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Lust For Laughs - Iggy Pop's 18 page concert rider funniest in rock history? )
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Posted on 10/05/2006 12:05:07 PM PDT by weegee

As if you need another reason to love Iggy Pop, the veteran rocker (and his band The Stooges) have the single most entertaining concert rider TSG has ever obtained. The document--all 18 pages of which you'll find below--describes Iggy's requirements in terms of amplifiers, security, lighting, stage set up, and dressing rooms. But unlike most similar documents, Iggy's rider is written in a rollicking, stream-of-consciousness fashion that delivers multiple laughs per page. Apparently written by roadie Jos Grain, the Iggy rider is peppered with witty gems, tasteless asides, and typos. For example, in describing how Iggy's dressing room should be made to "look less like a typical rock & roll dressing room," the rider suggests that promoters "just let someone loose with a little bit of artistic flair...Er, do you know any homosexuals?" Explaining the need for two heavy duty fans, Grain notes, "So that I can wear a scarf and pretend to be in a Bon Jovi video." Also, don't miss the backstage requirements of a Bob Hope impersonator and "a copy of USA Today that's got a story about morbidly obese people in it. Most amusing!" (18 pages)


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: concerts; contracts; iggypop; music
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All 18 pages at the above link.

1 posted on 10/05/2006 12:05:09 PM PDT by weegee
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Brian Allen; cgk; ChadGore; Cutterjohnmhb; ...
Rock and Roll PING! email Weegee to get on/off this list (or grab it yourself to PING the rest)
2 posted on 10/05/2006 12:05:57 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: Revolting cat!
"Somebody dressed as Bob Hope Doing fantastic Bob Hope impersonations and telling all those hilarious Bob Hope jokes about golf and Hollywood and Bing Crosby..."


3 posted on 10/05/2006 12:07:48 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee

I like the Ampegs better than the Marshalls for bass, anyway. ;-p


4 posted on 10/05/2006 12:12:47 PM PDT by L98Fiero (Evil is an exact science)
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To: weegee

Personally, I can't wait to work the phrase "Relax in a haze of self-satisfied panic" into a conversation.....:]


5 posted on 10/05/2006 12:15:56 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: weegee

Iggy Pop is still alive? Who knew?

Even when he was alive I think he was dead.

Couldn't make it to page 2 though.


6 posted on 10/05/2006 12:18:06 PM PDT by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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To: weegee; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
IMO, some of the goofier provisions are probably "red flags" to make sure that the technical specs were done correctly, in the manner of Van Halen's famous "No brown M&M"-clause. Hilarious reading, in any case.


7 posted on 10/05/2006 12:35:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Burglar drops dresser, shot in chest, fills drawers." --Titan Magroyne)
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To: weegee
I was reading this last night. Talk about rambling, but at least the person was having some fun with it. I liked the part about the monitors and some previous incidents with them.
8 posted on 10/05/2006 12:40:15 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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9 posted on 10/05/2006 12:47:25 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you wearing boxers?)
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10 posted on 10/05/2006 12:53:18 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you wearing boxers?)
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To: Revolting cat!
This is a punk thread:


11 posted on 10/05/2006 12:57:43 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: Revolting cat!

All of those items will be in a musuem 800 years from now, in the ancient American collection.


12 posted on 10/05/2006 12:58:42 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: windcliff

ping


13 posted on 10/05/2006 1:01:33 PM PDT by stylecouncilor
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To: weegee
This is a punk thread:


14 posted on 10/05/2006 1:03:44 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you wearing boxers?)
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15 posted on 10/05/2006 1:06:03 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you wearing boxers?)
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To: weegee

Everytime I hear that Carnival Cruise Line add it breaks me up that Iggy's gone mainstream.


16 posted on 10/05/2006 1:18:07 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: weegee
From the Hospitality Requirements:

1 x case of big bottles of good premium beer.
You decide. But remember, I might ask you to taste a bottle, so buy something nice! Here's a clue - it's probably won't start with the letter "B" and end with "udweiser"

Ok that is just funny.

17 posted on 10/05/2006 1:24:14 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: weegee

Iggy has led a rather bizarre life, but as a rocker he is a H00T!
The true Godfather of Punk


18 posted on 10/05/2006 4:15:18 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

didnt they use "lust for life" to advertise caddilacs to yuppies too?


19 posted on 10/05/2006 4:17:41 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: weegee

dude GOOD POST. You know Iggy is kickass.

thanks much! good job hahahaha


20 posted on 10/06/2006 6:44:09 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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