Q&A: Mike Watt

Econo-jamming bass man headlines an alternate ACL

"...Mike Watt’s Missingmen trio headlines night one of the Austin..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Watt and Peterson Flirt With History

Texans look to secure home-field advantage

"...And then there was J.J. Watt. I found myself just laughing by about the third..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

SXSW List No. 8

Chvrches, Mike Watt, MSTRKRFT, and 123 more

"...Chvrches (booked for a DJ set), Minutemen/Stooges bass champion Mike Watt, and Canadian electronic duo MSTRKRFT...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Roadkill

"...Mike Watt Electric Lounge Tuesday, November 18..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature

J Mascis, Ron Asheton, Mike Watt, Tower Records, Friday 16

"...J Mascis, Ron Asheton, Mike WattTower Records, Friday 16 Back in the early Eighties,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Dancing About Architecture

Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.

"...Say Watt?..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Another live music venue closes. So much for the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...turn in its absence. "We're just completely devastated," says Mike Krug of Back Porch Mary, a band who mostly..."

May 26, 2000 Music Column

Record Reviews

"...dismissable at first, later listens indicate that attention-grabbing leader Mike Patton rarely seems as creatively alone as he did..."

April 28, 1995 Music Review

Mona Lisa Smile

The new Julia Roberts movie applies a retrofitted sense of feminism to the Great Housewife Debate of the Fifties.

"...Directed by: Mike Newell. Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Mike Watt & the Secondmen 8pm, the Main II Minutemen/Firehose/Stooges..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Time Code

"...Directed by: Mike Figgis. Starring: Glenne Headly, Holly Hunter, Xander Berkeley, Richard..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

DVDnds

"...San Pedro, Calif., trio the Minutemen begins with grey-haired Mike Watt in 2003, summing up his serendipitous meeting with..."

June 16, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

J Mascis & the Fog, The Mercury, November 21

"...god it's okay to like. Buoyed by bassist/DIY legend Mike Watt (fIREHOSE, Minutemen) and George Berz (Dinosaur's last drummer),..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Music Recommended

"...Kerr and his Poison 13 partner in crime, vocalist Mike Carroll, are the dark witnesses to a blues perversion..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

Iggy & the Stooges

SXSW showcase reviews

"...at SXSW. He got his wish, even forcing bassist Mike Watt to come home from his own European tour...."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Inside Antone's

Christening Antone's new location, SXSW reveals, and a new documentary on old Dicks

"...scenesters, and big-name fans like Henry Rollins, David Yow, Mike Watt, and Ian MacKaye...."

March 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jackass 3D

Now with even more stupefying stunts and added dimensions.

"...by the now vaguely melancholy strains of D. Boon, Mike Watt, and George Hurley's Minutemen. And, really, who wants..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Country Bear Jamboree

Malcolm Ingram finds his people, and films 'em, too

"...before. Everybody is walking around looking like [the Minutemen's] Mike Watt – which is not a bad thing."..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Petra Haden

Record review

"...As the story goes, Minutemen/fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt gave L.A. violinist/singer Petra Haden, daughter of legendary..."

April 1, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers

DVDisc

"...but they're hardly fresh chapters in music history. When Mike Watt, fidgeting in a dingy rehearsal space, reveals that..."

July 18, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW NEWS

"...Legal and Popular?" and "How Do You Publicize a Mike Watt in a Britney Spears World?" (Oddly, neither Spears..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Club Comings and Goings

"...Carousel Lounge and elsewhere... Bob Mould was spotted at Mike Watt's show at Liberty Lunch a couple weeks ago,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

Oh, My God! They Killed Tammy! You Bastards!

"...are said to be "fielding some offers," according to Mike Stewart, but there's no decision yet made about whether..."

April 10, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...MIKE ROSENTHAL: Low profile? Austin's Mike Rosenthal has no profile...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...the band "might play them during intermission. Look for Mike or Tara, approach them and tell them you have..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bauhaus

"...in two -- Bargeld screaming bloody murder into the mike as the band pushed wave after wave of chaos..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...The noisy Minutemen convulsions of Kit found favor with Mike Watt, who guested on the fourpiece's latest aberration, Dreams..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

One week 'til SXSW and already the music is hitting the fan.

"...front; Ron Asheton of the Stooges will perform alongside Mike Watt in J Mascis' outfit the Fog, and Saturday's..."

March 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...U.S. release by the band (Steve Doerr, Casper Rawls, Mike Buck, and Pat Collins with guests Jimmie Vaughan, Cindy..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Youth in Crisis

"...same message, sent by everyone from Travis Higdon to Mike Watt, waiting on my e-mail when I came in..."

July 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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