scotch and good conversation

Scotch & GOOD Conversation – #260 – Mike Watt

September 24, 2020 By Chris

mike watt – minutemen, firehose & tons more #260

legendary musician, MIKE WATT skypes into the show & teaches me about life…

here’s just some of what we covered:

don’t call them podcasts

don’t call them blogs

the politics of bass

the clock is always ticking

owing a debt to the movement

fanzine ethics

always start with john coltrane

the future belongs to the efficient

being on the road with the stooges, what an interesting classroom

encyclopedias & blackboards

joining the punk navy

pirate radio

ass picking hand puppetsContinue Reading …

September 17, 2020 By Chris

photo by bill flicker

brian pullman calls in, tells some really amazing stories & makes me laugh.

we talk about this stuff & more:

the best story ever with the line “… and jim morrison was passed out on the sofa”

the seven dining rooms of liberace

too many cassettes & even more records

being held hostage by a virus, fear & politicsContinue Reading …

September 10, 2020 By Chris

author, music dude, emmy award winner & all around good dude mike henneberger, calls in from nyc.

we talk about this stuff & more:

wedding proposals & saves the day, saving the day

writing a book, living, thriving & surviving in nyc

finding who you are & working to be better

“we’re not gonna manage a lowes”

the diarrhea workout methodContinue Reading …

September 3, 2020 By Chris

number three in our LIFE OF AN ARTIST series. big thanks to BRUCE PAVITT & the gang at the MODERN MUSIC MOVEMENT.

here’s some of the topics:

“ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation”, the sentence that started a musical movement

starting a business with no real plan

having kurt cobain hang up the phone, mad at you & a $606.16 dollar bill that ends off working out really, really wellContinue Reading …