This Friday, I’m going to be a guest on a special Rock and Roll Lawyer radio show that’s being broadcast from WPON-AM 1460 in Detroit, Michigan. It’s going to be a one…
Category: Production at LOUIE Central
This One’s for Stretch!
I owe a lot to my friend Jeff “Stretch” Riedle. If it weren’t for him, I would have never gotten into this LOUIE LOUIE mess. Stretch was the guy who started the…
Coming soon…. the NEW Comets DVD!
I recently completed one of the coolest video jobs I’ve had the privilege to work on. I just produced and directed a music concert DVD of the one of the true pioneers…
Are recordable DVDs and CDs only good for 2 years?
Here’s some news from PC World that really scares me: Opinions vary on how to preserve data on digital storage media, such as optical CDs and DVDs. Kurt Gerecke, a physicist and…
Video Transfers at Louie Central
This week, I’ve been doing a lot of transfers of old analog Hi8 videotapes, thanks to the generosity of my friend Aron Ranen of DVWorkshops.com. I’ve shot a major portion of my…
What about Vince Welnick?
It’s been a busy couple of weeks over at LOUIE Central. I recently purchased another DV deck, and I’ve been transferring a lot of old videos to the big hard drives. One…
RIP: Johnny Grande, original piano player for Bill Haley’s Comets
I just learned that Johnny Grande, an original member of Bill Haley’s Comets, died recently. I had the privilege of working with Johnny when I was hired a few years ago to…
Stolen Equipment Alert
I don’t normally post information about stolen equipment at the LOUIE REPORT, but this time it’s something that’s way too close for comfort. My friend Alec Palao has been a great ally…
More on the FBI LOUIE files, and updates at LOUIE Central
It’s been a busy week over at LOUIE central. I’ve been picking up hard drives, transfering a lot of old interviews from old analog videotape to the digital domain, cursing along the…
Wasting more time on the blogosphere…
Sometimes, it’s lot of fun to see what others have written about you or your projects out in cyberspace. Today, I spent a little bit of time to see what folks mentioned…