To begin our discussion concerning Mike Watt, his new CD and the tour he has embarked on to promote the CD, I’ll open with the last question I asked him: “In Salt Lake City the wise sage states, ‘Old punks don’t go out anymore. “Columbia Records artist Mike Watt, whose early punk bands the Minutemen and FIREHOSE helped launch the alternative rock scene…” opens the kid. Here’s Watt with a memory of Salt Lake City: “In fact the Tour-Spiel Minutemen EP that Bob Mould put out was recorded in Salt Lake City and there’s pictures of us sweating to death on the cover.”