My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/arts/music/minutemen-d-boon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.9Dgz.9n4S0dDiEoja&smid=nytcore-ios-share

March 26, 2026 - 18:47 UTC

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Thank you so much for this, Bob! 💜
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Great work as always!
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I have yet to meet anyone from Pedro who doesn’t feel a deep connect with Watt, Hurley, and the Minutemen. And I’ve met lots of folks from Pedro, fine citizens all
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This is lovely, Bob.
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"Mister Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me." I can't listen to that song without getting a little teary.
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@minutemenbot.bsky.social
Is a great follow to be reminded of D. Boon's insightful lyrics.
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Nice piece, thanks very much for the gift link.

We were f*cking corn dogs!
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I've always loved that line and had no idea what it meant.
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Thanks, this was great. The Minutemen shone so brightly.
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I got to see them at Maxwell's a few months before d. boon passed. Amazing, amazing show. (Were you there? I can't recall...)
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Still hurts.
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D. Boon and Bourdain, I don't think I'll ever get over them.
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Great article!
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Double Nickels still on my regular playlist.
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Fantastic piece, Bob!
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Excellent. Thank you.
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This was a great read. Watt and Hurley have always seemed like such genuine guys, you can’t help but like them.
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Fabulous article!
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I had many opportunities to see them when I lived in Chicago but never did. Maybe I’ll see them the next time they’re in town, I always said. One of my biggest musical regrets.
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I saw one their last shows back in beautiful and exciting Norman, Oklahoma and still remember walking into the record shop a month later and the owner telling me he had died.
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After the show ended a friend called me over to the stage, pulled back a rug, and Boon had broken the wood from pogoing so dang hard.
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Great article on his death.

thelosangelesbeat.com/2014/12/d-boon-the-day-the-music-died/
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Thank you for that. What a beautiful article about some beautiful people & amazing musicians.
So sad he died so young, and the article still made me smile.
Their band was a lot of people’s lives.
Thank you again. ❤️
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D. Boon always seemed so positive which is what distinguished him and The Minutemen from the rest of that early west coast punk scene and your piece captured that.
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"[Watt] would always maintain his bond with Hurley in various projects, including the Bottle Conjurers, their current recording collaboration with Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets."
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I need to know more about this!!
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Thanks for this. Great article about one of the greatest bands.
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The single biggest musical loss of my lifetime. He was just hitting his prime
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great article, surprised to see The Minutemen in the NYT.
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First time the Minutemen have been written about in nyt?
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Nope. Double Nickels/Zen Arcade
review way back when…
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Great piece, Bob. - D. Boon is one of the few musicians gone too soon that I would love to know what music they'd be making now.
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real names be proof
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A lovely piece. Have had Mike stay with me a couple of times in Sheffield, UK in the last decade and try to see him whenever he is over touring. I don’t think there’s any stopping the guy. Long may he sail.
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One of the best bassists ever IMHO
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I saw one of their last shows at the Anti-Club 😥 They were so great.
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Thanks for this! The highlight of my musical life was Watt playing my band on his podcast
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