NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #503 ~ 07-25-26]
Pictured: Iggy (2nd from left) and the Stooges.
I didn’t see [Iggy’s] poor-boy status as demeaning and contemptible – I even found it oddly inspiring. Iggy – from my perspective – had lately turned floating through life like a cool breeze into a kind of zen art. It helped of course that practically every woman in the region nursed a raging crush on the guy and was only too happy to invite him into their homes, even if it meant only to share their drug stashes. There were a couple of lesbians living in the same apartment building as James and Iggy and even they were aflame with mad love for the man. Everywhere he went, females stalked him like bounty hunters. At first I thought it was just down to his personal charisma. But then late one night in early March we found ourselves both standing outside the Roxy surrounded by a bevy of equally intoxicated revellers. I was staring up at the stars in the sky above when I heard a sound like running water below me. I looked down to my left and saw Iggy holding what at first appeared to be a fire hose from which a flood of liquid was pouring onto the sidewalk. I looked again. It wasn’t a fire hose, it was his penis urinating all over the club’s courtyard. Everyone stopped their idle banter and stared at his wedding tackle in mid-gush. It was uncommonly big. Then he shook the last drops off, stuck it back in his jeans and walked off into the night as if nothing had happened.
Iggy Pop’s penis is actually a bit of a thorny topic with me. I wish he’d keep it under wraps when it comes time to step out in the public arena. Seeing it or hearing him describe it in song is just too much information. David Bowie is apparently of the same opinion. ‘I wish Jim wouldn’t keep exposing himself,’ he informed a French newspaper back in the nineties. Put our reactions down to an Englishman’s natural sense of reserve. Back in the old country people called them ‘private parts’ for a reason.
— Nick Kent, Apathy for the Devil.
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Here’s what we played in Ep. 503 of No Condition Is Permanent:
FIRST SLICE
Eddie Kendricks — “It’s Not What You Got” — He’s A Friend
De Frank’s Band — “Do Your Own Thing” — Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
The Routes — “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays” — Reverberation Addict
Ralph Weeks & Los Dinámicos Exciters — “Let Me Do My Thing [Funky Soul Mix]” — Panama!: Latin, Calypso and Funk On the Isthmus
Benny Joy — “I’m Gonna Move” — Crash the Rockabilly Party
The Hurricanes — “You Can Run” — Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Presents Better Days: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971 Chapter II
The Cramps — “I Can’t Hardly Stand It (1977 Version)” — Gravest Gravy
SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
Al Escobar — “Tighten Up” — Welcome to the Party
The Sound Of Imker — “Train Of Doomsday” — Phillips 45rpm
King Tubby’s — “Legal Dub” — Archive 45rpm
Roy Brown — “Cadillac Baby” — The Very Best Of Jump ‘n’ Jive
Vaudou Game — “Tu Vas Regretter” — Noussin
The Minnesota Voodoo Men — “55” — I Keep Shaking My Head
Los Destellos — “La Ranita” — Sicodélicos
Bram Tchaikovsky — “Girl of My Dreams” — Strange Man, Changed Man
Cesar Concepcion — “A La Plena” — Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, Guarachas, Boléros Et Chansons Jibaras 1940-1960
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention — “Sleeping in a Jar” — Uncle Meat
THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
Lloydie & the Lowbites — “Birth Control” — Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set
The Hydromatics — “Powerglide” — Powerglide (High Octane Edition)
Chicha Libre — “Number 17” — Canibalismo
The Raiders — “Dardanella” — Surf Guitars Rumble Vol. 1
Sorn Petch Pinyo — “Laek Laow Deum Nom” — Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2
Pere Ubu — “Street Waves” — The Modern Dance
Pat Thomas & Marijata — “Let’s Think It Over” — Coming Home
THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…
Adriano Celentano — “Prisencolinensinainciusol” — Collezione D’Oro
Max Romeo + The Upsetters + Jah Lloyd — “Norman (Extended Domino Mix)” — Arkology Reel II: Dub Shepherd
The Stooges — “You Better Run (Version #1” — Sunday Nights: The Songs Of Junior Kimbrough
Apagya Show Band — “Ma Nserew Me” — Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana & Togo 1972-78)
Tom Verlaine — “Mr. Bingo” — Tom Verlaine
Ranu Mukherjee — “I Am A Call Girl” — Charas Babu: Inspiring, Colorful & Rare Sounds from India
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Raskovich (Giuliano Sorgini) & Braen (Alessando Alessandroni) — “Vele Al Vento” — Tempo Libero
NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT MERCH!
No Condition Is Permanent 
