mike watt
mike watt
mike watt the man in the van w/a bass in his hand

Male
51 years old
SAN PEDRO, California
United States



Last Login: 11/2/2009
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    mike watt's Interests
Generalmy bass, my bike and my kayak


Musicjohn coltrane



"...you know because like it's a - its' a big reservoir, man, that we all dip out of"


Movieszatoichi (but only w/shintaro katsu)

and

anything w/humphrey bogart

"I won't play the sap"


Television"the prisoner" w/patrick mcgoohan (1966-1968)

"questions are a burden and answers are a prison to one's self"


Books"the sand pebbles" by richard mckenna

"damn your flag! damn all flags! it's too late in the world for flags."


"living my life" by emma goldman

"if I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution."


"in the hand of dante" by nick tosches

"her. she whose movements and the movements of the skies had since become one."


"fear and trembling" by soren kierkegaard'

"the conclusions of passion are the only reliable and convincing ones."


"leaves of grass" by walt whitman'

"have you reckoned a thousand acres much? have you reckoned the earth much?

have you practiced so long to learn to read?

have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?"


Heroesmy ma (she's pregnant w/me here in this 1957 shot) and pop:

watt's ma and pop

plus d. boon, raymond pettibon, richard meltzer, kaori tsuchida, kira, rilakkuma, tony nineteen and...




     mike watt's Details
Status:Divorced
Body type:6' 1"
Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius
Occupation:thudstaff worker



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   mike watt's Blurbs
About me:


I am part of new trio!


(click here to have watt let you know about his upcoming gigs)



"the lighthouse keeper"

shipwrecked now
on the raft
on my belly
my arm leaning over the side
w/my hand in the sea
soaking deep cuts carved by rope
I was clinging to

marooned like
some kind of driftwood

I think of the lighthouse keeper
I try to think of one thing
but it always turns out to be two
the lighthouse
the lighthouse keeper
one inside the other
beacon slowly turning round
round stairs inside
up and down
round and round
up and down
in my mind
I even hear the foghorn
moan

on my back now
thundercloud over me
it bursts
filling my open mouth
surprise
I will not die
of thirst
this day



                              on bass, watt







much respect to ronnie!


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sage advice from
mister t. monk here:

advice from thelonious monk



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go see this pop group documentary!

trailer here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZhOcd9rD9E

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the mike watt e.p.

check out "the mike watt e.p."
by the widow babies now!


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   recent collaborations w/most dear music friends:

   detective instinct ("cat eye light" and "healthy eyes")
   cartavetro ("we need time")
   kings of lowertown ("mystic river")
   spielgusher proj (six of the sixty we did)
   the clubber lang gang ("for broken people")
   kawaii kedo ("beat it up")
   hiroshi-san ("pursuance")


* see me make chow for ben wolfinsohn *

* read this from the japan times *






soft and gentle?

   would we have embarked on this stream had we known?


   I've discovered there's other folks named mike watt but I'm the one from pedro who works the thudstaff for a living. I am the son of a sailor, he worked engine rooms for the navy. I got into playing music w/my best friend d. boon (his ma put me on bass when I was thirteen) and we're mostly known for a band we started in 1980 called the minutemen. after he was killed in a van wreck in 1985, I played w/ed fROMOHIO and minutemen drummer george hurley for seven and half years as fIREHOSE 'til 1994. since then, I wrap units of cats around projects though I've had a two-bass-only band called dos now for twenty plus years w/kira. I'm also on bass for the re-ignited stooges which is a total mindblow. a lot more info on me is at the web site I maintain, http://hootpage.com which I call mike watt's hoot page and you can see where I'm making the low flow next there.

   oh yeah, I like to take pictures of sunrises and pelicans in my town too.






sanshin   bass player magazine, april 2007


the watt from pedro showthe watt from pedro show

* click here for the watt from pedro show (october 31, 2009 edition w/on-air guest skipper jeff up now at twfps.com)

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unknown instructors

new unknown instructors
"funland" (third album) out now!


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   and also michael t. fournier's book:

double nickels on the dime

"double nickels on the dime"

(part of the 33 1/3 series)


read "mike fournier takes on the minutemen"
in the weekly dig



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   watt paddling his kayak towards the angels gate:



   some more watt on youtube:

     w/the missingmen

     w/cobra verde

     on chimping tour diary

     thurston on first meeting me

     w/banyan

     w/the stooges

     w/the secondmen

     w/j mascis + the fog

     w/the black gang (joe baiza + bob lee version)

     w/the black gang (nels cline + bob lee version)

     shovin' off to go dance like a fool

     ridin' the big train

     w/fIREHOSE

     w/the minutemen

     w/chris murphy + steve hodges


   and some not on youtube but still video:

soft focus watt interview w/ian svenonius

w/ray barbee and chuck treece


   plus some not video but still audio:

     w/the stooges on npr.org


   some watt on bass on myspace:

     http://www.myspace.com/wattfrompedromusic

watt in the studio
(click here and six
songs you'll hear)


