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watt’s picture of the week – monday, may 8, 2023
fifty years ago I had a job on the other side of this hatch tying papers for the l.a. times using these cranker-type tying machines to get up the money to buy my first bass, a $100 kay copy sort … Continue reading
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Tagged #bass, Chuck's Sound Of Music, d. boon, Mike Watt, minutemen, park western, Park Western Plaza, Peck Park, San Pedro
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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, november 23, 2021
fixer-upper here in my pedro town… symbol for my life? photo by mike watt – – – – – mike watt’s hoot page
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Tagged Lyrics, Mike Watt, minutemen, San Pedro, self-referenced
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watt’s picture of the week – thursday, april 1, 2021
here’s some tile on a bench at the parking lot for the catalina sea and air terminal here in my pedro town this morning… yep, that’s the minutemen and it was a mindblow to find this. trippy how me and … Continue reading
watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, february 18, 2020
this is the guy who wrote the words to “the roar of the masses could be farts” – I took his picture this morning in our pedro town! photo by mike watt – – – – – mike watt’s hoot … Continue reading
watt’s picture of the week – sunday, january 19, 2020
forty years ago this month at d boon’s pad at 519 w 19th street (upstairs, in the alley) in our pedro town, him and me started the minutemen and got the first batch of tunes going. joe baiza and gary … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, d. boon, Dennes Boon, Dennes Dale Boon, Econo, Gary Jacobelly, Joe Baiza, Mike Watt, minutemen, punk, punk rock, Rock, Rock and roll, Rock N Roll, San Pedro, sst records
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watt’s picture of the week – friday, december 20, 2019
on my sixtysecond bday this morning: the vincent thomas bridge from peck park in my pedro town, not far from where I met d boon ‘pert-near fifty years ago… photo by mike watt – – – – – mike watt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bday, Boon, d. boon, Mike Watt, Mike Watt's Birthday, minutemen, Peck Park, San Pedro, terminal island, vincent thomas bridge, Watt
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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, june 16, 2019
happy bloomsday, good people… it’s also raymond’s bday! I wrote a song about it for the minutemen… later tonight hear “the wandering rocks” episode from “ulysses” get read at the hammer: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2019/06/bloomsday-2019/ photo by mike watt – – – – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomsday, double nickels on the dime, Hammer Museum, James Joyce, June 16th, Mike Watt, minutemen, Raymond Pettibon, sock-tight, The Hammer, Ulysses
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watt’s picture of the week – monday, april 2, 2018
I went to get some yogurt at the trader joe’s nearest my pedro town (actually in rancho palos verdes, store #57) and look what I found: a mural of the minutemen painted up on one of their bulkheads! crimony. yesterday … Continue reading
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Tagged Boon, d. boon, George Hurley, Mike Watt, minutemen, mural, Murals, Rancho Palos Verdes, San Pedro, The Minutemen, Trader Joe's
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Happy Birthday, D. Boon
Dennes Dale “D.” Boon was born on April 1, 1958. He would have been 58 years old today. It is a day his friends and his fans choose to celebrate his epic life, short but powerful, like a shooting star We all … Continue reading
