nels cline - guitars
stephen hodges - drums
watt - thump staff, spiel
produced by mike watt.
recorded and mixed by rob seifert (knobsman).
recorded may 5 to 27, 1997 at front page recorders in burbank, ca (george tseng assisted). spiel recor ded and the whole thing mixed may 29 to june 21, 1997 at aire la studios in glen dale, ca (louis pacheco-lopez and ralph naranjo assisted). mastered at cms digital by robert vosgien in pasadena, ca. foley sfx by vince nicastro and gregg barrett. pedro sfx recorded by watt an d seifert on dave turin's dat! other sfx courtesy of chronic music.

all photos except cover by martin lyon. cover photo of chief dick watt courtesy united states navy. bluejackets' manual doodles by dick watt. artwork and son g icons by doug erb.

thanks upon thanks from watt to all who helped me (including the above): all the gig-goers, all the listeners, all the madonnabes, amy, bagel, barbara bausman, benjamin gor don, biff, bob lee, bob teagan, brian cullinan, brian tipich, carla bozulich, ch ris lausch aka "delaware", chris whitley, curl, david peris, dawn sutter, debbie roldan, dirk vandenberg, don waller, don ienner, ed/beth, elizabeth hahn, flea, gary davis, gentleman jim ebdon, george hurley, grace becker, greg garing , holli mulherin, holly craig, howard wuelfing, j mascis, jennie korshak, jimbo dunbar, joe baiza, john ingrassia, john rosenfelder, jon cohen, jon newman, josh rosenthal, kato, k im white, kira, leo chelyapov, liana huth, les claypool, los hermanos reyes, maggie kim, mala va san, malysa, mark ghuneim, martina, mary durham, meesh joslyn, michele anthony, "mighty mo" maurice, mike murphy, mike stuto, miss kelley thornton, missy worth, mr. kim, nanny roela nd, neil lawi, nichol carlson, perry, peter distefano, peter fletcher, raymond pettibon, richar d fuckin bonney, rosemary carroll, roger leonard, sal, shawn london, sherrie ros e, slim moon, spike/soph, spot, steph, stephen perkins and all of banyan, steve reed, steve shelley, teej, thali a ferreira, the man, thurston/kim/coco, tim holmes, tim ziegler, tina clarke, to by vail, toi russel, tony platon, tricky, the wylde ratttz, willie tarzian, my ma and both my sisters: mindy and marilyn. dedicated to d. boon, dick watt (my pop) and the minutemen. thoughts? the mike watt hoot line - p.o. box 1821, san pedro, ca 90733 usa (or http://www. wattage.com)