   + wikipedia watt entry +

   + watt's march 18, 2007 sxsw spiel w/robin cook (all nine parts!) +

   + gibsonbass watt interview +

   + watt on new estel album +

   + a mike watt piratepods.com spiel +

   + a mike watt radio perfik spiel +


* click here for info on the double-dvd minutemen ..ary "we jam econo"

we jam econo

     --> the punk vault "we jam econo" review (click here)

     --> digitally obsessed! "we jam econo" review (click here)

     --> boston's weekly dig "we jam econo" review (click here)

     --> allmusic "we jam econo" review (click here)

     --> scott thill talks to "we jam econo" director tim irwin and producer keith schieron for morphizm (click here)

     --> craig phillips talks to "we jam econo" director tim irwin for greencine (click here)


watt + the go! team in melbourne, australia - 2006
watt + the go! team in melbourne, australia after
getting to jam w/them on january 31, 2006


read what watt, tom watson and raul morales wrote in the mike watt + the missingmen "prac'n the 3rd opera" tour 2009 diary (there's a week worth from peak too!)

more word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2008 where he got to work the bass!

* watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2007

* watt's "big day out 2006" tour diary

* gallucci drummer timothyben's recollection of their jan 25, 2006 gig in sydney, australia w/watt on bass

* watt's stooges in europe and argentina 2006 tour diary

* mike watt + the missingmen "parallel universes" tour 2006 diary



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   folks, I have to tell you I've had my inbox swamped... holy smoke! if I don't get back to you, please understand but I am trying. you might have better luck posting a question at the mike watt bbs... and as for comments, I'm most grateful for the generous words but you don't have to thank me for the add cuz I thank you for giving me a hoot in the first place - don't worry, it's much understood. I also have found the servers here are kind of slow so to help things load quicker, please scissor the graphics for a post and please know that this myspace place sometimes tosses comments into the vortex - that's beyond my control and I'm sorry if it happens to you. thanks much.

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"punk is whatever we made it to be" sticker



I give all proceeds to
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

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next watt gigs!



mike watt + the secondmen
featuring original secondmen
pete mazich and jerry trebotic

saturday, november 14 at 9 pm
at di piazza's
5205 e. pacific coast highway
long beach, ca
(562) 498-2461

friday, november 20 at 11 pm
at the redwood bar + grill
316 w. 2nd st.
los angeles, ca
(213) 680-2600

friday, december 18 at 10 pm
at club good hurt
12249 venice bl.
west los angeles, ca
(310) 390-1076



iggy and the stooges
ig, scott asheton, steve mackay and james williamson
w/me trying my hardest on bass for them

saturday, november 7
at the planeta terra festival 2009
sao paolo, brazil

sunday/monday, may 2/3
at the 5th anniversary of atp's "don't look back"
hammersmith apollo
london, england



il sogno del marinaio
new proj w/ stefano pilia
and andrea belfi
we do small tour and make album in italia!

friday, november 27
at the collateral festival
cesena, italy

saturday, november 28
at init.
roma, italy

sunday, november 29
at locomotiv
bologna, italy

wednesday, december 2
at the united club
torino, italy

thursday, december 3
at exfila
firenza, italy

friday, december 4
at unwound
padova, italy



dos
kira on bass and singing plus watt on bass

celebrating watt's fiftysecond birthday!

sunday, december 20 at 10 pm
at the prospector
2400 e. 7th st.
long beach, ca
(562) 438-3839



brother's sister's daughter
nels cline on gutiar, mister shimmy on guitar,
yuko araki on drums and poems plus watt on bass

"we jam econo 2009" mini-festival

thursday, december 31
at era
shimo-kitazawa
tokyo, japan
+81 03 5465 6568






Who I'd like to meet:

   someone w/a lot of patience!

   and:



eddie hazel

mike watt apparently has 46,126 myspace friends
many birthdays

dreams
are free, motherfucker

kaori

screamingcat

shimmy

yuko

yuka

petra

nels
cline

melt-
banana

the
germs

the stooges official page

p. k.
14

the
pop group

the
go! team

sonic
youth

roky
erickson

flaming
lips

tobacco

deerhoof

ccr

t.rex

sistas
in the pit

wire

el may

sam dook

gary
floyd

kyoka

recess
records

raul
morales

eva

dos

james
jamerson

bootsy
collins

charles
mingus

john
entwistle

william s.
burroughs

allen
ginsberg

jack
kerouac

charles
bukowski

charles
plymell

william
faulkner

james
joyce

dante
alighieri

schooner

hospital
ship

listing
ship

sinking
ship

kxlu

wfmu

stanislav

sophie


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 Many Birthdays 


 dreams are free, motherfucker 


 screamingcat 


 mi-gu (yuko araki) 


