When it comes to using computers, I will admit a bias. For years, I’ve probably been a little smug about using what I believed was the coolest available operating system. When I…
The Return of Mojo Nixon, the Beat Farmers, plus assorted thoughts on politics, Kinky Friedman and country music
Back in 2004, I was extremely bummed out when I heard that Mojo Nixon would be retiring FOREVER from live performances to focus on his new career as a disc jockey for…
Dave Barry and LOUIE LOUIE in Tacoma
Horace J. Digby just sent me a little note about his article about Dave Barry’s 2003 visit to Tacoma, Washington, where he found three random people to sing LOUIE LOUIE. “And Then…
RIP: Ned Torney
Tonight, at Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz, California, there will be a big celebration for Ned Torney (not Tourney). Ned was a multi-talented musician that played with a lot of bands in…
Meet The Louie Louies!
Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the band from Germany known as THE LOUIE LOUIES! And YES, they’ve got a song called “We’re the LOUIE LOUIEs”…
Penguins and a LOUIE book
I’m stealing this penguin graphic from my pal Andy Martello. You see, Andy’s got this fetish thing for penguins and LOUIE LOUIE, so his friend GolfWidow created a little graphic for him….
Louie Road
Once upon a time, LOUIE LOUIE was written by Richard Berry in Los Angeles, California. Actually, to be precise, it was written at the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim in 1955, a…
F.C.C. Indecency Ruling Round-up
Back in the days when the F.B.I. investigated LOUIE LOUIE, Richard Berry was told by government agents that he could go to jail for writing an obscene song. Around the same time,…
More LOUIE LOUIE videos online
In a previous post, I mentioned that YouTube.com had quite a few different videoclips of LOUIE LOUIE performances. Recently, YouTube.com has been getting a lot of attention, thanks to a very cool…
Frank Zappa – “Do you want Grace Slick to sing LOUIE LOUIE?”
“Do you want Grace Slick to sing LOUIE LOUIE? Would that be the ultimate get-off for a Fillmore East audience or what?” Damn, I loved hearing that phrase spoken by Frank Zappa…