Another independent record store has bitten the dust. Compact Disc Warehouse, the only independent record store in Sunnyvale, the largest city between San Francisco and San Jose, California, has become another casualty…
More thoughts on LOUISiana
All the eyes of the world are on the demaged gulf coast of LOUISiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Such a terrible tragedy made worse by an ineffective bureacracy. We’ll be talking about this…
RIP: Gatemouth Brown
My condolences go out to the family and friends of Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, who died on Saturday. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, was an extremely versatile musician that played blues, country, jazz, Cajun, and…
A Gallery of Great Rock Bands!
With a tip of the hat to the good folks at Davie Allan’s KING OF THE FUZZ Yahoo group, I just found out about a wonderful website with group shots of a…
The Daily Flash is back! + Chet Helms stuff
The Daily Flash is back! The Northwest legends from the 1960’s have reunited! Original band members Steve Lalor and Barry Curtis (also a member of the Kingsmen) have revived this group, pulling…
Songs for This Week’s Jukebox
This week, it’s hard not to think about Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf areas destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Here’s a few songs that I’ll be playing on my stereo: “The City of…
The Kingsmen get special Grammy award
The Kingsmen are being honored with a special achievement award from the Grammy organization on September 24 in Seattle, Washington. Read more details about this event at: http://www.grammy.com/pacificnw.aspx A tip of the…
Predicting the LOUISiana Disaster
Here’s an interesting excerpt from an article in National Geographic, dated October 2004: Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived…
Googlin’ Thyself…
I admit it. It’s a cheap thrill, but I enjoy doing it. I like to google myself. Who would bother to mention ME in their webpages, anyway? Wang Dang Dula! is a…
Hurricane Katrina Resources
This is not LOUIE-specific, other than a connection to LOUISiana, but in times of need, I’ll use this blog to share info about good things fellow humans are doing for fellow humans….