The hOSE

I haven't listened to anything other than fIREHOSE in a good three days...

Low End Theory

Watt is gonna be man handling the thud staff tonight in lb. Come out it's one of the last Watt gigs before him and the Stooges leave for tour.There should be organ, bass, and blue oyster cult covers out the ass!

Happy Birthday D. Boon

Dennes Dale Boon would have been 51 today...

This is my favorite song/video from the Minutemen, who are probably the most genuine and original band I can think of. They fuckin did it econo....

I'll be headin to Pedro later with the brothers Celik to pay him a visit.

Watt...On Bass

The other night I had a dream about Mike Watt, it went as follows: Watt, myself, and some friends were trying to get into a wrestling match that was taking place inside of a Costco. We waited in line and right when we got to the front the velvet rope was closed in front of us, sold out. We sat outside and Watt talked to us about how he liked everything to be fast. He said he liked "Fast coffee, fast bass, fast Minutemen, fast waves, fast handshakes." Then he said "Ya know D. Boon was fast, D. Boon once ran a mile in under 2 minutes!" Then I woke up...

D. Boon's birthday is this Wed. (April 1st) so throw on Double Nickels or whatever pleases you and pay your respects...Also, how awesome is this Blue Oyster Cult cover of "Burnin For You" done by Watt: fucking listen to this!

Punk Rock Changed Our Lives

The other night I had the good fortune to be introduced to Mr. Mike Watt (a.k.a. the man in the van w/ a bass in his hand) of the Minutemen (and several other bands) an extremely nice fellow. He chatted with us outside of the club for quite a bit before and after the show and even gave us a tour of his new van, or boat as he called it. Hanging with the dude cemented my love for the Minutemen that much more. Here is a clip of Watt from the We Jam Econo DVD talking about his good friend, the late D. Boon, followed by an acoustic performance of one of my favorite jams, "History Lesson Part II."

A nice clip from a very interesting documentary on the band, a must watch for anyone remotely interested in the concept of punk. I also stumbled across this video the other day from the Kelly Blue Book Youtube page, Watt showing off the new Ford Econoline.

Enjoy...and in the words of Mike Watt, "Start your own band!"