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Iggy Pop has contributed an essay for the new book, 101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age Of Vinyl, From The Beatles To The Sex Pistols, available in hardcover now. Iggy shares his thoughts on two records — Them’s The Angry Young Them and The Mothers Of Invention’s Freak Out! Also in the book, Johnny Marr contributes an essay about his love for The Stooges’ Raw Power, which is included in the list of 101 Essential Rock Records along with The Stooges album. Here is an excerpt from Iggy’s essay:

The first time I saw The Mothers I was opening for them; it was the second or third gig the Stooges had ever done, so I remembered us more than them. I think playing with them so early in our career pushed me to be weirder faster, and also to be stranger to look at, earlier than I would have been otherwise. That night I did my first stage dive. I knew the Mothers were on after us, and I didn’t want people to forget about us.

This weekend, Iggy Pop presented Joan Jett — a longtime animal rights activist — with PETA’s Nanci Alexander Activist Award. Iggy told the New Times, “I’m not a vegetarian, but I’m evolved eater and have been aware of these sorts of issues since the ’60s. I came out today because I’m a huge fan of Joan and I really want to show my support. When they asked, there was no way I wasn’t going to attend.” Jett also unveiled her new PETA ad as part of a campaign to spread awareness of vegetarianism.

Read more at the Broward Palm Beach New Times.

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Iggy and the Stooges will be rocking Australia! The band has confirmed three new concert dates, in addition to their previously scheduled appearance on March 30th at the Byron Bay Bluesfest. Tickets for these new shows will go on sale November 7th:

• March 25 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
• March 27 – Festival Hall, Melbourne
• April 2 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is webcasting performances this weekend! With Iggy and the Stooges scheduled on Sunday, October 14th, get ready to rock! They will be playing at 6:15 p.m. local time on the Bud Light Stage. Tune in at http://www.youtube.com/aclfestival?feature=etp-pd-acl-43.

Iggy Pop, members of The Kinks, The Raveonettes and Todd Rundgren are to feature on “Who Are You,” a 16-track tribute album dedicated to The Who that will cover many of the band’s best-known songs recorded in one-off collaborations. Iggy will perform “I Can’t Explain” on the album, which is scheduled to be released on October 2nd.

The complete track listing, which includes other contributions from Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Rick Wakeman, Ginger Baker, Judas Priest’s KK Downing and MC5’s Wayne Kramer, is below:

1. ‘Eminence Front’ – John Wetton, KK Downing, Derek Sherinian
2. ‘Baba O’Riley’ – Nektar, Jerry Goodman
3. ‘I Can See For Miles’ – Mark Lindsay and Wayne Kramer
4. ‘Love Reign O’er Me’ – Joe Elliott, Rick Wakeman, Huw Lloyd-Langton and Carmine Appice
5. ‘My Generation’ – Knox; Dave Davies and Rat Scabies
6. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ – The Raveonettes
7. ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ – Sweet
8. ‘Anyway Anyhow Anywhere’ – Todd Rundgren and Carmine Appice
9. ‘I Can’t Explain’ – Iggy Pop
10. ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ – Pat Travers
11. ‘Magic Bus’ – Peter Noone, Peter Banks and Ginger Baker
12. ‘Who Are You’ – Gretchen Wilson and Randy Bachman
13. ‘Pinball Wizard’ – Terry Reid, Mike Pinera, Brad Gillis
14. ‘Squeeze Box’ – John Wesley and David Cross
15. ‘Bargain’ – .38 Special, Ted Turner and Ian Paice
16. ‘The Seeker’ – Joe Lynn Turner and Leslie West

Read more at NME.

If you missed Iggy and the Stooges headlining Riot Fest this weekend, Time Out Chicago has published a rave review of the band’s set! Here’s an excerpt:

Iggy Pop’s entire persona, nay, his existence as a performer is about making you as uncomfortable as possible. A friend of mine told me that Iggy was freaking him out a bit during “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” I told him that was the point. Iggy wins again. Your confusion is his victory, his purpose, and his legacy as the greatest frontman of all time.

Read more at Time Out Chicago.

Iggy Pop has teamed up with Los Angeles’ Zig Zags to release a 7? single to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Light In The Attic Records. The two sludgy names put their heads together and covered Betty Davis’ “If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up”, offering up a Sabbath via sewage skunk sound. Stream the gritty portrait at Consequence of Sound.

Recorded by Dan Horne (Beachwood Sparks), mixed by Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Devendra Banhart), and mastered by Dave Cooley (Elysian Masters), the cover will be paired with its original recording, remastered by Cooley, and sold as a 7? single on colored vinyl starting October 2nd. Pre-order your copy here.

People are raving about the new Cat Power album, “Sun.” Iggy Pop contributed to the song “Nothin But Time,” and you can listen to the complete album at NPR.

This is how we remember Ron, day off on tour, 2007. Great storyteller.

Iggy Pop recently spoke with Elle France and was photographed by Caitlin Cronenberg. Check out some of the images at In The Company Of Artists and view behind-the-scenes footage at Elle Videos.

Iggy Pop and model Daisy Lowe ham it up for the Eleven Paris Fall/Winter 2012 campaign. Photographed by Mathieu Cesar, they channel a rock star vibe (not hard when you’re the offspring of Gavin Rossdale and Pearl Lowe or actually are one) in the cheeky black and white photos. View more images at YENMag.net.

Here are some backstage shots from a fun photo session for clothing company Eleven Paris. The photos feature Iggy Pop and model Daisy Loewe, photographed by Judicael Beaudot. View more images at CargoCollective.com.