Things have been busy, crazy, and very hectic at LOUIE Central. I haven’t spent a lot of time on the LOUIE project lately, but I have been busy. A few weeks ago,…
Marching Lumberjacks – LOUIE of the Week
Here’s another fun LOUIE from YouTube. The Marching Lumberjacks perform a bacon-tastic (their description, not mine) LOUIE LOUIE at Davis Picnic Day Battle (Exhibition) of the Bands on April 19, 2008.
Yoko Ono vs Ben Stein
Clearances for documentaries can be a total nightmare. I know these things, as I’ve been working on my LOUIE documentary for many years. Clearances and financing remains a major obstacle. I’ve always…
A Farkin’ Mistruth
Sometimes, folks get information soooo wrong I don’t even want to correct them. It’s actually more amusing this way. Take this example of a frame grab I took from FARK at http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3552784…
Hail Hail Candye Kane!
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…