Iggy Gets Immortalized as a Lego.

If you ever wondered what Iggy Pop might look like as a Lego character; well wonder no more. It seems that the manufacturers of Lego thought enough of the punk icon to cast him as a Lego character. No word though on whether it will be anatomically correct.

And speaking of the Ig, there's word that Iggy & Co. will keep The Stooges going after the recent death of guitarist Ron Asheton. Iggy and Ron's brother Scott will continue performing with James Williamson, Raw Power era Stooge guitarist and co-writer of that seminal album's songs, and Mike Watt, who joined the band on their last several tours (both are of course also Bug writers). The band will feature Raw Power and other songs from that era which have not been performed by the original Raw Power Stooges line up in over 30 years. The landmark album, mixed by Pop's friend David Bowie, has been cited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and many other rock stars as their favorite album and is considered one of the most influential in rock history. Pop, who has had a largely successful solo career for the past 30 years, has just released a jazz-influenced album, Preliminaires (Virgin Records), inspired by French writer Michel Houellebecq's novel, The Possibility of an Island.