DAY 30 A.I.

PATTI SMITH...surrounded by...stooges...stooges..Today ( 12/30) is Patti's birthday..like the STOOGES & RAW POWER her shows at the Roxy in L.A. back in 1976 helped renew the true ROCK N'ROLL spirit that was missing for so much of the seventies. We were at the 1/30/76 Roxy show when IGGY jumped on stage ( as heard on the "Teenage Perversity and Ships in the Night" bootleg...that's Brother Doug yelling 'hey Whittier!'). Patti spoke for us all when she said " WE CREATED IT...LET'S TAKE IT OVER!"

DAY 29 A.I.

THIS YEAR, instead of a manger set, may I suggest..

DAY 28 A.I.

STOOGE SANTA...Merry Christmas

DAY 27 A.I.

Back in 1973...Who whudda thought?
    Thanks to Greg Gomberg for the Christmas gift that "JUST WON'T QUIT!"...

DAY 26 A.I.

....speaking of giving ART to IGGY... 

DAY 25 A.I.

"50,000 WATTS OF POWER":As an addendum to this week's MIKE WATT birthday post : Our friend,poet and all around provocateur JASON LYNN ( aka JASON THE TERRIBLE ), had no ickets for the Palladium gig. So he brought one of his paintings to the show, hoping somehow to get it to IGGY. He ran into WATT, who not only took the painting to the IG but made sure both JT and his mate got into the concert. He also called Jason a "genuine person" and kissed him on the cheek!

DAY 24 A.I.

When James wrote "TIGHT PANTS" I figured he was writing about some LITTLE DOLL, not his stage outfit! ( I just realized, this is my third "Little Doll' reference of the week!). 

DAY 23 A.I.

IGGY hasn't let his notoriety keep him from doing all the mundane things we all do.
  " Now I'm straight, and I'm settled too,
     I eat and I sleep and I work like you..
   I got lots of feelings but I hold them down
     That's how I cope with this shitty town."

DAY 22 A.I.

Today(12/20)is MIKE WATT'S birthday..here's Watt wearing maybe the world's coolest t-shirt..original STOOGE bassist DAVE ALEXANDER..check out ZANDER'S groove on "LITTLE DOLL" and all of FUNHOUSE...

"WHERE ARE YOU NOW, WHEN I NEED YER NOISE!"

DAY 21 A.I.

SACRED TRIANGLE OUTTAKE...here's a slightly different version of another  ICONIC shot...IGGY looks a little bit less crazed in this one...

DAY 20 A.I.

THE ULTIMATE SCREENSAVER....Two ICONIC shots in One! 

DAY 19 A.I.

DECEMBER'S CHILDREN...IGGY hangs with his hero KEITH RICHARDS, who's birthday is 12/18/43..got "December's Children (and Everybody's)" by the STONES for Christmas back in '66 and it was the first ROCK N'ROLL album I ever owned..."RAW POWER" by the STOOGES saved the very idea of ROCK
N'ROLL for me back in the dark ages of the mid-70's...another cool
STONES/STOOGES 'CONNECTION', listen to the drums on the Stones "We Love You" and then ROCK ACTION'S work on "Little Doll"...CHARLIE's good tonight and EVERY NIGHT!  

DAY 18 A.I.

Pretty cool hat...for a chair..

DAY 17 A.I.

THE JACKET

DAY 16 A.I.

Our friend/INSECT SURFER & RAW POWER RANGER DAVE ARNSON, hanging out after the Palladium show with the man of the hour JAMES WILLIAMSON, who turned out to be just as cool as we thought he was. Hey James, we think
"OPEN UP AND BLEED" is finally ready for the studio..like my Brother Doug says: " It's The STOOGES' "LIKE A ROLLING STONE!"     Thanks to Sherri Durrell for the great photo. 

DAY 15 A.I.

On the IDES of DECEMBER 1970 IGGY and RON appeared on the cover of "CHANGES" MAGAZINE..for 35 cents.. 

DAY 14 A.I.

VELVET IGGY

DAY 13 A.I.

The THUNDER of MANITOBA vs the POWER of POP...between the NEW YORK DOLLS and The RAMONES there was The DICTATORS..check out the 'TATOR'S cover of
SEARCH AND DESTROY on side two of MANIFEST DESTINY, one of the greatest LP sides of ROCK N'ROLL ever.
  " I saw the STOOGES, covered with bruises, WHO WILL SAVE ROCK N' ROLL !?! "

DAY 12 A.I.

GUITARS FULL OF SOUL..our man JAMES WILLIAMSON hanging out with guitar wizard JEFF BECK, who's work with the mighty YARDBIRDS was a great influence on The STOOGES ( compare the intros of the Yardbirds' cover of MOSE ALLISON'S "I'm Not Talking" with "I've Got a Right" or the main
riff of "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago" with "I'm Sick of You")...Jeff, I know YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I but anytime you wanna flush that fusion and get your FUZZBOX cookin' again is fine with me... 

DAY 11 A.I.

ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN..on this day in 1792 Beethoven had his first music lesson...here's a shot of IGGY in BERLIN working on THE IDIOT, an album that was to Post-Punk what RAW POWER was to Punk.    " LASS' SIE NACH BERLIN KOMMEN!"

DAY 10 A.I.

On this day in 1941 GERMANY declared war on the USA...here Mr. Osterberg goose steps passed Ron, who is in full Nazi regalia. I've always wondered what Ron's parents thought of his obsession..perhaps they realized there was nothing political about it..the KRAUTS have always made cool looking gear..

DAY 9 A.I.

