Henry Rollins

This week New York City's "stop & frisk" tactics were deemed by Federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin to be unfairly slanted towards minorities and therefore unconstitutional and struck down. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was not at all happy about the decision and vowed to appeal. He warned, "You're not......

RADIO BROADCAST #228 08-11-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Wacken 2013 or Bust Fanatics! I can't believe our good fortune. Tonight, we have an awesome line up and all you have to do is let the music play. The first song I had planned was Johnny Dollar's version of "Action Packed"......

See also: Henry Rollins: Treating Our Citizens Like Dogs Almost every summer for the last two and a half decades, I have been performing at European music festivals. I try to get onstage at as many of them as I can. I never get as many as I want, but......

RADIO BROADCAST #227 08-04-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Treating Our Citizens Like Dogs Fanatics! I am still in Germany, doing the shows and preparing our show for this weekend. I will have it fully finished over the weekend, and it will be ready to roll out on Sunday night. So,......

See also: Henry Rollins: Trayvon Martin Did Not Need to Die I can't get it out of my mind. Ruined the rest of the day. My friend and I were driving north on Gardner and stopped at Hollywood Boulevard. On the northeast corner, I see a man with a dachshund......

RADIO BROADCAST #226 07-28-13 Fanatics! Another week, another chance to check out some great music. It's the best possible deal. In celebration of the fact that I am in Germany for the next few days at the Wacken Festival, I thought we should listen to some German music, bands playing......

See also: Henry Rollins: Jetlagging It has been days since the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case was delivered. I can't say I was surprised. I don't think the state in which the case was being tried or the ethnicity of the jury were factors. That is too speculative for......

RADIO BROADCAST #225 07-21-13 Fanatics! Have we got a show for you tonight! All kinds of new releases, and odd ricocheting off all the walls of the record store. New Black Pus album sounds great, as all things that Brian Chippendale is behind. We have been listening to his other......

See also: Henry Rollins: Nelson Mandela's Legacy Just wrapped a great and fairly sleep-free week of long flights in small seats, challenging light cycles and festival stages. Almost every summer since 1987, I have done festival dates in Europe. The music festival is a long-standing tradition there, and often these......

RADIO BROADCAST #224 07-14-13 See also: Henry Rollins: Nelson Mandela's Legacy Fanatics! Tonight, a very special show, but aren't they all. Tonight, we will pay tribute to one of our favorite bands, the Ruts. Malcolm Owen, the band's amazing vocalist, passed away on July 14th, 1980 at the age of......