Rock music and presidential campaigns

Posted on February 15, 2008

Tom Scholz, leader and primary songwriter for the band Boston, is upset with presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. According to Sholz, Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song “More Than a Feeling”…

The Black Out Kids – LOUIE of the Week!

Posted on February 11, 2008

This week, we’re giving the LOUIE of the Week award to the Black Out Kids, a band from Mc Lean, Virginia, recently discovered at GarageBand.com. Here’s a partial description of the band…

Whatever Happened to… the Wonders of Science?

Posted on February 1, 2008

I am having some fun with this blog of mine. I get to write about what I want, and re-connect with old friends. Here’s an email / comment that fell into the…

Little Victories of January

Posted on January 31, 2008

There’s very little LOUIE-specific news in today’s posting. This particular posting will be somewhat more self-indulgent than usual, so you’ve been warned…. but there is some stuff about music in the end…

Kim Scudiero – Louie of the Week

Posted on January 28, 2008

Longtime LOUIE Report supporter Kim Scudiero aka “Coldshot West” gets the LOUIE of the Week award with a simple, but powerful version of the song, created with a simple webcam on his…

Not the same Pharaohs

Posted on January 26, 2008

So, I’m looking at the latest National Geographic magazine….. … thinking “WOW! I wonder if they’re thinking what I’m thinking…” … perhaps a nice acknowledgement of the very first recording of the…

The Sonics Reunion- Part 2 in London

Posted on January 18, 2008

I missed the first set of reunion shows with the Sonics at the CaveStomp in New York, but it looks like they’re actually going to do a show in London. For those…