I loved doing that one. Mine is on the top, seventh from the left. Mike (of course) tried to make his look like the machine but he didn’t really nail the execution so the teacher didn’t let him put it up. Honestly it’s too bad he didn’t do it very well, imho that format shouldve been the best match for his obsession
Couldn't tell ya for sure. We weren't friends, really, and he never looped into the social media wave that hit while my cohort was in college.
After I found these threads last week, I reached out to a friend from back then, someone who hadn't left for school like I did.
He said he saw Mike around the community college a lot. Our town's community college has a reputation for solid vocational training, it's like half college/half trade school - HVAC, culinary, auto repair. My friend was on the HVAC track. He told me he always saw Mike hanging around the electricians' apprentices. My friend also told me he used to cross paths with Mike at raves. Said the dude always played in the grossest, armpit-of-the-venue corners, had a little folding table and plugged a bunch of guitar pedals into one other until horribles noises came out of a single speaker. A small but dedicated crew of people apparently came out to see him. Eventually Mike stopped playing shows. My friend always assumed he wasn't getting booked on account of his music. Maybe Mike moved instead