Iggy Interview w/ Independant

one of the best answers to the ubiquitous Obama question

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/mixtape-a-few-w.html

MixTape: A few words with Iggy Pop

Iggypop01 By Larry Ryan

Iggy Pop has been knocking the hell out of rock and roll with raw power for decades, but now, as he displays his more artful side with a documentary about his painting exploits, we had a quick chat with the great man...

You reunited with the founding members of the Stooges when recording Skull Ring, do you think you will ever reunite with David Bowie to make any new music?
You never know. The way etiquette in the rock world works is that the larger giant approaches the smaller giant so that would be entirely out of my curfew.

What visual artists are you into at the moment?
Well I was watching Tracy Emin on the TV the other day, and I thought she was a hoot! Jeff Koons is a friend and I'm happy to see him do well as some people didn't get it for a while. There is a guy called Chris Ofili who did an elephant shit painting that so upset the mayor in NY; well, I think he has made some beautiful things.

There is supposed to be a film of your early career being made - have you had any input? Would you be in it?
Would you be in it? No, I don't have any input, I don't want to be in it and I don't know anything about it.

Will you release any new material/albums free online a la Radiohead?
That's not something I'm legally empowered to do at the moment, but if and when, then that's definitely my kind of thing.

What do you think of the US presidential elections? Are you an Obama booster?
I do like Barack, but the election is strange, particularly for someone of my generation to see television advertising used as the most dynamic component in the election. It's very strange because you know that advertising is at the end of the day bullshit, so in effect, we are just giving up. His adman is not as good as McCain's which is a shame. I don't know who is going to win, it's a very delicate time right now.

this interview skips in huge steps from one to another topic.. like if they put pieces together from a much larger interview. Is it a part from that RockArt interview what will be shown the 25th?

Anyway..interesting topics..with nice smart Iggy answers. I'm curious to see and hear that interview...hope they will dig some deeper/further into Iggy's answers..and the questions.

Thnx HJW for posting!

welcome zin, yeh it was probly oe quickly over the phone or after a gig or somethin, pretty random questions like u say