The . . . odd . . . opinions of Henry Rollins

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Hank's my dog. Really, the politics of Hank didn't factor into Black Flag lyrics to much seeing as Greg Ginn wrote most of them.

But, really, he's been around long enough to not be too-punk-for-Madonna and tuned in enough to make educated political statements. Who cares if he rags on easy targets like Bono and the Hummer H2, he still will hit on shit I haven't had the time to think about in my meager 23 years.

I agree with most of the stuff he says, and the rest I find entertaining anyhow.

Hank's my dog.

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 27 April 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

i like that song he does where he goes "i wanna be Devine!" he's not even trying to hide it anymore. i heard he is starring in the next john waters movie as pee wee herman's twin brother

― bob snoom, Sunday, 27 April 2003 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Whoa. I so hope that's true.

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 27 April 2003 20:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Unless Henry's performing with his band, doing a talking show, or writing a book, you can pretty safely assume he's doing whatever he's doing FOR MONEY. Cathy Rogers is hott, by the way.

― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 27 April 2003 22:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Does he do the other stuff for free?

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 27 April 2003 22:58 (twenty-three years ago)

If Ayn Rand were a tatooed muscled bound man delving into stand-up comedy??????????
http://www.objectivemedicine.org/images/Ayn_Rand_III.gif

― Black Flack, Monday, 28 April 2003 00:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes he does, Ally.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 28 April 2003 00:11 (twenty-three years ago)

How do I get him to come over my apartment and do it, then?

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 April 2003 01:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Groan...

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 28 April 2003 01:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Bribe him with Slim Jims

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 28 April 2003 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

You people suck, you're not even funny! I'm so disappointed.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 April 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I love his Ween rant. I put it on as the first track on a Ween mix CD once.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 28 April 2003 16:41 (twenty-three years ago)

That's pretty good, eh Ally? I apologized over on ILE for sucking before you even said I suck! Or did you say I suck after I apologized? Fuck it. Henry would just talk about his dick if he were to visit your apartment and then jerk off on the door of your apartment upon leaving. Probably for the best if you don't have him over.

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought that's what hstencil was going to do when he came over.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:17 (twenty-three years ago)

: (

― hstencil, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sorry.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:33 (twenty-three years ago)

s'okay, I'll live.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

'The Aussie PM can go f@ck himself'
[High five the stick, Henry]
On a recent flight from New Zealand to Australia a man found himself seated next to a musclebound gentleman reading a book bearing the ominous tile "Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia."
He did what any hopelessly paranoid slab of quivering milquetoast would do: He reported the guy to Australia's National Security hotline.
That guy was punk rock legend Henry Rollins.
Rollins received a letter warning him of his status as a suspected terrorist from a "nice lady" in the Australian government:
The person who sat next to you on the flight from New Zealand does not agree with your politics or choice of reading and so nominated you as a possible threat. As they were too cowardly or stupid to leave their details I can’t call them to discuss their idiocy with them.
In his response to the kindly tipster the former Black Flag frontman noted the irony that the book is written by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, one of America's more conservative newspapers, and was published by Yale University, President Bush's alma mater.
The D.C. native then asked the woman to send along a message to her higher-ups:
Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go f*ck themselves. Tell them twice. If your boss is looking for something to do, you can tell him I suggest he go f*ck himself. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy. You have a nice night.
Though firmly against the war in Iraq and no fan of President Bush, Rollins is an unassailable patriot and supporter of the Armed Services. During the Christmas season he made his sixth USO tour.

"The troops, they're my heroes," Rollins said. "You don't need me out there like some Tokyo Rose. I wouldn't go on a tear on Bush out there, because it'd be distracting."

http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/02/the_aussie_pm_c.php

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 10:19 (twenty years ago)

No no, you've misunderstood. We don't report anyone for suspected terrorist activities for reading about Islam. We report them for reading at all.

― ratty, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

he's a big fan of DC Go-Go, so props to him

― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 11:09 (twenty years ago)

i saw him at university of maryland a few years back and he was quite honestly hilarious and a captivating storyteller. hank, yr all right by me. and yeah, he put out that amazing trouble funk live/early singles set. what a mensch.

― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Singer/spoken-word artist Henry Rollins had an interesting take on Britney Spears during a recent interview with Sun Media.

Rollins was talking about how it always is a good idea to befriend the sound engineers at any music studio, because they're the ones with the best stories.

"They have the black chick come in and sing, and Britney sings over it, and they mix them together," said Rollins, who has his own talk show on IFC.

