henry rollins vs. hipsters

if u yell 'wheres my fukken child support money' @ john mayer hell give u $500

One time I yelled "What A Wonderful World!" at Louis Armstrong and he was like "You know, you're an ice-cream-eating motherfucker. That's what you are. That kind of shit you can't hide."

"get in the van" is kinda dumb i woulda yelled "you're a liiiiaarrrrrrrrrrrr"

xp HAHAHAHAHHA

Henry should go back to giving commentary on shit like Taco's "Puttin' on the Ritz" on one of those I Love the 80s shows or whatever

ugh, felt so bad for Shirin Neshat there, what a horrible, awkward situation.
man, what a dick

god Henry seems jacked up in that video

what a horribly formed "date"

Lighten up, Henry.

i don't think the trust fund comment was directed at that woman, fwiw

not that the thread needs a cap'n save-a-henry here but yknow.. folks (and esp in the les or brooklyn or cake shop) oughtta (and often do) have a pinch more tact (and uh, cool) enough maybe to not be shouting peoples names or work titles at em in what (video crew notwithstanding) is a mostly chill situation. yellin 'get in the van' and 'omg h rollins' is a straight heckle in this situtaion. a totally playful one, and not much warranting quite the response it gets, but i ain't surprised there was one

one 'response' that is. who cares if he handled it gracefully. dude gets to say something

atm this is the top comment on reddit and I'd say I agree:

I think this is a perfect example of someone expecting something to happen and in effect making it happen. He interpreted what the girl said to fit his expectation then went off on a diatribe that he was expecting to give. It didn't matter what the girl said or what anyone else said, the same thing would have happened because his expectation manufactured it. He has been doing this his entire life, if you watch any of his interviews you see him doing the exact same thing over and over again.

Forgot to link. loads of discussion on the matter over here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/e0mdi/henry_rollins_vs_hipsters/

rollins has always been kinda overly defensive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2Z-QmRqrg

He interpreted what the girl said to fit his expectation then went off on a diatribe that he was expecting to give. It didn't matter what the girl said or what anyone else said, the same thing would have happened because his expectation manufactured it. He has been doing this his entire life, if you watch any of his interviews you see him doing the exact same thing over and over again.

this, HR carries these confrontations with him

seriously what else is there to talk about with Keith Morris besides how rad black flag was

― the Whiney G. Whinegarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:26 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Probably a lot, considering he was in Black Flag for about 15 minutes almost 35 years ago.

― So it seems for peace we can thank the bomb (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 19:37 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he was their singer for their first couple of years (dating back to panic) and has done countless cool shit since, and is about the nicest and most enthusiastic and interesting guy to talk to about music, including that which is not his.

One time I yelled "What A Wonderful World!" at Louis Armstrong and he was like "You know, you're an ice-cream-eating motherfucker. That's what you are. That kind of shit you can't hide."

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Did he do this to the tune of "Unforgettable" ?

(awes tale, obv)

iirc Louis was hanging upside down from a basketball hoop when he said this as well, one to tell the grandkids round the hearth I'd say

He interpreted what the girl said to fit his expectation then went off on a diatribe that he was expecting to give.

OTM. That "Here we go" was such a tell. He brought her to that record store fully intending to tell some hipsters that their lives were worthless and to show them Shirin Neshat as proof of that.

wearin' mesh hat >>> Shirin Neshat

Keith Morris ∞> Henry Rollins.

God I hate watching him intentionally be a dick to that kid under the guise of "fucking with him." guess what Hank, lots of people can't fucking stand being interviewed just like you, but one option is instead of trying to make the interviewer eat that, bite your lower lip & be grateful that you have a job where you're more or less your own boss and maybe try and let other people have fun and not just you. Dick.

I didn't get further than 30 seconds in, I find Rollins' manner unbearably annoying and grating.

holy fuck though everybody check the other videos that guy's uploaded, incredible midwestern bands footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjVa3KTTmyc

What would Steve Albini have done if the girls yelled out "RAPEMAN"?

rhde?

suggest albani

Jesus, that interview with the kid is so, so painful to watch.