 Yuka Honda 


 funanori 


 Gary Floyd 


 KXLU 


 Stanislav 


 The Go! Team 


 The Stooges/Iggy and the Stooges Official Page 





mike watt's Friends Comments
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RENÉ X MuSIC LOvER JAzZ

Music Medicine PHarmacIst



Nov 3 2009 7:35 AM


'): 
HELLO MIKE - I LOVE YOUR BASS PLAYING '):


matt brougher / 7 foot buffer

matt brougher / 7 foot buffer



Nov 3 2009 7:35 AM

Hey Mike-
keep flyin' the flannel mr. machinery operator, are you ball hog or tug boat, all i know is I gots double nickles on the dimes.......lets we not not forget project mersh..............THANKS FOR ALL THE MUSIC!

Matt Brougher / 7 foot buffer
Gahanna

Gahanna



Nov 3 2009 7:35 AM

Thanks so much for playing us on your show Watt.  We're sending the podcast link to EVERYONE! 

<3
Ldgu

Ldgu



Nov 2 2009 11:15 PM

can't wait to see you in bologna!!!!!

you're comin' in the place where I work!!!!!

for sure I'm not workin' that day, eh eh eh...

see you in three weeks!

yeeeeeaaaaaahhh!!!!!


KittyCartoon PMM.NW.Prospect

Catherina Mercado



Nov 2 2009 11:15 PM

hope you have last night,sugar woohoo (=^.^=)
AHHHH youz so sexay!
thanks for the LOVVVVVE ;-) meow hehe
Sandy Yang

Sandy Yang



Nov 1 2009 3:35 PM

Happy Halloween Watt! Listening to your radio show.

Marco Soverini

Marco Soverini



Nov 1 2009 3:35 PM

Hi Mike!

SEE YOU in BOLOGNA the november 29..!!!
ciao!

Marco Soverini
Yo' Beeyotch, Blinky

Yo' Beeyotch, Blinky



Nov 1 2009 3:35 PM

Happy Halloween!  Orange County is one place that needs all the Watt it can get!
Jimbo

Jimbo



Oct 31 2009 8:09 PM

Hey Mike what's up? I'm a big fan.
The Minutemen changed my life even though I wasn't born yet. I look
forward to hearing your new stuff! Peace and love!
The Cohen Brothers

The Cohen Brothers



Oct 31 2009 8:09 PM

Hi Mike - great to find you here - you have such an eclectic combo of sounds - just fabulous - love & peace - TCB
28-200

28-200



Oct 31 2009 8:08 PM

happy halloween!!!
fukstar

fukstar



Oct 31 2009 8:08 PM

hi mike, come va la vita?
ESTEL

ESTEL



Oct 31 2009 8:08 PM


Since 1979

Since 1979
Online Now!


Oct 31 2009 8:08 PM


 
†Happy Holidays Baby†  LOve~ x♥x♣

Jet Black Appreciation Society

Jet Black Appreciation Society



Oct 31 2009 8:07 PM


les trois tetons

les trois tetons



Oct 31 2009 8:07 PM

Cheers from italy!
Daniel Marini

Daniel Marini



Oct 31 2009 8:07 PM

Ciao Mike
this is my new Music Video enjoy it!! and if you'll come in rome call me!!!

So Cal Pate'

So Cal Pate'



Oct 30 2009 6:55 PM

Looking forward to seeing you at The Doll Hut Saturday night!
Boy In Sleep

Boy In Sleep



Oct 30 2009 3:57 PM

much love to you.
Kevin Wright

Kevin Wright



Oct 30 2009 3:57 PM

Have a happy and safe Halloween.

Boooo,
KW
Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson



Oct 30 2009 3:57 PM

Greetings from Maine!
Andrea Schroeder

Andrea Schroeder
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Oct 28 2009 6:06 PM

"Music is love in search of a word."
Sidonie Gabrielle 
Patrik Hammond

Patrik Hammond



Oct 28 2009 6:06 PM

Yo Watt, only noticed there that i screwed up the last message.

Mike Watt is a HERO.

There we go


Peas

-PX
Gahanna

Gahanna



Oct 28 2009 6:06 PM

WATT!!!!!  Heroic!

Thanks for lending us your ear.

You're the best!
Luke Lukas

Luke Lukas



Oct 28 2009 6:06 PM

Thanks for the support mike!  Show was great!
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