Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins hosts a great mix of all kinds from all over from all time.
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KCRW Broadcast 55
What a jam session we have for you tonight! This is a nonstop cavalcade of excellence we have put together in the eclectic super mix style! I am sitting on the bus at this moment, in front of the venue here in Portland, Maine. It was a beautiful day and it's a sold out show tonight so there will be a good crowd falling in here sooner than later. Pre-show, I will be listening to tonight's set one more time, I am really liking how these songs all fit together...
KCRW Broadcast 54
It's a great one tonight! One of the super bestest tracks ever starts us out tonight. One clean chord Ian MacKaye slams down on at the top of Me And You, don't you think? What we've got here is one great mix. No concept set like last week. Speaking of that set, thanks for all the letters about last week's show. Glad you liked it. I had been wanting to do that one for a long time.
KCRW Broadcast 53
Hold on now, it's a concept show tonight! I decided long and hard before putting Foghat at the beginning of the show. It's a great song and this show is eclectic and in being so, we have to be open to the classics. Foghat, if you really check them out, had some great songs. Foghat into The Pixies works for me. Tonight's set has a bit of a thang happening. We are going to roll the classic Trouble Funk live album in its entirety. It was originally released as a double album, so we will listen to all four sides mixed in with some very cool jams.
KCRW Broadcast 52
Fanatics! I am sitting on the bus in Little Rock AR. The shows have been going well and I am looking forward to hitting stage tonight. I forget if I have mentioned this but I thought I should. Looks like the Raw Power deluxe edition should be out on April 23rd. Apparently, there are some outtakes that we have not heard, as well as a new mastering of the original David Bowie mix of the album. I have been told that the new mastering is really great and will allow us to get a clearer idea of what Bowie was after in his mix of the album. There are liner notes by a few people in the booklet, yours truly is one of them...
KCRW Broadcast 51
Tonight it's some old school heat! I hope you liked last week's show. It was great to be with you all live. Right now, I am sitting backstage at the Kimo in Albuquerque NM, getting ready for the show. I have been on the road here in America for a few days now and things are going well so far. In the few days I was back in LA, I managed to upload all the new CDs that had come in while I was out and all the music is with me now on an external hard drive. I will be working on some shows out here. I have four that I put together last week that are really great. I will put the finishing touches on them out here and send it all in to Engineer X. Thanks for all the kind letters you sent in wishing me a happy birthday, very cool of you.
KCRW Broadcast 50
Back with you live. Not only are we live, I am forty-nine today.
Nothing to be done about it but rock out! Tonight’s show is a bunch of
music I really like and wanted to listen to with you all in real time.
A week ago, our pledge drive ended and I wanted to thank you all
because you delivered! Nice one. Thanks for keeping it real and keeping
NPR in Southern California alive!
KCRW Broadcast 49
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KCRW Broadcast 48
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KCRW Broadcast 47
I am sitting on the tour bus outside tonight’s venue here in not all that sunny London, England. I am three shows into the tour and so far, things are going well. The weather isn’t all that great but it so far has not kept us from getting to the shows. I got to Dublin, Ireland from Timbuktu a few days ago.
KCRW Broadcast 46
Here's the track listing for last Saturday's show. I made a mistake and thought this Saturday's Jazz Juggernaut was on. No matter! It was good music all the way to the end and I am sorry for the confusion. I am sitting in a production office in Liverpool UK, having just walked offstage. The tour is going great and this Saturday, you will have two hours of amazing Jazz to get you into your Saturday night. Until then, sorry for the hassle and STAY FANATIC!!
KCRW Broadcast 45
Another day, another cramped flight. Today's travel has had so far, an alarming lack of chaos. I still have a ways to go before I am done transiting for today. I am in Senegal, it is 01-01-10. I know tonight's show is a long way from now but I am pretty sure that tonight is the last night I will have internet access until days after our show airs, so I am taking advantage of the last of the internets before I go off the grid.
KCRW Broadcast 44
It is early Thursday morning here in beautiful Dakar, Senegal. I am putting together our show notes now because I am not sure that after tomorrow if I will have access to the internets for several days. I might have to do the notes for the show after this one from here as well. I hope you all dug last week's show, judging from the mail, it went down well with you. I left a few hours after I got off the air and flew here, via Dulles. I have been walking all over town, checking things out and digging the scene.
KCRW Broadcast 43
I got you, I feel good! What a show we have tonight! We start with a scorching Thai rendition of the James Brown classic I Got You (I Feel Good) and it goes from strength to strength. I took advantage of all the new stuff that had come in since I have been away and it’s great. New DEVO and Kraftwerk remasters are great. I think tonight’s stand out scorching track is the PIL track. Before I left, I read on a site about a Johnny Lydon DVD called The Best Of British £1 Notes that had unreleased mixes of tracks from the 2nd Public Image Ltd. Album, Second Edition. I found a used copy and hoped that I would be able to get the audio off the DVD somehow. I got back here last week and was able to do it and DAMN THE TRACKS ARE SCORCHING!!!!!!!!!!
KCRW Broadcast 42
It’s been awhile, I know but tonight we are back with you live! I am writing to you from freezing Beijing China. I am living a few blocks from Tiananmen Square. It’s a massive thing, that square. I have been going to it every day at sundown to check out the guards, the people and the overall until I go into a state of hypothermia and head back to my room. It’s going to be a long flight back to the USA. If all goes according to plan, I should be landing a few hours before we go live. I should be able to make some sense, at least the music will be good.
KCRW Broadcast 41
I am sending in these notes a little early. It is Wednesday night here in Kathmandu Nepal. In the morning, I am heading off to Shanghai China and don’t know what my internet situation will be there. Not to doubt the power of the information highway of China, I have heard they have one, not all that encumbered by the free flow of information, which may very well speed things up! Nonetheless, not knowing what I am heading into and knowing that this connection works now and then, I am sending these notes in to you now. I have picked up some cool music here that I will get into the mix as soon as I can.
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Henry Rollins joined the Southern California band Black Flag as vocalist in 1981. Upon the demise of the legendary rock group, he formed Rollins Band and has been making records and touring the world ever since. Beyond taking the stage as a musician, Henry does speaking dates all over the globe, and along with the band dates, has averaged over one hundred shows a year for twenty-eight years.
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