#punk icon

Pamela Rooke (aka Jordan/Jordan Mooney) on punk:“It is a state of mind, it’s something that I think will stay with me forever. It liberated so many people: all those people who felt displaced maybe from society, they found a place to belong and to express themselves."Rest in peace   Mirrorpix / Getty Images

Born on this day: happy 75th birthday to streetwalkin’ cheetah with a heartful of napalm / world’s forgotten boy / chairman of the bored / possessor of the world’s most sinewy torso, the artist formerly known as James Newell Osterberg Jr – feral godfather of punk Iggy Pop! (Born 21 April 1947).