It’s winter time in the United States, and folks are looking for some warmth during cold times. I thought to myself… why not provide a little glimmer of summertime to warm the…
Category: San Francisco Bay Area
Kronic Mind in 1983- LOUIE of the Week
To start off the new year with a bang, I’ve decided to release some rare footage from my archives. Exactly two weeks before the infamous Maximum: LOUIE LOUIE marathon at KFJC and…
In Search of Interns for LOUIE
With the beginning of the new year, I’ve decided I need some extra help on this project. I’ve posted a request for interns on CraigsList. Ideally, the interns should be based in…
Top 10 LOUIEs of the Year – Best of 2008
It’s late Wednesday afternoon, and I’m still swimming through a lot of stuff I really thought I would have finished weeks ago. I have projects I really hoped to wrap up by…
Kooch Bahar – LOUIE of the Week
Today, I’m sharing a little nugget from the old E.P. archives. Twenty years ago this week, Kooch Bahar, a really fun little band from San Jose, California decided to do their final…
Good news for music lovers!
A couple of good things to report…. One year ago, I reported the death of Jim Philbrook, publisher of Record Collector News. Based on conversations I had with people involved with the…
NYPD Jazz Band honors music of Isaac Hayes
On Saturday, I attended the 19th San Jose Jazz Festival, one of the best annual music festivals in the San Francisco bay area. One of the bands I saw there really impressed…
Flipper (Oakland 2008) + Kinks (France 1965)- LOUIE (and half) of the Week
Last weekend , I was at a fun party at the Oakland Museum, celebrating the East Bay Express (newspaper) annual “Best of the East Bay” issue. There were six stages of live…
Untouchables “Free Yourself” video
This little entry has very little to do with LOUIE, other than a few themes that link LOUIE into the scope of rock music and pop culture in general. Lately, I’ve been…
RIP: Shirley Fisher, photo teacher + inspiration for LOUIE of the week
A few weeks ago, I found out one of my old college teachers died. Shirley Fisher was a photography teacher at De Anza College. The class I took with her had an…