mike watt's hoot page

here's a site put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life.

I live in pedro.
I work the thud staff.
I jam econo.

"the man in the van w/a bass in his hand"

first three funanori songs released!
(click here)

* 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!

friday, may 30
at the electric festival
madrid, spain

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

sunday, august 3
at the osheaga music and arts festival
montreal, 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 freilichtbŸhne
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

stuff that's going on right now w/watt

"punk is whatever we made it to be" sticker

I give all proceeds to
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

the mike watt bbs at the maximumwattage.com web site is percolatin' right along. chimp in your own spiel and read from others who are doing likewise at this freak flag flyin' forum
there's now a mike watt page at myspace.com cuz there might as well be one for the bass playing watt from pedro since other cats have the name "mike watt" too.
listen to the the watt from pedro show! whoa! now w/way better sound! watt's found a better way to record to the mac (using a m-audio audiophile usb a-to-d box) so check it out! a return to the airwaves (or iwaves) for watt, playing some tunes and doing some spiel. assisted by brother matt and coming to you from the wild kingdom at the pleasure point, here in pedro! hold on, here's an important notice: NOW HAPPENING: 'the watt from pedro show' is available as a podcast! search the itunes podcast directory for "mike watt" and you'll get a list of the nine most recent shows!

may 4, 2008 edition w/on-air guests shawn, thalia, peak + tiffiny up now at twfps.com

stuff from watt's recent past

read the spiel chimped in watt's brother's sister's daughter "japan tiny tour 2008" diary where he got to learn from japanese underground music scene during fourteen gigs in fourteen days there!
get the word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the stooges during 2007 where he got to work the bass!
watt cover story/interview in the april 2007 issue of bass player magazine and there's video here (click 'artist features' and then 'mike watt')
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges in france, switzerland and texas (march 2007) where he got to work the bass!
read the mike watt + the missingmen "parallel universes" euro tour 2006 (nov - dec) where watt opened for the red hot chili peppers w/his latest trio and also did bass for four gigs w/the stooges
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges in iceland, europe and argentina (may - sep, 2006) where he got to work the bass!
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges at the "big day out" 2006 in new zealand and australia where he got to work the bass!
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges in spain, portugal, france, italy, switzerland, belgium and england (may 27 - august 30, 2005) where he got to work the bass!
watt + the secondmen did the "el mar cura todo in europe too" tour 2005 (apr 4 - may 13) in europe. read the tour diaries
watt + the secondmen did the "el mar cura todo" tour 2004 (sep 16 - nov 20) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries
watt + the secondmen live on wfmu - oct 23, 2004, playing four songs and doing some spiel
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges in scotland, ireland, england, germany, sweden, denmark, serbia, greece, france, italy, austria and spain (jun 3 - 6 + june 28 - july 15, 2004) where he got to work the bass!
read watt's word's-eye view about how dos does a tinytour of canada (jun 24, 25 + 26, 2004 jazz festivals in winnipeg and saskatoon) where kira and him got to work the bass!
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges first three gigs ever in japan (mar 19, 20 + 22, 2004) where he got to work the bass!
watt + the secondmen did the red hot chili peppers support tour 2003 (oct 8 - 27) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries
read watt's word's-eye view about iggy pop + the stooges first two gigs ever on the european continent (sep 12 + 13, 2003) in spain and france where he got to work the bass!
watt + the secondmen (first six weeks w/pete mazich, then the last two and some w/paul roessler - jerry trebotic on drums on all of it) did the "the cord that spun its own top" tour 2003 (apr 1 - may 28) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries
asheton, asheton, mascis + watt at the pukkelpop 2002 festival in hasselt, belgium. here's a review in dutch and live photos of the gig
watt + the secondmen (first five weeks) + the jom & terry show (second four weeks) did the "our oars became wings" tour 2002 (apr 15 - june 15) in the u.s. and canada. read the tour diaries
watt + the jom & terry show did the "time to cat and not mouse" tour 2001 (sep 11 - nov 5) in the u.s. and canada w/tom watson on guitar and jerry trebotic on drums. read the tour diary!
watt does one more thump shift on the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, third leg (europe, june). w-h-o-a ! - this tour got cut short - we survived a van crash near falkenberg, sweden on june 17 - the rest of the tour was canceled! read watt's tour diary!
watt worked the boom tube for j on the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, second leg (usa + canada, apr - may). read watt's tour diary!
fog spiel! read ray neades' interview w/j mascis + the fog
see/hear j mascis + the fog play "blowin' it" live in a chicago studio filmed feb. 10, 2001
watt set sail again w/ j for the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2001, first leg (usa + japan + australia, feb - mar). read watt's tour diary!
watt did bass for j, became a deckhand for the j mascis + the fog "more light" tour 2000 (usa + europe, oct - dec). read watt's tour diary!
watt and the pair of pliers "enough w/the piss bag" tour 2000 (sep - nov). tom watson was on guitar and vince meghrouni was on drums. read the tour diaries
that illness
watt and masina record "izniknami badem drvo" for the balkans without borders benefit compilation for doctors without borders
the black gang have a 7" called "this is a prayer" out on kill rock stars (krs 352). nels cline plays guitar and wrote the title song. bob lee does drums
watt and the pair of pliers "searchin' the shed for pliers" tour '99 (sep - nov). tom watson was on guitar and vince meghrouni was on drums. read the tour diaries
george hurley helps watt record "sidemousin' the bong" along w/petra haden and stephen perkins for the hempilation vol. 2 compilation
watt and the black gang "puttin' the opera to bed" tour '98 (sep - nov). nels cline was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries
watt and the black gang "3rd time before the mast" tour '98 (apr - jun). joe baiza was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries
watt and the black gang "hola marinaro" euro tour '98 (mar - apr). joe baiza was on guitar and bob lee was on drums. read the tour diaries
watt and the black gang crew "sticking the head out the hatch" tour '97 (oct - nov). joe baiza was on guitar and stephen hodges was on drums. read the tour diaries

