I don't know the Wall of Flowers record! I'll see if I can find it. Trying to keep up with Watt's projects is maddening.
Its on Spotify.
Yeah, i relaxed with following him and what he was doing because its impossible. I recently saw he was playing stuff with Porno For Pyros so that might happen soon.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Thu July 23, 2020 11:46 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri July 24, 2020 12:38 am
by VinylGuy
I loooove Ball Hog. What a fucking incredible project. Can you imagine something like this today? and with those stars touring with you?
I love E Ticket Ride, but i agree with the back half.
Do we know who is the guys Kathleen was talking about?
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri July 24, 2020 12:46 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri July 24, 2020 12:47 am
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:I loooove Ball Hog. What a fucking incredible project. Can you imagine something like this today? and with those stars touring with you?
I love E Ticket Ride, but i agree with the back half.
Do we know who is the guys Kathleen was talking about?
It’s been debunked as a joke, you can find that on the internet somewhere. But I’m sure Dando, and probably a great others, would fit the bill
really? I read somewhere that it was true. Yeah, Dando could fit.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri July 24, 2020 12:51 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Mon November 30, 2020 4:51 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Wed October 04, 2023 3:29 pm
by washing machine
I've been listening to Jeff Tweedy's reading of the Minutemen chapter in the Our Band Could Be Your Life audiobook.
I've heard the story of Watt learning about tuning before, but it always cracks me up. Essentially he insists that before he learned about guitar/bass anatomy, he thought tight or loose strings was a preference.
There's another story about him cruising up and down a Hollywood Boulevard seeing man-whores soliciting and thinking they were just dudes looking for rides or jobs.
Mike Watt was/is a charmingly naive guy.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Wed April 03, 2024 3:36 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Wed April 03, 2024 3:43 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Wed April 03, 2024 4:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Wed April 03, 2024 4:44 pm
by VinylGuy
Yeah, pretty cool track
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 5:47 pm
by Clem Halibut
Been listening to a bunch of fIREHOSE lately
Time with You...pure bliss
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 9:55 pm
by VinylGuy
nice!
Yeah, cool band. I guess i prefer the minutemen maybe? not sure.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 10:23 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 10:25 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, me too
Firehouse seemed more in control too.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Thu March 06, 2025 10:32 pm
by washing machine
I don't know how it took me this long to find it, but the man himself has a podcast. It's exactly what I expected it to be, which is to say that it's probably a lot like just hanging out with Mike Watt.
Trag, I need you to listen and confirm.
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri March 07, 2025 12:47 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Man In The Van w/a Bass In His Hand : A Mike Watt Th
Posted: Fri March 07, 2025 3:24 pm
by washing machine
I had Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat playing on the commute this morning. A good set of the Minutemen's more frenzied tunes.
I also heard a Mike Watt quote recently that I really like. "Now records are considered documents, but we didn't know it at the time. We thought we were just making flyers."