Wednesday, April 11 is INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY! As Richard Berry’s original version of the song was released in the week of April 13, 1957, this week also marks the 50th Anniversary…
Category: Humor
Iggy and the contract rider
Good ol’ Iggy Pop. Never let it be said that he didn’t have a sense of humor. The Smoking Gun has a copy of the 18 page contract rider used by Iggy…
The OTHER Special Day of Celebration
In the last posting, I mentioned the movement to bring greater awareness to the INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY. I think it’s only right that I acknowledge the other very important day of…
Music for Half-Assed Friends
Over the weekend, I visited one of my favorite record stores where I found a funny album cover that I decided I must own. Apparently, “Music for Half-Assed Friends” was an album…
Rare Kingsmen videos at YouTube
Here’s a litttle nugget from the 1980’s. Jack Ely, original vocalist for the Kingsmen‘s “LOUIE LOUIE,” did a little music video for his song “Highway Robbery.” Speaking of the Kingsmen, did you…
Dave Barry has good taste in funeral music
Noted columnist and Rock Bottom Remainder guitarist Dave Barry was interviewed this month by Patrick S. Pemberton of Knight Ridder Newspapers. Here’s a little quote that caught my attention: Q: I read…
Happy April’s Fool Day!
A big happy April’s Fool’s Day to all of you that stumbled over to LOUIE LOUIE.net yesterday. I am NOT transforming LouieLouie.net into Feelings-Nothing-More.com! I repeat, I am NOT transforming LouieLouie.net into…
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…
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….