Category: ROY’S WORDS

Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple) – Flint Book of the Week

Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple)Lulu.com / self-published (paperback, 2006). (~196–204 pages). A self-published, heavily illustrated local music reference and partial discography that documents recording artists, bands, studios, labels, and related people active in Mid-Michigan from roughly the 1940s through the 1970s. It is a… Read More Music Makers from Mid-Michigan and Surrounding Areas, 1940s thru 1970s: Who Were They? (William R. Holtzapple) – Flint Book of the Week

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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line (Ben Hamper) – Flint Book of the Week

Rivethead is Ben Hamper’s darkly hilarious, brutally honest memoir about life as a “shop-rat” on General Motors’ assembly lines in Flint, Michigan. It captures the culture, chaos, humor, and despair of factory work in the 1970s and 1980s, told in Hamper’s signature voice—sharp, sarcastic, and unsparing.The book opens with Hamper’s childhood in a big Catholic… Read More Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line (Ben Hamper) – Flint Book of the Week

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Buick, The Factory Whistle & Me (Bill Lamb) – Flint Book of the Week

In this warm, plainspoken memoir, radio legend Bill Lamb pulls back the curtain on a life lived at the intersection of a blue-collar city and its soundtrack. Part personal history, part oral chronicle of mid-century Flint, the book traces Lamb’s journey from itinerant broadcaster to the familiar voice who kept time with the Buick factory… Read More Buick, The Factory Whistle & Me (Bill Lamb) – Flint Book of the Week

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Local DJ: A Rock ’n’ Roll History by Peter L. Cavanaugh (Peter ‘C’) – Flint Book of the Week

At first glance, the book reads as an autobiographical memoir, but Cavanaugh arranges his recollections as an interwoven mosaic of personal stories, industry anecdotes, and cultural history. Rather than a strictly linear life story, the narrative jumps between on-air moments, concert promotions, and broader reflections on how rock music transformed American youth culture from the… Read More Local DJ: A Rock ’n’ Roll History by Peter L. Cavanaugh (Peter ‘C’) – Flint Book of the Week

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Always the Right Thing by Roy O Richard – Rostie Publishing

“Please allow me to introduce myself…”Firstly you should know that I am a card carrying curmudgeon. This includes a sarcastic sense of humor, a limited amount of patience and deep down inside a caring heart.Find inside these pages my attempts at self-expression. Poetry and short essays fill the pages. The ramblings include religion, genealogy and… Read More Always the Right Thing by Roy O Richard – Rostie Publishing

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The Vixen: A Rustbelt Vampire Story by Roy O. Richard – Rostie Publishing

In Flint, Michigan, an often forgotten and ridiculed rust belt town, Oliver, an aging shopkeeper, notices a fleeting female figure in the night as he leaves his bookstore. He is taken by the brief glimpse. It is not a coincidence when the two meet again, and the vixen he had seen makes him an offer… Read More The Vixen: A Rustbelt Vampire Story by Roy O. Richard – Rostie Publishing

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Lyman E. Stowe, Flint author of spiritual, prophetic and occult content.

As I research the literary members of Flint, It is always cool when I find something different and that I had not heard of. May I introduce you to Lymna E. Stowe.Born in Flint in 1843 and died in Detroit in 1919.“His writing sometimes blends biographical material (especially about his life) with spiritual or prophetic/occult… Read More Lyman E. Stowe, Flint author of spiritual, prophetic and occult content.

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The Worker Ants 014

The little worker ants had no ideaAt what their miniature wallets would feel.The promise of falling pricesAnd cheaper goodsHad mesmerized their tiny brainsAnd clouded their sound judgmentsTheir ginormous egosCould not fathom their now-empty pocketbooksAnd once again, they ralliedTo find false blame and accountabilityFingers were pointed at past high command, neighboring countriesShopkeepers, people of difference, and… Read More The Worker Ants 014

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