This was when I met Henry Rollins. I only just realised I could submit it to you guys XD
Sweet! And yes, everyone should submit their HR photos.
The Rollins Name
Sorry to be so late to the Rollins surname party.
I edited a clip of Rollins’ interview on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast. In the clip he attributes the name to a college his friend’s sister attended. I don’t think this is a solid answer, I’ve also heard him say that he borrowed it from the trucking company. Something along the lines of “I liked the road, and the idea of travel, and trucks seemed like something you you wouldn’t mess with, so: Rollins.”
Hope you enjoy the clip. Here’s a LINK.
http://soundcloud.com/bernardr/the-rollins-name
My Black Flag tattoo!
if you feel like posting this, I got a Black Flag tattoo a while ago, and Henry Rollins inspires me more than anyone.
“I was Bush’s custodian. I would clean up after his bloody path.”
In a new interview with Patch.com, Rollins talks about what it’s like to travel under different presidents:
Rollins: Well, it’s easier traveling with Obama. I know Republicans and a lot of Americans don’t like him, but foreigners do. The foreigners just love the Obama. And so, traveling under Bush was at times a dicey deal cause you always go to countries where he considered them the “Axis of Evil” or whatever. I would go to these countries, and they’d go, “Where you from?” “America.” And they go, “Oh…”
And my ice breaker was, “I didn’t vote for him,” which would make cab drivers laugh. When I would do USO trips, I was Bush’s custodian. I would clean up after his bloody path. And as a traveler, he became my travel agent.
The countries that his administration threatened, enervated, terrified, or otherwise made to feel cornered, I would go to those countries and walk into the souqs, walk into the bazaars, walk down the streets day and night and boldly go. And say, “Hi, I’m Henry from America.” And see what would happen next. I’m not looking for a fight with anybody, but what can I do? Live under a rock because this frat boy is running my country? Hell no.
http://patch.com/A-mTvB
