Heidi is at it again...

It is to my great regret that Heidi has yet again, unleashed a new video clip in her unceasing war on my psyche. Thrill at how Heidi "The Racket" May menaces me and puts me in my place! My life isn't hard enough?! I need this?! Apparently I do, we all do. So, for all of you who missed the monthly beatings she administers to yours truly, here's another episode of abuse for your viewing pleasure. Thank you for your kind indulgence. –Henry


http://henryrollins.com/website/COTM/

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Newsletter / Provoked CD/DVD

Hello from beautiful Belfast Northern Ireland. I am back on tour after 40 hours off a few days ago. Last night I was onstage here and today is a day off. From here I will be going to Spain for some shows and then to Australia and New Zealand.

We have a new release, it’s a DVD/CD thing called Provoked: The CD is audio taken from a show in San Francisco and one in Amsterdam Holland from last year. The DVD is a show from a few years ago done at a small club called Dingwall’s in London that was shown on BBC 4 and Comedy Central. This set has been released in a 2CD box, not a DVD sized one, and there are two places to get it: from our website or from Best Buy. This is a limited edition release. When the run is done, the DVD will come back into print but I will do something else audio-wise so if you want to get a copy of the CD, this is the only way to do it. It goes on sale tomorrow (April 1.)

There are a lot of shows booked and more being booked until the end of the year. The Australian and New Zealand dates are all announced. What’s coming up are shows in Edinburgh Scotland in August at the Edinburgh Festival. I think I am doing 8 nights there, when I get the hard dates on those I will post them. Also there will be some other European dates planned in that month but I don’t know anything about them yet. Also, there are US and Canadian dates planned for September through November that are weeks away from getting firmed up and I will post them when I get them.

Past that, I am where I should be, on the road and hitting stage more often than not. I am 52 shows into the year and am looking forward to being out as much as possible one way or another in 2008. I will be off this leg of the tour in a few weeks and then will finish up the two books set for release later in the year as well as work on some re-issues. I think I will do something really cool with the Hard Volume album and expand it to a 2CD set and try to get some unreleased stuff from that time period on there to make things interesting.

That’s all I can think of at this moment so I will leave it here. Thanks. -- Henry, 03-31-08 Belfast Northern Ireland

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Rollins Newsletter Feb ’08

A Quick Heads Up:
Hey. I am sitting at Ian MacKaye's house and we are having
one of our great hang outs. It's the first day off on the tour and speaking
truthfully, I don't mind it. We had a great day today, walking around and
checking things out. I wanted to tell you that for the radio broadcast on
the 26th of this month, we have two very special guest hosts. Live in the
studio for the entire two hours will be artist Shepard Fairey and skate
legend Tony Alva. Tuesday night 8-10 pm PST. Here's the site info:
http://www.indie1031.fm/. I hope you get a chance to tune in. Also, there's
a couple of new Dispatches up and you Sydney Australia folks who were upset
that the shows sold out, don't worry, tickets for more shows are going on
sale like right now. Thanks. --Henry

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"The Henry Rollins Show" Now Available on iTunes!

"The Henry Rollins Show" long anticipated availability on iTunes has just
become a reality. Both season 1 and 2 are now available!

Interviews include: Oliver Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, Matt Dillon, Peaches,
Jeff Bridges, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Samuel L Jackson and more.

Music Performances include: Thom Yorke, Slayer, Death Cab for Cutie,
Dinosaur Jr., Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Dashboard Confessional, Damien
Marley, Frank Black, Iggy Pop and more.

