RS writes:
“In 1980 I was staying at the Dakota Hotel in New York with UK band Magazine. One evening, as the lift door opened on the ground floor, there stood Iggy Pop waiting to take the lift. Before I could even consider a polite ‘hi’, Iggy says: ‘I’ve seen you in company with Magazine, haven’t I?’ which I confirmed.
“He said he would like to give Howard Devoto a gift if I could pass it on. So I waited in the lobby as Iggy went up to his room and then returned and gave me a package wrapped in paper. Later that night I gave Howard the package and told him it was a gift from Iggy.
“The following day when I saw Howard I asked if he could tell me what the package contained. To our shared bemusement, Howard replied: ‘It was a book… ‘The Thoughts of Idi Amin’.'” |