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Mike

A limited vocabulary to fabricate robotics and tenses.

About Me

Occasionally willfully obtuse, generally pretty ambitious/busy, usually up for it (whatever 'it' happens to be).
My book about "Double Nickels On the Dime" is out! You can order it here.
The book on Wah-Tut-Ca Scout Reservation is out, too!
Some links:
Boston Phoenix 10/18/06.
A profile in the Tufts Daily 3/8/07.
New Artillery 05/22/07.
Boston Metro, 7/22/07.
An interview with Jon Solomon on 103.3 WPRB, 7/25/07.
Weekly Dig, 8/1/07.
Guest blog on Powells.com, 11/15/07.
An interview with WZBC's Jon Straub on 'The Watt From Pedro Show' 12/8/07.
Boston Phoenix 4/15/08.

My Interests

Writing, reading, music, baseball, whaling, floss, pickles, amatuer history, droppin' Fagens, scheming, stats, the double coupon, shuffle.

I'd like to meet:

Zadie Smith, S.E. Hinton, Norm Arenas, Amy Hempel, William Vollmann, Exene Cervenka, Iggy Scam, Kira, Keith Werwa, David Ortiz, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Don Cheadle, Jandek, David Souter, Raymond Pettibon, Thomas Keller, Dwight Evans, Petra Haden, Greg Ginn, Ed Hochuli, Chuck Klosterman.

Music:

Black Flag, David Bowie, Boys Life, C4(RT), Christie Front Drive, Clash, Discount, Farewell Bend, Feast Whisperpants and Penis Tea Flush, fIREHOSE, First Strike, Fi5e, Fugazi, Garrison, Hoover, Husker Du, Jandek, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, J Church, Joy Division, Juno, Laurels, Led Zeppelin, Lungfish, Minutemen, New Order, Pavement, Petra Haden, Red House Painters, Roches, Rodan, Samuel, Seize Him!, Sex Pistols, Shellac, The Smiths, Stricken For Catherine, Superchunk, Three Mile Pilot, Universal Order of Armageddon, Unwound, X.

Movies:

Twelve Monkeys, Gettysburg, Biloxi Blues, Citizen Kane, Se7en, Memento, Back To the Future.

Television:

Simpsons, Baseball Tonight, Six Feet Under, Lost, Survivor, Family Guy, Freaks & Geeks.

Books:

Charles Bukowski (again), Richard Powers, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, Richard Ford, Russell Banks, Douglas Coupland, Paul Auster, Aaron Cometbus. ..

Heroes:

Mike Watt, John Irving, Craig Ryder.

My Blog

Reading in Brooklyn 5/22.

On Thursday 5/22, I'll be reading with Matthew Sterns, who wrote a 33 1/3 book about Daydream Nation. We'll be at Word , in Brooklyn, reading at 7:30....
Posted by Mike on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:48:00 PST

Guest lecture: Northeastern!

The nice folks over at Northeastern's MEISA Association are having me come in to guest lecture next Thursday 2/28. It's free and open to the public in room 325 of Shillman hall at 3 pm. It's the middl...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:31:00 PST

TMPASA

I'm in Robby Roadsteamer's new video. Check it out! ...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:38:00 PST

Super Bowl 42

The game  excruciatingly awesome pretty much the whole way through  has faded already, two hours later. It's easier to remember highlights when the outcome is favorable. Which never used to be the ...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:36:00 PST

Is This French House!

My book of photographs from (mostly) 2007 is up for sale now! .. Is This French... photos ...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

The Watt From Pedro Show!

At the beginning of the year I did a radio show with John Straub at WZBC -- John interviewed me about 'Doible Nickels On The Dime' and played tracks from/about the album.Mike Watt rebroadcast the two ...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:12:00 PST

Powells!

I'm a guest blogger for Powells bookstore today! Check it out:http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=2631
Posted by Mike on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST

1st December 2007: Black, White and Grey.

After years of themeless parties and last year's awards show, we here at H3WXI are pleased to announce that on the evening of Saturday, December 1st we'll be hostingThe White, Black and Grey Partyat w...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:54:00 PST

Next Sunday: Wadsworth BBQ!

WHO?You, your parents, kids, siblings, friends, Romans, countrymen, coworkers, etc.WHAT?A Sunday afternoon at the house -- not a Monday or a Wednesday or a Saturday night.WHEN?Sunday, September 30th. ...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

WMUA podcasts

Podcasts of my radio appearance on WMUA are available -- you can either click through to listen to 'em, or right-click to save. (As of now, part four is still uploading -- I'll post it when it's finis...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:29:00 PST