It was bound to happen…. a band known as the _____ _____s played a song that sounded just like _____ _____ ! On Sunday, May 11, 2025, I witnessed a band called…
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Celebrating International LOUIE LOUIE Day 2025!
Today is International LOUIE LOUIE Day! Today marks the 22nd time we’ve celebrated this special day! As noted on the LouieDay.org page, it was April 11, 2003 that a group of kindred…
Thoughts about Christmas, Mojo Nixon, Glenn Howard, Todd Snider and funny music…..
It’s Christmas time and we’re thinking about this past year. We were saddened to lose Mojo Nixon in 2024. Mojo was something of a hillbilly mutant dynamo that delivered happy…
RIP: Perry Kurtz, a stand-up comic with an unusual version of LOUIE
Perry Kurtz was a stand-up comic that performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, America’s Got Talent, and Late Late Show with James Corden, where he performed an unusual version of…
RIP: Melanie (Safka) – singer songwriter
We lost Melanie Safka last week. Like many great musicians from the 1960s-1970s, she was an iconic musician whose work made an indelible mark on my consciousness. I loved her music, but…
Lotsa love for Ms. Star La’Moan!
Today, I’m sending out a big virtual hug to my dear friend, a musician that’s known as Star La’Moan, aka Marla Stone Lyons. She assembled a rockin’ little band known as the…
Happy Louie Louie Day 2022
Today is International Louie Louie Day and we’re sharing some special treats to celebrate the day!
The Subtle Sounds of LOUIE
Some of the most inspired variations of LOUIE LOUIE aren’t even called LOUIE LOUIE.
Rare LOUIE 45 single by (alternative) Sonics Sells for $4,850
It’s time for the first LOUIE post for 2021! It’s a new year, as we hit the “restart” with a new operating system in the USA, which will hopefully be a better…
12 Days ’til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas – Day 10
It’s the 10th day of the 12 days ’til LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas celebration, and we’ve got … “Pharaoh Pharaoh” “Pharaoh Pharaoh” is an interesting variation of LOUIE LOUIE. It’s the revised…