It's 1988 O.K?

Hey Peabody! I like to use YouTube as my personal time machine. 1988 was the first time I got to see one of my heroes, Iggy Pop, in concert at Bogart's in Cincinnati (Jane's Addiction opened...I didn't get it at the time but would later). Ig was in"professional" mode, promoting his "Instinct" album. It's was one of his more metallic offerings being co-written by Steve Jones of the pistols. He had Andy McCoy from Hanoi Rocks on guitar and they rocked his back catalog (check out "Iggy Pop live at the Channel" for evidence and this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycVq2_oz2SE  I'm watching a show filmed from the balcony in Brazil and it's every bit as good as I remembered. Special mention of Alvin Sanders with the cool explorer bass and his tour memoir that I bought at Hawley Cooke for $3 in the 90's. JP...don't lend it to anyone named Todd or Chris. I just might need to re-read it now.

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