I do need to thin out my massive collection. I have a lot of things in my archive, and I am running out of room in a crowded little house. Then again,…
Category: EP World
KFJC Tomb of the Unknown LOUIEs, part 1
Twenty-four years ago, there was a crazy LOUIE LOUIE marathon that attempted to break all world records. For six months, there was a serious effort by college radio station KFJC to track…
More rockin’ videos from the E.P. archive
After my recent posting of a Frontier Wives video I shot ages ago, I was bombarded with requests for more video of this extinct San Jose band. So, by special request, here’s…
A Rockin’ LOUIE music video from San Jo’
San Jose, California isn’t really known for being much of a music town. Maybe you’ve heard of Count Five, Syndicate of Sound and the Chocolate Watchband, who all started here in the…
Today is Instant Karma Day
I began my LOUIE LOUIE quest at a little radio station that decided to host a massive LOUIE LOUIE marathon where the song was played for 63 hours with over 800 versions….
Smoking on the Last Wednesday of September
A lot of bloggers have their own special codes for letting folks know they’re too busy to do regular blogging. I’ve always liked what Mark Evanier does at his NewsFromMe.com site –…
RIP: Village Music & Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
I’ve been putting off this posting for some time. I’ve got way too many good memories, and I wasn’t sure how I wanted to address this. With less than two weeks to…
Holy Crud – it’s a SONICS Reunion!
For the past week, I’ve been away, running around the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, enjoying the phenomenon that is Burning Man. I’d never been there before, and it was something far…
My cruddy cartoons used for another video contest
It was about a month ago that I posted some cartoons I drew for a LOUIE LOUIE Video Contest. As you might have read, the contest deadline was extended until April 11,…
Support Your Local Record Store
I know that iTunes is the wave of the future for the way most music will be sold in the 21st Century. When James Brown died on Christmas, I certainly couldn’t go…