i guess there were no anti-bush rants last night? Iggy, Stooges have a soft spot for the GOP, lobbyists
So this is how punks grow old: They stay in chic, modern hotels, hang out with banking lobbyists and reveal their Republican allegiances.
Punk legends Iggy & the Stooges, who played the 9:30 Club Thursday night, have been hanging their tattered hats this week at the newly spiffed up Park Hyatt in the West End.
Wednesday night, the Stooges, including original members Ron and Scott Ashton, were sitting down to dinner on the outside patio at the hotel??s Blue Duck Tavern, when out came Iggy Pop himself.
He was ??gimping through the lobby? wearing only one Birkenstock sandal with the other foot bare, said Erick Gustafson, a lobbyist with the Mortgage Bankers of America, who was himself having dinner at the time and just so happens to be a huge fan.
??He looks and walks exactly like you??d expect him to look and walk,? Gustafson said.
Iggy hung out for about 40 minutes before going back upstairs to do whatever it is that he does, but the Ashton brothers stayed out long after dinner, whereupon Gustafson and Dan Berger of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions joined them for drinks.
As the temperature dropped, the party moved inside, and the punks and policy wonks continued to enjoy wine and spirits into the wee hours.
Among the biggest surprises from the rockers? They love jazz great John Coltrane, and they??re both Republicans.
??Ron was pretty knowledgeable about lawmakers and policy,? Gustafson said.
Not very rock ??n?? roll of them. At least they could have heaved a TV out the window for old times?? sake.
