Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins: RADIO BROADCAST #907
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
RADIO BROADCAST #907
08-21–26
Fanatic! I hope you had a great week and managed to get some listening in. I am doing my best to keep chewing through all the 7”records that have accumulated on my shelf. Here’s the progress since we last connected.
08-14-26
Phil & The Tiles (yellow vinyl) - Phil & The Tiles - Anti Fade
Pharmakon / Deterge - .-- .- -. - - Phage Tapes
Pharmakon / Deterge - .-- .- -. - - Phage Tapes test press
Pumice - Magnedisk Recordings Of Gfrenzy - Dirty Knobby
Party Dozen / Arse - Power Tripper – Grupo
The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette
08-15-26
Roky Erickson - Two-Twisted Tales - 5 Hours Back/Zippo Records
Cramps - SAD / Human Fly / Caveman (black vinyl/white label/big hole) - no label
Cramps - Teen Wolf / SAD / What’s Behind / I’m Cramped (blue vinyl/white label big hole) - no label
Damned - One Way Love / Don't Cry Wolf - Stiff test press
Ex Hex - Hot And Cold - Merge
08-16-26
Ladrones - Maquina Caotica - Die Slaughterhaus
Midnite Snaxxx - Contact Contamination (white vinyl) - Slovenly
Des Demonas - Bay Of Pigs (black vinyl) - Black Gladiator / Slovenly
Midnite Snaxxx - You Kill Me (black vinyl) - Goner
Fake Names - Fake Names EP (orange clear) - Outer Battery
08-17-26
Dan Melchior - A Non Person BW Hesitation Blues - Spacecase Records
Little Crystal - Leather Trap - Sweet Time Records
Mark Mob / Steve Ignorant - Witch Hunt / Life Kicks In (clear yellow vinyl) - All The Madmen Records
Moron's Morons - Moron's Morons (skull cover) - No Front Teeth Records
New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss - Trash Records
08-18-26
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - No Pigs / Desksitter (purple vinyl) - Marthouse Records
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - No Pigs / Desksitter (green vinyl) - Marthouse Records
The Cramps - More Gravy! - Vengeance Records test press
Tali & The Arms - EP - Marthouse Records
Pak / Metropak - Balinese Dance / Sex Cult Thing - Metropak Records
08-19-26
Imperial Leather - Leatherman - no label
The Laurels - Art School Girl / Wandering Star - Magnetic Recording Council
X-Ray Spex - Live: German T.V. (red vinyl - FUNN
UK Subs - Brand New Age / She's Not There (split w/ another band) - Time And Matter Records
Urban Dogs (Charlie Harper) - New Barbarians - Fallout Records
08-20-26
The Welders - EP - BDR
Alternative TV - Best Wishes / Western World - Feel Good All Over
Alternomen Unlimited - Facade EP - Object Music
Bet Lynch's Legs - Some Like It Hot - Absurd Records
Before - Sister Culture - Irmgardz...
This is an announcement about a book I have coming out next year in early March. It was about three years of work. The editing process was quite involved, it went on and off for about a year, but it’s now finished. The great Raymond Pettibon did the cover artwork.
https://www.instagram.com/ randomhousebooks/reel/ DcO43khGrBg/
Heather The Jerk’s very cool album, Scroll If You Love Devil, has gotten a vinyl release. It sounds great. You can find it here.
https://heatherthejerk. bandcamp.com/album/scroll-if- you-love-devil
We are listening to a band from Berlin tonight called Teamwork. Cool record. Here’s more information.
https://teamworkworks. bandcamp.com/album/somebodys- gotta-do-it-2
By now, you might have seen the news about an amazing Cramps album called Gravest Gravy. I think it’s as good as all the hype around it. For months, we worked in secret, getting this record together. If you look online, you can probably see some interviews I’ve been doing on behalf of the record. We recently mastered our next Cramps project, which will come out next year. Ian MacKaye and I have finished work on yet another Cramps release, and later this year we’ll be working on another. If you’re a Cramps fan, you are in for a great time. In September, there’s a two song 7” from the sessions coming out, called More Gravy!. It features TV Set on the A side, with an alternate vocal than the one on Gravest Gravy, and a different mix of Can’t Find My Mind on the B side. The test pressings just came back and they sound great. Not exactly sure of the release date for that, but it will arrive at some point in September. When that firms up, I’ll let you know.
