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Henry Rollins caught some flack for reading a book on a flight to Brisbane.


HENRY ROLLINS Cited As 'Possible Threat' By Australian Government - Feb. 18, 2006

According to News.com.au, American punk rock icon and writer Henry Rollins was reported to the National Security hotline during his recent Australian tour because of a book he was reading on a flight to Brisbane.

A furious Rollins was informed he was "nominated as a possible threat" for reading "Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam In Central Asia", writes Kathy McCabe.

The incident happened on a flight from Auckland on the recent Big Day Out tour.

Rollins told Australian fans during his tour that he received a letter from a "nice woman" who worked "in one of those government areas that deals with anti-terrorism matters."

He posted the letter on his web site.

"Please tell your Government and everyone in your office to go fuck themselves. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy," he wrote.


http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48528

Australians, he's really harmless. Please try to calm down.

I have a book and I'm not afraid to use it!

I'll paper-cut you man, I won't even blink!

Yeah, well...don't worry, they like doing it to Australian citizens as well.

WHy would you read that book on a plane? That's just stupid.

The only thing he is ia a LIAR ... a LIAR... a LIAR... 'cause he's aaaa... LIAR.

WHy would you read that book on a plane? That's just stupid.
What sort of logic is that? Do you picture terrorists going on a plane with something to read about jihad? Or did security figure out that reading such a book could turn you into a terrorist during the actual flight?

I guess security is well-prepared for an attack by cliches.

WHy would you read that book on a plane? That's just stupid.

Why? It's only a book.

WHy would you read that book on a plane? That's just stupid.
No it's not. Reading this might be though. http://www.loompanics.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/cgi-local/smpagegen.exe?U+scstore+nmmd4644ff1c741c+-c+scstore.cfg+-p+32060

From the title it sounds like a western academic work...
I suppose i should have been reported for reading a David Gemmel book on a flight after all i might have suddenly gotten hold of two deamon possesed swords and killed everyone...

Maybe they're just scared shitless of Henry Rollins and they just used teh book as an excuse.
http://spectacle.provocateuse.com/images/spectacles/henry_rollins_01.jpg

I'd be scared of anyone with arms as hairy as his. Look at that stuff pouring out of his sleeves. Wayyyy too much testorone that guy.



You sure it was because of the book he was reading, and not just simply because he was reading a book? This was Australia he was flying to, afterall. Reading shows intelligence and that's pretty a crime over there.

Maybe they're just scared shitless of Henry Rollins

as well they should be. i heard that back in the day he used to feast upon the flesh of his enemies.

Henry Rollins caught some flack for reading a book on a flight to Brisbane.


http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48528

Australians, he's really harmless. Please try to calm down.

No he's not. I've seen him, he's built! :)

did anyone ever see Henry Rollins stand-up special?

Henry Rollins fucking rocks, man.

No he's not. I've seen him, he's built! :)

Oh yeah, he's a big motherfucker. He's not really tall (5'10"), but he's muscular.

What probably scared everyone in Emerald City was how Rollins exudes pure cyberpunk.

Henry Rollins: Up for It (2001) (V) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315951/)

i believe this was the special, weirdest stand up ever. but still good none the less.

Henry Rollins: Up for It (2001) (V) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315951/)

i believe this was the special, weirdest stand up ever. but still good none the less.

Was it as good as Christopher Titus' recent stand up performance (currently airing on Comedy Central)?

If so, I'll be looking into it.

did anyone ever see Henry Rollins stand-up special?

I think so, but from what I remember it was more story-telling, with some comic comments interspersed, than the typical stand-up routine. Saw him more recently on the "Jackass" movie.

Was it as good as Christopher Titus' recent stand up performance (currently airing on Comedy Central)?

If so, I'll be looking into it.


hard to say since i didnt see that one, but if you like henry rollins, you will be laughing your ass off.

