar, jeans with 5 inch cuffs and is surrounded by fellow Black riders in leather and denim jackets.
Photo of UK broadcaster, actor, comedian Eddie Nestor posing with his MBE award. He announced that he has cancer and has been undergoing treatment. I asked that readers keep him in their thoughts and prayers. He's a good husband, father, and friend.