Foustland

It all began a few years back, when I was clicking around Myspace (yes, Myspace) when I came across a cool little discussion board called the Flint Freaks.  It was the whole squad from the Flint punk scene sharing stories, passing on reports, exchanging links and pictures.   Well, one of those links that was shared was for the Flint Underground Music Archive.  The URL for the site, takenoprisoners.info is a nod to the groundbreaking radio and television show in Flint called Take No Prisoners (which was the first place I ever heard punk broadcast over the radio, of course I also listened to Phill Hines' show Anarchy and the other more New Wave program that were all broadcast from WFBE when it was a public broadcasting radio station at Flint Central.)

Well, the Archive site which is run by Aaron Stengel, and he has connected with many of the people who, over the years, couldn't find a reason to get rid of old stuff like photos, cassette tapes, flyers, even videos - remnants of the Flint punk scene of the 1980s and '90s (and beyond).  They have entrusted him with this archival material, and he has been steadily digitizing and making public all of these items through the website.  It's a really nice thing!

Well, I have been hooked on the stuff on there since, and that got me to thinking that it would be cool to take from the best footage of the Archive, and mix it with some recent interviews from people who were involved in the scene.  I happened to be in Michigan during the 2009 summer, and tracked down a number of people and interviewed them.

I am still looking for people to interview.  If you have some stories to tell about the Flint Punk scene of the 1980s (the main timeframe I am concentrating on for the documentary) I would like to hear from you.  Just drop a line at hallshowdocumentary at gmail dot com.