Henry Rollins likes to speak his mind. Next year, he’s saying Shock And Awe My Ass. Yup. Rollins is getting ready to give audiences an insight into his mind as he embarks on another speaking tour. It’s going to be a packed six weeks for the musician-turned-author as Rollins launches the afore-named outing in mid-January.
Right around the time he’ll be in Portland, Maine, Rollins’ “Live At Luna Park” DVD will hit shelves. The DVD features material culled from his two-month stint of weekly speaking performances at the West Hollywood nightclub in March and April of 1999.
And if all that weren’t enough to keep a person busy, the former Black Flag frontman has also just released a new book, “Broken Summers,” and a CD of spoken word, Nights Behind The Tree Line. The former features material taken from his books and new, unpublished works. Speaking of – several more of Rollins’ works are slated for reissue in 2004.
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Phish has announced that effective Jan. 1, the group will donate net proceeds from its personal digital download service, LivePhish.com, to the Mockingbird Foundation. The organization was founded by Phish fans to promote music education for children. According to the band, LivePhish.com has generated more than $2 million in sales of live concert material.
“Playing live music has always been a source of indescribable joy for me, and everyday I count my blessings that I’m able to make my living doing something that I so deeply love,” says Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio. “It’s exciting then to think that a person can come to a Phish concert, and know that all the profits from the subsequent downloads of our music will go directly into children’s music programs. The fact that the Mockingbird Foundation was created by Phish fans makes it all the more inspirational to us.”
Source Billboard.com.
