Nick Waterhouse at Larimer Lounge, October 4th 2017

Dreams do come true, baby...finally got to catch my main musical muse as of late, Mr. Nick Watehouse, do it to it at a "secret show" thanks to FADER at Larimer Lounge...just amazin', baby.

And to boot, the cat was cool enuf to briefly chit-chat post-show...cheers!

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Get Hip//////Bongos/Drums/Bass

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Get Hip Like Vonnegut, Baby...

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Rise 'n' Shine, It's "Louie Louie" Time!

Sorry to be asleep at the wheel for so long, but hey I spun back around just in time for the annual celebratory day of "Louie Louie", baby...so wake, shake 'n' now dig this:


Gettin' goin' with a long-gone girl group rendition by the Angels...just beautiful!


Quite the bugaloo (!?!) beat on this latin "Louie" by Mr. Mario Allison...horn-blowin' and cowbell-bangin' action even!


And finally a new-to-me slab of ol' "Louie" in fine '60s garagepunk form...the Aliens' version on 45rpm with bonus flip of "Gloria"...get hip!

And if yer Faybo-friendly and wanna show yer fandom for all things "Louie Louie", don't sleep on this page!

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Squares Beware, Baby...

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Still Lovin' That "Louie, Louie"

In case yer still somehow sleepin' on the sensation sweepin' the nation, today is yet another chance to celebrate all that is glorious "Louie Louie" love...



the Feelies tell us just how it is, 1968 style.



an exotic rendition, heavy on Indian style psychedelics, from the Gurus.


Wilbert Harrison slaps his slow gut bucket soul stamp on the classic.

...Happy International "Louie Louie" Day, baby!

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Columbi-yeah! presents 4th BEST FEST at Tapp's Arts Center

This Saturday, April 4th, at Tapp's Arts Center we celebrate 4th Best Fest:
an evening of eclectic entertainment, baby!

Festivities start at 8pm with me doin' my best go as master of ceremonies with the following featured acts:

Coral Reefer Madness (surf band)
comedian Mike Wuest
Happiness Bomb (puppet show)
comedian Jenn Snyder
Little Atoms (Elvis Costello cover band)

$4 gets ya into at very least the 4th best thing a-happenin' this year in Columbi-yeah!

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Set 'em up, knock 'em down, baby...

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Celebratin' National Library Week...

...get hip and read, baby!

April 13th-19th, 2014

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Celebratin' International "Louie Louie" Day!

Time once more to party down on that dah-dah-dah, da-dah sound, baby!


Rockin' Robin Roberts & the Wailers get real raw & primitive on "Louie Louie"


Toots & the Maytals bring "Louie Louie" back home again


John Schroeder takes a calm cut at the classic

Happy Int'l "Louie Louie" Day, baby!

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Once Again Car-free & Care-free, baby...

Late breaking news from last weekend: an interstate wreck steals our only wheels, so I'm back on solely my heels, baby (don't worry, everybody magically survived with nary a bump, though sadly the same can't be said of the automobile)...once again livin' the life I sing about in my songs and can proudly say "car-free and care-free"!

Oh and least I forget, thee Knee Jerks will be bringin' a bus-load of outta control cray-zay once more to the adorin' Art Bar...we open up the party flood gates at eight so don't be late...after us are three bands, includin' the cool Capital City Playboys long awaited stage return of their brand of rockabilly burn...as always get hip and come give us a sip!

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thee Knee Jerks: First the Station, Then the Stage

Now this is the sort of double-booking a beat combo begs to be a part of, baby...

First off thee Knee Jerks prime the pump with some wild live radio fun, on crazy WUSC...tune yer dials today around 4pm to the Columbia Beet and prepare yer earholes for the improbable and implausible sounds via radiowaves that just won't behave!

Then in quick order hitch it over to the finest dive in all of West Cola, where we'll be appearin' again live but this time in-person even, at New Brookland Tavern...we'll be twitchin' & twistin' along with T.C. Costello, Buck Stanley and the Wage Slaves...scoot the boot and as always, squares beware!

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Normcore?

