THE THIRD MAN

  LOOKING FOR ONE NEW VALUE...F.Scott Fitzgerald famously said "There are no second acts in American life" but JAMES WILLIAMSON is now on his third!
   ...you just know James will never settle for CONSOLATION PRIZES!
STOOGIPEDIA

HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY !

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS!...

MICHAEL DAVIS R.I.P.

"Take me where I wanna go..
     Let a billion suns
    Cast my shadow..."
...one of the guys...

WHAT'S ROCK DOIN'?

  HEARTS OF THE STOOGES
       I've been checkin' the Web and I can't find anything on SCOTT ASHESTON'S condition. Having a drummer fill in for ROCK ACTION on a couple of already booked gigs was fine, but a permanent band called THE STOOGES without an ASHETON BROTHER does not 'FEEL ALRIGHT'. It reminds me of MOE, just before he died, trying to reboot The THREE STOOGES with Emil Sitka taking LARRY FINE'S place (Larry and Scott both being 'The Heart' of their respective STOOGES). If ROCK doesn't come back maybe it's time for IGGY to finally retire The STOOGES moniker, or at least change it to something like "IGGY POP and HIS STOOGES featuring JAMES WILLIAMSON"..sorta like "PAUL REVERE and the RAIDERS featuring MARK LINDSEY". Whadda YOU think?
SONIC OVERLOAD

SHE CREATURE OF THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS!

 
   THE MOVIE STAR....Feb.11,1934 was the birthday of the fabulous TINA 'Ginger' LOUISE. At some point in the'70's IGGY whipped out his little Iggy in front of Tina at some bar in Beverly Hills. If you need more sordid details check out DANNY SUGERMAN'S "Wonderland Avenue" memoir.
Ginger or Maryann ? Make mine Ginger!

THE HONEYBEES

EAT OR BE EATEN

  February is NATIONAL PET DENTAL HEALTH month:
    " I'm hanging around that same old scene,
        My girlfriend Betsy she's just fourteen,
      There's nothing better for me to do,
        I'm living on DOG FOOD." 
See what's for lunch...

THINGS WE SAID TODAY...

  On Feb.7 '64 The BEATLES arrived at JFK on their way to debut on the ED SULLIVAN Show. While one can guess who the young STOOGES would have said they preferred in the great BEATLES vs STONES debate the fact is that the very idea of what we now think of a ROCK N'ROLL band would not exist without The FABS. ( not to mention 'long' hair on guys!) IGGY's first band, The IGUANAS, performed and recorded many a MOPTOP tune. You say you want a REVOLUTION? Is it time for a riot, girls? RIOT!!! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
Before Iggy FELT ALLRIGHT, he FELT FINE..

HAVIN' FUN PT. 3

   "DANNY SHOOTS"
      IGGY seems happy now...maybe LOU promised to kick down..or maybe IGGY realized who was behind the camera...thanks to the fabulous DANNY FIELDS for the photos ( and so much more...)
MAX'S

HAVIN' FUN PT. 2

   IT'S LOU ! ...that's enuff to kill anybody's buzz..probably spent the
last twenty minutes talking gear talk...or lecturing IGGY about taking tuenols and drinking vodka at the same time...stay tuned until next time for the exciting conclusion!

HAVIN' FUN PT. 1

   JAMES & IGGY nightclubbing..but something ( besides the camera )seems to be bummin' their trip..tune in tomorrow for Part Two , or , as MR. SNOOP DOGG might say: " Chill, until the next episode.."

"SONGS THE IG TAUGHT US"

   On Feb.4,'09 we lost LUX INTERIOR, one of the best ROCK N' ROLL frontmen EVER and a performer who was also heavily influenced by IGGY..check out their duet together on "Miniskirt Blues" from The Cramp's 1991 LP "Look Mom No Head!" , bad music for bad people like US!
"check out those miniskirts!"

KINK KRAZY

 Feb.3,'47 is DAVE "Death of a Clown" DAVIES' B-DAY..I always thought the guitar sound that he got on the early KINKS records had a lot to do with The STOOGES sound on RAW POWER..check out Davies' lead on "Till the End of the Day" and then compare it with "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell AKA Hard to Beat." I could of put up a photo of Davies with his famous Flying V guitar but I like this shot..looks like he's on some show like BEAT CLUB promoting "Death of a Clown" The IG is quoted as saying: " The Kinks came out when I was in high school..I JUST WENT CRAZY!" Didn't we all..

KINK LINK

NOW I WANNA BE YER SNOOP DOG

Here's a painting of MR. POP, Mr. Snoop Dogg, and Mr.Vicious..I don't get the point either but on Feb.2,'79 John Simon Ritchie AKA SID VICIOUS checked out..in the book "12 Days On The Road With The Sex Pistols And America" Sid says to his tour manager "I wanna die like IGGY POP!", apparently forgetting that IGGY was not dead and would indeed be with us for a long time...sorry you ain't here, Sid and thanks for sticking around, Mr. POP.

POP

 Feb. 1 is my father RICHARD 'DICK' O'CONNOR's B-Day. Here's a shot from the documentary VICTORY AT SEA of Dad (second from left) returning home from the Great Anti-Fascist Crusade of the mid-1940's. I never played golf with my dad like IGGY did with his but we saw a lot of each other, especially in his last few years. Can't honestly say we talked about much..on the day before he died he couldn't talk at all but he touched my hand,  looked me in the eye, and nodded his head slowly up and down a few times..I knew he always loved me but it felt like he was saying, "Hey,I love you as a son but I also LIKE you as a person...I think you turned out alright, and thanks for hanging out with me. Don't worry about your Dad...he's at peace." Miss you, Dad...