Henry Rollins
KCRW Broadcast 80
As I write this, I am in Beijing, China. It is Sunday, 09-06-10 in America. I am writing this to you early because I won’t have Internet access for the next few days and I didn’t want to miss my deadline. Tonight, our show falls on quite the occasion. I wondered what to do with our two hours together and decided on this. I have played the songs over and over and I think we have a good show. Everyone remembers 09-11-01 in their own way. I reckon tonight’s jams are where I’m coming from...
As I write this, I am in Beijing, China. It is Sunday, 09-06-10 in America. I am writing this to you early because I won’t have Internet access for the next few days and I didn’t want to miss my deadline. Tonight, our show falls on quite the occasion. I wondered what to do with our two hours together and decided on this. I have played the songs over and over and I think we have a good show. Everyone remembers 09-11-01 in their own way. I reckon tonight’s jams are where I’m coming from...
Fanatics!
As I write this, I am in Beijing, China. It is Sunday, 09-06-10 in America. I am writing this to you early because I won’t have Internet access for the next few days and I didn’t want to miss my deadline.
Tonight, our show falls on quite the occasion. I wondered what to do with our two hours together and decided on this. I have played the songs over and over and I think we have a good show. Everyone remembers 09-11-01 in their own way. I reckon tonight’s jams are where I’m coming from.
I will let the music do the talking tonight. I bet you know most of these artists and songs. I think that a little familiarity on a night like this isn’t the worst thing.
Thanks for all the great letters you have been sending in, they are a huge inspiration. I really like these two hours we have together on the radio. It’s a very cool and hang up free environment we have set up here.
A few nights ago, KCRW was in the house at the Grammy Museum for the Miles Davis 40th Anniversary of Bitches Brew. Tha K’s very own Jeremy Sole was on the panel as well as myself, Don Cheadle, Bennie Maupin, Miles relatives, etc. It was a great time.
On A Sad Note Dept.: Fanatics, remember two weeks ago, when we played that great track by Noah Howard? His wife wrote me today and informed me that Noah passed away a few days ago, Friday, September 3.
Oh yeah, you Fanatics might get a kick out of this, if you go to my website, we have been putting up photos. There’s two new sections we put together a few days ago. I will be adding more over the next few weeks that I am out here in the world.
Dig tonight’s jams, do the right thing and STAY FANATIC!!!
--Henry
E-Mail address for Henry: Henryontheradio@gmail.com
01. Henry Rollins & Mother Superior - Up For It / Nice
02. Public Enemy Harder - Than You Think / How You Sell Soul To A Souless
People Who Sold Their Soul???
03. Egg Hunt - Me And You
04. Bad Brains - I / Banned In D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs
05. The Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right / License To Ill
06. Thin Lizzy - We Will Be Strong / Chinatown
07. James Brown - Get Up Get Into It Get Involved / Revolution Of The Mind
08. Black Sabbath - Never Say Die / Never Say Die!
09. Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready / Curtis/Live!
10. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' / FM Gold
11. Sham 69 - If the Kids Are United / single
12. War - Why Can't We be Friends? / AM Gold 1975
13. Chuck D. & Henry Rollins - Rise Above / Rise Above 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three
14. Gladys Knight & The Pips - I've Got To Use My Imagination / Greatest Hits
15. Charlie Harper - Talk Is Cheap / single
16. Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm / single
17. Dio - Stand Up and Shout / Holy Diver
18. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! / Stand!
19. The O'Jays - Love Train / AM Gold - The Early '70s
20. Cornell Campbell - I Shall Not Remove / I Shall Not Remove 1975-80
21. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning / Siren
22. The Skunks - Good From The Bad / single
23. Iggy Pop - I Got A Right / single
24. Al Green - Let's Stay Together / Let's Stay Together
25. Bob Marley - Redemption Song (Live) / Songs Of Freedom
26. Manu Chao - Panik Panik / La Radiolina
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