I think so, but from what I remember it was more story-telling, with some comic comments interspersed, than the typical stand-up routine.

yeah it was really different, but good.

hard to say since i didnt see that one, but if you like henry rollins, you will be laughing your ass off.

Okay, then I'll definitely check it out when I can.

No he's not. I've seen him, he's built! :)
One of the funniest gigs I ever went to was the Rollins Band.
Not for the music, which was super heavy angry stuff (great to work out to, btw), but for what happened half-way thru.
For those of you who have never seen Rollins, he gets ultra pumped up before a concert. He came out to watch the warm-up band and was getting really psyched up. When he came on stage, he was half-naked and had wound the microphone cord around his hand like a boxer wrounds tape. When he screams into the mic, he squats way down and launches right into it. Pretty full-on stuff.

And here was where it got funny.

The gig was at a place that had a mezzanine floor. 1/2-way thru a song, there's Rollins squating down screaming into his mic, heavy angry music blasting out and suddenly a skinny dweeby guy climbs down from the mezza floor, hugs the guitarist, pats Rollins on the back while he's still screaming, gives the crowd an arm-outstretched peace sign, all with a huge grin on his face. Then leaps into the crowd for some surfing before the bouncers can get to him.
The entire crowd and the band just cracked up. Henry hears the laughter and looks up totally confused - here's his magnum opus angry scream and everyone's laughing?!? A complete WTF? look on his face. Which just made everyone laugh all the more. To his credit, he finished the set.
A great concert.

Okay, then I'll definitely check it out when I can.

you should, but i warn you it's not what you'll expect.

...he squats way down and launches right into it.

Er... Baaaaaad mental image, there.

Er... Baaaaaad mental image, there.
I know, but there's no other way to describe how he sings!
http://www.kphotography.com/henry%20rollins.jpg
http://www.function-brisbane.com.au/shows/international_bands/Henry_Rollins.jpg

Ehh let's be honest. Having a book like that out in the open, in a confined space at 30,000 feet, going 500 miles per hours, is the same as yelling fire in a theathre. Or yelling BOMB on an airplane.

Ehh let's be honest. Having a book like that out in the open, in a confined space at 30,000 feet, going 500 miles per hours, is the same as yelling fire in a theathre. Or yelling BOMB on an airplane.


if henry rollins bomb on an airplane that i was on i'd shit myself

Ehh let's be honest. Having a book like that out in the open, in a confined space at 30,000 feet, going 500 miles per hours, is the same as yelling fire in a theathre. Or yelling BOMB on an airplane.

Why? It sounds like a western academic work. Do you honestly think a terrorist would be reading that?

Why? It sounds like a western academic work. Do you honestly think a terrorist would be reading that?
well, of course they would. They also, when asked to declare anything, happily tell the custom officials of their plans to blow up a plane.
It's well-known that terrorists can't lie.

Why? It sounds like a western academic work. Do you honestly think a terrorist would be reading that?
Yeah, they'll be reading a glossy magazine called Jihad International or something, with cover features like "Newbies Corner: Thermite Basics", "Campaign Funding: Make $$$ Farming Online Games" and "NEW!!! AK-103 Reviewed!" (cover photo of some grinning Saudi guy with an AK) :rolleyes:

And irony of ironies, it'll be available from the airport bookstore.

Yeah, they'll be reading a glossy magazine called Jihad International or something, with cover features like "Newbies Corner: Thermite Basics", "Campaign Funding: Make $$$ Farming Online Games" and "NEW!!! AK-103 Reviewed!" (cover photo of some grinning Saudi guy with an AK) :rolleyes:

LOL...someone should do that as a satire...

I'd subscribe to it. :p

Why? It sounds like a western academic work. Do you honestly think a terrorist would be reading that?


no they'll be to busy reading "Explosive Love: A Terrorists Story"

Well... If nothing else, Rollins will be used to it. Any of this harrassment can't be anything on the shit LAPD gave the members of Black Flag.

I didn't even know he was still performing. Is he still obsessively masochistic?