As the international music community mourns the loss of singer-songwriter Chris Gaffney, who just passed away from liver cancer, I figured I should mention one of his very good friends, who also…
Happy B-Day for Stretch & Iggy Pop- LOUIE of the week
Today, it’s a birthday celebration for Iggy Pop, punk rock icon, and Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, owner of the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE recordings. Truth be told, I do blame Stretch…
RIP: Chris Gaffney, Danny Federici, and others…
This is very sad. Less than two weeks ago, I posted information about a fund raising effort for Chris Gaffney, a musician that played with the Hacienda Brothers and Dave Alvin &…
The Perfect Length for a Pop Song – 2:42
Today, I’m looking at one of my favorites blogs, BoingBoing, which mentions an article by Joshua Allen of The Morning News that discusses the perfect length for a pop song. According to…
The Hijackers – LOUIE of the week
This week, The Hijackers are the honored musicians for the LOUIE of the Week award! As the YouTube comments are in French, a language I do not know, there’s little else I…
Remembering Laika the Space Dog
In less than 6 hours, I’ll be at the world’s largest Yuri’s Night celebration, premiering a new film I just created with my pal Alison. It’s a refreshing to work on a…
New film from the creator of this website
It’s not always “all LOUIE” from the folks at LOUIE LOUIE central. Nope, sometimes there’s other projects that have absolutely nothing to do with Richard Berry‘s immortal rock song, unless of course…
2 Days until International LOUIE LOUIE Day
Within the next 48 hours, there will be a very special celebration. It probably won’t be covered by your local newspaper, and I doubt that you’ll see any segments on any television…
Terrorist In Mind – LOUIE of the Week
Apologies for the delay in posting this week’s LOUIE of the week. It’s been a busy week, and my unintentional, but mostly-positive upgrade of the WordPress blog software slowed things down around…
Help Chris Gaffney!
Here’s some news well worth sharing. Chris Gaffney is a musician that could use some support right now. He’s a member of the Hacienda Brothers, and is also part of the Dave…