Rusty Warren, the groundbreaking bawdy female comic, died in her sleep on Tuesday morning at 91 years old. Warren was a lounge and nightclub performer who released a bunch of comedy albums…
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Thoughts on Billie Holiday
Today, April 7, 2021 is the 106th birthday of an extraordinary individual named Eleanora Fagan that became a jazz singer known as Billie Holiday. She was a music stylist unlike any other…
Update on the LOUIE LOUIE Indiana story
In 1964, two teenagers from a small town in Indiana got upset with the obscene lyrics that they thought heard in a new rock ‘n roll song on the radio, and decided…
2016 LOUIE comic strip – Free Range LOUIE!
It’s time for yet another comic strip that features LOUIE LOUIE! This one is from the November 30, 2016 edition of Free Range by Bill Whitehead. Believe it not, the situation described…
RIP: Dick Dodd of The Standells, LOUIE of the Week
Dick Dodd, vocalist and drummer for The Standells for their 1966 hit recording “Dirty Water,” has died at the age of 68 years old. He had been admitted to a hospital in…
The FBI Investigation Revisted….
The FBI investigation of LOUIE LOUIE has received a lot of extra attention this week with the recent Smithsonian article on the subject, as summarized by Daily Caller: What you may not…
The Secret Record Reviews of J. Edgar Hoover
Matthew Callan uncovers the Secret Record Reviews of J. Edgar Hoover, and it’s quite an eye-opener…. The FBI’s now infamous probe of “Louie Louie,” the ubiquitous garage rock hit of the early…
Top 10 Controversial Pieces of Music?
I’m glad to see an article on TopTenz.net on “Top 10 Controversial Pieces of Music.” I’m partial to #6, but nothing new there… Click here to see what I’m talking about.. Thanks…
Todd Snider’s Ballad of the Kingsmen – LOUIE of the Week
OK, I lied. There will be a LOUIE of the Week. Someone just sent me a clip of Todd Snider doing his song “The Ballad of the Kingsmen.” This is a funny…
Politics and LOUIE LOUIE
I think I did pretty good this year. Four years ago, I ran into some problems when I shared some of my political beliefs on this website, which probably wasn’t the best…