Iggy Pop
photo (c) Natalie Schlossman
Iggy in Ann Arbor April 2011
Ron Ashton tribute show
photo (c) Natalie Schlossman
"Mr Blue" Phil Shoenfelt & Southhern Cross
@ Otto's Shrunken Head NYC 15.5.2011
photo (c) Natalie Schlossman
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We
are all really sad to hear the news about Natalie Schlossman's passing. Natalie
Schlossman - otherwise known as Natalie Stoogeling - was a genius photographer
who grew up in Philadelphia and was an early champion of the MC5 and The
Stooges. Somebody once called her "the first Stoogette", and when she
was about seventeen years old she would travel around between Philly, Detroit
and New York to catch as many Stooges gigs as possible.
She started the Stooges
fan club and put out a Stogges newsletter called Popped (which she typed
and xeroxed herself), as well as taking loads of brilliant photos of Iggy and
the guys. She also recorded many early Stooges concerts while standing in the
audience with a hand-held tape recorder. Later she gave the cassettes to Ron
Asheton and many tracks later ended up on bootlegs and semi-official releases.
The UK label Easy Action (Easy Action released the PS & SC CD Paranoia.com
in 2010) asked her to write liner notes for a Stooges compilation, and also
published her photos, live cassette recordings and every edition of the
newsletter in a beautifully presented collection called Popped. We
met Natalie in 2011 when we played at the Bowery Electric in New York, and
again in 2012 when she came to our show at the Delancey. She also took photos
of our wild gig at Otto's Shrunken Head on East 14th Street, one of which
("Mr. Blue") you can see right here. Also included is a photo of Iggy
Pop that Natalie took way-back-when, and one from the Ron Asheton tribute
concert in Ann Arbor in 2011. We hung out with Natalie and her friend Debbie at
several bars and gigs in NYC in 2011 and 2012. As well as being a brilliant
photographer, she was a warm-hearted and generous human being, a
truly nice lady.
Here is a great interview with Natalie
that Danny Fields did for Please Kill Me. Highly recommended and very
informative, if you want to read it:
https://pleasekillme.com/natalie-stoogeling/
Natalie
Schlossman a.k.a. Natalie Stoogeling R.I.P.
Have a safe journey to the other
side.
Phil
Shoenfelt, Prague 17/1/2022
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