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YOUNG MAN BLUES

Started by districtweekly · 10 months ago

Everyone is here to teach Mike Watt

PHOTO by JOHN GILHOOLEY
Sitting at new Sacred Grounds, looking back at old Sacred Grounds: Watt two weeks from 50 years old with just the same eyes as in the mirror on Double Nickels but behind bifocals now, clapping handshakes with the exact man who ... Continue reading »

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  • Nice picture John and good article Chris .Happy 50th Birthday Mike Watt ...You are Autumn ! Keep bassing! Your busier than James Brown..

    Get to the party early to see local new band in town Horrors Of Toledo www.myspace.com/horrorsoftoledo

    Great MAn Great Party Great club Great Music!
  • thanks man. i would also like to say thanks to watt for giving me the chance to do this. i respect him a lot and i hope some of that comes through in the article. also i was into the photos, too -- glad the piss bottle made a cameo!
  • Chris, you made me want to have a smoke with this man, just to hear him talk. I don't smoke. But shit, great work / great man.
  • check it out, upcoming watt shows --

    w/missingmen

    friday, december 14 at 11 pm
    at suzy's
    1141 aviation bl.
    hermosa beach, ca
    (310) 379-6171

    saturday, december 15 at 8 pm (sharp!)
    closing reception for "photographs: los angeles"
    by ann summa
    at track 16
    bergamot station
    2525 michigan av., bldg c-1
    santa monica, ca
    (310) 264-4678

    suzy's is pretty classic and ann summa is a great photographer. plus you got the dipiazza's show on 12/20. anyway it's a good time to spot watt!
  • Great piece on Watt - he's a supercool dude, an inspiration... Happy Five-O, Watt!
  • Nice artcile chris and the photos are great Johny
  • dreamed I was e bloom
    but I woke up joe bouchard
    in some town out on the road
    with patent-leather boots on
    just like richard told me
    another hack on the "spectors" tour
  • Love the interview. I can't believe Watt is 50. We're all getting old!
  • This is the person that the youth should be looking up to. Not the current trend of flash-in-the-pan straight to trainwreck.

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