Jim Ratts wrote me a very nice little email, and then sent an even better CD. Here’s what he first sent me: You must understand that likely, I am a kindred spirit….
Wailers, Tales of Tacoma & World Records
Kent Morrill and Buck Ormsby of the original Wailers are now doing a radio show up in their hometown of Tacoma, Washington. It’s a program called “Wailers Houseparty” show on KLAY-AM (1180)…
Imagine a LOUIE LOUIE feature film!
Andrew Gerngross is a writer living in Los Angeles. He has written a highly fictionalized and comic screenplay about the FBI investigation into “Louie Louie.” Because Andrew believes in sharing, you can…
LOUIE LOUIE Family Bonds
My pal Theo at the LOUIE LOUIE pages discovered a great true story about how LOUIE LOUIE got in between a dad and his daughter and eventually brought them back together again!…
Follow-up on the Michigan marching band story
Earlier this month, there was quite a bit of buzz regarding the story of the marching band in Michigan that was not allowed to play LOUIE LOUIE. On May 5th, a day…
Zappa Plays Zappa
Monday May 23rd, 2005 – Announced today the First Duly Authorized & Certified Frank Zappa Respective! And Perspective! Zappa Brothers Dweezil & Ahmet have called together many mighty musicians to join them…
TOK’s dance-mix LOUIE
from This Month in Dancehall at pitchforkmedia.com comes this little tidbit: Talking of the island’s top boyband, VP Records are finally gearing up for the release of Unknown Language (VP, CD, U.S.),…
The Stiv Bators LOUIE LOUIE
Creem magazine just did a little review of a Stiv Bators record recently re-issued by the good folks over at Bomp Records, labeling Stiv’s version of LOUIE LOUIE as “retarded,” but “so…
Back from the Road
My roadtrip has ended. It was a short trek to the east coast- less than a week on a road. In the course of my little adventure, my Powerbook lost the ability…
Road Blog- part 2
I spoke too soon about things working the way they’re supposed to. Less than 12 hours from my last blog entry, my trusty little Powerbook decided to go on vacation. So here…