Gimme Danger

People talk about how important and influential The Stooges were, but in the end, you gotta let The Stooges be The Stooges.

MC-5: check.

Ann Arbor, N.Y., L.A.: check.

"I don't remember getting arrested": check.

Nico: check.

Communists: check.

Junkies: check.

Taxi drivers: check.

Silicon Valley Sony executive: check.

Took themselves seriously: not so much.

All rock movements start out as music, degenerate into fashion statements, then descend into business.

The Stooges resisted.

They also provide a sterling example of how we should conduct ourselves in these troubled times. Mandatory viewing for all anarchists.