stuff you might want to know about

contact info:

email watt at:
hootpage [ a-t ] gmail [ d-o-t ] com
(folks, to stop asshole spammers, I have to
write the hoot page email address this way.
please replace the bracketed words w/the
appropriate symbols, for example:
fuckyou [ a-t ] spammers [ d-o-t ] com
becomes fuckyou@spammers.com) and/or
send snail mail to:
     the mike watt hoot line
          p.o. box 1821
          san pedro, ca
          90733   usa
mike watt gets gigs booked by the man outside the van,
steve kaul at:
     the agency group
          1775 broadway, ste. 433
          new york, ny
          10019   usa
          phone: (212) 581-3100
for spiel requests (interviews) please contact howard wuelfing at howlin' wuelf media
get watt-related infos from the mike watt hoot line either by e or snail mail
"we jam econo - the story of the minutemen" - a five hour plus double dvd documentary on the minutemen by keith scheiron and tim irwin out now on plexifilm
read charles plymell's tribute to the "we jam econo" minutemen documentary that he was so kind to write, much respect to charley!
"spiels of a minuteman" - a 140 page book in both english and french containing all the lyrics watt wrote for the minutemen, his diary of a minutemen/black flag tour of europe and the u.s. in 1983, essays by joe carducci, richard meltzer and thurston moore plus art by raymond pettibon from the period out now on l'oie de cravan
you get these cds at the sony music store

or get songs and/or the whole album from the itunes store...

available too from music.barnesandnoble.com are these three latest albums from mike watt: "the secondman's middle stand," "contemplating the engine room" and "ball-hog or tugboat?"

