Last week, I had an opportunity to interview Stanford University Professor Larry Lessig for the LOUIE documentary. As this documentary deals with certain matters of the music publishing industry, I thought it’d…
Follow-up on Revere & Raiders Naughty Bits
A few weeks ago, someone asked if there were naughty bits in the version of LOUIE by Paul Revere & the Raiders. I just took a look at the liner notes of…
A Berkeley LOUIE event I missed in 1998
Even with a webpage, various write-ups in international newspapers, and a prominent acknowledgement in a book by Dave Marsh, I still can’t find out about all things connected to LOUIE LOUIE untill…
LOUIEs from Gulcher Records
A few weeks ago, I did a little mention about a version of the SONG by the artist known as Angel Corpus Christi. I hadn’t actually heard it yet, but I dropped…
Update on the House of Animals – 2005
Back in my youth, National Lampoon was one of the most subversive humor magazines I’d ever seen. I loved MAD magazine, but National Lampoon dug deeper with a no-holds barred approach, creating…
RIP: Kerry Magness
I just got word from Kan-Do, rock ‘n roll road manager for the Kingsmen that bassist Kerry Magnness has died. Here’s what he sent me, recycled from his friend Steve Lalor: I…
The Challenges of Music in a Low Budget Documentary
When am I going to finish that darned LOUIE LOUIE documentary? That’s a question I get asked all the time. I wish I could provide a concise answer. It’s a complicated situation,…
The Call for Chet Helms video
OK, having written 3 entries in a row about Chet Helms, an unlikely topic for the LOUIE REPORT, I think I’ll go for the 4th and final entry .. at least for…
More on Chet…
I didn’t intend to post 3 Chet Helms entries in a row, but then I didn’t expect to see Chet kick the bucket so damned soon. No more bumping into Chet at…
Goodbye Chet Helms
I’m sorry to announce that Chet Helms lost his battle to stay alive. The Father of the “Summer of Love” Chet Helms Dead From Stroke at 62 Born August 2nd, 1942 Died…