Henry Rollins

How do you feel about our recent weather? Have the last few overcast days been a welcome break from the relentless scrutiny of the sun? It has for me. To be able to see and hear rain outside my window, to get a momentary break from constant glare and sustained......

Perhaps you have had the same experience. You leave Los Angeles for several days, weeks, maybe months. You return and within hours, it's like you never left. For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed. Within a day of being......

I think I am finally back on Earth. The last few days have been busy and steeped in jet lag. Last Sunday, I returned from Vietnam to America. I went from Hanoi to Seoul to Tokyo and then finally to Los Angeles. I thought I was going to questioned about......

I am in a hotel room in Hanoi, Vietnam, or Ha Noi, Viet Nam as it called here. I am in the relative cool of the early afternoon, having spent the top half of the day outside, perspiring freely. I am listening to Funkadelic's "Hardcore Jollies", a masterpiece of raw......

A few days ago, I was in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, getting power-walked by massive tombs of the Dalai Lama and incredible statues of Buddha. My tour guide was giving me the knowledge at a mile a minute as we were shoved along, sandwiched in between a European......

So, there I was a few days ago, attending the Mass Games in Pyongyang, DPRK. Thousands of North Koreans performed in synchronized perfection. The display was truly awesome and overwhelming. No doubt, you can find footage of this online. It's bigger than you think. The scenes changed flawlessly and relentlessly......

Here's an obscure reference. It's been about a day since I have slept so it's par for the course, here I go. Several months ago, I read a book that I learned a lot from called In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese......

Last Sunday night, in Edinburgh, Scotland, I finished the last show of my Frequent Flyer Tour, that started in Dublin, Ireland on January 12th of this year. One hundred and forty-two shows later, it was over. Immediately, I only wished for another week of shows at the Edinburgh Festival, having......

Took a few days but I have finally shook off the jet lag that had been dragging me down. I am writing to you from Edinburgh, Scotland. I am here for the Edinburgh Festival. I have been here for a few days now, three shows into my seven show run......