Here’s the first LOUIE of Week for 2017 – The Dizzy Brains live at TransMusicales 2015. https://youtu.be/BIUHwSQmQTU According to their YouTube description, this was their first-ever concert outside their native country of…
Remembering Those We Lost in 2016
2016 was certainly one for the history books In the political universe, 2016 was the year for the craziest, most divisive election in the modern history of the United States. While a…
Mojo Nixon’s CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS – Holiday LOUIE of the Week
Yes, once again… its that special time of the year! Celebrating the spirit of Christmas and the always-relevent theme of recycling, we bring you a semi-modern classic holiday LOUIE mutant-bastard recording by…
Stiv Bators “L.A. L.A.” – LOUIE bastard of the Week
It’s time to point the mighty LOUIE LOUIE spotlight at an oldie but goodie…. Stiv Bators (aka Steven John Bator), the singer from The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New…
RIP: Leon Russell / duet with Richard Berry – unreleased song of the week
2016 has been a rough year for losing musicians, and frankly we’re getting a bit tired of this sort of thing. In the past month, we’ve lost Leonard Cohen, Mose Alison, Sharon…
Today’s LOUIE comic strip – The Fusco Brothers!
Today in the daily funny papers, there was a mention of that very special song in The Fusco Brothers comic strip by J.C. Duffy. Be sure to visit the official Fusco Brothers…
RIP: Billy Miller of Norton Records / A-Bones (with a LOUIE relative of the Week)
In the midst of a week filled with rotten news, things were made even worse when we lost a kindred spirit… Billy Miller was a true champion for the foot-stomping, hip-shaking, soulful…
More on Buck Ormsby + Song of the Week
As promised, here’s more on Buck Ormsby, who passed away recently… My friend Alec Palao wrote an excellent tribute to Buck that was shared at the Ace Records website. Here’s the first…
Dave Marsh on Buck Ormsby
My friend Dave Marsh on the passing of Buck Ormsby: My first response is about what I figure Buck’s woulda been: Aww fuck… Dave dedicated a special edition of Rock & Rap…
RIP: Buck Ormsby of Fabulous Wailers + Etiquette Records
Today, Saturday October 29th, I was saddened to learn that my friend Buck Ormsby died early this morning on his birthday. Here’s the message I saw on Buck’s Facebook wall: Thank you…