This week, as we start off the new year, we celebrate a version of LOUIE LOUIE by Los Explosivos, a band from Mexico City, Mexico. As PopMatters explained it, “If you’ve ever…
Heineken Man- LOUIE of the Week
As 2010 comes to an end, and folks are about to bring in the new year, here’s an inspired version of LOUIE, using leftover beer bottles as a musical instrument! Ladies and…
Season’s Greetings to All!
As this is the season to celebrate, commemorate, and reminisce about friends, family, both past, present and future, I want to extend my very best wishes to all my friends out there…
RIP: Captain Beefheart, visionary (LOUIE of the Week)
Last week, we lost a true visionary with the death of Don Van Vliet, the man also known as Captain Beefheart. Ironically, my last posting in this blog was about his old…
Frank Zappa – LOUIE of the Week, KFJC Mayhem, and other Zappa memories
For the past couple of days, I’ve been thinking about Frank Zappa. One of my favorite experiences seeing Zappa live took place in 1980 at the Berkeley Community Theater, in Berkeley, CA….
Patti Smith 2010- LOUIE of the Week
Patti Smith sings LOUIE LOUIE in an impromptu jam at Columbia College on November 30, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmO5NJizW3I
Smithsonian Stereo – LOUIE of the Week
This week, the LOUIE of the Week spotlight goes to Smithsonian Stereo performing LOUIE LOUIE at Prairie Ridge High School’s Homecoming 2005…. where ever that is… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiSxSdN9PVE
RIP: Leslie Nielsen, comedic actor extraordinaire
It was about a year and a half ago that I wrote about Ricardo Montalbán as the “best actor in LOUIE LOUIE tragic death category” with his performance as the arch-villain in…
The (Temporary) Rebirth of a Recording Studio
Last week, as I read about the misinformation about the “Portland restaurant recording studio,” I thought it’d be good to properly acknowledge the actual studio, especially as was the location was recently…
The Bald Eagles- LOUIE of the Week
This week, we celebrate the Bald Eagles‘ version of LOUIE LOUIE! These guys are from Australia! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms_6rMt3T2k