The final inductee from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2010 is The Stooges, the proto-punk band fronted by Iggy Pop. The Stooges were first eligible for Hall inclusion in 1995 and were nominated eight times before making it in.
Iggy Pop has been eligible as a solo artist since 2003 and as the “Godfather of Punk” has a decent case for getting in twice, but it seems the Hall is (so far) content with recognizing him through for his groundbreaking work with The Stooges.
Continuing my look at the albums of 1977…
David Bowie had a hell of a 1977. He released the first two albums in his “Berlin trilogy,” Low and “Heroes”, experimenting with electronic music and becoming heavily influenced by German bands such as Kraftwerk. I covered both of those records in my Bowie deep dive (and I’m not a huge fan of either) so I’m not featuring them here.
By Bowie’s side throughout that period was Iggy Pop, the American punk artist he befriended years earlier. The two men lived together in Berlin while trying to kick their respective drug habits, and Bowie played a major role in the writing and recording of Pop’s first solo album, The Idiot.
I’m a sucker for a good crime film, and Josh and Ben Safdie’s Good Time is one of the best I’ve seen in years.
Starring a phenomenal Robert Pattinson as a desperate bank robber, and co-director Ben Safdie as the mentally disabled brother he’s trying to protect, Good Time is both an adrenaline rush and a surprisingly nuanced character study.
Pattinson disappears into his role as volatile crook Connie — we’re a long way from Twilight. It’s hard to make you root for a guy this morally compromised, but he pulls it off.
