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Henry Rollins and Robin Williams’ secret lovechild
01.21.2011
02:43 pm
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Meet Greg P. Ciarlante, busted by Portland police on 1/02/2011 for possession of cocaine and dealing methamphetamine. Mr. Ciarlante’s lurve for cocaine must come from Robin Williams’ side.

(via Fark and TDW)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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01.21.2011
02:43 pm
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Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins: A tale of jealousy, rage and obsession
01.07.2011
04:24 pm
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Here’s an excerpt from the 1990 punk melodrama Kiss Napoleon Goodbye directed by Babeth Mondini-VanLoo (who filmed Teenage Jesus & The Jerks in the 1970s) and written by Lydia Lunch. It was filmed by the legendary Mike Kuchar and stars Lunch, Henry Rollins and Don Bajema.

An ex lover drives a wedge between a couple trying to rekindle their love. At the core of this plot is a story that delves in topics like jealously, rage and obsession.

Douglas Sirk gone goth or a No Wave telenovela, I’m guessing everyone had their tongues firmly implanted in their cheeks (and each other’s) during the making of this bizarre potboiler.
 

 
You can buy the DVD of Kiss Napoleon Goodbye here.
 
Another clip from Kiss Napoleon Goodbye after the jump…

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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01.07.2011
04:24 pm
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The Barely Animated Adventures of Henry Rollins
01.04.2011
10:01 am
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The barely animated Henry Rollins and Tom Waits give advice on what to do when falling in love with a dead person.
 
With thanks to Tom Ruddock
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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01.04.2011
10:01 am
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Henry Rollins’ mutant gene
12.04.2010
04:25 am
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Elvis is everywhere…and so is Henry Rollins. Along with his insatiable need for attention, it seems Henry has a mutant gene.

National Geographic Channel’s Explorer: Born to Rage? investigates the discovery behind a single “warrior gene” directly associated with violent behavior.  With bullying and violent crime making headlines, this controversial finding stirs up the nature-versus-nurture debate.  Now, Henry Rollins goes in search of carriers from diverse, sometimes violent backgrounds who agree to be tested for the genetic mutation.  Who has the warrior gene?  And are all violent people carriers? The results turn assumptions upside down.”

‘Born To Rage’ airs on December 14. Here’s some of what you can look forward to.
 

 
More mutating after the jump…

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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12.04.2010
04:25 am
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Henry Rollins schools some heckling hipsters in an East Village record store
11.05.2010
09:47 pm
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You gotta hand it to him…he doesn’t back down.

An excerpt from the TV program “Durch die Nacht mit… (Into the Night with…) Henry Rollins and Shirin Neshat”. Henry gets mocked by local hipsters at the record store and fights back immediately.

(via TDW)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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11.05.2010
09:47 pm
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“Hi Mom! Still alive!”: Black Flag and the punk violence hysteria of 1980-81
08.21.2010
04:54 pm
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As if you needed it: PUNK NOSTALGIA ALERT.

In the early ‘80s, Black Flag were at the center of the controversy about punk rock violence that hung over the hardcore scenes in L.A. and nationwide.

Two elements seemed at work here. First were the media reports about punk violence fueled parental hysteria, and likely prompted parents of rebellious teens to call the cops on shows that would probably have turned out fine. Second was the actual risk of potential injury at L.A. punk shows. This typically led ad hoc scene spokespeople to defensively compare violence levels at punk shows with those at metal concerts or football games. It also caused plenty of serious internal hand-wringing (mostly in punk ‘zines) about “scene unity”—which now of course just seems like naïve tribalism. 

This Reagan-era concern over local teen and twenty-something violence seemed completely bemusing at a time of mutal assured nuclear destruction and adventurous foreign policy.

Obviously, Black Flag shows weren’t sedate affairs. Of my two encounters with the band in the early Rollins era, one featured a quick half-stampede away from the stage and towards the door, while the other comprised watching a riot unfold outside a sold-out Flag show with the Ramones. Black Flag would eventually settle into the proto-grunge route to self-destruction in 1986.

Looking at it from an era in which more severe and socially tangible violence happens routinely at hip-hop shows, and punk is now fodder for a Broadway musical, Black Flag’s problems seems like they occurred less at another time than on another planet.

Here’s a 1981 segment from the local L.A. news show 2 on the Town.
 

 

Posted by Ron Nachmann
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08.21.2010
04:54 pm
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Henry Rollins vs. The Techno Viking
08.04.2009
11:14 pm
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Our friend David Pescovitz at Boing Boing posted this hysterical video of Henry Rollins mashed up with The Techno Viking.

Posted by Tara McGinley
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08.04.2009
11:14 pm
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