That is way cool that he's doing the new Stooges album. I'm a huge Stooges fan. He's stated that Funhouse and their records were big influences on his engineering style, as well as the attitude that he lends to the sound. I know he doesn't like to be called a producer, but there's a certain production in the way he just lets bands set up, as well as what he imparts to the sonic outcome of it.