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On a recent flight from New Zealand to Australia a man found himself seated next to a musclebound gentleman reading a book bearing the ominous tile "Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia."
He did what any hopelessly paranoid slab of quivering milquetoast would do: He reported the guy to Australia's National Security hotline.
That guy was punk rock legend Henry Rollins.
Rollins received a letter warning him of his status as a suspected terrorist from a "nice lady" in the Australian government:
The person who sat next to you on the flight from New Zealand does not agree with your politics or choice of reading and so nominated you as a possible threat. As they were too cowardly or stupid to leave their details I can’t call them to discuss their idiocy with them.
In his response to the kindly tipster the former Black Flag frontman noted the irony that the book is written by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal, one of America's more conservative newspapers, and was published by Yale University, President Bush's alma mater.
The D.C. native then asked the woman to send along a message to her higher-ups:
Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go f*ck themselves. Tell them twice. If your boss is looking for something to do, you can tell him I suggest he go f*ck himself. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy. You have a nice night.
Though firmly against the war in Iraq and no fan of President Bush, Rollins is an unassailable patriot and supporter of the Armed Services. During the Christmas season he made his sixth USO tour.
"The troops, they're my heroes," Rollins said. "You don't need me out there like some Tokyo Rose. I wouldn't go on a tear on Bush out there, because it'd be distracting."
http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/02/the_aussie_pm_c.php
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ratty, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 11:07 (eighteen years ago) link
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― wangdangsweetpentangle (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Singer/spoken-word artist Henry Rollins had an interesting take on Britney Spears during a recent interview with Sun Media.
Rollins was talking about how it always is a good idea to befriend the sound engineers at any music studio, because they're the ones with the best stories.
"They have the black chick come in and sing, and Britney sings over it, and they mix them together," said Rollins, who has his own talk show on IFC.
"(Britney) gets her phrasing basically from this older R&B woman. I found that out talking to an engineer.
"Britney apparently isn't actually the worst singer, she just has no feel. So they bring in this older black woman who sings the song, then Britney sings to it, and they kind of make a mix of the two voices, and that's what you hear on the records."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Spears_Britney/2008/03/21/5068996-sun.html
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
shocker.
― Jordan, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
"the black chick"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 18:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP1UnKV4Gf0
― Bus Driver Stu, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
This one ain't so odd:
http://twitpic.com/1e376w
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 April 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
ok thats awesome
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 April 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
his radio show is the only thing on kcrw worth listening to.
― Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Friday, 9 April 2010 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
rollins otm
― m@tt (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 9 April 2010 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, but it would be better if he gave examples
― Zeno, Friday, 9 April 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Axl Rose?
― Convenience Fish (snoball), Friday, 9 April 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
He supports the people, man! Rich rock are total dickwadz!!!!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 9 April 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Bless him
― Soukesian, Friday, 9 April 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
also, those infinite zero samplers were the shit.
― Trollmatic Reflexions (ojo), Friday, 9 April 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBjtghitGOM
― billstevejim, Monday, 19 April 2010 06:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Perhaps not odd.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
goddamnit henry, stop being so dramatic. either make twitter your bitch or shut the fuck up.
― zingstreet (latebloomer), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
I hope this means Danzig is next!
― brio, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vHbI7jz6L8Q/S_WFskVGwaI/AAAAAAAAAuY/MvriTJAjxtU/s320/henryglenn-thumb-480x480.jpg
― brio, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
don't you have to be over 4 foot 8 to have a Twitter
― starland vocal banned (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
In all fairness, he was likely doing pushups when he tweeted that.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
Pushups with one arm, typing/texting with the other.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/5755885155_7599b39689.jpg
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 2 June 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
that's why he's on Vh1 it's for ADULTS
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
relevant tweet re life being too short for "sissy boys writing namby pamby songs about girls they never had in the first place": https://twitter.com/henryrollins/status/70739869713960960
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
No, he's off to see Dinosaur Jr.
― Mark G, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
REAL MUSIC
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp watching VH1 is a pretty good way to stay angry
― got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
If the Twitter feed is to believed, he is in India or somewhere making snake/bug documentaries for National Geographic
― total ass retain (MaresNest), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/89659920
― Kornblud (admrl), Thursday, 12 June 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
woah
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 June 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
:D
― mh, Friday, 13 June 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
he should post to ilm with all the CDs he's hoarding
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
4 hour podcast if you dare:
https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/music-special/henry-rollins-radio-longform-joy-division-ian-mackaye
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
Seems to be streaming audio, no podcast option, unless I have too many plug-in blockers (but I ctrl+f'd the source code for the page)
― donald failson (sic), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
I like to think of him looking for his Buggles test-pressing ($17 on Ebay) in that photograph.
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
The Impulse! section needs some work, Henry. Man, that's a tidy collection.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
This could potentially make a thread but which musicians/commentators have their own personal version of Godwin's law, ie:
Rollins mentioning his quite good friends with Ian MacKayeDon Letts mentioning he worked with the Clash
?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
Donovan: Beatles/Zep
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link