Henry Rollins

Never once in high school did I ever have a thought as to what I was “going to be” when I went out into the world. It wasn’t a problem of low ambition; I was just too spazzed out to think of a “career.” To this day, that word seems......

RADIO BROADCAST #302 01–11–15 Fanatic! Sometimes the show just comes together like it was made to be. That’s how it went with this particular broadcast. It’s like all the songs were waiting to jump into order and had no other purpose other than to leap out of your speakers whenever......

There is nothing like the Christmas holiday to remind me just how strange things can be. No, scratch that. How strange I can be, is more like it. There is a level of pure bleakness I experience during this time of the year that I thankfully don’t encounter at any......

RADIO BROADCAST #301 01–04–15 Fanatic! Welcome to this, our first radio notes for the year. Let’s hope we’re all here together on the radio at this time next year. Tonight’s show has a little media influence at the top. The Thin Lizzy track is dedicated to Dick Cheney, John Yoo,......

At this moment, I find myself in Tbilisi, Georgia. I have been here for a few days, having just emerged from the ancient strangeness of Central Asia. Before arriving here, I spent a few days in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was quite different from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Almaty is a......

RADIO BROADCAST #300 12–28–14 Fanatic! I hope your holiday routine is going well. This is our last show for the year. I thought we would do a little sum up of the year, some of the records that were really good; you will notice some of them in the show......

Christmas has as many meanings as people you care to ask. For some, it’s an opportunity to freak out and declare there’s a war on the holiday and therefore the American way of life. That particular howl at the moon is now almost as traditional as the day itself, and......

RADIO BROADCAST #299 12–21–14 Fanatic! I hope this finds you well. As you might know by now, I am on the road and all the December shows are hopefully in KCRW’s computer and will roll out faithfully at the appointed time. It’s been a long time since we have tapped......

I am a week into my visit to Central Asia. Besides a two-day excursion into Tajikistan, I’ve been here in Uzbekistan. The border crossing from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan was one of the coolest and strangest I have made. I often have a déjà vu sensation when going from one country......

RADIO BROADCAST #298 12–14–14 Fanatic! Thanks for checking out these notes. It’s yet another night of cool tunes, or at least ones Engineer X and I hope you like. Our December shows were put together in advance as I am out of the country for most of the month. Where......