As March 2020 comes to close with minimal blog activity, this seemed like a good time to do a little recycling to make up for lost time. Our friend Clay Stabler has…
Category: Pop Culture
RIP: Neil Innes, music/comedy genius of Rutles, Monty Python, Bonzo Dog Band
Devastated. One month after receiving handwritten lyrics from Neil Innes, and writing about his misadventures with Pledge Music on my LL blog, he passes away. Very saddened by his passing, but feeling…
RIP: René Auberjonois, Star Trek actor
Actor Rene Auberjonois has passed away after a battle with lung cancer. The New York-born Auberjonois began his career in the theatre in the 1960s, and made his feature film debut in…
Neil Innes and the PledgeMusic fiasco
This post has very little to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but it does address a terrible situation that occurred with a rocker we’re quite fond of. Neil Innes is a brilliant singer-songwriter…
RIP: Don Baskin of Syndicate of Sound (w/ rare LOUIE recording)
We recently lost Don Baskin, singer / founding member of Syndicate of Sound. His death was announced on the Syndicate of Sound Facebook page: Don Baskin 1946 – 2019 Don died peacefully…
RIP: Robert Hunter, songwriter for Grateful Dead
Robert Hunter, the man who provided the Grateful Dead with lyrics for some of their most memorable songs, passed away on Monday night. Rolling Stone shared a brief history of his friendship…
Memories of KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE
Today is a special anniversary for the KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon event that began at 6 pm (PDT) on Friday, August 19th of 1983 in Los Altos Hills, California. For 63…
Paul Revere & Raiders 2019 Revival
2019 has been a very good year for fans of Paul Revere & the Raiders music. With the recent release of Quentin Tarantino‘s latest feature film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,”…
Archival Storage Space Blues
“Space . . . the final frontier. These are the voyages of your intrepid archival researcher documentarian . . . To seek out reasonable and sustainable storage space . . . ….
The Death of MAD Magazine
There’s a lot of current affairs that have brought an excessive stream of sadness and anger, but the recent news regarding MAD Magazine really feels like a serious kick to the guts….