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Rollins Newsletter Jan 2008

May You Live In Interesting Times Dept: I finished work on Ice 44
(or whatever the film will eventually be called) on 12-20-07 and the next
day left town for Islamabad, Pakistan. Why did I go there? A couple of
reasons: I am curious and at the end of 2006, when I was in Dubai talking
to some people who work for the US Gov't, they told me Pakistan is a
country I should stay out of. So, one night a few weeks ago I decided that
I had to go. Arrangements were made and off I went for a week in
Islamabad. I had no idea what I was going to do which is an interesting
way to travel, I can't recommend it but I can't recommend many things I
do. Anyway, I was there the day that Benazir Bhutto was assassinated which
was a sad event, of course, but an interesting time to be there all the
same. The day after she had been killed I walked around the Blue Section
where all the shops are. I had just been there the day before, meeting
people and taking it all in, but on this day the scene was quite
different: tires were burning in the street, men were crying loudly,
people were protesting and the police, dressed in riot gear, watched from
the sidelines. I reckoned the best way to not stand out was to blend in,
so I just walked into the middle of it and observed from there. It was a
wild and intense hour. Men marched to the intersection to join other men
who were there and the numbers started to grow. Media descended upon the
scene. It was wild. After awhile everyone seemed to have had their fill
and the crowd dissipated and soon I was standing almost alone. I met a lot
of people on this trip and they were all very friendly. The food was
great, the women were beautiful and the nights were cold and clear.
Besides the death of Ms. Bhutto and the open despair of so many people I
encountered, it was an amazing trip.

New Clip Of The Month: I never see these damned things until they
are online. It's like that box of chocolates, or skinny-dipping with Karl
Rove, you never know what you're going to get. All day at the office Heidi
was roaring with laughter knowing what was waiting for me when I went
online to see what she had posted. Another month, another albatross.

You Saw Me Up There now on DVD: Many years ago, a video of a
talking show I did at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles came out called
You Saw Me Up There. It went out of print and remained that way until two
days ago when it came back from the plant on DVD for the first time. It
took awhile to get things straightened out with the label that released it
in the first place, hence the very long delay. Thank you for all the
letters you sent over the years asking about the status of this thing. I
am happy to see that it's back with us.

Tour Dates: I will hopefully be touring on and off until the end of
November this year. So far, the January and February European dates are
all set as well as the ones in South Africa and a 5 week tour of America
and Canada in February and March. Australian dates are set for April. I
will see if I can do more dates at the Fringe Fest in Scotland in August
and will post those dates if I can get anything happening there. I had
such a great time there last year, I would like to be part of it again
this year if possible. I am hoping that I can go back out September
through November in North America for more shows. We will post all dates
on the website just as soon as they confirm so there's no need to write in
and ask if I'll be here or there, we'll let you know as soon as we can.

The Ruts: Remember last year when I sang with The Ruts in London as
part of the benefit for Ruts guitarist Paul Fox? Sadly, Paul passed away
several weeks ago but the show was captured on video and will be released
in late January in Europe. There will be a release party on January 25 at
the Shepherds Bush Empire. You can get information at
www.myspace.com/TheRutsOfficialPage. Also, the live version we did of the
song Babylon's Burning has been released for download and information on
that is also on this site. As it happens, I have a night off on the 25th
and will be at the event introducing the film. The two remaining Ruts,
Segs and Dave Ruffy, will be there and I'm sure some other cool Punk
notables will be as well, so it should be a great night, show up if you
can. I will be onstage live at the Hammersmith Odeon the next night, that
should be a good time, I love that venue.

IFC Show: The good folks at IFC have asked if I would do three
"Live & Uncut" specials for 2008. Some of you may be familiar with the
ones I did for them from New York and Israel. The first one will be shot
in South Africa in February, the next will be in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. I don't know where the third one will be yet. We won't be doing
the regular show this year, they like it better when I am out and about
and they got a very good response on the Israel show and want to do more.
I am happy to be working with them again this year.

Looking Ahead Dept: In 2008 I will release two books: Fanatic! Vol.
3 and A Preferred Blur. I don't have firm release dates yet as they are
both being worked on but when they are set to come out, I will let you
know.

--Henry
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--Now at www.21361.com --

Limited edition Search & Destroy baseball caps
and Spoken word show "You Saw Me Up There" long out of print and available for
the first time on DVD.

