Here’s a song for those of you requiring some coffee to deal with your Monday morning blues… This is LOUIE LOUIE by the Caffeine Junkies – yet another recording that was unleashed…
Category: Radio
Unknown LOUIE (KFJC version #332) & other ponderings- LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE spotlight is on yet another Unknown LOUIE LOUIE recording from the KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE Marathon. A few years ago, I wrote up a post entitled “KFJC Tomb…
The Soft Jews (KFJC version #374) – LOUIE of the Week
By special request, I’m sharing a very special, ultra-rare performance of the song from the LOUIE archives. It’s a recording by a band known as The Soft Jews, and as far as…
Buffalo Chips (KFJC version #379) – LOUIE of the Week
Today is August 19th – a very special day in the LOUIE Universe! Many years ago on this date, a little radio station known as KFJC 89.7 began a marathon called “Maximum…
Thirty Years Ago Today…
Thirty years ago today, Richard Berry, author of the song “LOUIE LOUIE” met Jack Ely, the original vocalist for the Kingsmen, at KFJC Radio, Los Altos Hills, California. The date was August…
RIP: Bob Dye, Northwest DJ / Promoter
Bob Dye, a radio DJ and promoter from Ontario, Oregon, has recently passed away. The Finley-Sunset Hills Mortuary and Sunset Hills Memorial Park provided a nice overview of his career: Bob spent…
The Stevens LIVE at KFJC 1983 – LOUIE of the Week
Lately, I’ve been celebrating a little more than usual. For years, I’ve been pestering my pal Buddy Awreetus to get off his proverbial heinie and do some proper digital transfers of the…
Dave Glovin and the KFJC April Fool DuoCast
Regular readers of this blog know the significance of KFJC Radio, as it was the location where a 63 hour marathon entitled “Maximum LOUIE LOUIE” took place in 1983, providing the radio…
Frank Zappa and Howard Stern 1984 – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s an odd little bit I’m surprised I didn’t find sooner – Frank Zappa appearing on Howard Stern‘s radio show, playing a little bit of LOUIE LOUIE together back in 1984. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQSMZNPs_Q…
RIP: Bob Summerrise, legendary Seattle DJ / record store owner
This is actually old news, but I just found out that Bob Summerrise has passed away in 2010. Bob Summerrise was the highly influential disc jockey and record store owner in Seattle…