HEY! Anyone out there remember Rank and File? How about The Dils? Cowboy Nation? All of the bands featured the very talented Chip Kinman, whose name kinda sounds like “Kingsmen” if you…
Month: July 2008
Rare video of the Calvanes from LOUIE archives
Continuing with more memories from the Hunter Hancock tribute event produced by Doo Wop Society of Southern California of March 4, 2000, I’m sharing another clip from the same show, the same…
Remembering Hunter Hancock
Following up on the Johnny Flamingo footage I posted a few days ago to YouTube, I decided to share more footage from the Hunter Hancock tribute show where Johnny and Jeanette Baker…
Hail Hail, Johnny Flamingo… and Jeanette Baker!
A few weeks ago, I got an email from Joe Drummer, one of my friends in the U.K.: Hi Eric, today one of those strange coincidences that seem to thrive in the…
Working the “internets” – social networking with E.P.
Figuring out how to best utilize the internet, as the internet figures out how to figure itself out, is a very interesting concept to explore. It’s still the “wild west” on various…
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…
Batmobile at Kingman
Stumbling around the internet tonight, I found myself at GothamGarage.net, the website for a company that creates Batmobile repllica kits. If I had the money, I could build my very own working…
World record for guitar players broken, but not with LOUIE
There was a serious effort by the LOUIE FEST to break the world record for the largest number of guitar players doing one song. We tried, but we just couldn’t do it….
LOUIE is not on the torture list
Over at BoingBoing, I saw this posting: Mother Jones has an audio feature up this week — a compilation of songs believed to be used in US military prisons and on bases……
Batman Louie Louie – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the new Batman movie is being released. To celebrate this special occasion, this week’s LOUIE of the Week award is being given to a rendition entitled “BATMAN LOUIE LOUIE” posted…