When I first heard about Normcore, which is supposedly some sort of flimsy excuse fer a fashion trend, the image of Norm from classic sitcom 'Cheers' instantly came to mind...sadly as I came to find out, Mr. Peterson holdin' up the better part of bar had absolutely nothing to do with it...I think they missed a golden opportunity, baby (well everybody but this cat)...cheers!

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thee Knee Jerks tonight alright!

 ...straight outta the Free Times, baby:




Thee Knee Jerks, Dreiberg — Take members from the likes of the Get Wets, Gravitron and Sons of Young, and you’re bound to come up with some kind of party. In local terms, thee Knee Jerks take the garage-punk throne just vacated by the now-defunct Unawares and inject some humor and hubris. Dreiberg also include an ex-Sons of Young member in drummer Brett Wider, but Rich Owensby’s songs hew to a more conventional alt-rock style. With Release the Dog and Lost Wages. — Kevin Oliver

Art Bar: 9 p.m., $5

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Short And Sweet

Top 5 Songs from the 1960s Under 2 Minutes

It’s understandable that today’s pop culture could be a reaction to the hustle and bustle of modern life. And with so many competing sounds seeking our short attention spans, maybe I long for a less long-winded popular music world in particular. Maybe this also warrants why I dig what could be considered the highwater mark in popular music: the 1960s. Some say the 1960s was a simpler time—here's five pop songs that suggest it may have been a shorter time too.

“Stay” by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (1960) - 1:50

Aside from being an instant hit (and the original version being recorded in the town I call home: Columbia, South Carolina), it’s every lusty teenager’s urgent request so we can all relate. The infectious falsetto accompanying Maurice’s swiftly sound argument keeps us spinning this song until we agree to his plea.

“Hawaii” by the Beach Boys (1963) - 1:59

A lesser known gem from the genius of Brian Wilson and Mike Love barely makes the cut at just under 120 seconds. A song that sends us promptly on a pacific-island, surf getaway that (though the song itself is short) we probably wished would last forever.

“She Said Yeah” by the Rolling Stones (1965) - 1:34

The only cover on this list (originally recorded by the real rhythm & blues brother Larry Williams) also happens to hold the title of shortest song here. The Stones rollick through this succinct exclamation at just the right speed to get stuck in your head long after the last guitar lick.

“the Letter” by the Box Tops (1967) - 1:58

Another tune sliding in like express mail just under the two-minute mark. Sung by a sweet sixteen Alex Chilton, it’s a song of not-so-quiet desperation to return posthaste to a chick that can’t be bothered to wait a second longer.

“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” by the Beatles (1968) - 1:42

An awfully long title for a tune so short and salacious...and probably the only Paul McCartney tune I’ll admit to digging. This repetitive romp gets to the point and arguably ends within the amount of time carnal success in the streets should take.

---this article by yers truly originally appeared in Incognito magazine, vol. 17 Winter 2014...snag it, baby!

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thee Knee Jerks Debut Hullabaloo

The new beat combo of bozos that I'm frontin', thee Knee Jerks, has our debut weekender on the way at the end of the month...catch us if ya can, kids!

January 24th at Hunter/Gatherer and January 25th at Bar III...squares beware.

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Something Cool #2

Four-Color Shadows 

all images above borrowed (& sometimes slightly tweeked) from the Giggle Toons, Boom Boom Brannigan and Millie the Model postings...dig it!

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Another year older, baby...

Oblivians "I'll Be Gone"

"There ain't no way to know, how life will treat you so, let's rock'n'roll as we get old..." Another year older but it sure beats the alternative, baby...& had some pretty happenin' events hip me this past year: finally landed that faculty librarian gig & took my first swing teachin' at the uni


Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up"

to top it all off with a cherry, I joined a new garagepunk beat combo (details once we finally decide on a numbskull name)...all that said, I remain a librarian by day and libertine by nite, and as always the squares best beware!


Hunx & his Punx "The Curse of Being Young"

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Relax Brother Relax!

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John Waters Stranglin' a Pink Flamingo

some artists just learn to loathe their masterpiece, baby...

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