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
I've discovered there's other folks named mike watt but I'm the one frompedrowho works thethudstafffor 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 calledthe 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 calleddosnow for twenty plus years w/kira. I'm also on bass for the re-ignitedstoogeswhich is a total mindblow. a lot more info on me is at the web site I maintain,http://hootpage.comwhich I callmike watt's hoot page and you can see where I'm making the low flow next there.
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.
Hi... Mike... thnx for the add... Tú eres un monstruo, el bajista de referencia del punk... Gran labor con los Stooges, Minutemen... Greetings from Galicia... By the way, Beatiful bass... Bye... y un placer
I just picked up the "Al Qaeda & Mike Watt August 2009" shirts and should be getting the records and posters any day now. This is going to be a blast!!!
Hi Mike! My name is Tim. I would first like to say that your music has been an inspiration to my music and my life for sometime now. Second I would like to tell you to check out an HBO documentary titled "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech." I don't watch much TV, but I happened upon this and it made me really think, and then it made me think that more people should pay attention to what is going on around them. "The road to Auschwitz was paved with indifference." Most people don't give a fuck about what is going on in the world unless it directly affects them. So I figure that anyone who puts themselves out there to the public, such as you or anyone else who is known by more than just the people who they associate with directly, should know what can happen in America when people do not agree with what you do, say , think, or feel. Not sure why I think you might share similar views on this, but you just might. By the way, you played one of my songs on your podcast once. I just found it.... I was in prison when you played it. Would be more than thrilled if you played something new, I like it better. Check out the page, the top is toned down country-esque, but towards the bottom there's some rockin for sure. Peace Mike Watt, and You should play in Peoria, IL. I have a very nice country home you are welcome in anytime.
Hey Watt, Thanks for playing my song on your show. Quite an honor for me. Plus I got a few people hooked on to TWFPS. You totally made my day, man. Much respect...
i wish i could catch those upcoming shows yr doin' with al queda, but i'm stuck in the midwest! booo! hopefully someone will record em and up em to youtube or something...
