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1950s

‘What goes into a Continental Keyhole?’ How Malcolm McLaren conjured the name ‘Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols’ from the seamy 50s and 60s Britporn mags strewn around 430 King’s Road

In October 1974 Malcolm McLaren conjured an unusual group name for four young musicians who congregated at his shop at 430 King’s Road. At the time the transition from the premises’ previous incarnation as Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die to Sex was nearing completion; in fact the teenagers Paul Cook, Steve Jones, […]

February 10, 2020

1970s

Tribute to Ola Hudson: The Woman Who Fell To Earth

I’m extremely grateful to artist/designer/photographer Ash Hudson for sending precious photographs and design sketches from the archive of his late mother Ola Hudson, the super-talented fashion designer and costumier best known for providing David Bowie with the formal yet other-worldly collection of garments he wore in Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film The Man Who Fell To […]

December 17, 2018

Animation

Love this clip: Sahara by Songhoy Blues featuring Iggy Pop directed + animated by Alden Volney

Thank you promonews.tv for turning me on to this. Read a quote from director Alden Volney here.

January 13, 2018

1970s

POP: Exciting new book to showcase Brian Griffin’s enigmatic excellence

I have written an essay for POP, the forthcoming book showcasing the great British photographer Brian Griffin’s engagement with music.

May 6, 2017

1970s

Brian Griffin: Capitalist Realism opens today at Steven Kasher Gallery

It’s exciting to note the opening today of photographer Brian Griffin’s first US solo show, Capitalist Realism at New York’s Steven Kasher Gallery.

February 25, 2016

1970s

‘A booby trap in Pop Art’: The tits tee featured in 1972 Frederick’s of Hollywood catalogue

Congratulations to our pal Johnny Deluxe for this fantastic spot; he happened upon this kitsch sketch of an original tits t-shirt while leafing through an early 70s Frederick’s Of Hollywood catalogue.

June 2, 2015

1970s

All The Way From Louisville: Leee Black Childers

The last time I saw photographer/manager Leee Black Childers – who has died aged aged 69 – was fleetingly, a year or so ago at the crowded launch of his book and exhibition at London’s The Vinyl Factory. The first time I saw Childers was at The Speakeasy at a March 1977 concert by his […]

April 7, 2014

430 King's Road

Iggy Pop’s Wild Thing jacket: Not from Paradise Garage

A few years back I wrote a series of blogs about the so-called “Wild Thing” jacket worn by Iggy Pop on the cover of his and The Stooges’ album Raw Power; in 2008 I had brokered a deal for the jacket designers John and Molly Dove to reissue a t-shirt range – including a version […]

July 22, 2013

Cities

Iggy Pop strolls around the Losaida, 1993

Directed by Bram Van Splunteren, via openculture.com

June 27, 2013

Barney Bubbles

Lloyd Johnson exhibition install Day 4: Iggy in a Bluebeat hat

Included in the Lloyd Johnson show are photographs of performers wearing Johnson’s apparel – above is a 1979 shot of Iggy Pop in one of the label’s jackets paired with a Johnson’s Bluebeat hat (if memory serves, Glen Matlock, who was working with Pop at the time on his album New Values, told me that […]

January 20, 2012

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