BROTHER WAYNE KRAMER and IGGY both FEELIN' IT...although I'm not sure they're feelin' the same thing..today Brother Wayne announced on FB that
, like James Williamson , he's been honored with his very own ROCK N'ROLL GUITAR GOD BOBBLEHEAD, which somehow seems more ROCK N"ROLL than Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists or the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame , the later of which will never let the MC 5 enter their
hollow halls...

DAY 8 A.I.

IGGY stepped on a lot of people on his way to the top...

DAY 7 A.I.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE...IGGY wears one of his influences on his sleeve(shirt)..today is Jim Morrison's Birthday..also the day both Darby Crash and John Lennon split..can you IMAGINE if James Osterberg,like Jimbo,left us in 1971?...no RAW POWER..no THE IDIOT..no PUNK ROCK..NO FUN.

DAY 6 A.I.

In December 2007 Madonna was named an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall  of Fame..instead of performing herself at the induction ceremony fellow Michiganite Madonna had The Stooges play her hits "Burning Up" and "Ray of Light."  Three years later The Stooges returned to the SCENE OF THE CRIME as inductees themselves..unfortunately without RON who, as IGGY
noted , was probably hanging out with BRIAN JONES up in heaven, flicking cigarette ashes down on us all... 

Day 5 A.I.

If you got there late Thursday you missed one of the opening
acts....bassist SHEMP "Lamebrain" HOWARD had to sit out this leg of the tour because of repeated blows to the head... 

Day 4 A.I.

At the Palladium Thursday IGGY broke ALL THE RECORDS.

Day 3 A.I.

" 3 STOOGES "...." FUNHOUSE "....COINCIDENCE ?

DAY 2 A.I.

Your VERY OWN Palladium SCREENSAVER  12/1/11...photo by DOUG O'CONNOR

Countdown from the Stooges A.I.(After Ig) Day 1

...So much to say about last nights show but I'm SICK as a DOG so here's one cool tale...our fabulous photographer friend LEVA ANN was denied the use of her artistic weapon of choice by the barbarians at the gates of the Palladium but DOWN ON THE STREET after the show somebody she just met for the first time gave her this beautiful picture he took of the IGSTER..one of a million stories from the FUNHOUSE Thursday night!

D-DAY

The RAW POWER STOOGES...man for man THE GREATEST BAND IN MUSIC HISTORY...are YOU ready?

DAY 30

Had to include this iconic shot..a contender for the GREATEST PHOTO IN ROCK N'ROLL HISTORY..Dead Boy Stiv Bators claims he handed the Ig that jar of peanut butter right after this shot was taken..to paraphrase "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance": " THIS IS ROCK N'ROLL, WHEN THE LEGEND
BECOMES FACT, PRINT THE LEGEND."

DAY 29

Iggy having fun with the fabulous MICHAEL DES BARRES, who my beautiful wife AMANDA and I were blessed to have as our MINISTER at our wedding last year...

ROCK ON,MICHAEL,ROCK ON!

DAY 28

Maybe we'll get to hang with Iggy and some of his friends after the
show...

DAY 27

A rare shot of STEVE MACKAY from back in the FUNHOUSE days..he'll be there Dec. 1..
  " BLOW STEVE!" 

DAY 26

JAMES gets FRESH...btw, JAMES WILLIAMSON is NOWHERE TO BE FOUND on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists. 

  " The straights all hate the sound we make,
      because they know their walls will shake.
   Can anybody hear me when I call?
      The REAL SCENE is out BEYOND THE LAW"

DAY 25

Apropos to BLACK FRIDAY and these hard economic times...remember :

IN IGGY WE TRUST!

DAY 24

Let us give thanks today for the life of RONALD FRANK ASHETON...#29 on Rolling Stone's list of the GREATEST GUITARISTS of all time..and arguably the GREATEST BASS PLAYER in ROCK N'ROLL HISTORY...also,a
FABULOUS ranconteur! P.S. of course, The STOOGES made Rolling Stone magazine REDUNDANT but it's still kinda cool they FINALLY saw the light!

DAY 23

The great MIKE WATT of MINUTEMEN fame finally ditches the flannel for a more STOOGE appropriate CURLY t-shirt..

DAY 22

In an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: "I WANNA BE YOUR DOG" on ED SULLIVAN..."ANN" on AMERICAN BANDSTAND..."WE WILL FALL" in APOCALYPSE NOW...

DAY 21

This last Saturday was NATIONAL TOILET DAY..." The scene is fascination, man..and everythings for free...'til you wind up in some bathroom, over-dosed and on your knees..."...from KILL CITY

DAY 20

The perfect companion for your Iggy Action Figure...THE JAMES WILLIAMSON GUITAR GOD FIGURE...Press a button and it actually has James riffin' for
about 10 seconds! 

DAY 19

IGGY'S FIRST BAND...." GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME..."

DAY 18

STOOGE FANATIC AND ORIGINAL RAMONES PINHEAD DAVE 'MOON' DAVIS...UPTOWN WHITTIER , MID 70'S ...Picture by yours truly...

DAY 17

A rare shot of the Stooges at...hey...wait a minute...somethings 'NOT RIGHT'...

DAY 16

IGGY AND LEMMY...GIANTS STILL WALK THE EARTH...ONCE GONE, I FEAR WE SHALL NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN.

DAY 15

RON RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN

DAY 14

JAMES WILLIAMSON CONTEMPLATES THE STRAIGHT LIFE

DAY 13

WOULD YOU BUY INSURANCE FROM THIS MAN?

DAY 12

" FLOATIN' AROUND LIKE A REAL 'O' MIND...."