This has absolutely NOTHING to do with LOUIE LOUIE, but I really love Fugue.com’s Imaginary Google News. Wish it were true….
Cadillac Rockk – LOUIE of the Week
I don’t have any information about this band, but this week, the LOUIE of the Week award goes to Cadillac Rockk, who submitted their version of LOUIE LOUIE to YouTube. It’s a…
RIP: Bo Diddley, musical pioneer
This week, there won’t be a LOUIE of the Week. Instead, we’ll pay tribute to a rock and roll pioneer that passed away this morning. Bo Diddley, one of the great musical…
Untouchables “Free Yourself” video
This little entry has very little to do with LOUIE, other than a few themes that link LOUIE into the scope of rock music and pop culture in general. Lately, I’ve been…
Sorry-OK-Yes = LOUIE of the Week
This week, we acknowledge Sorry-OK-Yes, a band from Tuscany, Italy that wins the LOUIE of the Week award. Here’s a little history of the band, courtesy of their official MySpace page: “Let…
RIP: Shirley Fisher, photo teacher + inspiration for LOUIE of the week
A few weeks ago, I found out one of my old college teachers died. Shirley Fisher was a photography teacher at De Anza College. The class I took with her had an…
RIP: Mark Lindsay’s Rock & Roll Cafe
Less than one year after Mark Lindsay‘s Rock & Roll Cafe opened, it closed down. Here’s the official word from the official website, posted May 12, 2008: Dear Wonderful Customers, Sadly, we…
Two LOUIE theatrical productions in NY?? WOW!
There’s not one, but TWO theatrical productions focusing on LOUIE LOUIE coming up real soon…. FIRST.. Stomp and Shout (an’ Work it All out) By James Carmichael, directed by Geordie Broadwater opening…
Trashman, Neanderthals, Ray Datona- LOUIE of week
The Trashman, The Neanderthals, and Ray Daytona were caught doing LOUIE LOUIE in Italy. I don’t know if The Trashman is the same as the Trashmen from Minneapolis, Minnesota, the group that…
Meet Bill Haley’s Original Comets
A few years ago, I produced an EPK (electronic press kit) for Bill Haley‘s Original Comets. Some fifty years after these guys recorded one of the most influential rock and songs –…