Last week, I visited a local record store and discovered an all-new Iggy Pop DVD that features THE SONG. LIVE AT AVENUE B is a live concert video DVD of a 1999…
Even More on Good ol’ Chet Helms…
I received nice little email about the upcoming Chet Helms tribute in San Francisco: I notice it has been a couple weeks since you mentioned Chet on your blog (not even yet…
Vandals (the non-musical kind)
Last weekend, my car was broken into, right in front of my home. My CD-MP3 player was yanked out of the dashboard, a case of 30+ CDs were swiped, my hands-free cell…
LOUIE documentary update
Last week, I had an opportunity to interview Stanford University Professor Larry Lessig for the LOUIE documentary. As this documentary deals with certain matters of the music publishing industry, I thought it’d…
Follow-up on Revere & Raiders Naughty Bits
A few weeks ago, someone asked if there were naughty bits in the version of LOUIE by Paul Revere & the Raiders. I just took a look at the liner notes of…
A Berkeley LOUIE event I missed in 1998
Even with a webpage, various write-ups in international newspapers, and a prominent acknowledgement in a book by Dave Marsh, I still can’t find out about all things connected to LOUIE LOUIE untill…
LOUIEs from Gulcher Records
A few weeks ago, I did a little mention about a version of the SONG by the artist known as Angel Corpus Christi. I hadn’t actually heard it yet, but I dropped…
Update on the House of Animals – 2005
Back in my youth, National Lampoon was one of the most subversive humor magazines I’d ever seen. I loved MAD magazine, but National Lampoon dug deeper with a no-holds barred approach, creating…
RIP: Kerry Magness
I just got word from Kan-Do, rock ‘n roll road manager for the Kingsmen that bassist Kerry Magnness has died. Here’s what he sent me, recycled from his friend Steve Lalor: I…
The Challenges of Music in a Low Budget Documentary
When am I going to finish that darned LOUIE LOUIE documentary? That’s a question I get asked all the time. I wish I could provide a concise answer. It’s a complicated situation,…