Re:sound #263 Meat Music

This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”

2018 / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA


This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”

The Host’s Fat
By Jonathan Zenti for Meat
As an overweight man, Jonanthan Zenti explains how his shape and his diets often cause him to question his identity… but not to lose it.

Louie Louie: the strange journey of the dirtiest song never written
By David Weinberg, Nick White and Myke Dodge Weiskopf for KCRW’s Lost Notes
An FBI Investigation, an engagement ring, wine coolers... all part of the surprising story behind the ubiquitous anthem that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.

produced by

Myke Dodge Weiskopf

Myke Dodge Weiskopf (@mykedotme) is a senior producer at KCRW, and a freelance editor, field recordist, and musician based in Los Angeles.


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