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"The Henry Rollins Show" airing every week night on FUSE

Monday through Friday at 7pm ET and 4pm PT, catch "The Henry Rollins Show" on Fuse.

For more information, check out:

http://fuse.tv/tv/henryrollinsshow/index.php

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Clip of the Month

As promised, there's a new clip of the month up on the site. This one just
further illustrates how Heidi does all she can to disrupt my normal comings
and goings as best she can. She insists that I need this to be a better
person or something. Anyway, the new clip is a good one and the price is
right so check it out if you get a chance, it's on the site now. >>>>
Breaking news. Heidi has just come over to my side of the building for the
too manyth time today to hector and harass me. She just spent several
minutes having me open file after file on my computer just so she could
look. I showed her a nice picture of a crocodile eating a zebra, that one
always sends her out of the room.

http://www.henryrollins.com/website/COTM/

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"The Henry Rollins Show" now airing on FUSE

Check your local listings as well as the following web site for when "The
Henry Rollins Show" will be airing on Fuse.

http://fuse.tv/tv/henryrollinsshow/index.php

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A Note From Henry...

Hello. I have just returned from the first leg of the Provoked Tour. Before
I say anything else, I wanted to thank all of you who showed up. Also, to
all the people I met out by the bus after the show, thanks for sticking
around, it was good to meet you all. I know that some of the performances
were a little long and I am sorry about that but there was a lot I wanted to
say. I hope you have all recovered by now. The tour will resume in January
and go fairly non-stop until May. There will be dates in Europe, South
Africa, North America and Australia. When dates firm up, we will post them
on the website. Hopefully the shows in South Africa will be filmed for an
IFC special.

It's hard to believe the year is almost over. I have been going non-stop
since January 1st. The show on IFC was a lot of work but well worth it as I
think we did a good season, I gave a lot of time to the radio show I have in
Indie 103 as well. In between working, I tried to get out and travel as much
as I could. As many of you probably know, I went to Israel, Jordan, Iran,
Syria and Lebanon this year. All these places were fascinating and
informative. I was also in England, Scotland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Dubai and Australia. Hopefully, next year will be as busy as this
one. I like to be on the road more often than not.

Again, thanks for showing up at the shows and thanks for your letters and
general kindness. I'll see you down on the road.

Here's some of the things that are new on the site as well as some other
stuff:

New DVD: Live In San Francisco 1990. Many years ago, my friend Joe Cole and
I made plans to release some of my talking shows on video. Joe shot some
shows before he was killed in late 1991. Over the years, we have thought
about releasing some of this footage but for one reason or another, we have
not until now. This show is from 1990 and it's not a multicamera shoot with
multichannel stereo audio so we have priced it accordingly and hope you
enjoy all its low-fi splendor. Hopefully we will be releasing more of these
old shows in the future.

New Book: Fanatic! Vol. 2. As some of you know, I have a radio show in Los
Angeles on Indie 101.3 called Harmony In My Head, named after the great
Buzzcocks song. For the last few years, I have annotated all the songs I
broadcast in an effort to get as much information about the music out there
as possible and also because I enjoy writing obsessively about the music I
like. This furious activity has lead to a series of books called Fanatic!.
The first volume of the projected three volume set was released a couple of
years ago and the new one, Vol. 2 is now available. This book comes in at
over 450 pages and includes many repros of flyers, ads and other goodies
culled from my own stash as well as some borrowed from other private
collections. The book is an over achiever's fanzine and fans of the radio
show or anyone interested in an off-the-wall music reference book might get
a kick out of it. I know that for many of you, the radio show is not easy to
access and the book might not hold a great deal of interest, so to make
things a bit more appetizing, we are offering a discount if you get both
books. Separately the books are 10 each but only 15 bucks total if you get
both volumes of Fanatic! I think some of you will have fun with these books
and I want to get them out to you, causing as little misery as possible!

