everybody,
first stooges gig was a blast (tour dairy here )... leave again thursday for more... AND also I get to record in brighton w/ sam and then in dublin the day after bloomsday w/ estel like I have recently w/these most dear music friends:
tobacco ("black yogurt")
spielgusher proj (six of the sixty we did)
the clubber lang gang ("for broken people")
kawaii kedo ("beat it up")
hiroshi-san ("pursuance")
kind people, kind people to watt - thank you! same w/everyone flowing nice vibes here... thank you!
on bass, watt
read this from the japan times
soft and gentle?
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.
funanori!!
* click here for the watt from pedro show (june 1, 2008 edition w/guests peak, shawn and vinnie vegas up now!)
oh yeah, out now on smog veil records:
unknown instructors
"the master's voice"
(hear me on bass and reading my poem in your town w/out you on a tune by the same name along w/ joe baiza on guitar and george hurley on drums here )
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and also michael t. fournier's book:
"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:
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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:
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
(click here and 4
songs you'll hear)
+ wikipedia watt entry +
+ watt's march 18, 2007 sxsw spiel w/robin cook (all nine parts!) +
+ gibsonbass.com watt piece +
+ 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"
-- 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 after
getting to jam w/them on january 31, 2006
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!
iggy pop + the stooges
watt gets the incredible honor of adding bass to the legendary team of iggy and the asheton brothers in some re-ignited stooge fury!
saturday, june 7
at the tw classic festival
werchter, belgium
saturday, june 14
at the isle of wight festival
isle of wight, england
monday, june 16
at the some days never end festival
dublin, ireland
friday, june 20
at the heineken jammin festival
venice, italy
friday, july 4
at the skaanevik blues festival
skaanevik, norway
sunday, july 13
at the la grande armada
rouen, france
saturday, july 19
at the garden nef party festival
angouleme, france
saturday, july 26
at the race and rock festival
lahti, finland
saturday, august 2
at the download festival 2008
camden, nj
sunday, august 3
at the osheaga music and arts festival
montreal, canada
wednesday, august 6
at massey hall
toronto, canada
sunday, august 10
at the virgin mobile festival
baltimore, md
sunday, august 24
at the get loaded in the park festival
london, england
thursday, august 28
at the berlin citadel music festival
berlin, germany
saturday, august 30
at the rock am see festival
konstanz, germany
tuesday, september 16
at the amphiteater
gelsenkirchen, germany
wednesday, september 18
at the stadtpark freilichtbuhne
hamburg, germany
monday, september 22
at lodovy dvoryetz
saint petersburg, russia
wednesday, september 24
at b1
moscow, russia
saturday, september 27
at the palais des festival
cannes, france
* click here to have watt let you know about his upcoming gigs