METALLICA KO'D

  (8-2-12) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLED..IGGY here shakin' paws with B-Day dude (8/3/'63) James Hetfield at some industry lovefest. Whatever suburban stoner apocalyptic charm Metallica had died with Cliff "Lead Bassist" Burton. Check out his wacked-out bass solos from the "Cliff "EM All" video collection on YouTube. And check out Lars pouting in the background of this picture. Remember those good old MTV days when, while accepting a MTV video award on MTV, Lars would brag during his acceptance speech about how they made it big without MTV or videos? Who's the master and who's the puppet?

  P.S. The STOOGES recorded "Search & Destroy." Metallica recorded "Seek &Destroy." IGGY thought that was quite a coincidence...

SINGLE OF THE MONTH

 (8-1-12) NOWHERE WITH A BULLET!..A new feature here at the Blooge! Criteria: A fabulous A-side with an equally bitchen/interesting/rare B-side. Plus a cool picture sleeve and some vague IG connect.

The STOOGES' first 45 changed everything. After appearances on Ed Sullivan, the Smothers Brothers, and the Carol Burnett shows the single shot straight to number one, securing the band a headlining gig at Woodstock where after taking the brown acid IGGY threw up all over Abbie Hoffman and...actually, the single and LP went nowhere fast. Most people, if they knew about the band at all, hated them and thought they were a bad joke. Hippy DJ's wrote " dogshit" on the STOOGES" LP covers and used them as frisbees. Maybe the STOOGES should have named themselves  

"Gandalf's Disciples" or "Hobbit's Holiday" or something...
Another year with nuthin' to do...

DA DO RON RON

  (7-31-12) BORN UNDER AN IRON CROSS..Can't leave July without celebratin' the B-Day of RONALD " RON" ASHETON ( 7/17/'48). From a wide variety of choices AMANDA picked this photo, finding it the most "iconic". It is indeed the RON we all know and love. Let's also hear it for RON's mom ANN ASHETON, for bringing up two DumDum boys and one Wild Child of a daughter   ( Kathy ) all by herself.
Make Mine Japanese!

MONSTER OF THE MONTH

7-30-12  MAIN MAN

  "Is it a crime, for you to fall in love

      withFrankenstein?..."

It's hard to look at the mug of the author of these lyrics, New York Doll David Johansen, and not be reminded of Jumpin' Mick Jagger. Mick had his 69th B-Day this July 26.

  "Tell me a story,

    about how you adore me..."

aw..some other time, Mick...I'm going home..

NAZI GIRLFRIEND

 (7-27-12)  TODAY YOUR LOVE, TOMORROW THE WORLD...First things first, CLARA BOW (B-Day July 29) was no National Socialist! Explanations for this photo vary, from it being pre-Third Reich (doubtful) to Clara being coerced into wearing it by Paramount executive B.P. Schulberg while the two of them were in Germany sometime in the '30's. B.P. also talked C.B. into meeting Hitler. The Fuhrer was a big Clara Bow fan and the foreign film market, like today, was very important to Hollywood. Google "Clara Bow Swastika Scandal" for a 'full report'.

  IG CONNECTION: "Nazi Girlfriend" is a groovy little ballad          (really!) off of IGGY's adventurous "Avenue B" CD. It'd make a great 45 picture sleeve, if any record label was crazy enough to send a single called "Nazi Girlfriend" to radio stations.

  FUN FACT: That bell shaped flapper hat that Clara is wearing is called a "cloche". I always wondered what they were called..

Bonus: "HA HA HA!"

Bonus on a Bobus: "COMMIE CARTOONS!"

GOT NO IDOLS

  7-26-12 REBEL GLORIA...July 27 is the B-Day of the fabulous JULIANA HATFIELD, who's band the Blake Babies recorded a loose version of the STOOGES' "Loose". I miss all those melodic but rough, combative but fun, difficult but desirable, and always individualistic rockin' women from the '90's. Bands like the Breeders, Scrawl, Belly, L7, Mecca Normal, Bikini Kill, Hole, Blue Lies, Bratmobile..etc. As we live thru these dark, Amerikan Idol ages, here's hoping there will be something cool in the future for our daughter..or maybe GLORIA will just have to start a riot of her own...