All I could think of was the student-television Fugazi interview from Instrument with the shy girl, where Ian and Guy are incredibly patient, gracious, etc. - i.e. the complete opposite of Hank there. What an unbelievable prick.

I think there's some kind of weird sexual tension in that video with the kid, a domination thing going on. The way he is touching the kid is molest-y.

3xc3pt3r knows all these white girls ... copy of "Sunbomber" right in Henry's face at 0:42

I'm just amazed at how much Rollins projects his own punkdom on everyone else. It's sort of self-involved! He's being all self-conscious and self-deprecating about being older -- as if he assumes he must be an issue to younger people, or controversial, or perceived as a "sellout." Whereas for most people who go to Cakeshop he's surely just "that guy that was in that beloved old punk band and was painted red on MTV when I was a child and talks a lot." It takes a weird ego for him to even worry that he's seen as "old and in the way." It'd be like Betty White worrying that young people resent and are gunning for her. (And I don't mean that as an insult about getting older -- it's just, like, a point comes where you're just some fixture in the world and nobody's that worked up about it.)

^you are the secret Excepter person...!!!
(xpost damn you nabisco)

also Rollins has elephant-in-room-sized-issues SHOCKAH

I have someplace, the audiobook version of "Get in the van"

It ends with 5 50 mins of self and everyone else loathing "Someone gives me a book, I throw it into the trash" moanmoanmoan, then he postscripts it with a "things are different thesedays, but hey these kids now are missing out on a lot of fun"

the best part about get in the van is "The Shed" where henry goes to stare into the darkness and cut himself with broken mirrors and eat coffee grounds and write in his journal.

being in "The Shed" is heavy.

actually all of get in the van rules....October 3rd...outside of Phoenix...why do these punks have to fuck with us? Who do they think I am? What do they think I can tell them? Do they think I care about their lives?

Today, I realized I belong only to myself...I can't even talk to Greg anymore...I ride in the back of the truck with the gear and stare at the ceiling....Before the show in Phoenix some skinhead threw a cup of piss on me. He got knifed by a Mexican bouncer. I didn't care. Fuck him.

I don't even know how long I've been out here. I don't even know what to do when we get off tour. I have no one. Only me.

the audiobook version of "Get in the van"

oh fuck the audio book is even BETTER!

it's like if you understand how to enjoy the whole rollinishness of rollins, it's fucking hilarious, silly, inspiring, ridiculous, admirable, contemtpible... everthing i swear

I also want to mention that if I got to hang out with Shirin Neshat I would show her a MUCH NICER TIME than getting in chest-puffing matches at Cakeshop.

I'd also avoid using her as a prop

I've not heard the audiobook of GITV for like 12 years but my favourite bit was how excited he got when describing how Black Flag overfilled their bowls at all you can eat salad bars and got away with it

Hey, I used to do that. I could have been in Black Flag!

(you'd arrange bits of celery around the bowl like an upside-down straw boater, etc)

yeah salad bars! they loved salad bars.

honestly though the book is striking, like honestly i can't imagine dragging yourself through those depths of disgusting conditions, horrible ppl, bitter cold, unbearable heat, senseless violence, etc for that long at a time...just sounds so awful

Blind date w/Jello Biafra vs. blind date w/Henry Rollins. Should be a game show.

the kid holds himself together pretty well considering...tho he is obv a fool.

He's just an inexperienced kid. Rollins looks like a bully.

lol tho i didnt recognise neshat and i was all who is this lady who doesnt know what "hip" means also arte must be a hella weird station also shirin neshat is only okay imo but damaged is awesome. rollins is prolly the bourgeoisie and we should send him to the gulag come the revolution

also u call her ness-hat in my head

is that weird ferret head-turn look that Rollins gives when he hears his master's voice the same "hey youse kids, stop moshing" stare that MacKaye has?

Another big takeaway from that clip for me was a reminder of how short Rollins is, 'cause I met Neshat at one of her gallery openings a few years back and she is tiny.

LOL just watched that video. So Rollins brings a camera crew in there, spends a few minutes pontificating on youth culture, labeling himself as an outsider, schooling the camera crew on 'hip music', etc., and as soon as a kid bursts his self-importance bubble, he jumps into her face and starts with the hipster bashing.

Think we all know who the real hipster is.