I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever reason I can't picture who this is.
What a shame..
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:54 -0700From: megancori...@yahoo.comSubject: [TIRC-STL] Re: Miko Fleming, RIPTo: TIRC-...@googlegroups.comIt was quite a shock to many of us...Miko was one of a kind, and will be missed. Jeff Hess <jhess3...@yahoo.com> wrote:
This is a giant WHOA!! WTF??? I liked him.--- On Thu, 5/15/08, kopper <koppe...@gmail.com> wrote: From: kopper <koppe...@gmail.com>Subject: [TIRC-STL] Miko Fleming, RIPTo: "TIRC-STL" <TIRC-STL@googlegroups.com>Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 9:02 AMVery sad news (thanks to Doc for alerting me to Annie's blog post thismorning):http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2008/05/rip_michael_miko_flemin...
Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I
think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever reason I can't picture who this is.
Skinny, sometimes wore glasses, often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s
clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked
the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage
Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
He also fit into that category "extremely nice guy" in the best possible way. I didn't really have my first real conversation with him until a couple of years ago (around the same time he started managing the Blackthorn) but had always seen him around before that. I'm glad I eventually got to know him a little bit, and I'm very sad that he's gone. Crap.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:10 AM, jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I > think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
> On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever reason I > can't picture who this is.
> Skinny, sometimes wore glasses, often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s > clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked > the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage > Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
I don't think they have determined a cause of death yet. Sometimes
this can take up to a couple of weeks (we had to go through the same
thing when a close friend passed away a few years ago at age 36...
turned out he had an enlarged heart and just passed away on the couch
while his wife was at work).
Yep. He was one of the good guys. My favorite Miko memory is from the RFT showcase day a few years back when I picked him up on my shoulders during the Phonocaptors set & we stumbled into the PA, almost knocking it over & getting us both kicked out of the Halo Bar. I was able to convince the security guys that it was all my fault & they should let him back in. He will be missed...
Matt
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:02:51 -0700 > Subject: [TIRC-STL] Miko Fleming, RIP > From: koppe...@gmail.com > To: TIRC-STL@googlegroups.com
> Very sad news (thanks to Doc for alerting me to Annie's blog post this > morning):
On May 15, 10:10 am, jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I
> think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
> On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever reason I can't picture who this is.
> Skinny, sometimes wore glasses, often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s
> clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked
> the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage
> Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
Yeah, I remember him most from when he worked at the Haberdashery,
Frederick's, and from hanging out at Mangia back when my wife waited
tables there with Megan and Abbie. He was also on our "Ass Babies"
softball team. He was everywhere, it seems. Gina is also pretty
bummed, as am I. You just hate to hear about something like this
happen to someone you know, especially someone as well liked as Miko.
On a few occasions at the Black Thorn, he wouldn't keep a tab for me and didn't charge for pizza. I tipped him generously, of course.
--- On Thu, 5/15/08, jasontoon <jason.toon@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jasontoon <jason.toon@gmail.com> Subject: [TIRC-STL] Re: Miko Fleming, RIP To: "TIRC-STL" <TIRC-STL@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 10:10 AM
Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever reason I can't picture who this is.
Skinny, sometimes wore glasses,
often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
Yeah, I got a text message from Ben West last night and my response was "WTF?". He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. It will suck not running into him anywhere on South Grand anymore.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Jeff Hess <jhess3...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On a few occasions at the Black Thorn, he wouldn't keep a tab for me and > didn't charge for pizza. I tipped him generously, of course.
> --- On *Thu, 5/15/08, jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com>* wrote:
> From: jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com> > Subject: [TIRC-STL] Re: Miko Fleming, RIP > To: "TIRC-STL" <TIRC-STL@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 10:10 AM
> Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I > think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
> On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever > reason I can't picture who this is.
> Skinny, sometimes wore glasses, > often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s > clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked > the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage > Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
if you guys hear of any memorials, services, etc., please pass them my way. i'll put word out on the blog. thanks.
>>> "Mark Early" <mark.ea...@gmail.com> 5/15/2008 10:57 AM >>>
Yeah, I got a text message from Ben West last night and my response was "WTF?". He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. It will suck not running into him anywhere on South Grand anymore.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Jeff Hess <jhess3...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On a few occasions at the Black Thorn, he wouldn't keep a tab for me and didn't charge for pizza. I tipped him generously, of course.
--- On Thu, 5/15/08, jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: jasontoon <jason.t...@gmail.com> Subject: [TIRC-STL] Re: Miko Fleming, RIP To: "TIRC-STL" <TIRC-STL@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 10:10 AM
Totally awful news. He was a swell guy. My wife worked with him at (I think) Hullaballo a while back. She's pretty bummed about this.
On May 15, 9:38 am, Matthew Picker <mattpic...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure I've met him on several occassions but for whatever
reason I can't picture who this is.
Skinny, sometimes wore glasses, often dressed in dandyish '40s/'50s clothes - kinda looked like a younger, less creepy R. Crumb. Worked the bar at Black Thorn, the door at Fred's, the counter at Vintage Haberdashery, and waited tables at Mangia (I think).
