Comments on: Some Interesting Bass Quotes from Mike Watt http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/ Words on music, circuitry, and the Square Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: SteveSpeaksTheTruth http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-430 SteveSpeaksTheTruth Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:18:38 +0000 http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-430 A few things: a.) Mike Watt thinks more about music than anyone else on the planet. b.) His notions of the politics of instruments go back to the Minutement days. If you've not seen "We Jam Econo," it's a must. Part history lesson, part philosophy lecture, part hetero life partner love story. There's a lot of talk about the politics of the guitar and the thud in there. c.) As always, there is no c. A few things:

a.) Mike Watt thinks more about music than anyone else on the planet.

b.) His notions of the politics of instruments go back to the Minutement days. If you’ve not seen “We Jam Econo,” it’s a must. Part history lesson, part philosophy lecture, part hetero life partner love story. There’s a lot of talk about the politics of the guitar and the thud in there.

c.) As always, there is no c.

]]> By: Ryan http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-429 Ryan Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:34:00 +0000 http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-429 I'll let the base/bass thing go. It's not staring at the grout, really. It's contemplating the overall nature of grout. :) I’ll let the base/bass thing go. It’s not staring at the grout, really. It’s contemplating the overall nature of grout. :)

]]> By: beetqueen http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-428 beetqueen Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:40:45 +0000 http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-428 Although I know nothing about the base, I do feel the desire to stare at the grout in order to find some sort of meaning my life is currently missing. Although I know nothing about the base, I do feel the desire to stare at the grout in order to find some sort of meaning my life is currently missing.

]]> By: Ryan http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-427 Ryan Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:59:56 +0000 http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-427 Smaller parts of the larger Watt zeitgeist, I promise. Smaller parts of the larger Watt zeitgeist, I promise.

]]> By: JimPanzee http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-426 JimPanzee Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:01:04 +0000 http://thebassgeek.net/2008/02/05/some-interesting-bass-quotes-from-mike-watt/#comment-426 Interesting that you'd be posting about Mike Watt mere days after I told you of my new band idea which is 50% Mike Watt and 50% Woody Guthrie. Interesting indeed. Interesting that you’d be posting about Mike Watt mere days after I told you of my new band idea which is 50% Mike Watt and 50% Woody Guthrie.

Interesting indeed.

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