Today is a special anniversary for the KFJC Maximum LOUIE LOUIE marathon event that began at 6 pm (PDT) on Friday, August 19th of 1983 in Los Altos Hills, California. For 63…
Paul Revere & Raiders 2019 Revival
2019 has been a very good year for fans of Paul Revere & the Raiders music. With the recent release of Quentin Tarantino‘s latest feature film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,”…
Archival Storage Space Blues
“Space . . . the final frontier. These are the voyages of your intrepid archival researcher documentarian . . . To seek out reasonable and sustainable storage space . . . ….
a Lost LOUIE – the pre-Flamin’ Groovies
Aldo Pedron shared this wonderful vintage image on Facebook five years ago, which was then shared in a Flamin’ Groovies Facebook group… CHOSEN FEW 1965 PRE – FLAMIN’ GROOVIES Cyril Jordan (…
LOUIE’s in the House – a Richard Berry remix revisited
Here’s a tasty little gem for Friday the 12th…. Three years ago, I stumbled over an inspired remix of Richard Berry‘s original LOUIE LOUIE recording. Blue Johnson aka Bangkok Blue did a…
The Death of MAD Magazine
There’s a lot of current affairs that have brought an excessive stream of sadness and anger, but the recent news regarding MAD Magazine really feels like a serious kick to the guts….
Thinkin’ ’bout Abilene, Texas
Today in the flow of my digital news feed*, I read the news about some good things in Abilene, Texas… City of Abilene becomes first city in Texas to house all homeless…
LOUIE production update – June 2019 with Don Gallucci
About a week and a half ago, I had an opportunity to visit with the man formerly known as Don Gallucci. Don’s kinda like the lost and forgotten member of the original…
Universal Music Group’s 2008 fire disaster + LOUIE LOUIE ?
Yesterday, thanks to the New York Times, we learned of a terrible fire disaster that took place in 2008 at the Universal Music Group vault, which apparently destroyed over 500,000 master recordings….
RIP: Anthony Randall, lost son of Johnny Flamingo
A few days ago, I received some very sad news from my friend Joe Macoll… Hello Eric, it breaks my heart to tell you Anthony Randall has died after a battle with…