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THE SHOW
"The Henry Rollins Show" is hosted by Henry Rollins, the articulate and opinionated former lead singer of "Black Flag," front man of the "Rollins Band," actor, author and spoken word artist. "The Henry Rollins Show," called "the coolest talk show on the planet" by TV Guide is now in its second season and features candid conversations with celebrity guests and musical performances personally approved by Henry Rollins. This completely uncensored talk show series features guest musicians and celebrities who hope to reach an artistically savvy audience that is both intelligent and informed. "The Henry Rollins Show" airs every Friday night at 11pm ET and 8pm PT on IFC (Independent Film Channel).

CELEBRITY GUESTS

During each 30-minute episode, the outspoken Rollins offers topical, subversive, no-holds-barred discussions and debates in IFC's uncut, uncensored environment. The show offers a unique platform where celebrities from film, music, politics and literature can discuss what's truly on their mind in an unscripted and uncensored forum. These long form interviews allow guests to speak their mind and dissect the important issues at hand. Henry has no interest in silly anecdotes and rehearsed banter. Guests include Oliver Stone, Ozzy Osbourne, Samuel L. Jackson, Arianna Huffington, Don Cheadle, Penelope Cruz, Larry Flynt, Ben Stiller, Steve Buscemi, Gore Vidal, Kevin Smith and Werner Herzog.

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
Exclusive performances from some of the most important, established and emerging bands in music today: high integrity acts that are Henry-approved. Artists have the rare opportunity to perform their music completely uncensored, in its intended form. Performances are 'live in studio' and filmed in a state-of-the-art recording studio in Los Angeles. Musical guests include Thom Yorke, Ben Harper, Slayer, Jurassic 5, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Iggy Pop, Manu Chao and Death Cab for Cutie.

"The Henry Rollins Show" airs every Friday night on IFC at 11pm ET and 8pm PT.
More information at www.ifc.com/henry

Blog Entries by Henry Rollins

Teeing Off: Use It or Lose It

Posted August 30, 2007 | 10:47 AM (EST)


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Have you ever heard someone remark that "if I said what was really on my mind..."? I always wondered, what the fuck is holding them back?

And when they finally do let loose and feel all the better for it, they're never...

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Just Getting By

Posted August 24, 2007 | 06:15 PM (EST)


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Advertisers and companies who attempt to set the trends for the American consumer are slowly but surely separating good people from their hard-earned money by changing the perception of what "getting by" looks like.

Getting by used to mean that when you...

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Teeing Off: It's a Gamble

Posted August 23, 2007 | 10:22 AM (EST)


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I've never gambled in the classic sense. Never pulled the arm of a slot machine, don't know how Black Jack works, wouldn't be caught dead on Poker Tour and can't be bothered to put a dollar on black 47. I don't understand the...

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Teeing Off: Good Will Polling

Posted August 17, 2007 | 10:34 AM (EST)


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It's hard to get through a news program without hearing the results of the latest poll on elections, popularity, or the war conducted by the likes of Zogby, Gallup or whoever else decides there's good money in asking people simple questions. The cynic...

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Teeing Off: Germ Warfare

Posted August 16, 2007 | 11:27 AM (EST)


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What are you doing to fight the war on germs? All over America, bacteria cells are losing sleep, knowing that the rapture is just a spray and a wipe away. Germs hate your freedom and if you don't kill them now, they will...

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Teeing Off: A Brand New Past

Posted August 10, 2007 | 11:24 AM (EST)


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History isn't broken, but it's getting fixed all the same. You can't handle the truth?! No problem! When history doesn't fit your needs, just change it. History's old -- it needs a makeover! The new truth has to have more truthiosity to stand...

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Teeing Off: Hugo-A-Go-Go

Posted August 9, 2007 | 05:03 PM (EST)


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Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez is on the move. He is ending his country's association with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, he very recently took control of oil projects in Venezuela away from American and European companies basically telling institutions like...

