The Louie Report

Thanks to the silly social network known as Facebook, I’ve discovered that five friends of mine are celebrating their birthday this week. Because all five of these friends have a connection to KFJC and the big LOUIE Marathon, I thought I’d give a shout-out to ‘em all at once with this little LOUIE of the [...]

There are some things you don’t plan for, but they just kind of happen… Saturday was one of those kinda days. Being the pop-culture connoisseur that I am, I made a point of going to the big Wonder-Con of San Francisco, the big annual event where comic books and comic book-inspired pop culture are fully [...]

As 2009 can now be considered history, I’d like to pause and reflect on those that we lost last year… First, there’s the artists that were a direct influence on this ongoing LOUIE documentary project… Drake Levin It was somewhat ironic that the guitar player for “America’s answer to the Beatles” died on July 4th [...]

This week’s LOUIE highlights a video on YouTube that states simply “the passenger 1998 – louie louie live 1998” There’s not much info in this description, but based on other videos posted by this user, I’m guessing the band is called The Passenger. You can definitely hear an Iggy Pop influence in this version.

Thanks to the good people at SIRIUS (thanks, Tara), I’ve discovered a fun little LOUIE-centric clip of Iggy Pop being nterviewed by Handsome Dick Manitoba (singer with the Dictators). This little clip is part of the SIRIUS|XM Underground Garage show that will be heard in its entirety on Friday October 30 at 10 pm ET [...]

This week, I had about three people tell me about the use of Iggy Pop‘s “LOUIE LOUIE” in the new Michael Moore movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story.” In today’s Detroit Metro Times, there’s a great article about Iggy & Stooges written by Bill Holdship that mentions LOUIE LOUIE a few times. Check it out… http://www.metrotimes.com/music/story.asp?id=14429

For the first time in 35 years, James Williamson, returns to the stage to perform the songs he used to do with Iggy & the Stooges. The Careless Hearts are his backup band, and the venue is the Blank Club in San Jose, CA. Me, Im just glad I was there on September 5, 2009 [...]

If it’s Tuesday, then it’s time to name the LOUIE of the Week. Today, the award goes to a band known as Distyl, a band from France that embraces the Iggy Pop prototype of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-nWZIhMjo

As the new year began, we learned that Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges had passed away. Iggy & the Stooges were a big part of LOUIE legend. The album “Metallic K.O.” featured, what was until 2003, a recording of the last concert by the Stooges, which took place in 1974. At that particular concert, [...]

Today, it’s a birthday celebration for Iggy Pop, punk rock icon, and Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, owner of the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE recordings. Truth be told, I do blame Stretch for getting me into this LOUIE LOUIE mess. If it weren’t for that Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon at KFJC many years ago, I [...]