Author Topic: Henry Rollins- Should I go?  (Read 3204 times)

moonshake

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Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« on: March 11, 2008, 10:46:38 AM »
Henry Rollins' spoken word show is coming to a town near us. Should I, a poor college student, spend $29 to go watch it?
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bruce

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2008, 11:00:52 AM »
well he talks longer then a Grateful Dead concert, so you get your money value

Laurie

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2008, 11:19:56 AM »
Ugh, I wouldn't. I'll admit, I went through a phase* where I actually bought Henry Rollins' poetry books.

Never again. Never. Again.



*When I was, like, 15. This was around the same time I rented Hardcore from Lion Video in Coral Gables, and I was freaked out by Henry Rollins chasing Lydia Lunch through a forest and essentially raping her mouth with his tongue. Yeah.

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2008, 11:35:43 AM »
I love his cover of "Drums/Space."
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Jason

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2008, 12:12:58 PM »
no

Zookeeper Joe

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2008, 12:52:21 PM »
well he talks longer then a Grateful Dead concert, so you get your money value

...but not as long as Kevin Smith, so caveat emptor
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moonshake

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2008, 01:24:51 PM »
Thanks FOT! I'm glad I asked.
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jane

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2008, 04:04:41 PM »
nope

Spoony

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2008, 04:40:21 PM »
$29 will get you a guest membership at most gyms for a month. Just something to consider.

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2008, 06:36:15 PM »
$29 will get you a guest membership at most gyms for a month. Just something to consider.

And you can get a meathead to read one of his books to you at the same time for probably only $5 more, to get the experience of seeing him live.

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2008, 07:00:48 PM »
$29 will get you a guest membership at most gyms for a month. Just something to consider.

then You get to wear the tiny shorts.
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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2008, 08:37:13 AM »
I'll admit to being oddly fascinated with the older videos of Rollins doing spoken word. While it's true that stuff was insanely bleak, the Nietzsche-as-a-juvenile tone worked for Rollins. I'd still like to listen to him talk about touring with his band.

Then, someone told him that he was funny and he started in with the "comedy" routine. Yuck.

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Re: Henry Rollins- Should I go?
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2008, 10:30:15 AM »
Whenever I go to see Rollin's play, I feel like I'm spotting some guy at the gym.