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Teeing Off: Numb and Dumber

Posted August 3, 2007 | 11:44 AM (EST)


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In the last few years, many Americans have become desensitized to bad news. We have all watched the corporate media outlets attempt to put a happy or at least hopeful face on catastrophic events and all it did was make many of us...

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Teeing Off: The Best of the Best Just Got Better

Posted August 2, 2007 | 10:28 AM (EST)


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Recently, over sixteen thousand college students completed an evaluation called The Narcissism Personality Inventory and it was determined that narcissism on college campuses is at an all time high! Oh no! All over America, healthy, privileged white kids are having mind-blowing sex and...

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Teeing Off: Ain't No Sell Out, We Have Arrived!

Posted July 27, 2007 | 01:58 PM (EST)


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I'm sure you have had the experience of watching television and snapping to attention when you hear a familiar song by one of your favorite small of fame bands as the backdrop for an automobile commercial. Perhaps you have thought to yourself, "That...

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Teeing Off: It's Just a Game

Posted July 26, 2007 | 10:26 AM (EST)


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I have never sat in front of a screen with that thing in my hands and played a video game. I once played an Asteroids type game that came with a computer I bought in the 90's and decided it was a great...

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Teeing Off: Help Yourself to Self Help

Posted July 20, 2007 | 10:25 AM (EST)


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I can still remember my mother coming back to our apartment after one of her marathon Erhard Seminar Training, otherwise known as EST, weekends and exclaiming such cultish bullshit as, "Be here now!" "You're an asshole!" Well, she got it half right but...

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Teeing Off: Pre War Ignorance

Posted July 19, 2007 | 10:12 AM (EST)


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On September 11th, 2001 America woke up to one hell of a disaster. In less than an hour the entire world changed as we knew it and many of us were filled with grief, shock, horror and an overwhelming anger directed at our...

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Teeing Off: No More Heroes

Posted July 13, 2007 | 03:14 PM (EST)


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How many heroes have lasted very long before they were caught red-handed, dismantled and cast down? Not many, and their shelf life seems to be getting shorter and shorter. We go from enamored to enraged to disinterested in little more than a press...

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Teeing Off: The Death Stars

Posted July 12, 2007 | 10:34 AM (EST)


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I felt bad for Fred Goldman and his family after his son Ron was killed along with Nicole Simpson many years ago. But my sympathies started to fray when I noticed that Mr. Goldman started making himself available to CNN and other news...

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Teeing Off: Trust No One

Posted June 29, 2007 | 04:45 PM (EST)


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I cannot tell you how hard it is for me NOT to trust people. If you say you can do it, I believe you and will leave you to it. You got it covered? That's great, one less thing for me to worry...

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Teeing Off: No President Rocks

Posted June 28, 2007 | 03:58 PM (EST)


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I have come to the conclusion that no president will ever rock my world like Ozzy Osbourne does. Iggy Pop fucking rules and The Ramones saved Rock and Roll. No president will ever fill me with that kind of admiration, awe or respect....

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Teeing Off: The Sky is Green

Posted June 22, 2007 | 09:53 AM (EST)


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The invasion and occupation of Iraq and the resulting nightmare we are enduring are for some, a depressing, ongoing catastrophe with no end in sight. For others, it is the only way to fight the War On Terror, protect America from further attacks...

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Teeing Off: Keep the Internet Free

Posted September 14, 2006 | 02:15 PM (EST)


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Freedom is under attack. Under attack by hysterical and well funded Christian psychotics, intellectually undernourished leaders who lie and manipulate information, overfed Baby Huey coward bitch motherfuckers like Karl Rove and their suck up weakling apologists like Sean Hannity. To question authority is...

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Teeing Off: It's a Sick, Sick World

Posted August 17, 2006 | 02:30 PM (EST)


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Chances are, you were feeling pretty good up until a few years ago. Of course we don't get everything we want and things don't always go as we had planned. We don't win the lottery, we lose the big game, we're outbid...

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