Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins: When You Claim Racism Is Over, You Get a Dylann Roof

Suddenly, several mornings ago, there were photos of Dylann Roof, a miserable-looking South Carolina man with a bowl haircut, on almost every news site. You already know what he has been accused of doing and reached your conclusions about it with great speed. Leading politicians were asked for opinions on......
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Fanatics! We Have Some Interesting Bowie Outtakes Coming Soon

[Every Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m., Henry Rollins brings an exclusive mix of songs old and new to listeners at 89.9 FM, KCRW. Visit KCRW.com for more information and to stream his show online, or peruse the Radio Notes archives to see past playlists.] RADIO BROADCAST #326 06–28–15 Fanatic!......
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Henry Rollins: I Just Spent a Week Covered in Blood

I just spent a week working in a bloody bit of business that eventually will be unleashed upon the world as a film called The Last Heist, ripped from the ether’s misty entrails under the careful guidance of director Mike Mendez. I signed on for two reasons: First, the completely......
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Henry Rollins: In the '80s, Even I Listened to Madonna

Don Van Vliet, otherwise known as Captain Beefheart, was a wise man. The more you listen to his music, the better it gets. On his album Lick My Decals Off, Baby, released in 1970, there’s a song called “The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)” on which he says......