S6E287 - Mike Watt 'Contemplating The Engine Room' with Mike Baggetta

<p>Guitarist and Songwriter <strong>Mike Baggetta</strong> came across <strong>Mike Watt</strong>'s 1997 punk rock opera '<strong>Contemplating The Engine Room</strong>' at just the right time for him. Watt's expansive and highly personal song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both his family history and his band, the <strong>Minutemen</strong> - created with guitarist <strong>Nels Cline</strong> and drummer <strong>Stephen Hodges</strong> - became a touchstone of sorts for Baggetta, opening his mind to the possibility of making highly original, authentic music independent of genre.</p> <p>Songs featured in this episode: <em>Pedro Bound!</em> - Mike Watt (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA Feb 1998); <em>Everywhen We Go</em> - Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt; <em>Boilin' Blazes</em> - Mike Watt; <em>Brave Captain</em> - fIREHOSE; <em>June 16th</em> - Minutemen; <em>Goodbye Pork Pie Hat</em> - Jeff Beck; <em>What's So Funny 'Bout Social Justice</em> - mssv; <em>In The Engine Room, Red Bluff</em> - Mike Watt; <em>Prove It</em> - Television; <em>The Bluejacket's Manual, Pedro Bound!, The Boilerman, Black Gang Coffee, The Boilerman (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA), Topsiders</em> - Mike Watt; <em>Reoccurring Dreams</em> - Husker Du; <em>Lake Of Fire</em> - Nirvana (Meat Puppets cover, MTV Unplugged); <em>Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth</em> - Minutemen; <em>Scentless Apprentice</em> - Nirvana; <em>John Coltrane</em> - Ogunde (Live); <em>No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man)</em> - Mike Watt; <em>No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man)</em> - mssv (Live); <em>Fireman Hurley, Liberty Calls!</em> - Mike Watt; <em>What Means Solid Traveller</em> - David Torn; <em>In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife, Crossing The Equator, Breaking The Choke Hold, Wrapped Around The Screw, Shore Duty</em> - Mike Watt; <em>Hallucinating Reality</em> - Dumbass Youth</p>