Record collectors lost a great ally when Jim Philbrook died. I’ll let his good friend Steve Propes tell the story: I met Jim Philbrook in the 1980s when he was a single…
The Berlin LOUIE Report
Back in May, I mentioned a big LOUIE LOUIE party that took place in Berlin, Germany. Here’s a report from Juergen: at last i want to tell you how it went with…
Louie Louie and a Clunker state-of-mind
Dick Summer just sent me a link to his blog & podcast. This week’s subject is clunker cars and the “LOUIE LOUIE generation.” You can read the blog and download the MP3…
RIP: Lee Hazlewood, singer-songwriter
Where I live in Northern California, I’m fortunate to experience some fairly decent weather, visit some great record and book stores, and see a lot of different musical acts. One of the…
Los Angeles rhythm and blues revisited
Two guys that are doing a lot to preserve some great history of Los Angeles 1960s pop culture are Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester, who’ve published some excellent articles with their Dumb…
Steve Propes’ ultra-rare “LOUIE LOVIE” 45 single
Here’s an image that you’ll be be unlikely to see anywhere else. My friend Steve Propes, who’s provided some excellent support to THE MEANING OF LOUIE documentary project over the years, has…
Whew…. what a week!
It’s been a very busy week for your truly. I’ve been working on a lot of video projects. I’m editing another music video project for a client. On Thursday, I shot a…
More on the LOUIE Video Contest!
This week we unveiled the official webpage for the First LOUIE LOUIE Video Contest, but we didn’t get around to sending out any notices until Friday. Web design, especially when it involves…
The LOUIE LOUIE Video Contest!
To celebrate the upcoming Louie Fest 2007, the organizers of the LouieFest have teamed up with LouieLouie.net, in conjunction with MOstuf Productions and Natalis Group to create the very first Plug-In LOUIE…
Update on E.P.’s Hard Drive Disaster
Ten days ago, I wrote about a terrible hard drive crash. Approximately 500 GB of data was potentially lost forever, as this was one particular hard drive I did not get around…