This week, the LOUIE spotlight is on a LOUIE-relative (a category that includes brother, sister, bastard or distant cousin) performed by band known as “the Kingsmen,” which as far as I can…
RIP: Jim Manolides, legendary musician with Frantics, Dave Lewis, and more….
Jim Manolides has left the land of the living. I asked my friend Barry Curtis of the Kingsmen (now retired) and the Daily Flash, to share a few words.. We are incomplete…
Star La’Moan and The Kitchenettes – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE LOUIE spotlight is on Star La’Moan and The Kitchenettes, who perform a rockin’ version of THE SONG live at Poet Patriot in Santa Cruz, California sometime in January…
RIP: Prince Nelson, musician extraordinaire (with a semi-Lost LOUIE of Week?)
For past week, the world mourned the loss of the artist known as Prince. He was an intensely talented musician whose legacy will only continue to grow larger with his untimely passing….
RIP: Buck Munger, publisher of Two Louies, NW music industry legend
On Tuesday night, I received some sad news on Facebook about my friend Buck Munger. April 19, 2016 just before 2:00 on a beautiful afternoon. Buck Munger joined his favorite dog Lucee,…
LOUIE documentary status – April 2016
Happy International LOUIE LOUIE Day! It’s been awhile since we’ve shared any status updates on the LOUIE documentary, so here’s a little rundown of what’s been going on… FIRST of all, the…
Frank Zappa and the US Navy Marching Band – Non-LOUIE of the Week
I’m very excited about the new documentary that Alex Winter is producing on Frank Zappa. Would you believe this project is the highest-funded documentary ever on Kickstarter? … and the Kickstarter campaign…
The Pink Chunk / Conrad Uno – LOUIE of the Week
This week’s LOUIE came about via a Facebook post by Art Chantry… Back in the 1970’s, Seattle had it’s fair share of “proto-punk” bands. in the very early part of the decade,…
Alexander Surmont of Belgium – LOUIE of the Week
This week, I’m going to do a little bit of recycling. This week, the world is thinking about Belgium after the awful incident in Brussels. Last year, around this time, I shared…
a Frank & Ernest cartoon appropriate for LOUIE LOUIE
A cartoon for the day, courtesy of Bob Thaves’ wonderful Frank & Ernest strip!