By April MacIntyre Jun 19, 2006, 1:58 GMT
Not really. The modern day poet, actor, musician and astute observer of the ridiculous packs a "love letter" punch to the right-wing bestselling Coulter's kisser.
08/13/2006 - Henry Rollins - Henry Rollins Performs at the Chicago House of Blues - loves his favorite right-wing succubus, Coulter.. © Adam Bielawski / Photorazzi
Rollins first hit the scene back in the early punk rock days. I saw him live at a hole of a club called "The Island" in Houston, Texas years ago, a show where I had to enlist one his "Black Flag" bandmates to help me fish my kid brother out of the mosh, pit before he was too bloodied.
Rollins is a self-publishing maverick and host of The Henry Rollins Show on IFC. Rollins doesn't really write a love letter to Coulter. In the video circulating on the internet, he sits fervently at his desk typing away, as he narrates the voice-over in this funny clip, and it's very direct.
Rollins opines that the 'Northeastern Hickoid" needs, nay, "craves" to be his "concubine-domestic", to serve Rollins "with obedient servitude on my compound" even whipping up "vegan meals for Hanoi Jane", fulfilling the traditional values banner that Coulter supports in women being supplicant to men.
Rollin's love letter "rant" to Coulter is amusing, he even demands that Coulter memorize "every line of Caddyshack" and listen to the "Brides of Funkenstein" too, fulfilling some of his "dream" girl criteria checklist.
On the state of books and reading, authors and what makes bestsellers in general, Rollin told journalist Joe Peacock in a recent interview, "I think I've bled through the mouth for really good writers, so I don't think anyone can say "Hey, you didn't do your part" – yeah, I really think I did, because I have a garage full of these VERY good books that no one cares about."
"I also realize that, to get people to read a book, you need a LOT of promotion dollar…To get them to read in 2006, you need Scribners or Reagan Press-sized promotion behind it. Go to the airport, and if I gave you a dollar for every time you saw The DaVinci Code in someone's hand, I'd be able to buy you lunch… or, A Million Little Pieces, because Oprah told them too. They (Americans) get their advice from a daytime talk show host. That's my country." Said Rollins.
Your Talkback on this Story