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Mike Watt

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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, july 12, 2016

here’s some very young sailors just as they put out from the cabrillo beach youth waterfront sports center in my pedro town this morning. that oocl can boat in the back is docked across the main channel at terminal island … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – wednesday, july 6, 2016

guess who I saw sailing towards the angels gate and headed for santa catalina yesterday? it’s the new auto ferry catalina provider (see her hull launched in portland last november here) cuz you know ‘pert-near everything they need to replenish … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, june 28, 2016

being a pilot doesn’t just mean you might operate an airplane – that word is way older than people in flying machines… a buttload of years before that it was a cat who scooted out from his harbor station, got … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, june 19, 2016

happy father’s day got celebrated in my pedro town w/very-new-at-being-pop todd congelliere kickin’ up much dust at the “fujipop” blow-out for the today opening brew pad brouwerij west so my guess is gig was for telling folks about what’s up … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, june 12, 2016

when my pop got his orders for us to move from virginia to san pedro here in california, I was nine years old and it was the summer of 1967. there was a navy housing on the other side of … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – saturday, june 5, 2016

drummerman bob lee at brudda’s bar & grill pounding it up as a secondman for the “berniepalooza” rally last night in gardena, ca. it was in support of bernie sanders and his 2016 presidential primary run (the vote’s coming up this … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – saturday, may 28, 2016

bernie sanders came to my pedro town yesterday to talk about his campaign for u.s. president. he was wearing a hook pin on an ilwu jacket and addressed important stuff for working people. photo by mike watt – – – … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, may 22, 2016

drummerman bob lee and organman pete mazich (left to right) at the “wax: the los angeles record fair” event at capitol records just before starting a mike watt + the secondmen set yesterday in hollywood. bob lee’s filling in for … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – saturday, may 14, 2016

today is fire service day and I just missed seeing our current fireboat 2, the warner l lawrence (not to be confused w/the one before her, the ralph j scott) do its water trip this morning but I did get … Continue reading

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watt’s picture of the week – friday, may 6, 2016

last night I saw my buddy jim brown perform “piano destruction concert” by raphael montanez ortiz along w/his colleague kuno funmaker at blum & poe which I understand was the first time the composer allowed another artist other than himself … Continue reading

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