May 9th, 2007, 4 Comments »
Is anybody more hardcore than Henry Rollins? I saw him live doing his spoken word thing about five years ago and he was up there for, like, three hours. He wore us out.
I quite enjoyed this four-minute illustrated rant against WalMart. I think the illustration does a decent job of capturing Henry’s particular flavour of, what, erudite rage? There are a few cuss words:
October 22nd, 2002, No Comments »
My brother’s always been a big fan of Henry Rollins. I’ve always enjoyed his spoken-word work. He’s a kind of ‘stand-up poet’ (thank you, slashdot) and Renaissance man. He’s got his own publishing company, he’s a musician, he acts, he’s made completely of muscle despite being over forty. I saw him do a spoken word show and he talked non-stop for, like, two and a half hours. Suffice to say, he’s hardcore.
Unfortunately, he’s recently agreed to become the host of a show on The Learning Channel called Full Metal Challenge. Sure, it’s an expanded version of the seminal British show Scrapheap Challenge, but it’s still a television presenter job. Henry, man, what are you doing?