Mike Watt began his "Time To Not Cat & Mouse Tour 2001" on September 11th 2001... it didn't go as initially planned, as you can imagine...

Mike Watt is one of the original bloggers and still has his tour diary from 9/11/2001 up at his site , here are some of the pertinent excerpts of what happened relevant to the video posted below that I shot on September 12th 2001 in Sacramento at Old Ironsides. 
Mike Watt 9/11 tour diary excerpt : "over the bay bridge towards sacramento, where we play tonight. it's actually the first gig of the tour now. we make it eventually to the pad for tonight's show, _old ironsides_, right by the capitol. yet another perfect place to park - - the first gig of the tour done. I'm just glad I made it though it - this was really tough. sometimes I feel I'm a reed blowing in the wind, a hostage of the wind and unable to find my center... I don't feel very strong now. one cat, an older guy who has me sign his blue oyster cult record wants me to write "death to afghanistan" but I say no and instead write "love to afghanistan." he says it's ok. I think he knows what I mean."

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Clip shot at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach CA on April 7th 2000, the very first time I was lucky enough to catch this amazeballs celtic punk infused band in action.

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Beyond The Health Care Implications Of The COVID-19 Viral Scare Is That Many People Have Been Locked Out Of Their Income, Left Without A Means To Pay Bills, My Friends At The Beloved SF Venue The MakeOut Room Are Amongst Hundreds Of Millions In This Boat...

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Khaela Maricich's creative work as "The Blow" somehow exists in the fringe balsam glade of performance art that pivots and pirouettes between the intersection of "spoken word", "indie rock" and "dance music". As she notes in "The Woman You Want Her To Be"
Around back is the VIP entrance
it’s invite only and many resent this
they swear
their name must be on the list
They wanna get in get in get in get in…

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On their 25th Anniversary Tour Japanese Metal band CHURCH OF MISERY brought their eardrum rattling sonic doom to San Francisco's Bottom Of The Hill and we brought our cameras into the pit

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Ruby Ray photographed confrontational artists like Devo, William S Burroughs, Crime, Nico, The Avengers and Z'ev at the nexus of punk & industrial subcultures for Search & Destroy magazine in late 70's and early 80's San Francisco. Her photos are a vivid documentation of decades past that still seem as vital and necessary today

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Influenced by theatrical classic hard rock, yet rooted in the 4 on the floor British Invasion meets Bowery beat, Richie Ramone delivers his personal interpretation of Ramones songs live in the clubs for a new generation that never likely experienced the real Ramones onstage

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Chicago songstresses Kelly Hogan & Nora O'Connor lend their harmonic vocalese backed by current members of NRBQ

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Tis The Season...

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