{"id":354,"date":"2007-12-12T02:28:55","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2007-12-12T02:29:42","modified_gmt":"2007-12-12T09:29:42","slug":"december-roadtrip-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"December Roadtrip, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"It's
\n(Location of the old 1997 E.P. mailing address – please no more resumes!)<\/em><\/p>\n

This week has been a good week for a roadtrip. I’ve had a chance to re-connect with old friends, and set up foundations for future alliances. I’ve been gathering more stories, more photographs, and even shot some new segments for the documentary. It’s been a very intense few days.<\/p>\n

This morning, I had breakfast with my friend Dick Peterson<\/strong> of the Kingsmen<\/strong>, and we had a chance to catch up on a lot of different things. He just oversaw the total re-design of the official Kingsmen LouieLouie.org<\/strong><\/a> website, which looks very impressive. If you haven’t had a chance to experience the new interface, it’s definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n

It’s been awhile since I’ve spent more than 24 hours in Los Angeles, and it feels good to visit again. Ten years ago, I lived in Hollywood, and it was a very odd period in my life. Before I moved to Los Angeles, I had talked to Richard Berry<\/strong> about pulling our resources together to finish the documentary, but then he died the month I planned to do the big move. It was a major shock that hit me very hard, and it was really difficult to move forward with the project. A lot of things were put in limbo as a direct result of Richard’s death.<\/p>\n

I remember how I posted a public statement about my “film-in-progress” in a very prominent entertainment publication, trying to generate a buzz, and I was overwhelmed by a lot of people looking for stable employment. I would get phone calls from many desperate people trying to break into the industry, and some of the conversations were absolutely heart-breaking. At the time, I actually had some semi-stable employment, developing a CD-ROM for a company that spent a lot of money for a project that was ultimately never finished. After the CD-ROM project fell apart, I never found a comfortable niche in this town, and I felt like a fish out of water. Even though I made some great friends, I was absolutely miserable in Hollywood, so I made the big decision to return back to the SF bay area.<\/p>\n

I do love a lot of things about Los Angeles, and I’m really enjoying this week’s little roadtrip. I am saddened that I can no longer go to Rhino Records<\/strong>, Aron’s Records<\/strong>, or even Tower Records <\/strong>on Sunset, but that’s something that’s affecting every town in America, unfortunately. Record stores are an endangered species, and there’s nothing I can do about it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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