Iggy Pop
Asshole Blues
What do you do when you’re the 70-year-old godfather of punk with a storied and acclaimed career behind you? Record Delta-style blues on your cellphone and get the Jacuzzi Boys to put it out on their label. On a flexi-disc. Limited to 500 copies. Textbook.
Honestly, if no one told you otherwise, you would believe this was recorded as a 78 rpm back in the 1930s. Iggy embodies the persona and delivery with perfection. I could get down with an entire LP of him playing this role. The thought of hitting one’s stride while entering an eighth decade on earth gives me further motivation to live longer. Creativity need not wane as Social Security checks start rolling in.
Side note: I wonder if Iggy gets Social Security? If you’re in his position, would you just say “Fuck it, I don’t need it.” Or would you say “I’ve paid in for fifty years, damn straight I’m collecting on that!”
(side note: I know nothing about Social Security, but I am legitimately curious about this situation)
Kudos to the J-Boys for sending along copies here to TMR for me and Swank to dig on. More people should do that. Really.
Just got my mine today!!! Sounds great :)
i see nothing mentioned in your explanation of social security which outlines the top 3 salaries earned being used as the proportional mean of salary rsimms3 …. however i do seem to detect the framing of the details which indicate that some musicians never paid into social security at the outset… it does become problematic at that point
Mine arrived in the mail today!
Google to the rescue as always:
Social Security retirement benefits are not based on need but rather on income earned during your earning life. The Social Security Administration (SSA) keeps a record of earnings over your working life and pays benefits that are based on the average amount earned, provided a minimum number of work credits have been accumulated. Only income on which Social Security tax is paid is considered in calculating these work credits.
To be eligible for Social Security retirement benefits, a worker born after 1928 must have accumulated at least 40 quarters of work in “covered employment”. A “quarter of coverage” generally means the three-month calendar quarter. In addition, you must earn at least $1,260 in a quarter (in 2016) for it to count. However, the SSA looks at how much you earned in a year and divides that figure by the minimum amount required to earn credit for a quarter. Thus, if you earn at least $5,040 in January and February of 2016 and don’t work the rest of the year, you will receive credit for four quarters of work ($5,040/$1,260 = 4).
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Thanks for the post and letting us know about this release!!! Mine is on the way!!!
Go Iggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope to hear many more years of unorthodox creativity and amazing music!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for the heads up on this! Just ordered one :)
Lol, (clapping hands) Love, love, love!
Sorry…. I have to comment on Bens #SSNcurious notions… I asked someone and they said if you dont apply for your pay out at 71 or 72 then you get penalized and get some kind of reduction or fines if you decide you want that money later…. Hell… Take the cash… Its yours free and clear any way you stack it up!!! Saint Janis said get it while you can baby!!!