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Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-03-31 20:45:04 +0000

apologies to g lib.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-04-01 07:28:06 +0000

A little wierd.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-02 19:57:10 +0000

first musical guest was Sleater Kinney - haven't watched the full pilot episode yet - Ill post more after I have.

Posted by G lib on 2006-04-03 13:18:07 +0000

AND THE MONKEY'S EYES---- BECOME YOUR EYES

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-03 16:28:45 +0000

SK was great. They played the first single off 'The woods' - would've liked to see them sit with Hank and talk for a few, but the music rocked. If the caliber of musical guests stays this high, I will make it a point to check it out every week. (Jurassic 5 was hyped for an upcoming show) It was an awkward pilot - I get the feeling it was something that was taped at least at the beginning of this year if not sometime between summer and winter of 2005. There were no specific current events mentioned, and during Hank's opening monologue he kept saying "This Season" whic confused me at first. By saying that there was a "this Season" it sounded to my ears like there must have been a "last season". Just kind of confusing language / dialogue for a debut of something IMHO. The content didn't grab my attention, probably mostly because of my political leanings. apprx 20-22 minutes of the 1/2 hour programming centered around the discontent of the current administration. I am still very happy Henry has his own show, and it is certianly the Rollins show and not the NP show, so no beef with the dissenting opinions. Segment one was an interview w/ Oliver Stone (again - the lack of references to current events gave this a "canned" feel - Stone vaguely alludes that his new film based on 9/11 is working for a release date in the fall of 2006. I'll have to find a transcript somewhere, but Hank offers slightly leading questions to Stone so that the volume of criticism for the current administration becomes louder and reinforces the points made in Hank's monologues. This main segment is followed by a "bumper" segment similar to Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey (tm). Rollins sits down in a set made to look like a Fight Club esque bachelor pad place that the viewers are led to believe must be Hank's actual apartment. While Im sure he lives sparsley from what he's said in his spoken word shows, he certainly isn't essentially squatting in a grime infested, leaky-celing hovel with one broken coffe mug, a laptop, and a cracked mirror. the Set of this segment was pretty lame IMHO. The content of the Handey segment was Rollins writing to the first lady and sharing some of his observations, some very positive (congratulating her on her education, her commitment towards literacy, and her prior profession as a librarian), and also a great deal of apologizing for her Husband's behavior and marvelling at her ability to tacitly stand by him. Following SK's performance, Rollins throws a couple of shout outs to artists/musicians/filmmakers/writers that are currently inspiring him. this less than 1 min segment was cool in that it was giving specific shout outs in this episode to trailblazing films w/ homosexual themes (albeit without explicit gay sex - sorry, DB - ) that made it possible for a larger mainstream film like Brokeback Mountain to meet with so much success. A German indie director whose name eludes me was mentioned, as well as a big nod to Keanu Reeves for his work in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho Overall: The cultural and artistic references and music kept me enthralled, while the political commentary seemed to be a dull rehash of what Ives seen on so many other 20-something lifestyle shows. I happily support Rollins to leave us willing viewers with whatever political views he has - I just found him much better as the cool older brother who turns you on to bands and films that you might not be aware of. The latter will make me tune in, the former will put me to sleep.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-03 16:31:19 +0000

Sorry, with such a verbose response, I omitted a necessary, childish quote from Rollins's past: LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW S.O.! thanks

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-04-12 18:27:14 +0000

Show #2 (Chuck D / Jurassic 5) was much better as a whole than the pilot. Music still great, conversation between Hank and Chuck D felt less one -dimensional as compared to Oliver Stone talk. Frank Black, Iggy Pop, and (wow didnt see this coming)Rollins band are slated as near future guests. I just found an online diary Hank posts here. He spills the beans about a lot of upcoming musical acts there as well as info on the radio show he cobbles together from time to time.

Posted by Null Protocol on 2006-05-01 22:35:16 +0000

Just learned from the Mission of Burma website, after CLint Conley's refrence in buzzorhowl's class, that Shepard Fairey, the guy who does all the Andre the giant stencils and the artwork on the 'Mission of Burma' Obliterati subscription series, is also the artist for the new Rollins show... I remember having a beer in Harvard Square like 4+ years ago with the buzz and we picked up these really cool 'Obey' post cards that featured Andre the Giant and the Black Flag logo bars.. More also at obeygiant.com G lib must really be vomiting... sorry.. I think I'm done now :)

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-01 23:27:08 +0000

Loving it: "the buzz"

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-02 03:35:05 +0000

Wow.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-02 10:12:51 +0000

I love (or maybe loved?) Shepard, and would be willing to forgive Rollins for being a teabagger if he acts like a human at some point.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2006-05-02 10:29:29 +0000

But he does have some good quotes: "There's tourism and then there's travel. The traveler doesn't know where he is going, and the tourist doesn't know where he is."