https://thecramps.bandcamp. com/album/gravest-gravy
A professor at Vanderbilt University asked if I would be a guest speaker at one of his classes next month. Completely out of my depth, of course, I said yes. I just confirmed that for September 15. He and I met weeks ago and discussed topics. I’m going to sit in on one of his classes beforehand, so I can get the lay of the land if you will. I’ve spoken at a lot of universities, in a lot of classrooms, but this one seems different. I’m very much looking forward to it.
Next week, Lain, the man who runs the Radar615 Gallery, and I will be hanging the Alicja Trout collection of her flyers and posters from the many excellent bands she’s been in. That’s going to be a long day. I will be presenting the Cramps album in Kansas City the next night and then flying back to be at the gallery for Saturday night.
Upcoming:
Sunday, August 23, 3 pm at the Skirball Cultural Center, I will be interviewing James Spooner.
https://www.skirball.org/ programs/it-starts-anger- afternoon-james-spooner-and- henry-rollins
Friday August 28 and Saturday August 29, Alicja Trout’s cool collection of posters, flyers and original artwork will be up for viewing at
Radar615
516 Hagan Street, suite 100
Nashville TN 37203
The space will be open from 4 pm until 9 pm on both dates.
I know this has been a bit of an information overload. Actually, there’s more, but I’ll get to it in the weeks upcoming. Looking forward to the event at Skirball on Sunday. James Spooner is a highly intelligent and extremely interesting person.
Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
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Hour 1
01. Charles M. Bogert - Warning Chirp Of The California Treefrog / Sounds of North American Frogs
02. The Ramones - Time Bomb / Subterranean Jungle
03. Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie / Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock
04. The Stooges - 1969 (First John Cale Mix) / The Stooges
05. Team Work - Horse Eating An Apple / Somebody's Gotta Do It
06. Misfits - Hollywood Babylon / Static Age
07. Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind / Singles Going Steady
08. Yummy Fur - Cogs / Everybody Talks About the Weather
09. BRNDA - Whig Boys / Total Pain
10. Soccer Team - Solid Ring Fighters / "Volunteered" Civility & Professionalism
11. Paper Jam - Lovely Girl / This And That
12. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy Place / Barbed Wire Kisses
13. The Prids - The Problem / Love Zero
14. Memo PST - Doomed To Repeat / Eternal Actors
15. Rondelles - Pay Attention To Me / The Fox
16. The Fall - Ladybird (Green Grass) / Peel Sessions
16. The Birthday Party - A Dead Song / Prayers On Fire
17. New York Dolls - Private World / New York Dolls
18. Chrissy Zebby Tembo - Lonely Night / My Ancestors
19. Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Daddy Died / Righteous Lite
Hour 2
01. Lim Ling And The Silvertones - Love Is Like Dew And Flavors / Singapore A-Go-Go
02. Sonic Youth - White Cross / Sister
03. Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm / 12”
04. Heathers - Over the Edge / dl
05. Wire - Culture Vultures (4th Demo Sessions) / Chairs Missing
06. Public Figures - Landed In A Trap / Figure It Out!
07. The Vandals - Talkin' About You / Work It On Out! - Northwest Killers Vol. 8
08. The Sonics - He's Waiting / Songs The Cramps Taught Us Volume 3
09. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues / The Centennial Collection
10. ViRG - You Give Me Hell / Weeks
11. Metal Urbain - Panik / Chef d'Oeuvre
12. Flin Flon - Anglo Tignish (version) / Et Cetera
13. Ty Segall - Running To Nowhere / Chrome
14. Mesh - Boots On The Pavement / No Fun At All
15. Off Contact - Anew / Can You?
16. U.K. Subs - Too Tired - Diminished Responsibility
17. The Damned - I Fall (Peel session 11/30/76) / The Stiff Years
18. Osees - Syringe / Off Course
19. The Ruts - The Crack / Grin & Bear It
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