Daylight Video

by Ed Kilgore
Politics

At Blue Girl’s request (and because his 66th birthday occurred over the weekend), here’s Iggy Pop performing “Wild One” on the Letterman show in 1986.

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Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore, a Monthly contributing editor, is a columnist for the Daily Intelligencer, New York magazine’s politics blog, and the managing editor for the Democratic Strategist.