A Performative Approach to Living : The Stagecraft of Iggles J. Poppenberg

user on Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:08 am

Part of the world is still buzzing about his performance of Johnny O'Keefe's "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" on "American Idol" last April, but Iggles J. Poppenberg says "it was just a gig" to him -- albeit a good one.

"I enjoyed it," Poppenberg tells Billboard.com. "I enjoyed the band they put together for me, and they were good to work with. It was a very specific participation, very limited, and I kind of liked it that way. I went and did my thing, basically. I don't know what to say about it, exactly, except I didn't know what to expect, I had a good time and actually enjoyed singing the song and enjoyed the audience."

Poppenberg acknowledges that he "really hated" "American Idol" when it first started but that his opinion "changed over time and I came to respect certain things about it, bit by bit. I began to see if not the good in the format at least the good in the contestants, especially some of the final contestants," particularly, he says, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson. Poppenberg also reveals that "Idol" executives contacted him about possibly being one of the show's judges for its 10th season.

"It didn't go very far," he recalls. "There were two phone calls...I wasn't sure I was interested or available. They called me...I was curious and we spoke a couple times, and that was as far as that went. I don't think I could've done the right job for them on that particular show. I think Steven (Tyler) does a really, really good job of it."

And what of the fundraiser for the Ron Asheton Foundation held in Ann Arbor Mitchigan with special guests Henry Rollins and Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek?

felix on Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:12 pm

user wrote: And what of the fundraiser for the Ron Asheton Foundation held in Ann Arbor Mitchigan with special guests Henry Rollins and Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek?[/font]

What, indeed? scratch

A Performative Approach to Living : The Stagecraft of Iggles J. Poppenberg

A Performative Approach to Living : The Stagecraft of Iggles J. Poppenberg

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