I’ve had some folks claim that LOUIE LOUIE is like an infectious virus. Once you hear it, you start to hear the familiar 3-chord structure in unlikely places. Sony BMG unleashed a…
A Gravestone Request
Nancy Bartels of Florida made her mark in counseling and by fighting for academic excellence. She died in May of this year at the age of 57, and it was recently announced…
Pants
I’ve been trying to raise money by selling old rock ‘n’ roll magazines on eBay. Maybe I should have tried to sell leather pants instead. The guy that sold these things wound…
A Taste of Honey
The good folks at Spectropop created a very nice little webpage dedicated to Honey Ltd. Honey Ltd. did an excellent version of LOUIE LOUIE back in the 60’s, producted by Lee “These…
Maximum GHOST RIDERS (the 2005 post)
Phil Dirt, one of the folks behind the legendary “Maximum LOUIE LOUIE” KFJC marathon of 1983, who was thought to be retiring from KFJC is helping out with another crazy KFJC marathon…
Archival TV commercial with Paul Revere & Raiders
With a tip of the hat to the folks at BoingBoing, I stumbled upon an old TV commercial featuring Paul Revere & Raiders and the Raiders at the Bedazzled website. Which leads…
LOUIE LOUIE and Surf Music
Last week, I picked up a wonderful publication entitled “Dumb Angel Gazette#4- All Summer Long” published by Neptune’s Kingdom Press. Like previous issues of the Dumb Gazzette, this is a wonderful celebration…
Portland Opens It’s Doors to Displaced New Orleans Musicians
The city of Portland, Oregon demonstrates the type of charity that makes me very, very proud of my Northwest neighbors: As part of our nation’s concern for the recent catastrophes along the…
A Corporate LOUIE LOUIE music video
My friend Jim Snow of Unique Media just told me about a recently-discovered LOUIE LOUIE music video produced by Rhea Communications of San Jose, California. So as you go the official website…
Still Buzzin’ from Bluegrass….
Four days after the fact, and my head is still buzzing from the aftermath of a truly great musical event. The Hardly Strictly Bluesgrass 5 festival of San Francisco was a calvalacade…