  BTW..speaking of the '90's; "DANCE WITH JULIANA" was code used by some of my friends for breaking out the blow, which they hid in their Juliana Hatfield "Become What You Are" CD. No prize for guessing what they kept in their Motorhead "No Remorse" CD.

HE'LL TAKE SWEDEN

  JA, I IGGY POP..Here's a cool poster for a gig IGGY played on this day in Sweden back in2002. Footage from this show is easily found on the world wide web. RA POTENS!!
"They put an age to the torch!"

SLASH AND BORE

   7-24-2012 SWEET STOOGE OF MINE...July 23, 1965 is SLASH's B-Day. His guitar work is all over IGGY's"Brick By Brick" LP but for my money Slash's best solo is on "Ain't No Nice Guy" from MOTORHEAD's "March Or Die" CD. The only Guns N' Roses music I ever purchased was their "CIVIL WAR" cassette single, so instead of another boring shot of Slash's hat here's a painting of the Monitor and the Merrimac. Nothing cooler than an ironclad; to quote LINCOLN when he was first shown the design for the Monitor: "All I have to say is what the girl said when she stuck her foot in the stocking. It strikes me there's something in it."

  BTW..IGGY also sang and wrote the lyrics to a song called 'We're All Gonna Die" from Slash's solo CD. IGGY first left the lyrics on Slash's answering machine and Slash claimed it " set the tone for the whole record." Here's some sample lyrics:

  " Gee, I really like your tits,

    I'll say anything that fits.

    We're all gonna die,

    So lets get high.

    I'm in the mood,

    So let's intrude.

    Pee on the ground,

    And jump around."
"They're beginning the daily slaughter on time!"

GREEK TO ME

  7-23-12  FRIENDS, ROMANS, STOOGES...While playing a gig in Athens, Greece in July of 1996 IGGY got hit with a bottle thrown at him by a member of the audience. IGGY responded by screaming: "Somebody hit me with a bottle! You can't kill ME! I'm IGGY POP! I'LL KILL YOU!" Years later,in July of 2007, the IG again plays Athens and AGAIN gets hit with a bottle. This time IGGY screams : "You can't stop ME! I AM IMMORTAL!" Could IGGY have gotten the Parthenon ( Athens/temple of Athena) mixed up with the Pantheon ( Rome/temple to all the Gods)? I know I did. James Osterberg, student of ancient history, wouldn't have.

Try not to piss off the gods

I BID YOU...WELCOME...

 7-20-13  BURNIN' DOWN THE FUNHOUSE...Just reminding you'all about the Fun House warming party this Saturday the 21st, 2012, anytime after 3pm. Be there or be square. It doesn't matterwhat you wear, just as long as you are there. You can even wear Levis or Capris, please! I don't care...

  P.S. NO gifts, except those you give yourself.

  P.P.S. ..photo caption winners will receive your CD!

Welcome , indeed!
Follow Up: And what a swell party it was! Archived in perpetuity by the 6th O'Connor, Eric A.
"Talkin' bout Ernie B Blues"

ROCK SEEN

 7-19-12 COVER STOOGE..Over thirty years ago this month IGGY was on the cover of ROCK SCENE magazine. "OVER 150 PHOTOS", at least 130 of them featuring the smug mug of co-editor Lisa Robinson; the other editor being her husband Richard. Good thing they had great taste in music!

LONG WAY BACK TO GERMANY

 7-18-12  EULOGY TO CHRISTA PAFFGEN..On this day in 1988 NICO died. Her body was sent back to Berlin to be buried next to her mother.   In 1969 Nico moved into the FUN HOUSE for two weeks, teaching the ASHETON BROS. about fine European wines and teaching IGGY cunnilingus. Said IGGY in 1983:

  "And I thought: 'what is a sophisticated lady like her, what does she want to do out where I am? She must be nuts.' She was, and I owe her the world."

Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams