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Add This to the List of Apocalypse Signs: Henry Rollins in a Calvin Klein Commercial

July 7, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments 0 min read

Well, it’s a different kind of CK ad, anyway.

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Random Music News for Monday, June 20, 2016

June 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

It’s the first day of summer–and we’re in the vicinity of a full moon. Some say this is a recipe for DOOM. Me? I’ll sit this one out. And now, some music news.

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“The World’s Loudest Silent Musical Sci-Fi Epic”

February 9, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

If someone walked into a studio with a script co-written by Henry Rollins (who is also plays a satanic minister) and features Iggy Pop was some kind of grievous angel as well as

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 739: Xmas Show 19

December 18, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2 min read

For reasons unknown to me, I’ve always had a fascination with alt-rock Christmas music. It’s some kind of (choose all that apply) sickness/genetic error/mental aberration/brain damage. Whatever the case, every single Ongoing History

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Recommended Music

Watch Henry Rollins Rip Through “Carol of the Bells” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

December 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Henry Rollins has a soft spot for Christmas as evidenced by this (occasionally) hardcore version of “Carol of the Bells” performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. https://youtu.be/VhTp22WZm8o

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Henry Rollins Has a Worm Named After Him

November 25, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

There’s a rule in science that says if you discover a new species, you get to name it as long as you use the standard Latin nomenclature rules in doing so. For example,

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Henry Rollins Thinks the US Should Invade Canada. But He Means That as a Compliment

November 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Shades of South Park, eh? Here’s what Henry Rollins thinks America should do in this article from LA Weekly. Give me a minute before I explain to you that our invasion and occupation

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I Wish This Were Real: The Henry Rollins GPS App

November 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Here’s the premise: you load this app into your phone and up pops Henry Rollins with driving directions. He also tells you how much tougher it was in the 80s. This is from

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Random Music News for Saturday, October 24, 2015

October 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Ate a bad kushi oyster here in Vancouver last night. You don’t want to know anymore about it. I will, however, share some music news with you. When was the last time a

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Movies

We Finally Have an Official Trailer for the Metal Movie, Gutterdämmerung

October 13, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

What can we possibly expect from a movie that features Slash, Joshua Homme, Lemmy, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Justice, Henry Rollins, Slayer’s Tom Araya, Volbeat, Mark Lanegan, Nina Hagen and Jesse Hughes? All we

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Movies

Have You Heard About the Silent Rock Movie?

August 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Rock is supposed to be LOUD and IN YOUR FACE. Not this time, though. Gutterdammerung is the work of director Bjorn Tagemose who has come with a dystopian vision of a world where guitars

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