Today, we pay tribute to my friend Mike Slavko, aka the legendary disc jockey known as “M. Dung.” M.Dung was a very popular disc jockey on KFOG Radio in San Francisco for…
Month: November 2015
RIP: P.F. Sloan, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter P.F. Sloan died on Sunday, November 15th. Last year, the LOUIE team (myself, Eric Predoehl + Jesse Block, co-owner of the Octalouie.com video production company) had an opportunity to document his…
John Doe’s Keeper album – NON-LOUIE of the week
This week, my focus is elsewhere…. not necessarily spending a lot time in the LOUIE universe.. as there’s too much on the plate… too busy working on other projects… and otherwise trying…
RIP: Allen Toussaint / LOUIE of the Week
Allen Toussaint, an extremely talented musician, passed away on November 10, 2015 while on tour in Madrid, Spain. He was 77 years old. Emerging from the fertile hotbed of New Orleans R&B…
Hail Hail, Sam Carlson – military veteran + Pacific NW music archivist
If you’ve ever done any kind of online research on the music of the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen the work of my friend Sam Carlson. The pnwbands.com page is an amazing…