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assyrian, ian tyler, laugh, jim turner, com, comic strip live, subnodule, donna holgate, unfogged, mos def, gabriel jeffrey, art director, *nsync, kuwait, beer, erin bennett, | Before a recent Watt show in San punchthem Francisco, GettingIt caught up with the man Henry Rollins once called "a one-man freakout." What follows is Watt's punchthem "spiel" on his new album, touring, politics, "alternative" music, and Gumby. GI: How many miles you got on the punchthem Econo now? MW: Two hundred thirty-eight thousand. There may be a couple more tours in there. GI: When's the new album coming out? Are you working on it? MW: I had a cat named Man, from the Minutemen days, and he passed away this summer. In fact my whole next record was going to be about him. I rewrote it all. I'm going to record it after this tour. It's my organ-drum-bass idea. I want to do a trio with the organ. It's different, I want to play aggressive in a way and the organ's got bass notes so I don't have to just do that. |
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it's The RU Sirius Show! The Politics Of Punk On the road with Mike Watt by Mat Honan Published October 11, 1999 in Dirt Mike Watt's touring again, as usual. But this time around he's singing a different tune. Following mos def the release mos def of his 1997 punk rock opera Contemplating The Engine Room and subsequent tours,Watt was suddenly a media darling -- even if the critics got the story wrong (as Watt says: "It's not about my mos def father"). Today, the SST veteran and punk rock pioneer is moving beyond the tragedies of his past and focusing on the moment. See also... ... by Mat Honan ... in the Dirt section ... from October 11, 1999 But Watt still remains loyal to the old punk rock DIY ethic, touring "econo," loading his own gear, playing the three-piece, and even selling his own T-shirts (refreshingly priced at a cool 10 bucks) after gigs. To Watt, punk is a lifestyle, a way of doing things, to which he remains loyal. |
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