Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: St. Louis Blues

By Henry Rollins Fri., Mar. 23 2012 at 3:45 AM

KCRW Broadcast #157 for Saturday, March 24, 2012

Fanatics! It's Blues time in St. Louis Missouri! While you listen to our show, that's where I will be. I thought it appropriate that we spend a bit of time with some very pure and direct sounds. You will notice our wonderful fifteen-minute block of St. Louis Blues. I think you're going to dig that big time.

I am sitting in the backstage area at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI where last April, I watched The Stooges tear it up in tribute to their departed guitar player, the great Ron Asheton. This is a great theater, great town. I have done a lot of shows in this place. Tonight should be great.

Throwing things a bit out of kilter is tonight's final track by Takehisa Kosugi. Thankfully, this album has been re-issued and is fairly easy to find. Kosugi was a member of the Taj-Mahal Travellers, that's how I first heard his work. Road Manager Ward turned me onto the Catch-Wave album several weeks ago, when we were in Europe. I dug it and figured you might want to check it out.

I figure we should boldly go stratospheric in the warmer months upcoming. I hope you will enjoy the ride!

Dig these Blues and STAY FANATIC!!! --Henry

Henry can be reached at: Henryontheradio@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter @henryrollins.

Read on for Henry's tracklisting.

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Henry Rollins, KCRW, St. Louis Blues

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Hatebullshit

Henry, did I mention that you bore the living pants out of me. I'm pretty sure large portion of the the populous don't give a hoot about what you say because what you say is NOTHING. VACOUS shit is what I've heard from you all these years. You need to loose some of you tats and mussles and read more book then maybe you can write. You wallow in self love and self importance , your cool and popularity is blown out of way proportion! There are zillion other dudes out there with way more substance and purpose ... it's just that you got lucky and now we have to read you on LA weekly!! Paffff I give up.

Paul Sivertsen

Wow... permit me to pick apart this ridiculous rant. First, "living pants?" At what point did any pair of pants become alive? Moreover, how did those living pants get inside you? "I'm pretty sure large portion of the the populous don't give a hoot about what you say because what you say is NOTHING."

Mmkay. I think what you meant to say is "I'm pretty sure A large portion of the POPULACE (not "populous" which is an adjective meaning "full of people") DOESN'T (not "don't") give a hoot about what you say, because what (single space here, not double) you say is NOTHING."

"VACOUS" No, dipshit. "VACUOUS."

"You need to loose some of you tats and mussles and read more book then maybe you can write." You need to use a dictionary and take English 101 before you attempt to express yourself in English, lest you appear even more foolish than you actually are.

"Loose?" No. "Lose."

"mussles?" No. "muscles." (And what the fuck do muscles and/or tattoos have to do with writing ability or the price of fish in Beijing?)

"read more book?" No. "read more bookS." Pluralization can be a great way to better express oneself if used properly, Mr. Hatebullshit.

I won't even bother to point out the other grammatical errors, suffice to say, this reply comment was probably a waste of my time. The next time you attempt to go on some silly little hateful rant, you should consider including at least one valid, substantive point. Hey, I mean, take a lesson from Henry! At least Henry's logical and articulate.

Jennie Vasquez

Well thought out response Paul.

What I got out of the rant was that I never realized that reading the column in the LA Weekly was a requirement. That and that there are a zillion other dudes out there with more substance and purpose. Really? I'd like to know where because I like smart men with substance and purpose.

At least the ranter wrote more than others who only write "Henry sucks." If you are going to hate something, hate with a passion and the ranter did just that. He's very passionate about Henry as we all are, one way or another.