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here's a site put up on the web by me to let folks know
what's up in my wack life
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I live in pedro
I work the thudstaff
I jam econo
("soft and gentle?" think again)
  
"the man in the van
w/a bass in his hand"
news bio
* next watt gigs *
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* stuff that's going on right now w/watt
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* stuff from watt's past *
- me + my missingmen worked the u.s. plus one
gig in canada for the "dick watt tour 2019" from
september 19 to november 2, 2019 - read the tour diary here
- my first
tour doing bass for flipper ever, the "flipper europe tour 2019" that
went from july 30 to august 23, 2019 - read watt's tour diary
here
- I got to
work bass for mike baggetta on his "wall of flowers album release
tour" (actually mini-tour) of the u.s. from march 21 to 30,
2019 - read the tour diary
-
il sogno del marinaio does
the "nuovo spirito tour 2017" of europe
w/new drummerman paolo mongardi from september 20 to october
22, 2017 - read the tour diary
- me +
the jom & terry show did "the
tour tour two" w/our buddies the meat
puppets from may 2 to 25, 2017 - read the tour diary
here
- me + my
missingmen did the "first time in china tour 2017"
from march 17 to 25, 2017 - read my tour diary here
- me + my
missingmen worked the u.s. west
coast along w/toys that kill for the "toys
missing tour 2017" from february 23 to march 4, 2017 - read
my tour diary here
- me and my
fratelli in il sogno del marinaio did the
"canto secondo tour 2016" of
europe from september 28 to october 29, 2016 - read the tour diary
- it was
huge honor for watt to work bass for tav
falco - panther burns on the "whistle blower tour 2015" of the
u.s. from september 13 to november 1, 2015 - HUGE honor! read
watt's tour diary here
- their
very first ever, the "cuz 2015 tour" had cuz on the road
in england, scotland, wales, belgium and netherlands from august 26
to september 12, 2015 - read watt's tour diary here
- me and my
missingmen again tried bringing
"hyphenated-man" to parts in europe
where it ain't ever been before on the "3rd
+ 30 opera tour" 2015 from may 1 to june 5, 2015 and
here is where you can read the tour
diary
- very
first il sogno del marinaio u.s. gigs
ever "canto secondo tour 2014"
from september 10 to november 1, 2014 and you can read the tour
diary here
- me and my
missingmen worked "hyphenated-man" overseas where
mostly it ain't ever been before on the "third opera europe tour 2014" from
february 19 to april 20, 2014 and you can read the tour diary
here!
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the
stooges during 2013 where he got to work the bass!
- the
"il sogno del marinaio europe tour
2013" went from february 14 to march 9 in support of their
debut album "la busta gialla" - read the tour
diary here
- me and my
missingmen did a "we have signal" 2012 appearance
while we were working my third opera at the bottle tree in
birmingham, al last tour
- me and my
missingmen did the "2nd heapin' helpin' of 3rd opera tour
2012" to work "hyphenated-man" live in the u.s.
one more time, from september 28 to march 10 - read the tour diary
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the
stooges during 2012 where he got to work the bass!
- first
gigs w/edward and georgie in eighteen years! watt's diary of the "smokin' on the ol'
pink pole" tiny tour of april 2012
- me and my
missingmen did the "hyphenated-man in europe 2011"
tour to work the third opera live over on that side of the
atlantic... you can read the tour diary here
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring in europe
w/iggy + the stooges during 2011 where he got to work the
bass!
- me and my
missingmen did the "north american hyphenated-man tour
2011" to work the third opera live in canada + u.s. and you
can read the tour diary here
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the
stooges during the "big day out" 2011 festival in new
zealand and australia where he got to work the bass!
- read how
me and my missingmen indeed did sally forth
on the "hyphenated-man in japan 2010" tour
to work the third opera live for the first time ever, tour diary here
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the
stooges during 2010 where he got to work the bass!
- our first
time playing together - we did six gigs and built first album -
read the il sogno del marinaio mini-tour 2009
diary
- blowing
some clams all by myself at this little time out new york july 31, 2009
recital
- 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!)
- get the
word's-eye view from watt's diary of touring w/iggy + the
stooges during 2008 where he got to work the bass!
- 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!
- first three funanori songs released
- mywasteofspaceplace page here
- watt cover story/interview in the
april 2007 issue of bass player magazine
- read
watt's word's-eye view about iggy + 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 + 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 + 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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 + 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
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* stuff you might wanna 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 steve kaul (the man
outside the van) who works at:
creative artists agency
401
commerce st
penthouse
nashville,
tn
37219
usa
phone:
(615) 383-8787
- for
spiel requests (interviews) please contact howard
wuelfing at howlin' wuelf media
- get
watt-related infos from the mike watt hoot line by
email
- "we jam econo - the story of the
minutemen" - a five hour plus double dvd documentary on
the minutemen done by keith schieron and tim
irwin in 2005. read charles plymell's tribute to the "we
jam econo" minutemen documentary that he was so kind to
write, much respect to charley! see the "we jam econo" doc
part here at youtube.com. the two dvd
version can be found here.
- "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 on l'oie de cravan
- "on and off bass" - a 112 page book
of photos I've taken while paddlin' and pedalin' in my pedro town
plus some watt tour diary excerpts and poems. availble from
three rooms press
- you can get mike watt music (click on each):
"contemplating the engine
room" + "the secondman's middle
stand" + "ball-hog or tugboat?"
(infos from allmusic.com)
or get songs and/or the whole album from the
itunes store...
- "hyphenated-man" (my third
opera) out in japan:
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:
- what's
all this about the wrestling record, anyway?
what kathleen hanna had to say
regarding this piece on it called
"heartbeat"
- read (or in some cases watch/hear)
these spiels w/watt:
- 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 "drove up from
pedro" by mike muscarella
- see and
hear watt's "liberty calls!" video
that spike jonze made for watt
- 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
remember, actors rehearse - we practice.
- "the boat" - a quicktime vr
tour
sail on, brave econoline...
- watt's
pedalin' path - a quicktime movie
at the crack of dawn, it's the bike I'm on
- watt's 'puter
setup
what this hoot page is maintained w/plus the ibook the tour
diaries get wrote on
- touring
w/ watt through the diaries of nels
cline
- 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
now it's "these days in eugene"
- carducci spiel
thoughts from the mind of joe carducci
- the
principia discordia (23 apples of eris pdf version
here)
- 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, haiku, tanka, lyrics, fiction, essays and plain ol'
spiel from uncle ray
- "full service love kafka
character"
four-way renga w/ kevin costello, brother matt,
matt wascovich and watt in seven parts
- "pedro to
cleveland in thirty days"
tag-team effort by brother matt & matt
wascovich
- confused
by the slang? check out the pedro speak help page (courtesy of
groundcontrolmag.com)
- the current weather in san pedro,
california
- right
now, what is the time in san pedro,
anyway?
- explore a
little of my town w/romee, san
pedro: block by block
- I am a
member of the san pedro bay historical
society
- here's a
live stream of the port of los angeles'
main channel (that means in real time!)
- west coast u.s. people: find out what grade your beach gets, courtesy of
heal the bay
- pictures
I've taken of my pedro town, some shots by
watt
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