RON'S REVENGE

(9-5-12 pt 2)     I'LL WHIP YOU, YOU'LL WHIP ME...On August 11, 1974 at Rodney's English Disco in Hollywood IGGY performed an improvised set piece called "Murder of the Virgin."  It featured RON ASHETON whipping IGGY and ended with The IG slashing himself with a knife. Plenty of shots of IGGY's bloody chest have circulated over the years but what I find most interesting is the look on RON's face both while he's waiting his turn ( see pic ) and when he's doing the deed. Either he's a great actor or he's really getting something off HIS chest. At this time The STOOGES were kaput and RON has said that if it wasn't for IGGY's ( and Scott's and Williamson's) enormous drug intake the band "could've been the American Rolling Stones." Is RON taking out on IGGY's bare torso some of his understandable frustration at The STOOGE's inglorious demise? Just speculatin'...