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Henry Rollins’ Lost Angeles The punk-rock icon, author, actor, traveler and raconteur has a few (million) things to say, so listen up, pal. by Vicki Arkoff Professional badass Henry Rollins, the famously intense ex-vocalist from Black Flag and the Henry Rollins Band, is a workaholic with a pile of post-Sons of Anarchy projects. There’s his Henry & Heidi podcast, KCRW DJ sets, a TV role in Deadly Class and new books: Stay Fanatic! and a second photo memoir. Next? The film Dreamland with Juliette Lewis. “I play a capably violent bad guy,” says the capably violent good guy, reflecting on his 20-plus movies. “I get that a lot.” Rollins just wrapped his 109-city world tour of Travel Slideshow, a stage monologue about Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea and beyond. Comedy Dynamics focused on the tour’s laughs for Rollins’ Keep Talking, Pal.—a TED Talk-style TV special and DVD. “I don’t consider myself an artist,” he says.“I just say ‘yes’ to things. ... I am what I’ve always been: a jackass of all tirades.”
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