Iggy Pop’ped My Cherry Wednesday Night
Oh yes he did. And it was pretty mind blowing. How to even capture the night and tell you all about it without seriously feeling bad you couldn’t all have been there? Not sure how to do that, but I’ll try my best.
So, the play by play. First off, I met up with the unparalleled glamazonian warrior (complete with helmet) Ms. Kerin Rose, a life long Iggy fan, and we waltz on over to The Music Hall of Williamsburg. There were tour buses, heaving masses, bright lights, a step and repeat and Juliette Lewis. After commenting to Kerin that I always thought that blond chick with the weave and low voice from Rock of Love Bus looked just like her, we went inside.
Anywhay- we got inside and bumped into a few friends before heading up to the DJ booth where Rox told me all about doing the red carpet in her incredibly cute ensemble (styled by the always taste-full sensation, Paloma Perez). Check out this flick of Rox from NBC New York’s Last Night in NY feature on the event.
And Ms. P with Roxy upstairs in the booth.
The Virgins were rocking out while we sipped cocktails, ate mini egg rolls and dried apricots and all waited with baited breath for Iggy and the Stooges.
On a lap round the upstairs, Kerin and I realized there was an abundance of big hats at the party and we were exhibits one and two. Big hats, big glasses, big fun. Kerin and Spankrock…
Roxy and I getting pumped for Mr. Pop, posing in the meantime…
It was around this time, according to The Daily News, that everyone’s favorite hot, sad, sticky mess, bLohan showed up with a mish mash crew of 30 people. The poor staff at the venue scrambled to try and get them all up into the already packed VIP section that actually humble and cute celebs like Kelly Osbourne had to wait to get in and subsequently had a shit ball view from the floor. Wah wah. Not the first or last time some fuckery like this will follow the ol’ gingerbread box around. Oh well. Here’s Kelly looking adorable with her fiance.
And now, the non-gossip meat and potatoes you’ve been waiting for… Iggy got on stage and blew every mind there. My ears were rigging, my mouth was smiling and my body was gyrating instantly. But not as much as Iggy’s middle school aged-boy with octogenarian skin and no underpants self. He got his classic shakes and lost his shirt almost immediately. Hey, by this point, he knows what the people want. And they ate up every moment of his spitting, screaming and pseudo-stage diving show. At one point, the stage was flooded with about 1 million sweating crazies and one girl who looked like she was channeling Betty Page, the early years. Fake me out Page was giving it to Iggy and he was taking all she had to give. He let her scream some lyrics into the mic at one point and slung his saggy arm over her porcelain shoulders. She was clearly having a night she will remember till the day she dies. I saw her outside after the show and introduced myself. She confirmed how fucking awesome it was and how she had the sads that the moment was over.
(PS- that’s her on the right)
So after Iggy almost fell into the audience, the security ushered everyone else off stage and the Stooges wrapped up what seemed like a tiny set. Mr. Pop poked fun at the too cool for school crowd at the corporate event by saying, “Well, I figure, that’s about it. But I guess that’s fair since no one paid to get in.” A good chuckle was shared by all and then after a good amount of cheering upon the bands exit from the stage, Iggy came back for a planned encore with 2/3 of the Virgins. Watching the young musicians fan out mid-song was a very sincere moment in a night cloaked in cool. They seemed flattered and elated just to be included and the crowd was lucky enough just to see the performance unfold.
Cheesy? Yes. But true? Dead ass. The evening was fun, loud, sweaty and sexy and full of Ray Bans at night- a few of the key ingredients for a truly kick ass, rock moment. I mean, Mick Rock was there, for fuck’s sake.
All in all, something I will always remember and one of my favorite nights of 2010 so far. Thanks to my sister, my friends and everyone who isn’t too cool to just rock the hell out and have a good ass time. Stage divers, I’m looking at youuuu. Just kidding. But seriously, well played to all involved. Even bLohan. Every kingdom needs a court jester.
(Exhibit A)
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And just for shits and giggles: Other famous faces there: the Mac guy, Justin Theroux, Kate Bosworth and Agnyess Deyn. And I cut off Chloe Sevigny at one point and got a Nicolette Grant-worthy side eye in exchange.
then I cut her off… 
Wish I could have seen Charlotte Ronson spit cuntrix laser beams at bLohan, but alas, I wasn’t that lucky. Here’s some more flix and even mas of those mentioned above. Enjoy, rabbittos!! I hope you had fun.
xoxo
-Pebbles van Peebles
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