Trouble Funk, 30 Seconds Over DC, Negative Trend EP: These are three CD
titles that we have currently in stock. If you are into some serious, heavy
music, you really want to check out the Negative Trend record. It's the
first time it's ever been on CD and it was a very long time ambition of mine
to get that record into print. If you are a fan of old Black Flag and hard
stuff like that, this is a serious CD. The Trouble Funk Live and Studio 2CD
set is some of best Go Go Funk Washington DC ever unleashed upon the world,
I play tracks from this CD on my radio show all the time, really great
stuff. And lastly, 30 Seconds Over DC is a great compilation CD of old DC
area bands that was only out on vinyl for many years in DC but a couple of
years ago, I put it out on CD, it sounds great, one of those small of fame
records that you might really get a kick out of.

Clip Of The Month: Many of you have witnessed our first clip of the month
where Heidi attempts to bedevil me and keep me from working purposefully.
Heidi has another one all set to go that will start promptly at the
beginning of December. Thanks for your kind letters about this month's clip.
Now you see what I go through every day here. I know what you're thinking,
and the answer is no, it's not easy but somehow I get through the day.

National Geographic documentaries: On Monday, November 26th, National
Geographic will be airing two documentaries on ATF infiltration of two
motorcycle gangs, The Hells Angels and The Mongols. They are really
interesting. I did the narration for both and I must say, I am really
pleased to have worked with National Geographic, having been a fan since I
was very young. Below are links to their site with the times they are
playing. I believe they will be airing back to back:

Hells Angels doc. info:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200711262000.html

Mongols doc. info:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200711262100.html

2008: I will hopefully be doing tour dates throughout most of next year. I
don't have everything completely planned out but ideally, I want to be out
on the road more often than not. As things get booked, we will post the
dates. I am working on a book called A Preferred Blur, which contains
journal entries and travel stories, that will hopefully emerge about a year
from now. Fanatic! Vol. 3 should be at some point in 2008 too. Also slated
for next year will be the rest of the Rollins Band re-issues and hopefully
some unreleased tracks as well as expanded versions of some of the older
talking records and perhaps some new spoken releases culled from the last
two tours. As usual, we are constantly working away at this stuff and get it
out there as soon as we can.
--Henry

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Check out the website, www.21361.com, for the following:

--Provoked Tour Merchandise (tour posters and selected t-shirts).

--Fanatic! Vol. 2 now available for $10.

--Special offer on Fanatic! Vols. 1 & 2, only $15 for both books.

--New DVD: Henry Rollins in San Francisco 1990, only $10.

--All CDs are 10% off during the month of November.

--New Search & Destroy Baseball hat will be available Nov. 27th.

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Newsletter / Video Clip of the Month

Hello folks. Here's a small update on what is happening from our end. I am on tour right now as you probably know but I wanted to alert you to something happening at our humble website that you might find interesting.

Heidi spent a good part of the last several months following me all over the office with her video camera basically assaulting me. In an effort to show you what I have to go through with this person, we will be posting clips of the footage (called Battling Tops: Dismantling Henry Rollins) on the site every month.

In the first clip you will witness Heidi poison my coffee, expose the contents of my freezer and take years off my life with her shock and awe tactics. Now you can witness how Heidi May and I clash routinely during a normal day at the office. We will post a new clip every month, it will be all you can stand, believe me. I think you will get a kick out of them and wonder how I have survived this long.

When I get back from this tour in a few weeks, we will start our year end sales. We have a new DVD and some other stuff that I will detail in next month's newsletter. The shows have been going very well and I am glad to be out here with a show every night. I always wish these tours would last longer but I guess 50 shows in one tour is plenty. There will be more shows next year so I have that to look forward to.

Anyway, this slight tap on the shoulder is basically to announce the beginning of the Heidi v. Henry video epic coming to our website. Medic! Thanks. --Henry

See the clip of the month at: http://21361.com/website/COTM/

***Special offer!!! 10% off all CDs starting today through the month of November!!!***www.21361.com***

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