Culture Bully — A review of Slash's first "solo" album which features the likes of Ian Astbury (the Cult), Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Iggy Pop, Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) and a surprisingly enjoyable contribution from Fergie. more info

Pitchfork — "Years ago, some girl wrote in the classifieds saying she was looking for a man 'with the poetic sensitivity of Leonard Cohen and the raw power of Iggy Pop,' so Leonard tried to get me to set up a three-way with her [laughs]. He said, 'Dude, we can g... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Phish, Ray Davies • Libertines, Gn’R Booked for Reading/Leeds • Big Ears Festival: Full Report From Tennessee • Watch Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video • Ricky Martin Comes Out of the Closet • Watch Iggy Pop’s Las... more info

Rolling Stone — Iggy Pop’s already legendary closing set at the Tibet House benefit concert on February 26th will go down in the annals of rock history in another way: The recent Hall of Fame inductee has gone on the record saying that the infamous dive off the Ca... more info

Twangville — I finally got around to watching the broadcast from last week’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010 inductions. The ceremony — honoring inductees ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and Iggy Pop & Stooges — was, well, rather tame. Even Iggy P... more info

411 Mania — It’s the Wrestlemania Preview Edition! Ke$ha vs. Britney in Battle of the Babes, Akon in a sumo match with Buddha, the truth about the inspirational Cheryl Cole, Suge Knight does a beatdown, Ludacris tag teams with the US Census, Iggy Pop a... more info

Pop Candy — Good morning, everyone! My computer is a little screwy, so I'm trying to take care of that ASAP. Also, I had a rough time at the dentist yesterday, so it's all about the soft foods. Ugh. more info

411 Mania — One face plant is enough for Iggy... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At Salon, Laura Miller profiles The Morning News Tournament of Books. The ToB has a healthy sense of its own absurdity, evidenced by the fact that the first round put Hilary Mantel's doorstop historical novel set in the court of... more info

Iggy Pop has vowed to stop stagediving after suffering a nasty fall at a recent show. The singer, 62, revealed he dived for the last time during a gig at New York's Carnegie Hall. However, none of the audience caught him, leaving The Stooges' frontma... more info