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…
Category: San Francisco Bay Area
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…
A Tale of Two Pauls
Here’s a funny little mashing of two completely different public personalities. Here’s a frame shot of the official website for Paul Revere & the Raiders – Northwest rock and roll, video pioneers,…
Happy B-Day for Stretch & Iggy Pop- LOUIE of the week
Today, it’s a birthday celebration for Iggy Pop, punk rock icon, and Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, owner of the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE recordings. Truth be told, I do blame Stretch…
Ian Lloyd & the Stories – Brother LOUIE comes to California
Richard Berry‘s LOUIE LOUIE composition isn’t the only great song that uses the lyrical stanza of “Louie Louie.” There’s “Meet Me in St Louis, Louis,” a song written by Andrew B. Sterling…