To help take our minds off of the madness of everyday life, here is a brief tribute to Iggy Pop. Called The Idiot, The Motor City Madman, The Godfather of Punk, The Ig, The Stooge Supreme, and James Osterburg.
In his prime, Iggy's shows were the definition of animistic power and primitive grace. He was the starving tortured artist who was the true raging spirit of punk rock. The energy generated at his shows could light up the north side of Chicago for a weekend.
Today he picks up a paycheck every time "Lust for Life" is played on the Carnival Cruise Ship commercial. And now he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He performs with Madonna and hangs out with other celebrities, all the while sticking his tongue out at all of us. Definitely one of the coolest 60-somethings alive.
Here is one of the funniest documents I've read - the contractual requirements for Iggy and the Stooges from 2006:
And here is Iggy back in 1977 on the Dinah Shore Show, with David Bowie on keyboards and the Sales brothers (Soupy Sales' kids) on bass and drums:
And here's just a quick lil' snippet from some goofy Midnight Special-type of show in the Seventies:
Iggy's shows were filled with such a wild sense of irrationality and even danger. To himself, mostly. Rolling around on the stage with broken shards of glass, rubbing peanut butter onto himself, chewing his microphone until his mouth was filled with bloody chiclets... you never knew what was going to happen. But he survived. And, I guess, we did, too.
The Quote of the Day:
"Nihilism is best done by professionals." -- Iggy Pop
1 comment:
This guy is really Mel Gibson in disquise.
"Keep The N*gger Out Of Office"
Cops: Man threatened voter officials over tardy registration card
OCTOBER 8--Angered by a delay in the receipt of his voter registration card, a Louisiana man today threatened to shoot election officials, claiming that he urgently needed to cast a ballot to "keep the nigger out of office," according to police. Wade Williams, 75, was arrested this morning on a felony terrorizing charge after allegedly calling the Registrar of Voters and warning that he would come to the state office and empty his shotgun unless he got his registration card. Using profanity and racial slurs, Williams told a state official "about needing to vote to 'keep the nigger out of office," according to an Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office affidavit, a copy of which you'll find here. Though the document does not name the candidate to which Williams is so violently opposed, it seems likely he was referring to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. After being arrested at his Monroe home, Williams was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center, where the below mug shot was snapped. En route to the jail, he "continued his 'tirade' about niggers and also stated that he had a shotgun, but had it hidden at his residence," reported Lt. Michael Judd.
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