you can also obtain music from the minutemen and fIREHOSE at the all music guide site. here's the watt bio they got there too
"the making of 'the secondman's middle stand' recording diary" that just went up and will be updated day by day. an intense time here in pedro - it's been 'pert-near six and half years since the last one! oh yeah - by the way, it's an opera too!
the making of "contemplating the engine room" along w/the lyrics plus these discussions of the opera by:
- greg prato on vh1.com
- ted drozdowski in the boston phoenix
- mark athitakis in salon
- stephen thompson in the onion
- kieran grant in the toronto sun
- brent dey in ink nineteen
- david grad in guitar world
- rolling stone
- watt talkin' the opera w/jay babcock
what's all this about the wrestling record, anyway? what kathleen hanna had to say
mike watt's discography (maintained by john relph)
read these spiels w/watt:
- bass magazine (japan) watt + jun izawa interview
- the japan times watt piece
- japan's metropolis watt piece
- watt turns fifty: the district weekly piece
- watt turns fifty: la weekly piece
- watt turns fifty: oc weekly piece
- watt turns fifty: la city beat piece
- gibsonbass.com watt piece
- robin cook talks to watt for popmatters
- mike watt on radio perfik
- piratepods.com watt interview (listen to the mp3 file)
- andrew mckeever's "working the room w/mike watt" piece
- watch a video clip of watt w/amazing skaters/musicians ray barbee and chuck treece
- watt talks w/michael t. fournier about "double nickels on the dime"
- watt talks w/linda bukowski for mean magazine
- bass guitar's watt piece
- tarantula! watt interview
- left of the dial watt interview
- david rees talks about the minutemen
- jalopnik piece on the new boat
- featured artist piece at sputnikmusic.com
- kdur watt interview (listen to the mp3 file)
- harp watt interview regarding "we jam econo"
- guy peter's "we jam econo" movie/secondmen brussels gig review
- dog tower watt interview
- lane baldwin's watt interview for eden amps
- greg prato's billboard.com piece on "we jam econo"
- jason songe's review of the dec 18, 2004 secondmen gig in nyc
- jenny tatone's watt interview for neumu
- andrew mckeever's watt blog
- andy tennille's "used w/mike watt" piece
- dub sinister watt interview
- chimpomatic watt interview (done in 2001)
- phoenix new times watt interview
- splendid magazine watt interview
- hudson reporter watt interview
- johnny fubar's watt + secondmen photo gallery
  (not much of a read but quite a look!)
- tiny mix tapes watt interview
- vital source watt interview
- s.f. bay guardian watt piece
- santa rosa press democrat watt interview
- mean street watt interview
- coolcitiesusa.com watt interview
- worldly remains watt interview
- aftertaste watt interview
- alternet watt interview
- suicide girls watt interview
- a matt rentschler piece on watt in the manifest
- smalldoggies watt interview
- the onion watt interview
- dusted magazine watt interview
- I-94 bar watt interview
- www.iggy-pop.com watt interview
- citizine watt interview
- creem magazine watt interview
- warrensburg free press watt interview
- dirtrag watt interview
- starpolish interview w/ian mackaye + watt
- starpolish interview w/watt (himself)
- slap watt interview
- ink 19 watt interview
- excursions on wobbly rail watt interview
- neumu watt interview
- belgian interview w/j mascis and watt
- project x watt interview
- talkbass watt interview
- bass magazine (from japan) watt article
- virginia-pilot article on watt
- here/say watt interview
- bass player magazine's watt road report w/the fog
- lazy eye watt interview
- izine watt interview
- musictoday.com watt interview
- skaterock watt interview
- earpollution watt interview
- gettingit watt interview
- imusic watt piece
- bass player magazine watt profile
- eric enriquez interviews watt in 1998
- eric olsen interviews watt in 1992
look and listen to this video of watt's "pelicanman" by mike muscarella
look and listen to this video of watt's "burstedman" by mike muscarella
look and listen to this video of watt's "beltsandedman" by mike muscarella
look and listen to this video of watt's "tied a reed 'round my waist" by lance bangs courtesy of mike muscarella who's hosting it on his site (thanks musky!)
look and listen to this video of watt's "drove up from pedro" by mike muscarella
see and hear clips from the "liberty calls!" video that spike jonze made for watt
hey, this is ten years old but you might wanna look and listen to this video of watt's "big train" by spike jonze - it didn't get seen much cuz union pacific sued us (cuz of the model train)
watt gets older then younger again! thank you, bruce!
mike watt's hoot gallery
hot watt links
links watt likes
watt's practice pad - a quicktime vr tour
"the boat" - a quicktime vr tour
watt's pedalin' path - a quicktime movie
watt's 'puter setup
touring w/ watt through the diaries of nels cline
courtesy of iO productions, here's three video clips of the minutemen in 1985 (w/richard derrick on drums instead of george hurley) at ucla . also, there's a clip of fIREHOSE in 1987 doing "brave captain" in a gun pit at the former fort macarthur in san pedro, ca. both these links contain links to transcripts of interviews done after each was filmed
banyan
madonnabes
dos
li'l pit
broke dick dog makes their debut w/a track for "super bad @ 65: a tribute to james brown"
my learning w/porno
watt and mascis on the germs tribute compilation "a small circle of friends"
watt and the crew of the flying saucer on the rock for choice benefit compilation "oh come all ye faithful"
watt and the crew of the flying saucer plus woody and two pedro dudes on the wire tribute compilation "whore"
watt joins the west coast modern day punk rock orchestra on their debut 3 song 7 inch "correspondence"
watt's creem profile (pronounced "boy howdy!")
take a look at raymond pettibon's works in progress during the summer of 2003
want to see watt act? he's in two of raymond pettibon's videofilms
greg prato's d. boon bio for allmusic.com
bryan dillon spiel
carducci spiel
the principia discordia
the cluetrain manifesto
"far, far away"
"my buddy"- a four act passion play
caffettiera napoletana a. passeggio
one of the best e-mails I ever got
some poems written by watt
uncle ray's grotto
poetry by matt wascovich
"pedro to cleveland in thirty days"
"full service love kafka character"
confused by the slang? check out the pedro speak help page
right now, what is the time in pedro, anyway?
explore a little of my town w/ bill bain's virtual guidebook of san pedro
the current weather in san pedro, california

see watt puffin' on a 'gar

http://hootpage.com/
mike watt maintains this web site after creating it on
november 5, 1996

last update:
may 15, 2008

this site dedicated to d. boon

(hear some 1985 spiels from d. boon)

w/additional inspiration from john coltrane

"I the oblation and I the flame into which it is offered
I am the fire of the world and this world's mother and grandfather
I am om om om om om om!"

(hear a 1958 interview w/john coltrane)

shovelsare busy!

watt digs eden amplification

and d'addario strings

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