I’m saddened to hear that Malik Bendjelloul, director of the “Searching For Sugar Man” documentary has passed away at the age of 36 years old. I thought he did a remarkable job…
Category: Motion Pictures
The Cry! (w/ Mike Mitchell of Kingsmen) + Animal House of Blues – LOUIE of the Week
Back in November, we learned about a special video and performance of THE SONG by the band known as The Cry!, featuring Mike Mitchell of the Kingsmen. This version was created to…
RIP: Harold Ramis, film director/writer
Film director/writer Harold Ramis has passed away. He had a remarkable career creating some very successful motion pictures – Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack and National Lampoon’s Vacation. He was also involved with…
Rue ’66 “Roller Girl” – LOUIE of the Week
This week, we point the LOUIE spotlight at what my fellow LOUIE enthusiasts in the LLAMAS community refer to as a “LOUIE Mutant” or a “LOUIE Clone” – a song that isn’t…
Her Aim is True – the Jini Dellaccio documentary
If I were in the Seattle area this weekend, I would definitely be at the Highway 99 Blues Club on Sunday night. Photographer Jini Dellaccio is the subject of a new documentary…
Kenny Vance & The Planotones – LOUIE of the Week
Back in the 1960s, Kenny Vance was a founding member of Jay and the Americans, which he opened for both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Years later, he wound up as…
The Kingsmen 1983 Delta House video – LOUIE of the Week
This week, for the LOUIE of the Week, the top prize goes to the grandaddies of garage, aka the Kingsmen, who created this special music video in 1983. It’s a Delta House…
The Unband “Geeze Louise” – LOUIE of the week
This week, I decided to draw attention to a “LOUIE song” that’s not the famous one written by Richard Berry. “Geeze Louise” is a “LOUIE” because LOUISE is the female equivalent of…
Mae West’s New Year’s Resolutions- LOUIE of the Week
For those of you that need some inspiration for the new year’s resolutions you haven’t made yet, here’s a song about new year’s resolutions, with a LOUIE LOUIE beat to it… In…
RIP: Leslie Nielsen, comedic actor extraordinaire
It was about a year and a half ago that I wrote about Ricardo Montalbán as the “best actor in LOUIE LOUIE tragic death category” with his performance as the arch-villain in…