"(Britney) gets her phrasing basically from this older R&B woman. I found that out talking to an engineer.

"Britney apparently isn't actually the worst singer, she just has no feel. So they bring in this older black woman who sings the song, then Britney sings to it, and they kind of make a mix of the two voices, and that's what you hear on the records."

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Spears_Britney/2008/03/21/5068996-sun.html

― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

shocker.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 17:38 (eighteen years ago)

"the black chick"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1UnKV4Gf0

― Bus Driver Stu, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 19:10 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

This one ain't so odd:

http://twitpic.com/1e376w

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 17:45 (sixteen years ago)

ok thats awesome

― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 April 2010 17:52 (sixteen years ago)

his radio show is the only thing on kcrw worth listening to.

― Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Friday, 9 April 2010 16:45 (sixteen years ago)

rollins otm

― m@tt (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 9 April 2010 16:57 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, but it would be better if he gave examples

― Zeno, Friday, 9 April 2010 17:00 (sixteen years ago)

Axl Rose?

― Convenience Fish (snoball), Friday, 9 April 2010 17:12 (sixteen years ago)

He supports the people, man! Rich rock are total dickwadz!!!!

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 9 April 2010 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

Bless him

― Soukesian, Friday, 9 April 2010 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

also, those infinite zero samplers were the shit.

― Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Friday, 9 April 2010 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBjtghitGOM

― billstevejim, Monday, 19 April 2010 06:40 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Perhaps not odd.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:01 (fifteen years ago)

goddamnit henry, stop being so dramatic. either make twitter your bitch or shut the fuck up.

― zingstreet (latebloomer), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:13 (fifteen years ago)

I hope this means Danzig is next!

― brio, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:00 (fifteen years ago)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vHbI7jz6L8Q/S_WFskVGwaI/AAAAAAAAAuY/MvriTJAjxtU/s320/henryglenn-thumb-480x480.jpg

― brio, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:01 (fifteen years ago)

don't you have to be over 4 foot 8 to have a Twitter

― starland vocal banned (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:01 (fifteen years ago)

goddamnit henry, stop being so dramatic. either make twitter your bitch or shut the fuck up.

In all fairness, he was likely doing pushups when he tweeted that.

― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:02 (fifteen years ago)

Pushups with one arm, typing/texting with the other.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:02 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/5755885155_7599b39689.jpg

― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 2 June 2011 12:54 (fifteen years ago)

that's why he's on Vh1 it's for ADULTS

― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:25 (fifteen years ago)

relevant tweet re life being too short for "sissy boys writing namby pamby songs about girls they never had in the first place": https://twitter.com/henryrollins/status/70739869713960960

― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:27 (fifteen years ago)

No, he's off to see Dinosaur Jr.

― Mark G, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:29 (fifteen years ago)

REAL MUSIC

― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:34 (fifteen years ago)

xxxp watching VH1 is a pretty good way to stay angry

― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:34 (fifteen years ago)

If the Twitter feed is to believed, he is in India or somewhere making snake/bug documentaries for National Geographic

― total ass retain (MaresNest), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:36 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

https://vimeo.com/89659920

― Kornblud (admrl), Thursday, 12 June 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)

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tbf, musician/spoken word/author/collector guy is exactly who I would expect to be hanging around shelves all the time. Next thing you know, they'll have a photo essay of librarians posing with books.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2019 19:49 (seven years ago)

Turned on KCRW Sunday night while working and happened to hear his show. Henry’s gonna Henry as a talker, but with the music there was lots of good rare interesting stuff.

― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 21:34 (seven years ago)

he should post to ilm with all the CDs he's hoarding

― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 21:43 (seven years ago)

eleven months pass...

4 hour podcast if you dare:

https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/music-special/henry-rollins-radio-longform-joy-division-ian-mackaye

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:39 (six years ago)

Seems to be streaming audio, no podcast option, unless I have too many plug-in blockers (but I ctrl+f'd the source code for the page)

― donald failson (sic), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:41 (six years ago)

I like to think of him looking for his Buggles test-pressing ($17 on Ebay) in that photograph.

― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:57 (six years ago)

The Impulse! section needs some work, Henry. Man, that's a tidy collection.

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:58 (six years ago)

This could potentially make a thread but which musicians/commentators have their own personal version of Godwin's law, ie:

Rollins mentioning his quite good friends with Ian MacKaye
Don Letts mentioning he worked with the Clash

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:16 (six years ago)

Donovan: Beatles/Zep

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:25 (six years ago)

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