Henry Rollins & Amanda Palmer, Hammer Conversations
This is a cool video of Henry Rollins and Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) at Hammer Conversations in 2007. From the UCLA YouTube channel “Hammer Conversations is an ongoing series that pair thinkers from a range of disciplines for engaging provocative discussions on culture, science, and the arts”. The conversation goes for some 130mins and covers some pretty interesting and “intimate” territory. Enjoy..
Henry Rollins Under the Radar: Myanmar
“If a duck-billed platypus could be a country, it would be Myanmar”.
Shepherd Fairey and Henry Rollins
Shepherd Fairey and Henry Rollins, originally uploaded by TASTENYC.
Photo of Shepherd Fairey and Henry Rollins at Coachella Music & Arts Festival 2009.
Keith Morris & Henry Rollins
Hey folks, sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have a mega dose of the flu, although not of the swine variety. So no face mask for me. I just infect all that cross my path with the good ole fashioned variety… I’m old school, man.
Speaking of old school, check out this photo of Keith Morris and Henry Rollins at an L.A Weekly Party by .PhotoBill.
And visit Buzznet for photos of Henry at Coachella (thanks to Guntattoogirl for the link).
Fake Email from “Henry Rollins”
The fake Henry Rollins on Twitter has not updated in months… I guess being outed as a fake spoiled the fun. Impersonation of celebrities (it feels weird calling Mr. Punk Rock Icon a celebrity) is as old as the internet. In fact, way back in 1997 one guy sent me this email (yeah, I was on the internets in ’97, I’m old skool man):
>Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:16:02 -0400
>To: XXXXX@XXXXX
>Subject: “Brendan #”1 Fugazitune ;I thought you would have caught on by nowI am Hank. believe it or not this is his alias. I use my roadmanagers step=brothers address to break the many firewalls i encounter write while you can; on tour, sick, and dont have much patience; accessibility is not one of my trademarks as an irish poet once said “silence never betrays” h.g. 2:13:61—see you all out there and look for my new duet with rupaul comin’ out soon. i may hate all of you but like in a “Black Coffee Blues” it is the hard far away look in truckers eyes that gives them the endurance to feign an inability to love. sorry for all of your false proposals but i’d be quite flattered; west coast blues again–garfield.
P.s. Look for a reissue of lifetime produced by Ian Mckaye (fugazi and me as well as our bands are so respective of each other)
It took me less than a millisecond for my bullshit detector to spot that one. What I couldn’t figure out was if the writer was deliberating trying to look like a fake, or trying really heard to fool me and failing miserably. Besides the ludicrous content, the email is about 110 words too long…
The mention of false proposals in the email was in reference to something I had posted on a website I had at the time. For those Rollins fans who’ve been on the web over a decade.. the ‘Henry Rollins: PhD in Bullshit’ website was the work of moi… based on a similar concept to Hello Henry actually. Anyway, the proposals. Around the time Mother Superior joined the Rollins Band and more and more people where hanging out on the internets and finding my site, I started receiving groupie email.
It’s important to remember that back at this time, the web was a new place and people were still very naive about the whole thing and had trouble deciphering “official” websites from fan sites. Consequently, I used to receive email from the ladiez.. if you know what I mean. Phone numbers, marriage proposals, not just for Hank, for the Mother Superior guys as well. One such email, intended for Marcus Blake (the bass player) went something like this:
“i saw you play last night… wow… i was in the front row 3rd from the left of you… i felt a real chemistry between us. call me xxxxx.”
Sorry Marcus, for not passing it on.
Marriage proposals for Henry were in plenty supply as well. I regret not keeping them on file for future amusement here. Given the out pouring of lady love, Henry’s schtick about being ignored by women is rather hard to believe.
Henry Rollins Stumpy Butt
I’ve just been searching the internets looking for information for an upcoming post, and I came across this blog whose author has a pet rat named Henry Rollins Stumpy Butt. I’ve heard of people naming their pets after Rollins, but to add stumpy butt on the end.. that’s truly a stroke of genius. The rat even looks like Henry.. he’s small, grey and kinda cute.
For Sale: One “Utilitarian Hovel”, Hardly Used
It is true, on the internets there is a blog for every interest imaginable. If your passion is celebrity real estate, man, do I have the blog for you! Berg Properties’ Big Time Listings blog is the place to get the scoop on the latest celebrity homes to hit the market. Berg recently reported that a deal is imminent on the home of “rocker, actor and activist” Henry Rollins. Photographs of the property reveal the “utilitarian hovel” to perhaps be not so befitting of the term.
DIY Henry Rollins T-Shirt Tutorial
You might remember a little while ago I posted this Henry Rollins Stencil featuring our beloved Hello Henry Rollins graphic by our good friend Leposova. One industrious Hello Henry reader, Kat, downloaded the stencil and used it to create a a kick ass Rollins t-shirt. Kat’s been kind enough to write this tutorial on how she did it. Thanks Kat!
